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Trip Leader: Friday 2nd October 2015: The choice was a tough one. tom along Greenways Track, which, for the lower
Simon Mustey 80 Series TD The Grand Final parade, or a day 4WDing with hung vehicles, required some precise wheel place-
Participants: Simon and the crew in the Cobaw State Forest near ment to stay out of the ruts. For the vehicles with
David McAlister & Michelle Lancefield, North West of Melbourne? a bit more ground clearance the climb could be
Dodkins with Connor, The weather was perfect, low to mid 20’s, sunny driven in the ruts. It would have been a totally
Mersadees & Callum Prado and only a light breeze. different story in the wet and may have required
Brad Riddington Patrol TD Everyone must have been keen for a day in the for- some winching.
John & Christine Piacentini est as most had arrived well before the meeting time After meandering along Greenways Track, we
with Jessica & Emilly 100 Series TD of 9:00am in Lancefield. While some were finishing turned onto Reilly Road where we stopped for
Rob Logie & Sandra Weller 105 Series TD off their egg and bacon rolls and coffee, Simon morning tea in a large clearing. We were ap-
John Chenoweth 79 Series TD briefed us on what he had planned for the day. We proached by some Parks Victoria people who were
James & Lynette Stephens were given our convoy order then lined up just out in the process of starting a controlled burn.
with Sean & Lachlan 105 Series TD of town to get underway. After travelling along Unfortunately a large chunk of the State Forest was
Matt Knight with Mason Burke and Wills Track and Ashworth Road we closed in order to carry out the burn so out came
& Laura 105 Series TD stopped to air down just after entering the forest. the maps, and after some consultation with the
Darren & Racheal Russo The first interesting bit for the day involved a deeply Parks people, Simon revised his plans for the rest
with Clay Prado TD rutted climb with a sharp righhand turn at the bot- of the day’s drive.

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