Will be up Double Island way this weekend.

Probably Fri and or Saturday.

A mate of Mine just picked up a new Wrangler Unlimited, and we headin out to camp.

Anyone up that way (keith) come say hi.

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sounds like fun - piccies please love too know how the patriot goes on sand

hey mud cant make rainbow but maybe able to meet you at the black mountin truck [parking area just near pomona on the bruce, pm for my number;)...let ya drool on the black beast...hehehehe...btw a crd pat was taken to rainbow a few weeks...17yo girl she manged to rip the sump open on some wash there(not mine btw), so be careful with the baby

arent you guys having real bad floods due to a typhoon? I saw it on the news. lots of flooding and stuff. play it safe.

the floods are further north, 800klms, we got heat wave down south with bushfires and here we just gettin lotsa rain, the land of oz is very big, i drive 200klm to work;)

hey mud cant make rainbow but maybe able to meet you at the black mountin truck [parking area just near pomona on the bruce, pm for my number;)...let ya drool on the black beast...hehehehe...btw a crd pat was taken to rainbow a few weeks...17yo girl she manged to rip the sump open on some wash there(not mine btw), so be careful with the baby

Yeah will let you know when I find exactly when I'll be there.

My mate with the NEW Wrangler Unlimited is a frequent (at LEAST once a month) visitor, I will follow him at a safe distance. Hopefully everything will be smooth sailing!

the floods are further north, 800klms, we got heat wave down south with bushfires and here we just gettin lotsa rain, the land of oz is very big, i drive 200klm to work;)

then you come another 2000k south and we are in major drought - with bushfires and no rain for weeks - with temps into the 40's or about 110 f

REal interested in report when you get back Mud. Was going to head to Rainbow when I was up there in December, but ran short on time.

Hi Guys,

got back yesterday arvo.

The Pat was awesome on the sand.

It handled the soft stuff very well, without even letting air out of the tyres!

3 things to remember when off roading in a PAT

1. Turn ESP all the way off by HOLDING the ESP button until ESP off displays on the dash.
2. Stay in 1st gear in soft sand. Deep tracks by other 4WD's were no problem, however the Pat is a bit low in the front and touched a bit on the deep tracks, no damage in sand but could cause problems if there were rocks.
3. Remember to turn ESP OFF each time you go again after stopping as it turns it self on when you stop.

These pics are from Inskip point, were you catch the barge over to Fraser Island.
There was about 200m of heavily tracked and rutted, really soft sand to go through to get to the hard sand and I was a bit worried that I wouldn't make it.
BUt she ploughed through like a tropper!!

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Great pics Mud, love your reg plate mate!
A cloudy ol' day for an Aussie summer though, dont you think?
I thought you guys had wall to wall soleil at this time of year?
Are ya anywhere near Ramsay Street, it's always sunny there!
Here in South West France it was sunny with 16°C this afternoon, this is our winter this year, bizzarre, colder mornings though around 2°C

is that a 4x4 or 4x2?

I would think it would have to be a 4x4 from his description since I believe you can't turn off ESP in a 4x2.

i dunno it doesn't have the 4x4 badge thats why i asked

4x2 are not available in australia, definatly 4x4;)

Great pics Mud, love your reg plate mate!
A cloudy ol' day for an Aussie summer though, dont you think?
I thought you guys had wall to wall soleil at this time of year?

There were a few clouds, but mostly sunny.
about 32 dergrees in the shade.



Are ya anywhere near Ramsay Street, it's always sunny there!

about 3000kms away!

i dunno it doesn't have the 4x4 badge thats why i asked
yeah for some reason they dont have the badge?
would you like to send me one? :)

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me want 4x4 badge aswell;)....oi mud ya never rang, was in rocky on saturday...;) ive seen 3 more black riots now aswelll...no greens yet though, if ya get the chance we need a group foto youres and 3 here;)

sorry mate,
had to meet at sunny coast at 7pm Fri night, didn't leave till 9pm
got to ferry at 10pm, didn't set up camp till midnight!

yeah, I'm not keen to take it back on the beach.It would have been great if not for the sand and salt water!

know any good tracks between sunny coast and brissy? keen for a meet up this weekend, just a day trip thingy.

theres a great run thru the range via kenilworth thru to jimna to the 4x4 park, thats where they have mud, bullls and music.....ill pm my mob number, we planning to go to the wonga drivein sat nite just outside of gympie....im still at work atm...call now if ya want

great pictures mud

well done on getting your softroader off road

theres a great run thru the range via kenilworth thru to jimna to the 4x4 park, thats where they have mud, bullls and music.....ill pm my mob number, we planning to go to the wonga drivein sat nite just outside of gympie....im still at work atm...call now if ya want

too far for me mate,

I need something between you and here, so i dont have to drive for hours

great report on the trip Mud - glad it all went well. I got out the weekend before last and did some mud, sand and tracks - nothing serious, but the towbar dragged once and I really had to pick my approach a couple of times. The clearance certainly appears to be the major issue. Would love to get a few extra inches, skid plates and recovery points. Not talking about serious off road work, but just for the sand & track work that I do this would be an improvement.

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too far for me mate,

I need something between you and here, so i dont have to drive for hours

hheh, how about a quik run up mt. cootha....actually maybe a run up the bris valley or summin we can communicate

mt cootha is nice an close for me, any tracks up there?

heya Keith,

I was super keen to do something this weekend, but I have found a place to live and have to move in this weekend. :(

I'm keen to do something in the next couple of weeks though.
lets do some research. I might start a new thread?