We finally escaped our busy working lives to get out and take our Maxes for a spin.
And what perfect day it was! It rained heavily the week before, so the country was really waterlogged...perfect to go and explore the back of Yarrawonga swamp. I've never seen this area that way, there was water as far as you could see, and we made our own track in between the gumtrees. Lucky our friend knows the area really well so we just followed his lead. Both Max II's were swimming most of the time whereas my Buffalo truck touched the bottom every now and again -with a little help from our two dogs as ballast.
The scenery changed from trees to incredible high spear grass and reed covered black soil swamp. It was hard going when you fell in the same wheel ruts, as it just tried to suck you in. I couldn't believe the country we were able to get through! There was no bike or Quad to be seen and we haven't even got our feet wet -no one got stuck -yet!
When we got onto the track where 4x4's go in the not so rainy months, of course we couldn't help ourselves but to take the worst possible track, and that's where our little snatch strap came in handy. Of course I had to lose my pair of thongs as I sunk up to my bum into the mud trying to hand our mate the strap to pull him out, but it was fun nevertheless.
The good thing with a Max is they never really get bogged, they might just spin the wheels but as soon as it moves a bit off you go again! We never needed our winches at all and it was a really good arvo out and about.
More to come....
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