Lovers Rock Campsite - Magaliesburg

Went to camp this weekend to at least do the camping thing before winter is here. It was great!!!

Myself the girlfriend and a colleague from work with his Girlfriend went camping. As we both drive Korando's we wanted to do a bit of 4X4 with the camping.

Saturday

Left Pretoria around 8:30 and got to our campsite while it was still early. Got the tents up and then went for a drive up the Magaliesburg mountain. It was a nice drive, although not too much in terms of 4X4 action. We did however leave the trail a bit to creep up the mountain. As this would seem to be the best 4X4 stuff we would see on this trail.

While on the drive we saw a huge rainstorm that looked like it passed over our Campsite. And guess what? It did. When we got back we discovered that the tent was left open, and everything was under water. . . . . The Culprit . . . . Must have been me. Ooooops.

I thought I closed the tent, but returned to the tent so often before we left for the trail that I must have left it open the last time I was in there. Well, the result was one very upset Girlfriend and no dry clothes for the rest of the weekend.

After a few drinks in the tent with the rain still going strong we had more courage to dry the place out. All and all we managed to get everything inside relatively dry and slept fairly dry as well.

The following picture pretty much sums up our campsite

Sunday

Woke up and made breakfast. Then packed up the tent and got going. We went to Goblins Cove, which is a lovely little place with lots of Goblins, Fairy's and friendly waiters. :)

After a nice a good look around and a Cocktail it was time to get to the 4X4 trail on a game farm.

To be honest the trail was not very challenging and we drive all over trying to find a difficult section, but to no avail. It was fun however driving up the mountain and on our way out it started raining heavily again. Making for a bit of mud on our way out.

But great fun was had by all. They had a swimming hole so at least one could cool off halfway through the track.

From there we drove home. The rain decided to keep going strong all the way back. We all arrived safe at home.

It was a great weekend, and all had great fun. Although it was suppose to be the last camp before the winter. I think it will be one of the first. hehehe Now that the tent is dry and all the camping equipment is out of the cupboard and the cobwebs off, I think we will use it a few times more before the equipment see the inside of the dusty cupboard again for the winter.

Till next time.

Groenkloof 4X4 Nature Trail

Went to Groenkloof Nature Reserve today, and it was Awesome!!!!

Rusty is really capable of a lot more than I thought. The trail is really difficult for a beginner like me. At a few places the trail really gets the adrenalin pumping. Luckily you don't need to drive over and through all the obstacles. There are side roads you can take if you do not want to do an obstacle.

The very first obstacle was a long water trench with a few big boulders at the end just to make it more difficult.

Then there was another water put with sharp turns. The 4X4 low range really helped through most of the trail. I think without it you would really hurt the clutch a bit.

The rest of the trail was basically narrow rocky roads up the mountain. With sharp turns just to make it difficult.

All and all a great day out. Now I just need to go on a 4X4 coarse to learn lots more. I see I am in desperate need to know better ways of tackling a coarse like this.

Rusty!!

Well Folks after lots of phone calls and test drives, I have finally found my new wheels.

I got the 2.9 TD Ssangyong Korando. And his name is Rusty. hehehe

We also went on our first road trip to Tabazimbi the first weekend that I had him. Rusty did an excellent job of getting us there and back. The fuel consumption was also decent. Got 10.5 Km /Litre. But that includes the first 100 km's in city driving, and a bit of 4X4 driving. Although it was not that awsome, it is still pretty good in 4X4 terms. I believe I should get 11Km/Litre if I drive long distance.

I hope to go to Groenkloof Nature reserve on Sunday for a bit of real 4X4 action. Aparently the coarse is decent in Offroad terms. With lots of big and small obstacles. Well, only one way to find out.

Rusy here we go!!!!