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Nugget punches into Kolan Beach

nugget

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I have been asked to post some of my H3 trips so for those who haven't been previously bored...here is a start. Cheers.

Jeez you would think that someone would have shown a bit of common sense before they named the location of my lastest trip, Mouth of the Kolan River! Anyway, spurred on by the "4WD access only" advice, thought it would be worth trying to punch on through, hopefully not ending up in the brown stuff!!!!

The beach here is a bit ordinary by our standards as you can see......
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But you didn't have to go very far to find interesting stuff like this headless, dead, beached whale...sort of your worst drinking when a youth and waking up next to...story...
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Next was this bloke walking naked along the beach...struth, at first glance I thought it was gunner45 only this bloke rattled a bit more when he walked. I know I was at the Mouth of the Kolan River but seriously, this bloke was showing a little more colon than I was comfortable with! The other point of difference was that this guy didn't have a fetish for dead whales where as there were unconfirmed reports of someone matching gunner45's description trying to throw the leg on the whale....unconfirmed I must stipulate.
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I wasn't sure if it was a Hummer Bummer or a Bummer Hummer!

At this stage I hadn't even reached the camp sites so I knew it wasn't going to a dull trip!!

I had checked with the local Ranger before leaving and had been told that there were only 3 fish in the local ocean, Bazza and Wazza the Bream twins and Willy the Winter Whiting. We jagged all 3 but in deference to future visitors, we released them. It had nothing to do with them being undersized! This is Jake with Bazza just prior to release.
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For being a smart ass and catching the first fish, he was given cleaning duties at camp!
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Couple of compulsory "pose" shots
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And another 1
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nugget

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Jake has just fitted new suspension to his Patrol which is a 4.2L Turbo Diesel
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The campsites were half decent
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And there was a bit of soft stuff for some fun
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Tyre staking was something you had to be careful of
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And you wouldn't want to body surf accross the top of this which is hidden at high tide!
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Gotta give it to the boy for perserverence
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nugget

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Our camp was a beauty on top of the dune and plenty of shade
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Thought it was time the boy learnt to cook, and who better to teach him about having a balanced diet..pancakes from a bottle..
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And just to make it that little bit more special I added the "Nugget Touch".....Peanut M&M's
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And didn't it go down a treat
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Next time I might add fruit....well use the blueberry mix!!

Alas it was time to headback to reality but we had to wait for the tide to receed...no sneaking thru here
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Air up and point the beasts for home
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Another great trip where my son learnt how to REALLY cook!
 

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That looks like a fun trip!

How is your rear end not sagging with the rancho lift? I know you carry a lot of weight. It seems level to me in the pics.
 

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I re-did the rear springs...added a helper spring plus 2 extras. One had a militiray wrap to help hold it all together if the main broke. Also had extrended shackles and longer big bore Rancho shocks for good measure..
 
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