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One of the coldest days on record for our region,
Saturday marked the journey of two brothers united in law north towards the mountains known as Blue. Many others intent on star gazing had proposed a trip into the Abercrombie National Park just outside of Oberon, these ‘Others’ happened to be members of www.offroadsubarus.com. With the chance to finally meet and ogle each other’s rides (Nope, not the WAG factor) many attended with myself and Oliver ‘Old Balls’ Coakes driving up from Canberra. A typical uninteresting drive made more alerting when conditions became extreme, snow commenced to fall!
The drive in via convoy was enjoyable, kind of like a tame Bendethera trip. While it had been raining, snowing and sleeting the hard stuff was still firm enough to allow access down the steeper sections. We checked out ‘The Beach’ campsite and the greater Abercrombie River, fishing is allowed during Trout season (Check classifications) but alas we were one weekend early. Moving onto ‘Silent Creek’ involved a water crossing and some more fun stuff, all cars handled it with ease proving our modifications worthy (An easy way to justify expense).
While Oliver and I couldn’t stay for the overnight campout with the ‘Others’ we still took the time to chat and inspect the majority of vehicles. It was pretty damn interesting to see cars in the flesh I have only had the chance to view online previously, after all many of these cars were inspirations towards my over the top Forester ways. Most importantly I discussed snorkel installs; given that this is really the last remaining modification I wish to carry out (Apart from diff breathers etc).
We headed out early afternoon and arrived back on base about 11 hours after we departed. A long days driving was made easier dreaming of warmth, turns out this day was the coldest in September in Canberra for 40 years. The ‘Others’ got shat on overnight making previously tameable terrain difficult, one even broke an axle/CV/stuff (Unlucky Eden, loved the Outback mate). Luckily for Eden he was in solid company and got towed out without incident (A huge effort from Alex).
Was great to meet up with other members of www.offroadsubarus.com and look forward to combining our adventures again. There was talk of venturing into my neck of the woods early next year and taking advantage of the reopening of Mt. Corree and nearby Power line trail. The Goodradigbee below at Gentle Annies would make a great camping spot; heres hoping future recon will convince others of the trips merit (Easy trip down from Sydney).
Full Images, reports and social aspects of the trip are available here:
Saturday marked the journey of two brothers united in law north towards the mountains known as Blue. Many others intent on star gazing had proposed a trip into the Abercrombie National Park just outside of Oberon, these ‘Others’ happened to be members of www.offroadsubarus.com. With the chance to finally meet and ogle each other’s rides (Nope, not the WAG factor) many attended with myself and Oliver ‘Old Balls’ Coakes driving up from Canberra. A typical uninteresting drive made more alerting when conditions became extreme, snow commenced to fall!
The drive in via convoy was enjoyable, kind of like a tame Bendethera trip. While it had been raining, snowing and sleeting the hard stuff was still firm enough to allow access down the steeper sections. We checked out ‘The Beach’ campsite and the greater Abercrombie River, fishing is allowed during Trout season (Check classifications) but alas we were one weekend early. Moving onto ‘Silent Creek’ involved a water crossing and some more fun stuff, all cars handled it with ease proving our modifications worthy (An easy way to justify expense).
While Oliver and I couldn’t stay for the overnight campout with the ‘Others’ we still took the time to chat and inspect the majority of vehicles. It was pretty damn interesting to see cars in the flesh I have only had the chance to view online previously, after all many of these cars were inspirations towards my over the top Forester ways. Most importantly I discussed snorkel installs; given that this is really the last remaining modification I wish to carry out (Apart from diff breathers etc).
We headed out early afternoon and arrived back on base about 11 hours after we departed. A long days driving was made easier dreaming of warmth, turns out this day was the coldest in September in Canberra for 40 years. The ‘Others’ got shat on overnight making previously tameable terrain difficult, one even broke an axle/CV/stuff (Unlucky Eden, loved the Outback mate). Luckily for Eden he was in solid company and got towed out without incident (A huge effort from Alex).
Was great to meet up with other members of www.offroadsubarus.com and look forward to combining our adventures again. There was talk of venturing into my neck of the woods early next year and taking advantage of the reopening of Mt. Corree and nearby Power line trail. The Goodradigbee below at Gentle Annies would make a great camping spot; heres hoping future recon will convince others of the trips merit (Easy trip down from Sydney).
Full Images, reports and social aspects of the trip are available here:
