Lake Lyell: Saturday, 12th November 2016

[TRBN8R]

Hi guys,

Sorry for not running a trip for so long. So here is a trip to Lake Lyell. This trip is gonna be a bit harder than the usual circuit I run.

I will be camping at Lake Lyell on Friday night so will start the trip on Saturday morning from the Shell Servo @ Lithgow.

We are going to meet up at the Shell Servo (1 magpie Hollow Rd, South Bowefels) at 0900. After fuelling up and a meet and greet we will head for Rydal at 0930. Air down behind Rydal Showgrounds and head down to the Quarry via good C Grade track. Play around at the Quarry and then do our usual circuit till The Powerlines climb. At the top of the Powelines instead of turning right towards the Cox's River Crossing we will head across into the valley coming to a long climb. I have driven down this hill but will be my first time climbing up. This hill has no bypasses so only one way up. from here we will do reverse loop to Mount Walker and will do Mount Walker if there is enough interest. From there follow the reverse loop down to the Cox's River Crossing. After the crossing we drive an interesting climb back to Rydal and home.

If we start on time we plan to be back at Rydal by 1530Hrs.

I reckon a skilled driver driving a stock JK can do this trip easy. But a 2" lift and 32" tyres will be more suitable.

When: Saturday 12th November 2016

Where: Lake Lyell

Trip Grade: Mostly C with a couple of Bs.....

Meetup Point: Shell Servo @ 1 Magpie Hollow Road, South Bowenfels

Meetup Time: 0930Hrs

Number: 8 including Myself

Participants:

1. Mani @ Trbn8r
2. Will @ Will98
3. Dru & Kerry @ Dru
4. Greg @ KegsyJK
5. Rahul @ Agarwal_Rahul
6. Rupert@Rupicon
7. Rocket55
8. Snoik

Trip 2: Same location, same tracks (mostly) in a different order. Trip leader Steve F

1. Steve F
2. Steve & Hayley @ Jeep11
3. Ben & Amy @ Eclectism
4. Nash @ DarkSideCustoms
5. Nick @ Mohawk
6. SteveC and Lisa @ SteveX
7. Ipires
8. Khaled @ John Silver

Reserves:

1.
2.


Cheers and Happy Jeeping

Mani
For more info ring me on 0405801230

[Will98]

Hey Mani,

Sounds like an awesome trip, count me in pls!

Cheers,
Will


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[Dru]

Mani, great to see you back. :smile-new::smile-new:

We'd like to be on this list.

:highly_amused: :highly_amused: :highly_amused:

[Steve F]

According to the minutes from the last meeting the Club swap meet is the same day, I'm keen for the trip but will be off to the swap meet.

Cheers
Steve

[Dru]

I've updated the calender (also added the 4wd Adventure Show). Let us know how it impacts your trip Mani.

[TRBN8R]

I am going camping with a mate from work on that weekend, and I was hanging for a good day out with the club. So called the trip. I will be out there anyway so whoever comes it's good......

And BTW the trip is 12th November not 12th October. So 2 months from yesterday......

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[KegsyJK]

Hi Mani,
Please put me down for this trip.

Cheers
Greg

[Agarwal_rahul]

Hi Mani

Please add me for this trip, I will be there with my son.

Cheers,
Rahul

[Easy77]

Yes, put me down for this.

Cheers,
Dusan

[Dieselcon]

I'm excited .. Been a while since I've been with the SJC crew.. Please add will hopefully be camping Friday night.

[Rocket55]

Sign me up please

[tex088]

Add me to the reserve list please.

Thanks Terry

[Jeep11]

Please add Steve and Hayley to the reserve list

[eclectism]

Hi Mani. Please add Ben & Amy to the reserve list.


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[darksidecustoms]

Reserves list for us Mani
Cheers, Nash


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[uncaged123]

Hi Mani, haven't done much 4wding for a while. Please put me down on your reseve list or maybe some one could run a second group.

