Melbourne Cup Weekend
HIGH COUNTRY (SAMBIAN LODGE)
3 rd to 6 th November 2018
Participant Name
Peter van Riel with Alanah, Georgia, Lochie & Nikki –
Trip Leaders (TL)
Ian Fieldhouse with Ruby & Finn
Terry Barbie
Steve & Margie Pow
Peter & Jenny Baker
Garry & Rani Appleby
Peter Symonds & Janine Harron
Andrew Douglas & Heidi Smith
Paul & Sue Harris
Terry Birch
Peter & Sue Thomas
Caz Hicks with Beth, Jake & Liz
Peter Hicks
Member
Number Vehicle Details
1154 Jeep Wrangler
1888
1906
1528
1787
1889
1577
1745
1721
860
1016
1816
1727
Pajero Sport
Pajero
Pajero
Landcruiser
Landcruiser
Landcruiser
Challenger
Pajero
Triton
Patrol
Patrol
Maverick
Trip started with our usual meeting point at the BP at Officer. To my
amazement everyone was early and we managed to get away on time at
7.30am on the Saturday. Leisurely drive on the black top via Traralgon and
one to our re-fuelling (morning tea) stop at Licola. Once we aired down we
were at the Lodge at Tamboritha by lunch time. Some of the crew decided to
do an afternoon recce of some local tracks whilst the reminder stayed at the
lodge to chill and settle in with our host Bill and his wife Jan.
That night we ran a twilight trip down Dingo Hill track to let people
experience night time driving on interesting tracks. All enjoyed and were
certainly challenged by the extremely tight switch backs heading down the
mountain. Lots of wombats about and even a deer jumped over the track in
front of us. By now very dark and after everyone made it to the bottom we
turned around and headed back to camp for evening snacks/drinks and the
open fire in the main hut.
Peter van Riel
Trip Leader
Day 2
Most people were out of bed and into breakfast by 7.30. The trip briefing was
at 9.00 and 11 cars were out of the gate by 9.30 heading south east for a few
kms before we turned down Dingo Hill Track. A break was taken by the Black
Creek at the bottom of the hill for some photos. We then drove onto the
junction of Butcher Country Track and turned right heading north.