TRIP REPORTS
Tallangallook-4
22 nd -25 th February 2019
Participants
Neil Phillips (TL)
Arthur Day
Rod Chapple (Charlie)
Peter Dodson
Janelle Dodson
Rod Phillips
Catherine Phillips
This was the fourth shakedown trip in the eastern
Strathbogie Ranges in advance of a trip to Central
Australia. The respective parties set out from
Wollongong, Yass and Melbourne on Friday spending the
evening in Benalla and in Glenburn. The Benalla group
were accommodated courtesy of Gordon and Gail Davis
in their house there.
The Glenburn group were also guests of Gordon and Gail
on their Kalatha farm beside the Yea River near
Glenburn. They had prepared a small area for camping
beside the river which was ideal for testing camping gear
and processes. We decided not to light a fire given how
dry the remaining grass was and the moderate wind.
Camping on the edge of a paddock at Glenburn
On Saturday morning, all assembled in Bonnie Doon,
headed north along Dry Ck Rd before turning off on Hell
Member
No.
1744
T1518
1814
T1516
T1516
1913
1913
Vehicle Details
Patrol
Patrol
Pajero
Discovery
Discovery
Prado
Prado
Hole Tk and reducing our tyre pressures as we talked
through some protocols for travel this weekend and for
later in the desert. Shortly we turned east onto what we
thought was Black Ck No. 2 track, but it turned out to be
a vaguely familiar dead end not shown on our main map.
We then pulled out the 1978 1:25,000 map and it
revealed that we had turned too early onto a parallel
track. Shortly we found Black Ck No. 2 and followed it to
the main Ferrari Road and onto Black Ck No. 1 which we
descended steeply towards our destination for lunch on
Tallangallook Creek. This track became steeper towards
the bottom and Peter got out to guide his driver and, in
the process, lost his footing on the steep loose gravel. He
started to walk and then was running out of control
downhill before an arrest as he fell just behind one of the
vehicles. He was badly cut up and bleeding, so we put
him into the nearest vehicle with one of the doctors
driving, assessed that he had probably not broken
anything, drove him 300m to the bottom and parked at
Tallangallook Creek which had been planned as our lunch
spot. There we set up a camp chair on (or in) the creek as
our two qualified doctors proceeded to stop the
bleeding, assess the injuries by tackling the more
important ones first, clean out the dirt and gravel and
start some bandaging. Meanwhile everyone else offered
support, lit a fire and made tea, and learned from the
experience. The casualty had a challenging array of
grazes and cuts to both shins, both knees, elbows, arms,
hands, nose, face and forehead. For us mortal first-aiders
it was a great lesson as the professionals worked through