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Went out for a drive today, to do a bit of filming for a little project I'm working on........

 

Part of it involved me seeing if the humble hatch could go where the old taliwagon went, so we armed ourselves with copious amounts of junk food, and a carton of chilled coke, and set off, aiming for the northern fire tower outside of Beakonsfield...........

 

Just for fun, a story in pictures.......

 

Setting off, old and busted and the taliwagon-ute-thing :2thumbs:

 

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On our way to the top........

 

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These trails feel twice or maybe three times more brutal in a hatch compared to my Hilux.........

 

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Finally, after much wheel-spinning (The front passenger tyre copped it on a rock, car stopped, wheel kept on spinning......... "it all happened so fast!" lol ) and back-up-and-try-agains, we made it to the top, and it was worth it for the view, these pictures just can't even begin to describe how far you can see, and how clear and crisp it is up there.......... Posing shot #1

 

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Posing shot #2

 

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Posing shot #3

 

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The view from the top of the fire tower looking North East.......... (it really does come in handy knowing the local fireys)

 

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View from the top of the fire tower looking looking North West

 

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View Down

 

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We had lunch (4pm), then started to make our way back down, stopping for pose opportunities on the way.........

 

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You never realize just how steep something is until you go to drive down it.........

 

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Left the trails and started heading home, the long way, and of course, I found puddles........ Ever seen a kid wearing gumboots in the rain? Thats me, just a car instead of a pair of gumboots............ And as per normal, I have so much fun that I forget to check the depth of the big ones...........

 

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The word here was "Bollocks"

 

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This was cause for much laughter.........

 

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25 minutes and a snapped tow rope later, the hatch was back on asphalt, cruising happily home, couple more scratches, a little less tread (particularly the passenger front), and a little dirtier than when it left home, but still running like a dream.......... I love corollas......... :hmm:

 

And since then Tha Hatch has been 4X4ing up the lakes, and out blessington, and of course still running like a .....DREAM!!!!!

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