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Saturday
Morning |
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| Arrival at the beautiful Brooklyn property
near Urbenville, northern NSW |
Camps are all set up, now for the initial
Briefing session |
Lesson 1 .... Hill Stall Recovery |
Down the Hills .. |
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| Up the hills, stall ... brakes on,
check wheels, NO clutch, reverse gear, brakes off, start engine,
back down slowly ... |
Getting steeper and steeper .. |
and steeper ... |
Uh oh! Properly stalled! Can't go up, can't
go down ... what do we do now? Snatch it? |
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| Snatch Strap demo |
Move everybody back please ... |
Up, up and safely UP! |
Successful end to Snatch Strap demo. |
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| More hill climbing, stalling practice |
View from the driver's perspective |
Up the hills, stall ... brakes on,
check wheels, NO clutch, reverse gear, brakes off, start engine,
back down slowly ... |
Looks like they've got the idea at last!!
Result .. happy instructors! |
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| Foot-printing training - put the front
right wheel on the block. |
Back right ... not quite so easy |
Back left ... Mmmm how did I get there? |
Perfect!
Well, almost! |
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Saturday Afternoon |
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| Rocks course - first plant a couple
of BIG eucalypts! |
Now plan where to place the wheels - how
many possible ways are there? |
Up through and over the rocks |
And safely past the big eucalypt. |
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| Logs - one wheel
at a time, up and over slowly .. |
Like this .. |
Generating his
own dust storm |
Excellent! |
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| Now out over Brooklyn's tracks ... Mmmm
do we have to?? |
Take it slowly .. |
Get the footprints right .... |
and slowly creep down the other side! |
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| Time out for a
drive through beautiful Brooklyn |
Up
hill, and down dale .. |
A tricky
maneouvre |
even some rain
forest |
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| Up the hill .. |
Whoops .. back
down again .. |
Up, up .. and ..
back down again |
Phew! That was
fun! Lesson learnt - find another route! |
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| On top of the
world |
The optional
quarry climb .. he's UP! |
He's UP too! |
Huffin' and
Puffin' but ... yes, he made it! |
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Saturday
Night |
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| Half
past - well deserved Happy Hour! |
Dinner is served |
Camp
Fire completes the night |
Nearly swag time! |
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Sunday |
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Breakfast with the birds |
Learning how to use the winch |
Tree
protector is in place |
Strong man to the fore |
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Snatch block in place - makes winching childs play! |
Ensure gloves are used to repack the winch correctly |
Now
off for a property tour (with challenges!) |
Easy
does it ... |
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Lesson .. Mud and Water Crossing techniques - check the depth (pretend,
for the boys)! |
Water Crossing techniques - check the depth (REAL water for the girls)! |
Waiting for a rainy DAP |
There could be water here soon! Hopefully. |
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Who wants to try a steep hill? |
Spinning tyres .. through the ruts .. and on upwards |
Steep sandstone ridge proves surmountable |
Practise a stall, and restart half way up, if you choose! |
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Final lesson - negotiating rocky tracks - straddle the ruts |
Enjoy the easy parts |
Choose the footprint |
Free
spinning wheels give NO traction! |
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Many of us use
our 4WD mostly for touring. The DAP course will boost your confidence to get
through the tricky situations. And you'll have fun too! |
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wheels down - good traction! |
And
up she goes! |
Last
lesson - the second vehicle opens the gate, the last vehicle closes the
gate. |
Just DO IT! |
