Outback Challenge 2005

Post by **Drafty** » Tue May 24, 2005 7:22 pm

Fuk yea now how cool is that :cool:

, that is the first time i have seen what it looked like out of the car. :lol:

Post by **XFACTOR** » Tue May 24, 2005 7:38 pm

holy crap

SWEET PHOTO!

Post by **Bighazza** » Tue May 24, 2005 7:57 pm

sweet as photo :shock:

Post by **SHINNY** » Tue May 24, 2005 8:59 pm

Well done Normy and Kim

Post by **bogged** » Tue May 24, 2005 10:43 pm

I like how calm people are standin round while the utes up on 2

Post by **The Fish** » Tue May 24, 2005 11:30 pm

Hey it's Trudi here, i'm at Fish's trying to sort out these photo's. I only have over 1,000 shots :roll:

Hopefully I can get them to work and be able to post up some of the better ones!!!!

Post by **The Fish** » Wed May 25, 2005 12:20 am

The winners, Norm and Kym driving a stage at Nundooka

Post by **The Fish** » Wed May 25, 2005 12:27 am

A few of Birdy & Joe;)

Post by **The Fish** » Wed May 25, 2005 12:30 am

It's too late now and my eyes are going to sleep

Myself or Shane will post up some more tomorrow

Post by **The Fish** » Wed May 25, 2005 3:25 am

Baby Audrey is having a feed, so time for me to post some more photo's :lol:

Enjoy, Shane.

Post by **The Fish** » Wed May 25, 2005 3:42 am

Post by **The Fish** » Wed May 25, 2005 10:32 am

More of Roger & Jonesy at Poolamacca 1. They broke the rope twice trying to winch up the wall. When it broke the car slammed back down and on the second time the passenger lower control arm banana'd under the weight and the tailshaft broke thus allowing the diff to move around all over the place :bad-words:

Post by **tuf355** » Wed May 25, 2005 10:51 am

GREAT PICS GUYS,LOOKS LIKE A GREAT TIME !!!!!!

Post by **The Fish** » Wed May 25, 2005 10:54 am

A couple of the South Africans in the single cab Hilux.

Post by **The Fish** » Wed May 25, 2005 11:01 am

1st photo is Jeff Redman & Jason Forrsman @ Denian and the second one is Norm & Kym at Denian.

Post by **The Fish** » Wed May 25, 2005 11:08 am

Conrad and Grant Evans from South Oz in the mud at Viewmont and in action at Nundooka.

Post by **The Fish** » Wed May 25, 2005 12:30 pm

Hobzee and Clint test driving at Nine Mile.

Post by **TUFFRANGIE** » Wed May 25, 2005 12:31 pm

Nice wotk mate keep the pics coming :armsup:

Post by **MYTTUF** » Wed May 25, 2005 1:29 pm

MYTTUF wrote:
Britswed wrote:Jonesy good to see you in a good car too

Tried all the others (GQ tray & SWB, GU tray & 100 series) before, now moving to a Rangie!!
Is that a step up, back or across???????

Well what a week.
Once we arrived it wqas time to change the oil as the motor was new and needed changing after 1000km. This was done only for us to discover a wee bit of water in the oil and some oil in the water. We spent most of Friday trying to figure it out, only to conclude the block was porus allowing this to happen, prolly when the motor was switched off. We took the chance, and never realy had a problem with it, but it will need a new block for next time.
We never missed an SS even with all our issues. The mud was our favorite with no problems and we were one of 2 teams to drive the night SS (Birdy being the other).
From here we headed to Denian and the sand. The A Frame tore off from the chassis during the night motorkhana, resulting in a busted tailshaft, so a slow trip back to Silver City 4WD and an all nighter had us fixed and back with 5 mins spare to start the 1st SS of the day. After a countdown and a fast take off we managed to bust a CV and stub axle and had to do gunbarrel in 2WD. This was fixed in time for the next SS and after that we headed over to Poolamacca.
The morning SS was a blast up a creek, followed by a winch wall and the gorge run. This is where our major hiccup occured. The winch rope broke, allowing the Rangie to fall back down the wall bending the trailing arm, causing the tail shaft to bust again. After some "words" we managed to get it up, temporarily repair it, and head back to Silver City 4WD for some more repairs. Another all dayer, a quick trip 170km north including a puncture on the way, and we arrived at Nundooka to do a night waypoint find SS with just minutes to spare. 2 rims were damaged during the SS resulting them needing a hammer fix but we managed to fix it inside the DNF.
Thursday had us driving thru, over & aroumd rocks all without issues which was good and we were back in the swing of things relaxing with the rest of our group. Friday was much the same as Thursday with us tackeling the rocks also with no bother and Friday night was spent close to Aldee Station where Piglet cooked up a meal for D group with everyones food.
Saturday was another good day for us with a relatively trouble free day of competing with us scoring mid range. This is the start of our next mission when just as we were talking about beers with Rog trying to ingage Hi Range, it was discovered Hi range didn't work! Off with the floor & bash plate only to discover it was an internal issue that needed more work so a trailor was organised to get it home, we got a lift back to Broken Hill for a shower then headed back to presentations.
All in all it was a tough week, prolly the toughest of the 5 I've done. The rock walls provide some challenging recoveries, the nav proved to be tricky, the Rangie tried to lay down and die after 7 OBC, but thanks to our determination, Roger's know how and the support from D group we made it!!
Hopefully I'll be back next year!
Jonesy

