Snow 4wding

Type: 4wd'ing + hiking + camping 
Location: Warburton to Lake Mountain
Dates: 10/8/19
Weather: Cold. Winter blast from way down south had snow falling down to 500m.
Crew: Toon, Jax, Millie & Sam
Key Tracks Hit: Various. Explored all sort of tracks on the way towards Lake Mountian from Warby.
Vehicles Used: Paj
Distance Travelled: 200km
Gear Review: Cooper ST tyres are nearing replacement. The rear tred is low, made it tough to gain good snow traction.
Food: Stuff
Report: Epic session. First proper snow off-roading done. Headed off in search of snow because of the weather that hit Melbourne, there was heaps! Drove to Warburton up towards Donna Buang. Kepts going then hit some track through there. Then went off some track that was heading up towards Mt Strickland, and a few km's up that was a massive tree fallen over the road to turned around. Joined up with 2 other vehciles at that time and tagged along with them for the rest of the day. We then headed towards lake mountain and went off some tracks. Lots of tree fallen climbs required and lots of winching if you wanted to step it up. Decided to turn around and head higher. Found a deep rutted out track and did some driving and then the kids got out for a play. Got stuck and needed the maxtrax to get out of a pickle (faster than the winch!). After the kids had a play, I had to then head back home. On the way home, i saw some dude trying to flag down a car on Maroondah Hwy by Dom Dom Saddle Picnic area so i pulled over. He got his fancy merc stuck trying to do donuts! Haha. Winched them out of trouble - great way to close off a day off-road.
Rating: 10/10

Exploring Toolangi

Type: 4wd'ing + hiking + camping 
Location: Toolangi area
Dates: 4/8
Weather: Drizzle
Crew: Tvb, Jax, Millie and Sam
Key Tracks Hit: Pauls Lane, Pauls Creek Track, Forest Road, Blowhard Rd, various tracks around blowhard.
Vehicles Used: Paj
Distance Travelled: 60km
Campsites: 
Fishing: 
Gear Purchased: 
Gear Review: Runva winch clutch is too stiff to disengage. Unsure on how to fix so that it can free spool out. Needed to use the "out" to get the winch out, much quicker to free spool but couldnt move clutch.
Food: Snacks
Report: Solid 3 hour session. Tracks were very slippery and most closed but surprisingly a lot open too. Some tracks were just too gnarly to go up unless there was a 2nd vehicle and probably no kids on board as getting stuck would have been inevitable. Did however get stuck in a mud pit and needed to winch out. Lucky i brought the recovery gear!  Needs to get out again!
Rating: 8/10