Left twin BP right on time considering Debbie is always late. Headed off from there with 4 cars in convoy Ray and Debbie our trip leaders, Oswald and Hannah, Mick and Leigh and Nick who was tail end Charlie. Traffic was flowing nicely until we hit Cooroy. Took 21 minutes to travel 10kms once past road works we were back on track to Gympie. Took the left turn to Killivan, then right turn to Woolooga where we stopped for a pit stop and to stretch the legs. Took the Biggeden turn off and made our way to Mt Walsh where we stopped for morning tea. Arrived in Bundaberg at 1pm topped the fuel tanks up and made our way to meet up with Luke who is the president of the Rum City Off Roaders. Arrived at our destination at Branch Creek at 2.45pm. Set up camp decided to give the night run a miss as we were all too tired to go. Next morning we went for a 3 hour drive and tested out some of the tracks on the property. At lunch time we headed into town to go to the distillery tour. It was a quite pleasant experience and a very interesting informative tour. At the end of the tour we got to taste some of the rum flavours and liqueurs which some of us decided to buy and take home. We all arrived back at camp just before sunset to make our dinners and have a few drinks around the communal fire pit. Sunday morning arrived and the Easter bunny had been to spoil the kids. Nicholas left in the morning to beat the dreadful traffic and a few more members of the Rum City Off Roaders joined us for another morning of track adventures. So at 10am we had 14 cars in convoy for the morning run which we decided to split the group up so we could cover more tracks on the property. Some tracks got our adrenalin pumping as we had to watch out for big ruts from where all the rain they had a couple of weeks ago had washed the tracks away. Did some interesting creek crossings, wheel placement activities and hill climbs then headed back to camp for lunch and bit of a siesta. Then at 2.30pm we headed out back on the tracks to do some more 4wding. The boys all pitched in to clear all the trees on track which we were driving on which was a great team effort !!! One of the tracks lead us to a beautiful waterfall then it was time to watch Luke and Vic climb Hilux hill which I think was only for the extremists. When I get my lockers I think I will come back and try it myself. Luke managed to put the pedal to the metal, while Vic just did the slow and steady method. They both got up successfully without any damage and managed to move just a few loose rocks in the process. So we made it back to camp just before sunset. Another few drinks around the campfire after dinner and showers we were all pretty tired after the day we had so it was an early night for most of us. Monday morning pack up which we all dread Hannah and Oswald left camp first as they were meeting friends at Maroochydore .
So the convoy were down to two cars we packed up and left camp around 10am. Not bad considering we were aiming for 9am departure. We then headed out the back west way to avoid any traffic on the Bruce Highway going through Gin Gin, Mt Perry, Goomeri, Nanango, Yarraman, Blackbutt, Moore, Kilcoy, Woodford, Mt Mee, Dayboro and Petrie. A big thank you to our trip leaders Deb and Ray for keeping us in line, upright and safe for the whole trip. Also a big thank you to our sister club Rum City for all their hard work they put in to make us feel right at home. I highly recommend all members to try and keep your Easter weekend free next year and join the trip with the Rum City Off Roaders as they are such a friendly family orientated club who always makes us feel welcome every year. Their hospitality is second to none and the property is full of 4wd tracks to explore. In total we travelled 1071kms over the Easter weekend and I certainly look forward coming back next year, in the jeep !!!
So the convoy were down to two cars we packed up and left camp around 10am. Not bad considering we were aiming for 9am departure. We then headed out the back west way to avoid any traffic on the Bruce Highway going through Gin Gin, Mt Perry, Goomeri, Nanango, Yarraman, Blackbutt, Moore, Kilcoy, Woodford, Mt Mee, Dayboro and Petrie. A big thank you to our trip leaders Deb and Ray for keeping us in line, upright and safe for the whole trip. Also a big thank you to our sister club Rum City for all their hard work they put in to make us feel right at home. I highly recommend all members to try and keep your Easter weekend free next year and join the trip with the Rum City Off Roaders as they are such a friendly family orientated club who always makes us feel welcome every year. Their hospitality is second to none and the property is full of 4wd tracks to explore. In total we travelled 1071kms over the Easter weekend and I certainly look forward coming back next year, in the jeep !!!
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