El_Freddo
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- Bridgewater, Vic
- Car Year
- 1988, 1990
- Car Model
- EJ22'd L series; Targa Brumby
- Transmission
- Locking FT4wd 5spd Manual, 4.111:1 diff w 1.59:1 low range & front OBX LSD ;)
Trip Report: Robe and Beachport SA sand 4wd.
Over the easter weekend my fiance and I headed over to Robe for some 4wd’n since Ruby Scoo is now lifted. We left late morning on Saturday, taking our time to cruise over.
We were able to organise accommodation at Beachport in one of the caravan parks. It was packed!
Ruby Scoo made it over easily on one tank - 57 litres when we filled up in Robe on Sunday morning (Bendigo-St Arnaud-Horsham-Naracoorte-Robe-Beachport-Robe). I’d placed some threads asking if others were interested in coming with us, as I’d prefer to travel on sand with two cars. Bboypebs (Adam) expressed some interest and managed to come out on the changed date of Easter Sunday. To put it simply, we had a ball!
We “cut a lap” of Little Dip NP from Hermitage Rd up to the first camp site’s road, we ran into a surf competition where there were loads of 4wds coming in with only one single lane track to use. We shared a park space to let some cars through, Adam managed to get stuck, and I was no help as I’d been boxed in by him. Eventually a 4wd gently snatched him out:
After this we headed into Robe, hit up Long Beach, found a dead seal
When we finally got to the end of Long Beach we stopped for some lunch and thought about heading further north along the next beach:
It was decided that we’d drop in on the beach below the surf comp in the Little Dip NP near where we started, but head south this time. So we took Twin Gum track back to the beach, we had to wait a little bit for a stuck 4wd to sort itself out - at one stage it wasn’t looking good as it was starting to slide down the side of a dune. They got out ok, told us it was pretty hairy ahead and that we’d probably not make it. We cruised up without a problem
These are some of the “big boys” we found along the way. One’s bogged up to the rear axle, another sounded like it had a tractor’s engine under the bonnet:
This is one of the rocky outcrops that are along the track:
This beach was VERY soft - the ranger’s warning stated that the beaches were soft in condition but this one was noticeably softer than the rest earlier encountered. Adam’s brumby bogged down in a soft patch so a snatch was needed. At this point I was worried about getting the two subis bogged. I’d just passed two other 4bys that had bogged down, both got out in the end. Here’s the two subis getting ready for the snatch:
From here we departed from the beach for a little bit before dropping back onto it at Stinky Bay. Here Adam was kind of running out of time so we thought we’d have a go at the next section then head off the sand for Adam to head home.
We found some dunes, then found out on the map that we weren’t allowed in there, even though the buggy club was nearby and the place was covered in their tracks:
Over the easter weekend my fiance and I headed over to Robe for some 4wd’n since Ruby Scoo is now lifted. We left late morning on Saturday, taking our time to cruise over.
We were able to organise accommodation at Beachport in one of the caravan parks. It was packed!
Ruby Scoo made it over easily on one tank - 57 litres when we filled up in Robe on Sunday morning (Bendigo-St Arnaud-Horsham-Naracoorte-Robe-Beachport-Robe). I’d placed some threads asking if others were interested in coming with us, as I’d prefer to travel on sand with two cars. Bboypebs (Adam) expressed some interest and managed to come out on the changed date of Easter Sunday. To put it simply, we had a ball!
We “cut a lap” of Little Dip NP from Hermitage Rd up to the first camp site’s road, we ran into a surf competition where there were loads of 4wds coming in with only one single lane track to use. We shared a park space to let some cars through, Adam managed to get stuck, and I was no help as I’d been boxed in by him. Eventually a 4wd gently snatched him out:
After this we headed into Robe, hit up Long Beach, found a dead seal
When we finally got to the end of Long Beach we stopped for some lunch and thought about heading further north along the next beach:
It was decided that we’d drop in on the beach below the surf comp in the Little Dip NP near where we started, but head south this time. So we took Twin Gum track back to the beach, we had to wait a little bit for a stuck 4wd to sort itself out - at one stage it wasn’t looking good as it was starting to slide down the side of a dune. They got out ok, told us it was pretty hairy ahead and that we’d probably not make it. We cruised up without a problem
These are some of the “big boys” we found along the way. One’s bogged up to the rear axle, another sounded like it had a tractor’s engine under the bonnet:
This is one of the rocky outcrops that are along the track:
This beach was VERY soft - the ranger’s warning stated that the beaches were soft in condition but this one was noticeably softer than the rest earlier encountered. Adam’s brumby bogged down in a soft patch so a snatch was needed. At this point I was worried about getting the two subis bogged. I’d just passed two other 4bys that had bogged down, both got out in the end. Here’s the two subis getting ready for the snatch:
From here we departed from the beach for a little bit before dropping back onto it at Stinky Bay. Here Adam was kind of running out of time so we thought we’d have a go at the next section then head off the sand for Adam to head home.
We found some dunes, then found out on the map that we weren’t allowed in there, even though the buggy club was nearby and the place was covered in their tracks:
& top pics too. 