Cheers RobS

[XJeepers]

Hey Mani, put us down on the reserve list. Brooke and I MIGHT camp the Friday night even.
Cheers,
Stuart


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[Jku-365]

Hi,

Please put me down on the reserves list

Adrian

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[Steve F]

Since the swap meet is delayed due to location I will run a second trip in the same area, I'll chat with Mani so we can all meet up for lunch but avoid each other on the trails :) Grading will be the same. I'll put those on the reserves trip onto trip 2 automatically, just let me know if that doesn't suit any I'll put you back on the reserves for Mani :) So that will be two trips of 8 and at the moment all have asked to go are on one of the two trips.

Cheers
Steve

[Dru]

Well done Steve!

[Jku-365]

Fantastic. Thank you Steve

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[XJeepers]

[emoji106]


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[TRBN8R]

Thanks Steve....

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[Rocket55]

Awesome, sounds like it's going to be a great day, can't wait.

[Steve x]

:upset: oh no.. too late. Please put us on reserve list, if okay.
Steve C and Lisa.

[rupicon]

umm errrr reserve list please
need to look at club site more often but in my defense i have been running a two wheel drive tj for a while
cheers Roop

[XJeepers]

Sorry guys, going to have to pull out of this one now :(

P0304 code!


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[Mohawk]

Sounds like a great trip! Please add me to the reserve list.

Cheers,
Nick


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[lpires]

Snooze... i lost, sounds like a great trip, can I be on the reserve list too?

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[Dieselcon]

I'm excited .. Been a while since I've been with the SJC crew.. Please add will hopefully be camping Friday night.

Sorry Mani, will be removing my old kitchen and hopefully installing out new one on Sunday.. Have a great time.

[uncaged123]

Sorry, have to pull out due to a personal issue. Hoping to be able to again get on the trail with the club in the near future.

Cheers RobS

[snoik]

any room for a late addition to either group, haven't been anywhere since buying my JK.

regards
Snoik

[Steve F]

any room for a late addition to either group, haven't been anywhere since buying my JK.

regards
Snoik

Added you to the reserves list, keep an eye out though as it's not unusual to get people pulling out at the last minute.

Cheers
Steve

[Agarwal_rahul]

Anyone want to meet at McDonald's @Richmond at 7am?


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[Jku-365]

Sorry to say, that I am going to have to withdraw from this trip. My daughter is 36wks pregnant and according to the drs they may have her on any day now... Another time. Adrian

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[TRBN8R]

Sorry to say, that I am going to have to withdraw from this trip. My daughter is 36wks pregnant and according to the drs they may have her on any day now... Another time. Adrian

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Congrats mate.... Good luck with the grandkid....

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[Jku-365]

Yeah... I hope so... My mind has quite got round the prospect of being a 'grandfather'! But very excited all the same!

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[TRBN8R]

Hi guys check the list..... Everyone is on.... No one misses out.... See you guys at Lithgow.....

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[Easy77]

Mani, I'm sorry but I have to pull out. Dusan

[Rocket55]

Packed and ready to roll :smile-new:

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[tex088]

Sorry about the late notice, I'm siting this one out still waiting for some parts to arrive.

[KegsyJK]

Lots of rain around on the map. Trip still running?

[Steve F]

Lots of rain around on the map. Trip still running?
Supposed to clear, Im still going just might tweak the tracks a bit :)

Cheers
Steve

[KegsyJK]

:) see you there!

[Mohawk]

The jeeps are going to look so good by the end of the day! [emoji106]

See you soon


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[Dru]

Fabulous day! Cant believe how the weather turned out, man, just a gorgeous day.

Thanks to Steve for picking up the double crew. And 10/10 to the fantastic Manni running the Group Kerry and I were in.

We're becomming real fans of a well prepared TJ, and cant wait for new tyres.

well done to everyone who made the day so special.

:highly_amused::encouragement::highly_amused:

Dru'n'Kerry

[Rocket55]

Was great to meet lots of new fantastic people today on my first outing with the SJC. Big thanks to Mani for leading our group around some great tracks.

