TR: Walhalla and surrounding area APRIL 2014

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Post by NachaLuva » Wed Apr 23, 2014 1:40 pm

The switchbacks on Trig Track:
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Subaru Forester on the Switchbacks, Trig Track 02 - YouTube

Look for the falling rock at the 2min mark:

Subaru Forester on Trig Track 04, Rock Misses Car - YouTube

Crossing the Thompson River:
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Campsite next to a fallen tree (this area was devastated during the 2009 bushfires)
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Fultons Creek Track was very steep with a loose gravelly surface & ruts, plus some awesome water crossings :biggrin:

Subaru Forester in Fultons Creek Crossing 02 - YouTube

Subaru Forester on Fultons Creek Track 05 - YouTube

Flats Track pushed both me & the Foz to the limits. Here the track runs out lol:

Subaru Forester on Flats Track 01 - YouTube
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Post by Proton mouse » Wed Apr 23, 2014 8:43 pm

Well done boys!! Fantastic write up, pics and vids...I thoroughly enjoyed!!!
Its a shame the area has been all but annihilated by fire, but good to see it making a recovery though :)
Benny, in your 1st vid @5m.30s was that you off camera flailing away at a pesky Lyrebird with a light sabre? :rolleyes:

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Post by NachaLuva » Thu Apr 24, 2014 12:13 pm

Proton mouse wrote:Well done boys!! Fantastic write up, pics and vids...I thoroughly enjoyed!!!
Its a shame the area has been all but annihilated by fire, but good to see it making a recovery though :)
Benny, in your 1st vid @5m.30s was that you off camera flailing away at a pesky Lyrebird with a light sabre? :rolleyes:
In some areas the recovery was very slow, the trees are recovering but the ground was mostly bare. Not good for erosion.

I think the lyrebird count was 3, incl one in Walhalla itself! Cant see the one you're referring to at 5min30 though. We also had many micro bats at 2 of our campsites, though not much other wildlife
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Post by subaruby » Thu Apr 24, 2014 1:21 pm

Another great trip report and photos.
Location and conditions looked fantastic, a bit of light rain to keep the dust down.

Nachaluva your forester is looking very tough.
There was a bit of winching involved with my mate's Pajero
was it just the slipperiness that stopped the Pajero and not the subies?

The problem here was that Nachaluva couldn't make it up
with the big muddies on what was the problem here?
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Post by Proton mouse » Thu Apr 24, 2014 1:22 pm

Its horrible to think how much wildlife would have perished in those devastating fires, just would have had no where to go :(
5 mins 30 was just an audio likeness of a star wars light sabre made by Bennie's brakes :)

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Post by NachaLuva » Thu Apr 24, 2014 6:07 pm

subaruby wrote:Another great trip report and photos.
Location and conditions looked fantastic, a bit of light rain to keep the dust down.
Any more than a light sprinkle would have made those clay tracks a bit slippery, but not too bad as there was a lot of gravel in the surface
Nachaluva your forester is looking very tough.
Thanks mate, the chunky muddies really help lol
was it just the slipperiness that stopped the Pajero and not the subies?
He only had HT tyres on, so that was very limiting
The problem here was that Nachaluva couldn't make it up
with the big muddies on what was the problem here?
If that was Flats track, the prob was the extreme nature of the track. Very steep with a loose gravelly surface & diagonal ruts. I could have kept going with some "spirited" driving but the path I took essentially ended
Proton mouse wrote:Its horrible to think how much wildlife would have perished in those devastating fires, just would have had no where to go :(
Yeah, I think there may have been local extinctions of some species in this are. We saw some wombat roadkill & lyrebirds & bats, but nothing else. There may even have been Leadbeaters possums, but doubt there'd be any there now :(
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