Got off to a good start @ 8am,
took a look at the Daintree National park then headed to the start of the "Creb TRack", aired down to 18psi and rigged up my sons GoPro.
First river to cross was the Daintree so I did the manly thing and Bra'd up the JK- pitty the water was so low that the bra didnt even get wet LoL.
Hunno's new CJ8 went like a ripper until it died going up the first hill climb - D'oh - so we - the 4 1/2 amigo's that challenged the Creb (Miraz, Beth, Hunno & Jax Hunty) in 3 vehicles decided it was time for some bush mechanic / bodging! - it looked like the float was sticking so Miraz suggested Hunno see if driving it up the hills backwards would help to keep the float valve working - which it did for a while then it died good and proper -so we decided we wanted to get on our way so Miraz hooked up the CJ8 and we began to tow until it was obvious that Miraz Transmisison (Auto Pajero) was getting to hot and there were some seriously steep mountains still ahead, so the CJ8 was hooked up to my JK - which did an amazing job to get itself and the CJ8 up some of the steepest trails I have ever driven, we caught up to some other 4x4ers in Toymota's - they had got out to film "their remarkable 4by's hill climbing" I guess they realising that my JK pulled another Jeep up the same hill was not such an accomplishment LoL. My beautiful wife Jax got herself hanging out of my Jeep to shoot the vid's - she got hit in the back of the head a few times because her dumb@ss husband failed to warn her of approaching trees D'oh (sorry sweetie)! the attached vid's never really show how steep anything is but there were time when I had my foot almost to the floor in low range 1st.
My Jeep got so hot under the bonnet I could see heat haze coming out of my bonnet scoop - then blue smoke - I said "Cr@p" or something similarly rated G as I grabbed my fire extinguisher! fortunately it was just an overheated battery that let off a little H2sO4 which fell onto my exhaust manifold and made a little bit of blue smoke!
By the time I got my battery out to have a look and make sure it was ok underneath, Hunno's Jeep had cooled down and was kinda drivable so we set off again!
Well we finally arrived at the Lion's den Hotel to find all the others relaxed, chillin & pissed! LoL - not concerned at all as to why we took 7 hours to cover 100km's or so! LoL - the "others had a lovely day, caught the car ferry and enjoyed a counter lunch!
Jumbo on the roof!
The Jeep
Trailhawk
