| A couple of weeks ago we made plans to take | | | | find some decent tyres that had aggressive tread |
| our four wheel drive vehicle into the countryside | | | | that could handle any mud pools we came across. |
| of Victoria for a camping trip. We hadn't been | | | | We also wanted tyres where the tread lugs |
| camping for several years and so we decided | | | | continued up onto the wall of the tyres so that |
| that this was finally the time. Planning for a trip | | | | they had protection in case we ended driving |
| like this is often as exciting as going on the trip | | | | over boulders. Next was the recovery gear. Given |
| itself. Deciding where we would camp was easy. | | | | that we were always driving on city roads there |
| We would leave from Sydney and head down to | | | | really wasn't any situation where we needed a |
| a small town on the coast not far from Lorne on | | | | winch to drag us out. That could all change on this |
| the Great Ocean Road. This had camping grounds | | | | trip so we picked up an electric and manual winch |
| right at the mouth of the river where it ran into | | | | along with all the necessary straps. |
| the ocean. | | | | Our 4wd was already fitted with tested recovery |
| As such we felt we could expect some great | | | | points so that wasn't a problem. Finally we had to |
| fishing - both of sea water species and fresh | | | | get some diff breathers that raise the diff's air |
| water species further up the river. To get there | | | | intake to a higher position in case we took the |
| we would attempt to travel as much as possible | | | | 4x4 through a river. |
| by dirt road to give our 4x4 a good run and to | | | | We were also looking forward to all of the great |
| have some fun ourselves. The trip would | | | | sights once we got down there. That part of the |
| therefore take us out past Griffith and down | | | | Australian coast is absolutely magnificent as you |
| through the Riverina to Melbourne and then on to | | | | drive along beautiful cliff faces down to the base |
| Lorne. Since it takes roughly 15 hours to travel | | | | of these cliffs to the ocean's edge. We would also |
| there from Sydney on sealed two lane | | | | get to see amazing rock formations like the |
| motorways, we were expecting a fairly epic trip. | | | | Twelve Apostles and the Loch Ard Gorge. We |
| Fitting out the 4x4 took a little bit of work. The | | | | couldn't wait. |
| tyres were built for sealed roads, so we had to | | | | |