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Outing for SA peeps 15/8/04
Posted: Fri Aug 06, 2004 11:07 am
by 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

Posted: Fri Aug 06, 2004 11:25 am
by 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....
Posted: Sat Aug 07, 2004 10:28 am
by 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

Posted: Sat Aug 07, 2004 11:27 am
by murcod

Surprising you got stuck!
How high is the creek? I would have thought the whole place would be flooded?
Posted: Sun Aug 08, 2004 11:17 am
by Dangerous Dave
The second crossing put water above my headlights. woo hoo.
Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2004 12:58 pm
by 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).
Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2004 8:41 pm
by 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?
Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2004 1:13 pm
by sw1
Dave, any chance of making it saturday?
cant come sunday

- got sound at church sunday night
really, really wanna come.......
saturday????
Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2004 3:06 pm
by 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?
Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2004 6:00 pm
by murcod
It doesn't look like I'll be able to go.

Morgan trip
Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2004 6:48 pm
by 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
Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2004 9:19 pm
by 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

Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2004 9:34 pm
by murcod
Dangerous Dave wrote: 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?!

Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2004 9:50 pm
by Dangerous Dave
Jarrads not going either. He is working. I'll get some snapps and try to post em up.
Later.
Dave
Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2004 8:12 am
by sw1
Dave what time and where?
if we meet and leave by 7 and then leave to return by 2 then count be in.
Posted: Thu Aug 12, 2004 8:17 am
by 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.....

Posted: Thu Aug 12, 2004 9:43 am
by 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
Posted: Thu Aug 12, 2004 11:50 am
by 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

Posted: Thu Aug 12, 2004 1:05 pm
by murcod
sw1 wrote: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?

Posted: Thu Aug 12, 2004 1:27 pm
by sw1
yesum
i need to get one before sunday.....
Posted: Fri Aug 13, 2004 9:59 pm
by 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
Posted: Sun Aug 15, 2004 3:49 pm
by 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

Posted: Mon Aug 16, 2004 12:45 pm
by murcod
Dave, did you go in the end? Is it worth the drive and any pics to show?
Posted: Mon Aug 16, 2004 12:52 pm
by *BESTY*
Posted: Sat Aug 21, 2004 8:19 am
by 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!
Posted: Sat Aug 21, 2004 11:17 am
by murcod
So it's worth the drive Dave?
Did you get my PM? Email me some pics if you've got time.