It had all been arranged at the previous Club meeting just a few days before. Yes, it would be great to have another Club Run just before Christmas. All the younger club members put up their hands to say yes. It was all agreed that we would meet late (High Noon) at the Southern Golden Arches for lunch and then move out.

All went well until the fateful day, who was to know that the dedicated Club President, hit hard by a previous night Christmas Party would be lying in his sick bed. Calling on all his strength he finally manages to send a reminder SMS and send half the Club to the wrong meeting place.

A few strong words and 9 sets of traffic lights later the Club Run participants are assembled. There seems to be a few short. Heads are counted and only the 'old heads' are there. It seems the younger members only had enough strength to hold up their arms about going and not about actually turning up.

Off we set heading down the Pacific Highway until we finally got to some dirt out past South Boambee Road. A lonely and forgotten Series 1 Rover Table Top sat by the sit of the road as we went past.


This is where we were headed - mighty Boambee Peak and beyond.









We saw some of these along the way and there was mention of some sort of fruit but never you mind about that.











There were six on the run, a few FSJ's, a couple of XJ's and Ol' Red Dog - J10




This is Ol' Red Dog a bit mixed up either going up a hill or down one.

Adrien and Rachael doing some heavy moving up a steep Boambee hill in their FSJ.

This is an XJ that needed a little help up a hill.

Honcho was next but seemed to have a small problem. It wasn't this particular one but something very similar.

There was some deciding to do about this hill and a few more psi's were let out from some tyres.

I'm not a good student of Latin but either Maximus Ruinius or Ruinous Maximus had the next try and while not getting up the hill he didn't seem immersed in water either.

Jacko has another try with ominous consequences.

After an initial issue with brake lines Jacko seems to come down with a problem about steering in reverse down hill.

Jacko, the Chief and Adrien get to work and the J10 is soon down the hill and back on the track. Jacko will have a few days doing a work over but that's about Jeep life.

This was a nice place down the bottom of some hills. Open this photo to get an idea of how nice it is.

We then headed up some old trails and discovered a half locked gate. The gate was open and we drove in to discover an old friend Lowey getting ready for his next party after nearly busting his leg on a bike trail. Lowey gave us some tips about the hills around and offered a new place for a Jeep outing. I am sure it will be on Google somewhere.