We're arriving on the 4th about lunchtime ( just before the low tide) so I'll keep an eye out for you too. I'll have a black roof pod, a gazebo and Maxtrax on my racks.Quote:
Originally Posted by kingo
Enjoy your trip.
David
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We're arriving on the 4th about lunchtime ( just before the low tide) so I'll keep an eye out for you too. I'll have a black roof pod, a gazebo and Maxtrax on my racks.Quote:
Originally Posted by kingo
Enjoy your trip.
David
My RRS is the last of the 2.7 TDV6's, same as the D3, wheels are BMW X5 from the older model BMW and tyres are Maxxis Bighorns, 265/70/17, a snug fit but haven't had them rub anywhere. A bit noisy, but nothing too bad. Also I've got the 3 hole GOE rods and currently have them set to the middle hole.Quote:
Originally Posted by Piddler
Cheers
Andrew
Back home now after 8 days on Fraser - fantastic! Andrew, we passed each other on the Eastern beach about midday on Saturday. We went up to Dundubara campground.
I am just so impressed with the Disco - excellent comfortable driving to and from Fraser and incredibly capable once there. Tackled everything from deep sand to mud, rocks and rainforest trails so capably. Never even looked like getting stuck anywhere and some of the deeper sand in particular was testing some of the other vehicles on the island.
So many great things to see on Fraser. We could have easily spent another week. Turtles in Lake Allom, Lake McKenzie, Sandy Cape, the western side of the island, the rainforest...brilliant.
Saw one poor guy's teenage son drive their D4 hard into a deep washout, enough to activate the airbags in the front- quite an impact. Spotted them still driving around a few days later so an expensive repair bill still to come....
Did I mention how impressed I was with the Disco? :-)
David
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Hi David
We were on our way to Inskip Point and then to Sunshine Beach. Hope I waved, saw about 4-5 Disco's heading Nth. We had a great run that day, left Kingfisher Bay about 10.30am and sat on about 70-80k the whole way to Inskip. Then onto Rainbow Beach, where we stopped for lunch and a swim. My wife thought it was the best beach she has ever swam at. Then over the headland and down Teewah Beach to Tewantin, I think in all about 100+kms on the beach, all at low tide, fantastic.
The heaviest sand we encountered was at Eli Ck, the RRS drove on and out as though it was on a dirt road, saw some guys in a ute making it look tough going, the RRS didn't blink an eye. Had tyres at 20psi so very easy going.
Good to hear you had a great trip, I only arrived back in Melb last Sunday, so still have a few kilos of sand to remove from both inside and out, this weekends job, as well as putting the stock wheels back on and removing the rack, etc. Then the scratches, how I love black!
Cheers
Andrew
Sounds like you had a great time too Andrew. Got a few scratches to deal with too- picked up mainly on the Woralie Ck rd when we went over to the Western side. The extra bit past the northern forest trail not used much by the look of it. We saw only a few cars over there over a few hours- amazing.
Saw you many times David that week first was at the woolies in Gympie well we were waiting for it to open!! Had a great time as well, did the track from Cathedral to the western beach and back the moon point road that was closed, very over grown and one very deep big hole but no problem for the disco!!Attachment 92792
Ah - recognise your Disco! We ended up not waiting for Woolies but drove out to Rainbow Beach to pick up our last minute supplies at the IGA.
On Fraser my GOE rods worked a treat, just having that extra clearance while driving at 80k's down the beach was great.
Andrew,, on Sunday when we left we also drove down the beach to Tewantin after the trek through the rainforest outside Rainbow Beach. We had rain on the last night so a bit of a slower pack up of our camp meant we missed the tide to get comfortably round the sand cliffs at the top end of the beach.
A great time with such a mix of driving, all dealt with so competently by the Disco. Apart from a few scratches I did also manage to pinch a tyre (on 19's) somewhere along the line, evident by a bubble in the sidewall which showed up later. Thinking I probably should have bumped the pressures up slightly on the forest trails- lots of tree roots. Hmm
hey when I went to fraser with family in Jan 2015, I travelled from Brisbane to gympie and then to inskip point which takes close to 3 hours. Just though would it be easy to drive from Tewantin along the beach to rainbow and to inskip point. that will save about 1 hour. but is it worth it ? don't want to encounter anything stupid and spoil the main plan of fraser trip. Planned to go this june 2015 as well with the boys. Please advise.
I'm sure there are others here who can fill in the details as I'm no expert...
I'm not sure you'd actually save any time but it is good fun. When we went down the beach the tide was relatively high so we were higher up on the beach and the sand is quite deep in parts- definitely not a high speed trip.
We also had to go through the rainforest to go around the notorious part of the beach.
If you time it with the low tide though it'd be a doddle I'd think. It is a really nice drive up that beach with many similar features to Fraser so definitely worth the effort if you time it right.
I'd also say that even if you have to go through the rainforest to go around the top part of the beach, that is also a nice drive, again similar in many respects to Fraser so an opportunity to start your Fraser adventure before you even get there.
David
