Katoomba, Lithgow, Zig Zag

[Clarky]

Originally Posted by Clarky

"F***ed* now. The mining company has put a dozer and grader through and you could drive a Rav 4 to Airlie now. After Airlie the road still has its challenges but only to Xmas as there are plans to grade the whole road. So get out there before a tour bus beats you to it.
Pic's of before and now.

And they call 4wders “environmental vandals”

An update on Mt Airly
The mine is closing so the track should stay as is for a while
Bad news for the local economy and jobs.

[briteway]

Originally Posted by KKnut

Sorry my mistake, it was 3 klms not 500 metres. I was in the area for work so I couldn't resist revisiting, double checked the distance on the way out. In any case it was at the start of the day, if the Hilux had lockers it probably wouldn't have happened. Gotta like that the Jeeps have this capability factory standard. Videos are here:
http://www.ausjeepoffroad.com/forum/....php?p=1336128

Or better still check out briteway's YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/user/Hemi4WD?feature=mhee

I think you were right the first time. I'd count it from the first rock where the 4WD-ing began. The rest was mainly dirt road access prior to that.

[jeep112]

Originally Posted by Clarky

An update on Mt Airly
The mine is closing so the track should stay as is for a while
Bad news for the local economy and jobs.

Yeh spoke to col last weekend when I was up there, was hard not to smile when he told us!
I had only looked at what they had planned for airlie and they were planning to under mine the whole thing for the next 20 years a magical place like that
By the way, they are still proceeding with current development proposals,
In anticipation for another spike in coal price