Does anyone want to talk

Yeah I have a Nissan patrol but it’s like a 98 so nearly as old as me currently sitting on up our kerb gathering council fines while I try and work out what to do with the old girl @Jynx in the mean time my in laws have let me borrow the same car but the new kind not the vintage kind, you know this one has all electric windows @Jynx
bit too nice for me

Hahaha @ArraDreaming if you're not getting a workout winding down the windows, is it even a proper outback car?

I think my dad had the exact same one actually! Good ol' Nissan Patrol! Got a lotta memories in that car, we were always a beach-going family and it ended up rusting I think, cos of all the sand and salt water.

One of my kids Loves cars both the movie and actual cars like loves when we go to car parks or drive past car yards
anyway
he calls my car The Beast

He says are we going in the beast today?
🤣🤣🤣 @Jynx

Yeah mines green I love it @Jynx will get her going again soon one day
So many memories
Want to take the fam up north on a big trip one day, @Jynx that’s what it’s built for I got the racks and everything on it
good for camping and 4WD stuff like that
Did you guys ever take yours 4WD?

The Beast! I love it @ArraDreaming

Yeah always loved a bit of off-roading! There was this particular beach we used to go to, and it was a suuuuper long beach so it'd be like a 10-15 minute drive just to get up the other end of it, then dad had to floor it to get up a big sand dune at the end, then through some coastal scrub and out into this lovely little picnic area. First time I ever got to drive was on that beach! When I was like.... 10 haha dad let me sit in his lap and steer.

What's your fav type of 4WDing, coastal or more bush bashing?

Yeah he cracks it when we go in the Mrs car he calls it the go kart

That’s so cool!! @Jynx
what a memory

Not a lot of coastal 4WD options around here, so would have to be the bush, been ages since I been out though
apparently it’s not safe to take small kids out 4WD or something, can still go off road explore some tamer places though

@ArraDreaming bahaha the go kart! But go-karts are so much fun! I guess not in comparison to THE BEAST lol

Oh true, cos of all the bumpy bits or something? Yeah when they're a bit older I bet you'll be able to take em all sorts of cool places off the beaten track!

I've always been really grateful that my parents are such outdoorsy people, given me a pretty intense passion and love for nature. I imagine your kids will be the same 💜

Yeah we definitely get out heaps but there will be no trips like The Telegraph Track with the kids in the back for at least another couple of years 😂 @Jynx

Yeah you have to get out and about
Would love to have a boat, load up the family, attach the boat and go exploring on land and off land!
One day mate!!
We have family in cairns area and they love it said we can stay up there if we can find our way up

Had to google that one, looks gnarly as @ArraDreaming! Right up in the tippy top of the pointy bit haha. I've never been up that far! Furthest I've gotten in Cairns. That's cool that you got family up there! Hope the chance to go manifests soon 💜

You been out boating much? I've been a couple times and always get seasick haha

I can't handle far north though, the tropics are soooo humid it makes me super uncomfortable! I hate being sweaty haha. Much prefer the dry heat in Naarm, though might find myself creeping down towards Tassie some day, more cold please!

What's your fav type of countryside? Mine is definitely rainforest and mountains, but still got a special place in my heart for the coast.

Yeah that is in Cape York, so not in cairns but same direction I guess
@Jynx

Love coastal, rainforest, mountains,
I dunno if you heard of the Otways but it’s a day trip for us to go exploring down there so super convenient
Some cool places down that way
@Jynx