We Went Away Boys, And Came Back…

February 2nd, 2010 | Author: van | Filed under: autos, friends, outings, work |

Boys that needed a shower and a damn good sleep.

Here’s a few simple photos from a recent weekend away with my fellow motoring scribes. As you can see from the shot about, we took a Range Rover Sport, Land Rover Discovery 4 and a Jeep Wrangler off on a weekend of bashing around the Victorian countryside. ‘Twas as good a weekend as one can ask for, to be honest.

A few more shots after the break.

Tony, our review editor. The guy knows cars.

Kez, one of our reviewers.

Above: Craig’s Hut, which was built specifically for the film The Man From Snowy River.

It was a great weekend. We stayed the night in what was literally a beat-up old unfinished guest house which had apparently been repurposed as a storage shed about 30 years ago.

Dust, creaky and sparse floor boards, dust, military-like bedding, dust, and poorly sealed and insulated walls. Plus, dust. That was more or less the shape of the accommodations.

Frankly, I loved it. But our tagalong friend Martin? Not so much! He’s a delicate boy, our Martin. Used to somewhat classier lodgings, I fear.

But he made it through the night, got drunk with the rest of us and swears to me that he had a great time. I’m happy to believe him.

The only real downside in my book was that, even with Telstra - which it reckons covers about 99 percent of the country - I had no phone coverage except for at the very top of the mountain… some 1500 metres above sea level.

While I absolutely loved camping and trailbiking as a kid - on the rare occasion that we went - I’ve definitely become accustomed to connectivity in my later years…

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