Coffs run...

Dammit... Spent nearly an hour typing out a trip report on Coffs, clicked preview post, couldn't get back to this typing box and lost everything!! Aaaahhhhh!!! If the post is too long the preview box hides under the section at the bottom and the edit button is hidden... might be something to look at Torsten...?

Anyway, short version now!! After getting to Station Ck Wednesday afternoon and setting up, we woke up Thursday to find Dad's Hunjy had a locker issue, so he was out for the day trying to sort it out... Andy, Josh, Micko, the kids and I went out playing... Had to winch Andy out of a potential rollover, and spent 45min winching my Patrol about 60m up a red clay hill after sliding all the way to the bottom and not being able to drive back out...

Friday saw Dad head down to Cascades NP for a look, while the rest of us had a play around in Yuraygir NP around the Station Ck area... Some nice technical little sections, some mud, and was a good play...

Saturday saw us head to the lookout to wait for Matt (turns out he had a mechanical issue and couldn't come...) and Torsten had work commitments, so it was just the 3 vehicles again (Andy's Rodeo, Dad's Hunjy and my 'Troll...). Checking out Google maps we found Commando trail and decided to head there... After a good look and discussion, we took the right hand track rather than attempt the hardcore left side... although in hindsight, especially after the attempt at Army Road, the left side of Commando would have been doable for my Patrol... We spent the rest of that day exploring various tracks here and there, including Morbid Trail, which turned out to be a very nice little drive... We went down it, but it would have been very interesting to attempt going up... Late afternoon saw us back near Commando and heading up Army road... Well, 3/4 of the way up and the 'Troll nearly had a serious lie down, so it was all hands on deck trying to pack the track and back the truck out of a serious situation (which led to the hindsight that Commando would have been a better option, as Army Road was way nastier, while Commando was just a lot longer...)

After getting back to the bottom, we called it a day and headed back to camp for our final night... Next morning saw Andy pack up and leave early as he had a fair drive in front of him, while Micko and I took the kids to the beach for a fish with no luck unfortunately... Back to camp, packed up and headed home...

All in all it turned out to be a good trip with some great scenery and fun tracks found... Definitely going back for another run some time...

Torsten mate, you'll hafta help with these pics again please mate... We didn't get many, as we were all too busy driving! but here is a couple anyway...

The pics are of the technical section on Rover Trail that nearly saw Andy come unstuck, a couple of the trucks on the beach, the start of Commando Trail, the obligatory flex shot (although not a full flex...), campsite and the section of Army Road that nearly had me come unstuck (doesn't look like it in the photo, but it was pretty bloody hairy for a while...)

Anyway, that was the Coffs Run... Sorry about the abrupt report, but I wasn't gunna type out the full one twice!!

Crap... did it again... pushed too many buttons...