4WDing

Bushman Bud on July 25th, 2010

G’day all, After a few weeks around the Gold Coast getting things fixed on the caravan, retuning the Patrol with its upgraded radiator and intercooler and some minor surgery for yours truly (after a small health scare) it was time to leave the Gold Coast and head for the Northern Tip of Australia. First I [...]

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Bushman Bud on July 12th, 2010

G’day all, A week flies when you are having fun.  We have been buzzing between the Gold Coast and Brisbane and back to the Gold Coast.  First we visited the North end of the Gold Coast staying at the fabulous Treasure Island Holiday Park where the kids enjoyed a caravan park full of other kids [...]

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Bushman Bud on June 10th, 2010

G’day all, We will get on the band wagon and update you on proceedings shortly.  We have tarvelled to Brady Lake, Roseberry, Queenstown, Zeehan, Strahan (Sarah Island), Trial Harbour, Granville Harbour and now Waratah.  We have taken in many sites and had some great company amongst new friends and old. Now for today…snow…snow…snow.  Coming from [...]

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Bushman Bud on May 27th, 2010

G’day all, What a couple of weeks it has been since our last post regarding Jeffery’s Track in Hobart.  Since then we have discovered we did the Balfour Track and Montezuma Falls/Ring River Road Track in two wheel drive.  The drivers side manual hub lock had failed meaning know front end traction…I thought things seemed [...]

Continue reading about What a week for Bushman Bud

G’day all, What a pleasure getting a knock on the door early on a Sunday morning and getting asked to come out on a 4WD day, especially when its from a great group of people and a track you were wanting to do.  Its amazing what you attract into your life – law of attraction [...]

Continue reading about Bushman Bud tackles the East West 4WD Track (Montrose Track), Hobart

G’day all, What a way to kick off an awesome weekend.  We had contacted the Trekka 4WD Club a few weeks ago and they were good enough to allow us to come along on the night run up and over Jeffery’s Track to Huonville, have dinner and head back over the hill again.  It is [...]

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Bushman Bud on May 10th, 2010

G’day all, After the Southern Forests trip with the Land Rover Club we have been camped at Hobart Show Grounds due to a wearing clutch on the Patrol.  We have ordered a replacement which gets fitted tommorrow and then off we go again. Our time here hasn’t been wasted though, we have spent a few [...]

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Bushman Bud on May 4th, 2010

G’day all, We travelled to Hobart’s Cadbury Chocolate Factory today in Claremont, Hobart.  Usually it costs $17.50 for a family to get in for a look, but today we were in luck…or were we.  Management has decided to try a new tour of the factory out and so were offering free admission. Unfortunately I have [...]

Continue reading about Bushman Bud’s Chocolate Cadbury Factory, Hobart

G’day all, We had been looking forward to catching up with the Land Rover Owners Club of Tasmania Inc as we had found them both helpful and friendly in making us welcome as visitors of the club.  I must say I was curious though how the Land Rover would perform offroad and how long it [...]

Continue reading about Southern Forest 4WD Adventure with Land Rover 4×4 Club & Bushman Bud

G’day all, After an awesome weekend 4WDing on the West Coast of Tasmania on the Balfour Track and Montezuma Falls/Ring River Road Track it was time to set sights on our next adventure.  Lucky for us we received an invite to attend a day of 4×4 offroad action with the Landrover 4WD Club and Chris Boden [...]

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