Old Geehi in Kosciuszko National Park

[Peter60]

I just spent 4 days around the Old Geehi area with my patrol.

The 4WD club I am a member of had a trip to Old Geehi. Its an absolutely beautiful spot, especially at this time of year.

There were a few classic vehicles, - 2 x Series 1 Land Rovers (1950 and 1953) plus my Patrol and about 7 other vehicles.

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There were a few water crossings, including the Murray River.

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Plus we spent a day doing some difficult 4WDing. The Series 1 vehicles didn't do that activity but my Patrol joined in. It didn't have a problem. We had some very steep fire trails that were heavily eroded. It didn't hesitate!

No photos here as I needed 2 hands on the wheel!

Overall I did 500 Kms (300miles) over the 4 days and that included about 150Kms (100miles) of fairly hard 4WDing. The Patrol didn't fault. I checked it out today and no damage or problems what so ever.

My vehicle only travels at 80kms/hr (50mph) so on the Monday of a Public Holiday on the way home there was a very long queue of traffic behind me . It was only a single lane road.

Geehi was an absolutely lovely spot. You could camp down by the river. It rained one night but over all the weather was great.

Highly recommended place to explore.

[SBP78g60]

looks great mate thats awesome

[L60Boerne]

Thank you Peter, That was a great little mental vacation to start my day with.

I had my white 63 Patrol at the local grocery store last Saturday morning and as I was loading to leave a more aged man than me approached me. He was a picture in the making with clean pressed shirt and pants, weathered face, cowboy hat and three day beard. He approached me with a smile and told me how he drove "one of those" for years as a ranch truck down in Costa Rica back in the day.

I pulled out my phone. I asked if he minded that i took his picture next to it. As he neared I asked if he was sure he understood it was a Nissan? His disposition changed and he said, Oh...I thought it was an old Land Rover. Then he said several times.....Oh how I dreamed of all my friends up in the states with real windows and air conditioning. He said he it was reliable but very rough and uncomfortable to use. He disliked the sliding plastic windows the most.

He then admired my roll up glass windows and said that was real nice.

Making Patrols Great Again,
L60Boerne

[RiverPatrol]

Great story, thanks for sharing. Great pictures! No surprise that your Patrol handled the rough stuff flawlessly, they're really pretty amazing.