Why twice.......was it to make sure that the first time wasn't a fluke.... ha ha ha ha ....mmmm
Beth54 said
02:03 AM May 10, 2013
No fluke I'll have you know!
No, I was heading to a family property near Mungallala Qld, and this patch often stays wet some time after rain. It gets the overflow from a dam that some fool put in nearby.
neilnruth said
03:09 AM May 10, 2013
As long as it is solid underneath .....and you have to wash the car when you get home.
Beth54 said
11:44 AM May 10, 2013
Testing me Gary?
You aim for as many high spots as you can, dodging the deeper puddles. Accelerate with purpose, not too fast, but definitely not too slow. This was 3 years ago, so I'm guessing that I drove on the far left.
I would never have gotten bogged in this, I would have been more concerned about how rough it was going to be for my very low car and the little camper trailer I had at the time. But you can't really avoid it being rough, because you can't go slow. As for the depth of the puddles, June in western Qld is not when one would want to dip ones toes in puddles. If there'd been water right across the road, I would have had to brave it. Note: Pays to carry gumboots, which I now do.
As an aside, my grandparents settled on this property in 1910, and this particular trip was for the the hundredth anniversary/family reunion. My grandparents had 11 kids, so you can image how many descendants there are.
-- Edited by Beth54 on Friday 10th of May 2013 11:54:02 AM
Beth54 said
01:22 PM May 10, 2013
Yes, I remember watching others driving through Wenlock River several years ago, before attempting it ourselves.
In this particular case, it's a well used road and I knew a whole bunch of cousins had gone before me, and there were more to come. Admitedly most were in 4WDs.
-- Edited by Beth54 on Friday 10th of May 2013 01:25:15 PM
GaryKelly said
03:11 PM May 10, 2013
When you're faced with something like that, what's the procedure? Drive through slowly? Drive through quickly? Or get out and check to see how deep the mud is?
Gerty Dancer said
07:22 PM May 10, 2013
Instead of getting your toes wet, wait for somebody else to cross and see what happens to them! In all seriousness, if you are out bush on your own, and the water is of unknown depth, also unknown rocks etc in it, it really is best to walk it...use a long stick to prod the ground in front of you in case of sudden drop in depth. Peter_n_Margaret posted a video a long time ago, where a small-looking waterhole nearly swallowed the front of their Oka!
And yes, I drove through it, twice.
No fluke I'll have you know!
No, I was heading to a family property near Mungallala Qld, and this patch often stays wet some time after rain. It gets the overflow from a dam that some fool put in nearby.
Testing me Gary?
You aim for as many high spots as you can, dodging the deeper puddles. Accelerate with purpose, not too fast, but definitely not too slow. This was 3 years ago, so I'm guessing that I drove on the far left.
I would never have gotten bogged in this, I would have been more concerned about how rough it was going to be for my very low car and the little camper trailer I had at the time. But you can't really avoid it being rough, because you can't go slow. As for the depth of the puddles, June in western Qld is not when one would want to dip ones toes in puddles.
If there'd been water right across the road, I would have had to brave it. Note: Pays to carry gumboots, which I now do.
As an aside, my grandparents settled on this property in 1910, and this particular trip was for the the hundredth anniversary/family reunion. My grandparents had 11 kids, so you can image how many descendants there are.
-- Edited by Beth54 on Friday 10th of May 2013 11:54:02 AM
In this particular case, it's a well used road and I knew a whole bunch of cousins had gone before me, and there were more to come.
Admitedly most were in 4WDs. 
-- Edited by Beth54 on Friday 10th of May 2013 01:25:15 PM
In all seriousness, if you are out bush on your own, and the water is of unknown depth, also unknown rocks etc in it, it really is best to walk it...use a long stick to prod the ground in front of you in case of sudden drop in depth.
Peter_n_Margaret posted a video a long time ago, where a small-looking waterhole nearly swallowed the front of their Oka!