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    Quote Originally Posted by stevet View Post
    Hi Dru & Kerry,
    Have to pull out of this run as I've had a roster change to cater for a new admission in my house....
    Thank's, Stephen T.
    Damn! Thanks for letting us know Stephen.

    CRDSteve - looks good for you though. List updated.

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    Kerry and I completed a full reccie on the route yesterday. It's going to be a long day if we get through the whole thing when we have such a large convoy - but then we can simply stop at an appropriate time.

    We start at Awaba, near Freemans Water Hole in the north of the Watagans area and end up in Jilliby SCA in the south. The stages are joined together by D grade gravel roads or main trails (Watagans Forest Drive and Prickley Ridge Rd). There are a couple of short challenge bits to break up the graded trails.

    Stage 1: Awaba Mountain Bike area. Easy.
    Stage 2: McKenzies. Easy but getting tighter.
    A short rock crawl bypass because it is there. Downhill, tight final drop onto the exit trail - it will be fine though we may spot.
    Stage 3: Cut rock fire trail (not the B+ cut rock itself, but the trail that shares it's name), bit scratchy and a loose rock-shale climb out.
    Another short C grade rock crawl tranversing between trails
    Stage 4: Area surrounding Drury Lane verging on C+ and then if we keep to the chicken tracks.

    Hopefully the tracks attached are useful to someone.

    track-20719-100239am.gpx
    track-20719-100239am.kml

    While it only needs a little rain to change things in this area, the forests are definitely drying out compared to a couple of weeks ago. There are still a few puddles and some small bogs that can't be avoided, so expect to get muddy!


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    Last edited by Dru; 21-07-19 at 12:39 PM.

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    Hi Drew and Kerry
    Could you please add me to the convoy list

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    Quote Originally Posted by Big_Bronco View Post
    Hi Drew and Kerry
    Could you please add me to the convoy list
    Thanks mate, list updated.

    and that has to be it, list actually closed.

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    Fab response guys....obviously we need to do more C+ trips!


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    Quote Originally Posted by isherz View Post
    Fab response guys....obviously we need to do more C+ trips!
    I am working on it!!!!

    LOL

    Cheers
    Ben

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    Wow this run is huge!

    Nice work!
    Martin H. | 2014 JK Unlimited (white) | 2015 Grand Cherokee (max. steel)

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    Default Watagans - McKenzies C grade run

    Yes you are Ben....
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    Hi Drew.
    Thanks for adding me to the list, but unfortunately I'll have to pull out. Change of work schedule for my ex, so I'll have the kids and don't think they would appreciate a full day offloading like I would.
    Sorry again

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    Checking conditions:

    No relevant fires.
    Parks closures are the usual culprits that we have gotten used to avoiding.
    As earlier Forestries have said they have nothing that is likely to impact us.
    There is a slim chance of minor rain - this usually means nothing, but if light shouldn't impact things much.
    It should be cool-ish. Light wind.



    Dru

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