Where did we all get away to over Easter / Anzac 2017?

[ryangus]

Hi Tony,
Agreed - most beach mishaps occur due to operator error... including mine.  My mistake was risking a high tide run up the beach before dawn alone.  

• Low tide, easy run - high tide, very soft sand and narrow track meaning little room for error.  
  
• Daylight hours - high probability of passer-by.  
  
• Travelling in convoy - help on-hand for a simple tow backwards. 
  

I really did know better, but perhaps got a bit over-confidant, again another common reason for mishaps.  Plus, I really wanted to make the dawn service at Waddy Point.  I was only about 3km from Indian Head, and other than this one tricky section, the rest was relatively plain sailing.


Anyway, when I came to a halt I was reluctant to 'gun it' off the drop off down onto the wet sand without knowing how firm it was, and not wanting to risk either tipping or getting bogged in an even more treacherous position.  Hence I braked, thus losing any momentum.   By the time I realised I couldn't reverse, I had bellied out.  Despite 4 Maxtrax and single digit tyre pressures, there was just too much sand under the vehicle to get enough traction.  Naturally, the only options were recovery by another vehicle( of which we saw none at that time of day and tide), or the ultimately successful method of 20 minutes of digging myself out.

You live and you learn!  All in all, still a great trip