TJ's rock :encouragement:

[Steve F]

Yep, great day, our convoy covered all of the main climbs including Mount Walker and went down most of them as well squeezing in 2 different river crossings and some time on the on site track while we aired up. Only one recovery needed up the power line track but other than that we got through everything :)

Cheers
Steve

[Will98]

Yeah thanks Mani, it was an awesome day out! It was great to meet some new faces and to try some new tracks!

Cheers,
Will


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[Jeep11]

Hey Guys, Great day out, and we covered some good climbs. Thank you for a great day.
Steve and Hayley

[TRBN8R]

Hi guys,

Here is the trip report. Due to high demand thanks to Steve F we ended up running two groups on this track. We ran almost the same tracks but in a different order so we don't have too many cars waiting at the same obstacle. The two groups were as under.

Group 1: Trip leader Mani

1. Mani @ Trbn8r
2. Will @ Will98
3. Dru & Kerry @ Dru
4. Greg @ KegsyJK
5. Rahul @ Agarwal_Rahul
6. Rod @ Rocket55
7. Andrew @ Snoik

Group 2: Trip leader Steve F

1. Steve F
2. Steve & Hayley @ Jeep11
3. Rupert @ Rupicon
4. Nick @ Mohawk
5. SteveC and Lisa @ SteveX
6. Khaled @ John Silver
7. Steven Boyd

Trip Report: Group 1

We met up as planned at the Bowenfels Servo at 0900. We had usual exchange of pleasantries, coffee, chasing up autographs from trip participants etc..... We left the servo for Rydal about 0935. We aired down and disconnected at Rydal. Group 1 was given a headstart of about 10 minutes so we don't clog up the tracks. Group 1 headed towards the quarry via the Jambo test track. We came across some nice climbs and steep descents to keep us busy. First major obstacle was the Blackberry Hill (I have named it so because of the Blackberry bushes at the bottom of the hill). Some of us took the medium difficulty route whereas Dru, Greg, Will and Rod attempted the hard rutted out approach. Out of the four who attempted only Rod in his TJ succeeded. We found that due to the massive rain the night before there was a lot of moisture as soon as we broke the top the shaly gravel. So we had a bit of difficulty finding traction if we were not on hard rock. We did the Blackberry Hill and moved onto the quarry. We all had a bit of a play and then looped the quarry to do the rut at the back of it. We then drove along the river doing some light moderate obstacles on the way to The Powerlines climb. I attempted first and followed my usual line but for some reason ended up slipping off the rock and crossed up on the ruts with front and rear wheels in different ruts. With Kerry's help I tried getting myself out but everytime I tried I ended up in the same situation, side ways on a climb. So I asked Dru to bypass me and snatch me out of the precarious position I had driven into. It worked well and every one else drove through without much problems. Once we got to the top we decided to give the second part of the powerlines a miss due to the wetness on the tracks.W e turned toward the Cox's River crossing. The river was way higher than normal indicating heavy rain last night, but we made it across the river with no incidents. We drove to the Unimog Hill. Dru, Will and Greg gave it a go but finding traction was a bit hard so we drove to Mount Walker. We met Group 2 there and had lunch. Will, Rod and Dru drove up using the hardest lines without any problems. We moved after lunch and ended up doing another river Crossinga and a loop and climbing down the Powerlines stage 2. We then drove taking a moderate route to the Jambo Test Track and caught up with group 2. Some guys played around at the test track while the rest aired up. After everyone had their fun we left for home about 1600.

Happy to report no damage of any sort to any Jeep.

Cheers
Mani

PS: Guys if you have any pics or videos etc can you please upload them.




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[Steve F]

Nice report Mani, here's a quick one from Group A (formally known as Group 2 ;) )

We let group 1 get a head start on us as we all planned to head out of the showground via the track at the back that goes straight into the state forest. We did the first decent with no issues and then hit the climb up, Khaled got caught up for a minute but with some guidance got on a good line and was away again. I caught a glimpse of the TEC of group 1 as I parked a the top of the climb while we regrouped.

