Outing for SA peeps 15/8/04

[Dangerous Dave]

Well its finally time. Yes the outing up north to morgan quarry. At the moment it has been set for the 15 of this month. Finer details still to come. Can people reply to this post with expressions of interest. Also if anyone has knowledge on how to get there let me know too, as i haven't even looked at a map yet.


Cheers
Dave

[murcod]

Yep, I'm interested Dave.

AFAIK you head to Blanchetown and turn off at the servo? There are directions on Out of Adelaide IIRC.

Have you been down to see what Sheidow's like at the moment? I imagine it would be very interesting....

[Dangerous Dave]

Sheidow is stupid. Mike and I went down there last week before the big rains hit and we got stuck. It took us from 9:00pm until about 1:30am to get out. I'm going for a look see today. Anyone else interested in the trip?

Dave

[murcod]

Surprising you got stuck!

How high is the creek? I would have thought the whole place would be flooded?

[Dangerous Dave]

The second crossing put water above my headlights. woo hoo.

[sambo]

I will probably have to bail in the morgan trip. as i am buisy this weekend and dont have the money for fuel (and i cant afford to pop 2 more tyres, ha ha).

[sw1]

well basically count me in

my only thoughts are what speed are you wanting to get up there at?
you small daihatsus maybe able to fly up there but us bigger rigs cant.
ie 90 khrs otherwise i will drink stupid amounts of juice.....

might also have a td manual pathy - jason
mk patrol - adam

btw how far is it?

[sw1]

Dave, any chance of making it saturday?

cant come sunday - got sound at church sunday night

really, really wanna come.......
saturday????

[sw1]

according to this website adelaide to morgan is 163km's

also i just realised i might be able to come depending on what time we start
where are you planning to meet and when?

[murcod]

It doesn't look like I'll be able to go.

[Benszook]

Unfortunately I wont be able to come up as I have just pulled the rocky off the road to rebuild the gear box and diffs (hopefully change to Hilux diffs). The way to morgan is you head out of adelaide on Main North road/sturt highway, thru elizabeth and muno para. You turn left to freeling off of the sturt highway just out of gawler and then right straight away. You follow the road into kapunda and turn right at the end of the main street (by now there should be signs to morgan). Follow this road to morgan. As you get into morgan and just go past the 80 sign turn right on the blanchetown road and 500m on your left up the road will be a sign to morgan dump follow this road in and you will find the quarry from here there are tracks everywhere so just look around.

Don't go thru blanchetown and cut across it will take you at least an extra half an hour. Have fun and I wish I could come.

Cheers
Ben

[Dangerous Dave]

It has to be Sunday as i have work on Saturday from 08:00 to 23:17. It looks like no one from here will be going. Whats wrong with you all? It will also be an early start on Sunday morning as its about a two and a half hour drive from down here to Morgan.

Ah well i'll post final details on thursday or friday so that if you all change your mind at the last minute you know what the deal will be.

Dave

[murcod]

It looks like no one from here will be going. Whats wrong with you all?

Turned out to be a bad weekend for me- other things I'd forgotten about are on next weekend. If it wasn't so far away I probably could have gone.

If it's as good as it sounds we'll have to organise another trip when more people can go.

Jarrad are you going, and who' taking pics and vids this time?!

[Dangerous Dave]

Jarrads not going either. He is working. I'll get some snapps and try to post em up.

Later.

Dave

[sw1]

Dave what time and where?

if we meet and leave by 7 and then leave to return by 2 then count be in.

[sw1]

Dave a good place to meet would be the parafield airport bunnings, its on main north rd (on the way) and its easy to find

we could meet there at 7, if your up for that early start.....

[Dangerous Dave]

That sounds like a plan! We will probably still be having fun at 2:00 but thats cool if you want to cruise around that time. So we'll make it for 7:00 parafield bunnings car park. I'll make sure that this is ok with everyone else and confirm it with you.

DAve

[sw1]

rad

this time can you guys bring some recovery gear....
snatch strap at minimum
if it means going and buying one well so be it

[murcod]

this time can you guys bring some recovery gear....
snatch strap at minimum
if it means going and buying one well so be it

So was that your strap that got cut last time Steve?

[sw1]

yesum

i need to get one before sunday.....

[Dangerous Dave]

Ok steve,

These are the final arrangments, set in stone. After talking to all the guys coming along from down south we wont be leaving Reynella till 7:30am on Sunday morning. We will be at Bunnings Parafield by 8:30.

I hope this is still ok. I have to work late on saturday night and the other guys coming aren't as young as you and i so they need a little longer to get going in the mornings. LOL. If they read this i'm in shit!!!!

Dave

[sw1]

sorry guys

engine absolutely spat the dummy
its only just running this arvo

coughing, spluttering, hesitating, stalling lots, black smoke.......
the works.......

i woundnt of made it today

next time

[murcod]

Dave, did you go in the end? Is it worth the drive and any pics to show?

[*BESTY*]

[Dangerous Dave]

Hello.

Really dissapointed in the turn out from you northern blokes! Yeah we went and it was pretty good. So much space to check out we really didn't have enough time with just one day. It would make a perfect weekend get away as there is a caravan park right next door to the traks.

There are pics and a video but i've given up trying to up load them.

Dave!

[murcod]

So it's worth the drive Dave?

Did you get my PM? Email me some pics if you've got time.