I did some camping and fishing on Old Bar beach over the weekend. Old Bar has fairly hard sand but I was very impressed at how much more power the diesel had over my 3.8 Wrangler.
The beach is very unprotected and a lot of debris washes up. I was in fits of laughter watch this idiot in a Prado stopping every couple of meters or so to get out and remove driftwood from out in front of his vehicle. it must of been a slow old trip up the beach for him.
I also had this stop near me. It looked awesome but you have to wonder how practical it would be as a camper.
