Rough roads

For the past couple of days we have been deep in National Parks - Wategans and Ya

ngo. We have been taking minor tracks partly to get across to our next destinations by short cuts, and partly to try Matilda (EC28) out as a 4wd vehicle. So far we have been pleased with how she performs. 

 Of course photos don't show the ruts and dips very well, and I forgot to take a pic at all on the steep rocks we tried. Joe was concerned that the low gear wouldn't allow him to climb very slowly over rocks. However when we tried a very rocky steep area the low gear was quite low enough allowing him to lift one wheel at a time over the rocks and crawl up the slope without too much jolting to vehicle or passengers. 

However on roads like the one shown above Joe was very comfortable in his sophisticated, sprung and modern suspension seat, while I was feeling the bumps in my seat which is a lot more basic. Consequently I decided that despite my habit of wearing minimal supports for my upper body, I need undergarments that will do the job for these rough bush tracks. I was much more comfortable on day 2 !

Once we were out of the National Parks we were into the Hunter valley wine area. That made a nice change. However we will need to be more discerning I think. After buying nearly every thing we tasted at one winery, we found that later we went off the bottle of wine we had.  One glass was certainly enough! 

Last night we camped in a free camping area in Broke, and awake to literally dozens of campers, mobile homes, and tents. Tomorrow is the day of the Broke fair. S we were out of there early this morning, but not before we had three lots of visitors wanting to discuss our vehicle and offer opinions (all favourable and envious) and one declaring he was hooking his vehicle up behind and coming with us!