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    Quote Originally Posted by The ho har's View Post
    BTW what did you get for your birthday.....besides a found mum
    Nothing for the Land Rover I'm afraid. Just a ton of Bunnings vouchers which are all being spent on miscellaneous small tools for our many, many domestic jobs. One of the side effects of moving house.

    Quote Originally Posted by V8Ian View Post
    He got it early, a bullbar
    Alas no bar. As Scallops said, the panel beaters managed to properly repair the original bumper so there was nowhere near enough money in the quote to offset against a bullbar. They did a really good job actually so that upgrade will just have to wait a bit longer.

    Quote Originally Posted by V8Ian View Post
    So still no bar? Poor guy, should we pass the hat 'round?
    Yes indeedy - feel free. I've chucked $5 in to start things off so only another $1295 to go! Although after this week-end I might be looking at investing in some more aggresive tyres first. The mud was spectacularly slippery on our exit and any more control would have been welcomed even though we didn't actually get stuck.

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    Quote Originally Posted by solmanic View Post
    Nothing for the Land Rover I'm afraid. Just a ton of Bunnings vouchers which are all being spent on miscellaneous small tools for our many, many domestic jobs. One of the side effects of moving house.



    Alas no bar. As Scallops said, the panel beaters managed to properly repair the original bumper so there was nowhere near enough money in the quote to offset against a bullbar. They did a really good job actually so that upgrade will just have to wait a bit longer.



    Yes indeedy - feel free. I've chucked $5 in to start things off so only another $1295 to go! Although after this week-end I might be looking at investing in some more aggresive tyres first. The mud was spectacularly slippery on our exit and any more control would have been welcomed even though we didn't actually get stuck.
    Or a short chain for Mum Do the sums,
    Cost of tyres - cost of 8mm chain = fair chunk of $1295
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    Wow what an Easter !

    Good to hear your mum and friend were OK Mum's are precious things, you don't want to misplace them

    Sorry to hear about your bullbar Are you coping OK? You got so close and then the rug was pulled

    If you were a bit luckier you might have slid into a tree or something

    CHeers,

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    Not quite a land expedition gone wrong - but a sea journey.... a few years ago my older brother and I spent a harrowing 7 hrs adrift on an upturned boat drifting around jervis bay only to be rescued by aerial patrol and Jervis bay coast guard in the dark (September when water is not exactly warm). 000 was phoned only to have the call fall through the cracks and be followed up 3 hours later by frantic call by my wife to local coastal police station who told her that there were tensions between 000 and police at time and that was the reason the first call had not gotten through to local constabulary. I phoned 000 management at midnight and was given a cursory reason for failure of system.

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    Good to hear all OK.

    You wouldn't know the crap I cop for not even going on a short walk without a backpack and gear, with raincoat, water and snacks.

    Just goes to show doesn't it.

    Get some muddies, or you could have just pinched the ones off scallops' rig

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    Quote Originally Posted by Col.Coleman View Post
    Good to hear all OK.

    You wouldn't know the crap I cop for not even going on a short walk without a backpack and gear, with raincoat, water and snacks.

    Just goes to show doesn't it.

    Get some muddies, or you could have just pinched the ones off scallops' rig

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    Very scarry
    good that it turn out all OK.

    One thing..
    You could use the horn on the car, even if you can't hear them,
    they may be-able to hear the horn and know which way home is...

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    Quote Originally Posted by hook View Post
    Very scarry
    good that it turn out all OK.

    One thing..
    You could use the horn on the car, even if you can't hear them,
    they may be-able to hear the horn and know which way home is...
    We did - they didn't hear that either. There was a large ridge with thick scub between the lost walkers and where we could get to.
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    Quote Originally Posted by hook View Post
    ...You could use the horn on the car, even if you can't hear them,
    they may be-able to hear the horn and know which way home is...
    The police even gave a few blasts on their sirens but they didn't hear that either.

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    I'm glad it all worked out okay! As stated, early intervention is the key. Well done mate. No Easter eggs for a while !!

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