Glenn Innes and surrounding areas information and questions

[LONEWOLF]

I never enter that area with only 1 4x4 with-out someone else in their 4x4 as back-up... I also have a 20l water tank Full and at least a couple of cans of the good ol Baked beans are always in my 4X4, along with a jacket and Blanket.... Those 4 items have saved mates and me several times over the years... You get into that country and you can easily be in there for days if rain sneaks up on you..
There is no phone reception in that area. UHF only to talk to the other 4x4..

The 'Hippies' still use Smoke Signals to converse out there... And some of them are Not out there for peace and to be close to God...
If you find 'Unusual' Plants growing out there Do Not Touch them and get out real quick the way you entered, as their Owners use very nasty 'Devices' to ward off intruders...

LW...

 

[Rockhunter62]

Around 1973 we were staying at Glen Innes for a holiday and decided to go for a drive in our early model short WB land cruiser, went out towards the Kingsgate Mine area and just took a road that looked interesting to see where it went, the further we went the more like a goat track it became and then it started to rain, had wife and a 12 month old on board. Finally got to a point where fear of what lay ahead began to set in, we stopped and decided to try and back up, but it was a looooong back to where we could turn around, so we proceed at a very slow pace with a fairly good fall on one side of the track and high mountain side on the other.

After a couple more miles we can to a track leading off to the right, but it involved going down a rather rough steep looking track and then back up the other side to what appeared to be a mine entrance where there appeared to be room to turn or we continued on for an unknown distance to find worse. So it was decided to give it a go and 4 wheel drive was on front hubs were locked, made it down and back up the other side found just enough room to turn with careful maneuvering, then down and back up and on our way out with a promise to the wife that that sort of thing would never happen again.

We had no food, not even one of the older cb's as they were still illegal, we had not told anyone where we were going as it was supposed to be just a short drive and it was one hell of a hike to get back to a main road for assistance, so since then a LOT more care has been taken and very little off road is even considered.

So I am saying be very careful if you intend to go out in that area, let someone know where you are going, do not think phone reception would be good and the UHF radios have a very limited distance and that sort of terrain.

Graham

Those old swb cruisers used to go very well, at least you had one of them to be able to get back. :Y:

Cheers

Doug

 

[user 14190]

From memory it was fitted with the old bar style treads and I have always thought that it was them that was able to give us the grip to get out of the situation. It was one of those things that was a good idea and an adventure at the time and I did not pay enough attention to the road getting narrower until it started to rain and that was when the reality of what I was doing started to set in, but it was too late to do much at all. Hindsight and age now tells me to stay on the well driven roads and tracks and if in doubt stop and go back. Any gold in those hills around Glen Innes cans stay there as far as I am concerned, prefer the open country around Maryborough vic, so far have not seen any of the 'unusual plants' you speak of, so all good, no threat to life or limb. :Y: :Y: :Y:

Graham

 

[SparkleBug]

you ppl r funny. yes I have had a few , but you still funny.....
I wanted to say other things, but not the place, I fear. layful:

 

[The geezer]

Well at least everyone can appreciate what it would have been like pushing a wheelbarrow around the goldfields with sack of flour and a pan. Kind of makes you think What Were we worried about again??