The Boys

Type: 4wd'ing + hiking + camping
Location: Rubicon, the Boys.
Dates: 28 - 30 July
Weather: Cold but fine.
Crew: Toon, Ross, Nick, Willo, Huggett
Key Tracks Hit: N/A. Tracks closed.
Vehicles Used: Paj, Pathy & Huggetts new Hilux
Distance Travelled: 300km
Campsites: The Boys.
Fishing: N/A Rivers closed.
Gear Purchased:

1. Kings 9" round spotties. Awesome. Pretty easy to install, and worked a treat to light up the dark road ahead on the Friday night drive up. 
2. Oricom handhelds. Worked crisp. Fine. 
3. Illuminator led waterproof strip. Works as needed. 
4. Huggett's 4wd. He can comment on that...

Gear Review: As above.
Food: Dirty maccas, dimmies, chicken stripies, homemade farm bacon, eggs, snags and slow cooked pulled pork shoulder, ross' slaw, 2 minute noodles, fizzers, zappos, stoner cones.
Report: Awesome location given proximity from Melbourne. Nice get there quickly and return home pretty soon after packing up. Only annoying part is that everyone else makes their way their too, so no chance of being alone here. Perfect river on your doorstep for fresh water and fishing. Hike up Mt Torbreck was the highlight of this trip. Halfway up you start to get snow, and by the time you're on the top its 40cm+ deep in areas. Weather was perfect, even though Melbourne was reportedly getting whacked with severe winds. I did manage a little fun in a bog hole and eneded up getting stuck. Had to winch out - thanks trusty Runva! Food as always was a highlight when eating it, however this time it played funny buggers afterwards and a few got sick. Was it the dimmies or the chicken big macs, or just the booze? Eitherway, i think no more camping dimmies, but im sure maccas and beer hiatus will be rather short lived.
Rating: 7/10. Sickness, migraines, no 4wd & fishing reduces score. The rest was perfect.

Naughty Mick

Type: 4wd'ing + hiking + camping
Location: Dates: 23-24 June 2017
Weather: Cold. Day 1 clear, rained over night. Day 2 drizzle and a bit of snow
Crew: Ben and Dave
Key Tracks Hit: Naughty Mick Circuit.
- Start at Ronnie's Way, up the hill, down the hill
- Head right to the pond.
- Along the east branch road to the bridge (camp at bridge).
- Up the hill to the next junction
- Left, down the hill to the west branch
- Back up and down the hill to Ronnie's Way
Vehicles Used: N/A
Distance Travelled: ~ 26 km
Campsites: Next to bridge
Fishing: Had a look at the east branch, will head back for a session when things warm up.
Gear Purchased: Sea To Summit Mattress.
Gear Review: Great mattress, excellent replacement for my 20 year old Thermarest
Food: Pasta with stir-through sauce, and country ladle for dinner, oats with sultanas for breakfast, freeze-dried chicken tika masala, and tuna thing for lunch. Muesli bar snacks.
Report: Nice little overnighter. Keen to do the full circuit next time, and get to the top of the hill. Last outing for my tent. Saw a few deer.
Rating: 8/10