Local Advice Ellenborough NSW

Guys...

We're looking for 1 day trip suggestions in the area of Ellenborough / Long Flat NSW. We are planning to be staying locally and wanted to look at a short 4WD trip in the area. We will have mainly Patrols, Cruisers, Jeeps, Prados and larger soft-roaders. We will also have some kids with us so a quiet location that includes water for swimming would be ideal.

Also, looking for accommodation options in the Ellenborough region. A lot of us will more than likely stay at Twin Falls however this is not necessarily an option that all would be happy with so having an alternative would be good to cater for these people as well. Camping will most likely be the preferred option.

We have attempted to contact the Port Macquarie & District 4WD Club via various web addresses and emails but with no success. If anyone has current contacts for them, or other clubs in the area that may have some ideas, I'd certainly appreciate it.

Thanks in advance.

I agree there does seem to be a lot of amateurs with 4WDs. Not sure if this is because on the whole we fall into a higher socio economic group or that we just like getting away from the noise of the city. I recall the first time I took a Yaesu FT-707 out of the city and fired it up. 80 meters was so quiet I thought that I'd damaged the radio in transit. It was only when I got a response to a call from Napier (New Zealand) that I realised that it was the noise that was gone not the radio. Given that I live in a house full of x-boxes, PCs and assorted noise generators most of my HF work is done portable with an IC706-MKIIG.

Based on the amount of interest shown by others who have travelled with us or been at the same location when we've operated we are planning to some "F" call classes aimed at 4WD and other outdoor types. We're even looking at doing some of these courses in a portable scenario.

By the way for others reading this we are not looking to replace the existing networks but add to the travel experience. Wouldn't it be nice to use a cheaper radio that you can actually talk home on, or even further a field like the rest of the world?

Regards
Kim & Peter (VK2US)


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