Monday 24 February 2014

Stuart's Pool { The Bumpiest Ride Yet? }

I love a weekend where we get the chance to do a little road trip and sightseeing. It's a long day. And it always makes for a quiet catch up nap day on Mondays, but they are worth it. Everytime.

Our trip to Stuart's Pool, was one of the rockiest and bumpiest rides that we've done so far. Ungraded roads (read lots of bumps, holes in ground), steep hills up, steep hills down. We really tested out our little bumpy car, and maybe our daughters in the back seat too. Really, a car needs a lift kit to be able to drive over such surfaces, with more ease, and less risk. And ours doesn't have that.

Does it sound like I know what I'm talking about? Well I really don't at all. But I will say, in the short time that we've been up here, that my husband is 4WD'ing like he knows what he's doing. And I'm mildly impressed with his newfound driving skills. Though it does help, when travelling on such bumpy roads, to do so with someone in the know. Insert Mark. Who knows what he's doing. Or at least more than we do. Which isn't hard at all.

We were given some friendly advice from a driver by on his return back from the pool. The road ahead was very uneven. And with our cars, it might be best for us to first walk the bumpiest parts of  the track, decide where to place ours tires before we start driving. And he was right.


So there was lots of this.


And that.


Checking of depths.


Checking of tracks before we ventured up.


Or down.


Before finally finding ourselves at Stuart's Pool.




These drives are always scenic. In fact, the drive is one of my favourite parts of the trip. I don't 4WD, so I can really take in the vast, undulating landscape that is this country. There are times being up here where I just can't stand living up here another day. Particularly with all the hot weather. But trips like this, always remind me, how lucky we are to live here and be able to enjoy this part of the country.




Have the chance to get out and explore somewhere new on the weekend?

Hope this post hasn't been too 4WD'ey. It wasn't meant to be!!!

14 comments:

  1. You just said "lift kit"...I don't even know who you are anymore Carls ;)

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    1. Under all this red dust, I promise I am (mostly) the same person!!!

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  2. How lucky you are to be able experience such a wonderful place...every trip must be an adventure! :)

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    1. It is. It is one of the huge positives of living here. Sorry for late reply but this blogging with pip course is taking up so much of my mindspace!!!

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  3. It looks like quite an adventure, but one that was well worth it for the beautiful scenery if nothing else once you arrived! xx

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    1. Where there's water one must go in these parts!

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  4. Who the heck was Stuart and what was he doing all the way out there?! :) Crazy! Now that is a place where SUVs are actually necessary and practical - not in the middle of the suburbs! Awesome first picture - the clouds are amazing!

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    1. So true Katie, no off road driving on the kerbs of footpaths here! I'm not sure who Stuart was, but the aboriginal people in their time before white mans arrival did an amazing job of living and trekking by foot through these parts I will say!

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  5. Phenomenal landscape! I'm sure you will look back on this time with rose tinted glasses, forgetting how hard it was. Xx

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  6. The colours in your photos are so clear and crisp and make you want to be there

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  7. Looks beautiful! It's places like this we'll all miss when we're gone xx

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  8. Totally. We have to make the most of it while we can here x

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