From there we headed towards the usual route to the top of the powerlines but turned off to the right and went down a track (3 options) that took us to the bottom of the powerline track. Last time I did that one was at Jambo so it's been a while. Again the powerlines didnt cause us much trouble although Khaled had some trouble with the ruts near the bottom on the right hand side so we ran the winch out, a couple of meters of winching and he was through.

Once we got to the top we went straight over and down the side and then up another steep climb, this one has a right hand offcamber at the bottom and is loose most fo the way up but all did it with no issues, we turned right at the fence line at the top (although all the fencing wire has gone) and headed down to the standard water crossing. I made a cursory check of the depth with a stick but it didn't really tell me much so I went for it, the water was certainly up and the exit looked like it might be blocked with debris, all was good though.

From there we went on past Unimog hile and made our way around to Mt Walker, Steve Boyd and Roop did the bottom half while the rent around to the middle section for lunch. After lunch Steve, Roop and Nick did the top section, headed back down and we looped to the right at the bottom of Mt Walker. From here we made our way back to another creek crossing, went though that and back to the top of the power lines climb. We went back doen the powerlines and then up a short climb back to the main trail that headed back to the showground.

There was a side track on my GPS that cut the corner off via a gully so we gave it a go but on the climb up there was a tree down, rather than muck about with it we back tracked and followed the route out that we came in on.

Back at the showground we played on the onsite track for a bit, aired up and headed off, sounds like Group 1 got there while some were still packing up. Great day, no breakages and nothing to hard, worked out well.

Cheers
Steve

[Agarwal_rahul]

Thanks Mani, it was a great trip, had lots of fun all day. Also thanks to Dru and Kerry for help and guidance all day, cheers Rahul


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[Mohawk]

Hey Guys, Great day out, and we covered some good climbs. Thank you for a great day.
Steve and Hayley

Hey HAYLEY come on the Airlie trip :) xo -Pam

[snoik]

awesome day out, good tracks, good guide, good people, kids had a fun day out, although my eldest boy wouldn't go up the power lines hill, he got out and walked up to where mani was while I drove up, with a bit of difficulty, then he got a lift the rest of the way up with mani before getting back in with me, maybe he doesn't like my driving?
look forward to the next trip.
Thanks all
Snoik

[KegsyJK]

Thanks Ladies & Gents; a top day out. Lake Lyell is always a great wheeling spot.
We were wrapped with how the weather turned out, though I did end up with the old red trucker arm. :highly_amused:

[snoik]

got a few pics, not sure how to upload the them though??

[TRBN8R]

got a few pics, not sure how to upload the them though??
If you have them on the phone then just use Tapatalk... Easiest way to upload....

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[Dru]

If you have them on the phone then just use Tapatalk... Easiest way to upload....

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Or you need to up,oad them to a storage site like photobucket or image shavk. Then click the photo icon and copy in the url.

[snoik]

I've only got a poverty phone, can't take photo's on it, photo's were take with a camera, and are now on my PC, I'll try to upload to a storage site??

[snoik]

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last picture, the rest are a bit blurry

[TRBN8R]

Thanks Andrew..... Nice pics....

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[Rocket55]

Great pics Andrew :-)

[Dru]

Cheers Andrew! Really rounds out the trip report(s).

:eagerness:

[JohnSilver]

Thank you Mani for organising the trip and thanks to Steve for leading my group. I had a very good time and I thoroughly enjoyed the trip. Even being winched was fun. Good learning experience. I look forward to trips like this. Here are some pics of the trip


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[JohnSilver]

https://vimeo.com/191602465


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[darksidecustoms]

Great photos, sorry I didn't make it had some major family dramas.


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[TRBN8R]

Great photos, sorry I didn't make it had some major family dramas.


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No worries mate.... Family always comes first... Hope it sorts itself out.....

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[Mohawk]

All the pics and that vid were a great reminder of last weekend's fun [emoji106]

Fantastic day out with an awesome crew. The course created for Jambo 2015 put a big smile on my face. Thanks very much to our leaders Mani and Steve F.

Nick


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