Oh and to answer my question ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................

across due to the dramas we had, but the could happen to any car!!

Post by **MUSS** » Wed May 25, 2005 6:55 pm

got back yesterday arvo....pwah bloody big trip....well worth it tho :finger:

for all that do not know i was the bloke werein the kowari flag the hole week :armsup:

GO TEAM KOWARI :armsup:

team trudi....what bout that poor defencelless grey goat you left behind....you took boththe black kidds...sniff sniff :shock:

Post by **MUSS** » Wed May 25, 2005 7:02 pm

OnPatrol wrote:Joe,

Here's a photo for you.....this was sent by a mate.

cheers
Alberto.

BIRDY AND DRAFTY :shock:

i saw it with my own eyes and heard it and holey :armsup:

sh1t bat man :armsup:

ive never seen that before and i cant believe birdy drove out of it

did i hear right that you dnf'd this stage? did ya drive off the course? drafty was that you i saw walkin daized and confused and stone cold silient from the yellow nissan :finger:

........ i wood have had a puker factor way way off the scale

Post by **toughnut** » Wed May 25, 2005 8:31 pm

That pic is about when birdy was changing up gears the crazy mofo. :shock:

I saw drafty walking arond with half a car seat cover still stuck in his ass crack afterwards. :finger:

Awsome drive...

Post by **vompie69** » Wed May 25, 2005 8:52 pm

We not long ago got home, came home the long way via Cameron's corner. What a fantastic week!! It was great to see Norm and Kym bring home the trophy. After going along as spectators you can get a better idea of what the competitors have to go through, throughout the sheer week of hell. Had an excellent time, highly recommend to anyone to go along and spectate next year. Oh yeah and

Go the PATROL!!!!

Post by **Drafty** » Wed May 25, 2005 8:58 pm

toughnut wrote:That pic is about when birdy was changing up gears the crazy mofo. I saw drafty walking arond with half a car seat cover still stuck in his ass crack afterwards. Awsome drive...

Having it surgically removed later in the week. I cant believe we ended back on 4 wheels either.

Post by **Pam W** » Thu May 26, 2005 9:01 am

I'd just like to say THANKS to everyone on the forum for keeping me company during the OBC and keeping me informed when possible ! Being left behind at home thousands of miles away, waiting for the phone calls it was nice to know there were people here in a similar situation !

The UK teams are currently soaking up the rays and getting some well deserved R&R in Sydney and will be back home on Sunday. Can't wait to hear all the tall tales and see all the pics!

Cheers, everyone !

Pam White :smilecolros:

Post by **Britswed** » Thu May 26, 2005 12:36 pm

hahah Pam that they are its a great day here in Sydney they are off to Manly this morning & ferry ride into town think some are doing the bridge climb today as well??

We all went out to Yatch club for dinner last night & watched a great game of fotty with a few drinks

They have filled my house with madness but it all good

Cheers Mal

Post by **T.Trudi** » Thu May 26, 2005 2:07 pm

Hello hello

Finally home again...... :lol:

What a couple of weeks. I have photos of nearly everyone at least from the prologe anyway and all of group D "GO GROUP D!!!!"
The best group ever!!!

I can forward Cd's to anyone if you PM me your address

Thanks KOWARI boy!!! I saved two and I am hoping the mother came back for the third Goat. "Billy Goat "is doing very well indeed and Murtile goat has a new home with Adrian Couchi and I'm sure is doing well too.

Anyone want to see anything in particular photo wise post away and I will see what I can do.

Trudi

Post by **johndiane** » Thu May 26, 2005 2:11 pm

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Anyone want to see anything in particular photo wise post away and I will see what I can do.

Trudi

Yes Trudi, Do you have any photos of Alan Cuthill car 42. We would really like to see some. Thanks for a great job at the OBC. :armsup:

Post by **T.Trudi** » Thu May 26, 2005 2:41 pm

I was just resizing them to post

here they are......

they did a reallly great job out there worked well as a team, well done Alan and Shayne!!!

Post by **T.Trudi** » Thu May 26, 2005 2:45 pm

My resizing leaves alot to be desired..... :armsup:

I better try and fix that.

Back soon with more.

Trudi

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