Trip in the making

Just starting to organised my first trip for the season

Got one from the forum ready to meet up and smash a old patch that Crazy Pete and I nick named the Hangover Patch

I have been wanting to get back there for the last two seasons but have never been able to make it

I don't know about others but before the first trip for the season I sit and read the Manual for the detector

I have done this every season and in the early days I would read it before every trip

Any way I would be keen to know how many are getting ready or are out there enjoying the camp fire and the Gold

Peaky

All the best fellas

I'm so so glad i'm stuck in Vic in the cold and cant come wif yaz
Peaky, just a reminder to work that northern extension, should lob onto some good metal i reckon....

Reading the manual Gez
You must be gettin toey mate

Pete
PS - if i can help let us know ay

Geeez,, Peaky, your not the only one champin at the bit.
We just about ready to head off, end of month, couple of minor details with some opal ground then heading to Tennant Creek for a look see then the back of Halls Creek as a longer term destination. (hint, any ideas most appreciated).

Very much looking towards a drier winter, the last 3 in the Southern goldfields bloody wet, cold and windy.

When all else fails, Quandong Point, a long spinner cast for a queenie or maybe a mackerel.
Don't mind which, both good on the grill.

Whatever, WA winter is a good spot for us, just have to avoid those bloody Eastern Nomads!!!
Mike

Hey Mike, if ya feels a little drop in the rigs rear suspension as your goin thru Vic, dont worry mate that'll just be me throwin me swag and tecta on the van roof
   then again, ya might head thru B/hill and thats me stuffed  
Sounds like your in for a great season mate, all the best and take care out there.
Sorry cant help with spots Mike, never been up that way myself, but a mate used to go east of Brockmans and do well


Pete

ANZAC weekend may be on the cards, but I want to get one of those new 14" stealth coils 1st before I head out.
Would be good to know where some of you guys are to drop in and say G'day or give a hand on the shovel dry blowing or help patch hunt with my 5K for a stint to deserve a cold beer at camp afterwards (PM me if you feel inclined).
I'm not that keen going on my own so sitting at home procrastinating. Dunno if I'm in the good books with Cloggsy at the moment, so I might just need to save up and book a tour that'll let me take the dog that loves going bush more than me chasing massive bush chicken and Big Red rabbits, any recommendations?

Buggies very keen to catch up m8' will be around kookynie area till about the end of the month, and from there could be anywhere, so keep in touch and let's see what we can organise
Happy hunting
Steve and Buddy

That was supposed to read "nuggie" bloody auto correct grrrr lol

good luck on ya trip peaky and co.
no haven't got out yet this year, all's good got the leave pass sorted with the wifey but just don't seem to find the time between work and shitty weather.
the hangover patch should live up to it's name if you get stuck into that fire water crap ya drink [kracken]
hope the gold flows mate
cheers
jase [aussie 18]

G'day Peaky
Don,t take any notice of those Vics, they,ve bin out tecting all summer while we,ve had 46 degs . Now it,s our turn. I,m off out east at the end of the month after all my golf commitments.
Can,t believe ur reading the manual. U must be toey.
Cheers
Brett

Hahahahaha!!!! Heeeee's toey!
Poor bugga doesn't get many chances to get out!

My old man once told me a saying when i was a wee runt

"Gain a wife lose a life"

G'day Brett  hope your trip is a Bewdy too mate

Pete

hey Pete.
Sorry about not goin SE to pick youse up when were goin NW to get to the gold (yeah, what gold??)
But thanks for the clue, that HC area has already been clocked in.
Looking at the geo maps, that country is bloody unreal.  

First off though, Tennant Creek. A mate who lived/worked a long time there dropped in with some top info this arvo.
He said look at all the stuff then ask the questions. And I suspect he is going to have good answers.  

For a trip like this I reckon I should put new batteries in the old ML Goldseekers 15000  
Then its all up to us.  

Mike

Well
i have spent the weekend sorting things

I have cleaned the swags and given them a wet down so they will be dry if it rains  

Loaded all the containers with the accories

charges the batterys for the head light for the night detecting  

this week cant go quick enough

Peaky

Ive only got a D8 and 14 cartons, can i come

Pete

Nope need a bigger digger and what's
With the 14.

Need more than that.

Long walk home mate.

Peaky

Peaky wrote: Nope need a bigger digger and what's
With the 14.

Need more than that.  

Long walk home mate.

Peaky

Ok then, here is my final offer

I'll throw in my extraordinary Rain prediction skills      


Pete

Do those rain predicting skills have anything to do with this  

That would be the One

" Won't Rain at All "

Peaky

Should have brought a dingy, good looking ground though hahaha!

Hahahaha now now

I Did say they were EXTRA - ORDINARY rain prediction skills

Hey Cliff  It's not as if a massive windy storm that sounds like an oncoming steam train is hard to predict
when ya could see the leaves gettin stripped off the trees half a klick away as it approached us

Then there was this mad pommy bloke, lightening strikes within a few hundred feet and Peaky and me run past
him, detectors held low and yelled at him "Hold that detector down low and get the hell back to the truck "

His answer was "Why ?

Ahhhhh ya gotta love the bush with mates and gold.


Pete

Pete


I could not believe he Said that

What a Knob

Peaky

looking forward to it fella's, looks like a long drawn out week before i get in the car Friday morning.
hope it doesn't get wet like that but forecast ATM looks good just maybe a little gusty with easterly's.
counting down the sleeps, like a little kiddy just before Xmas. yaget that when it's been 6 months since a detector in my hands
cheers
jase

Only 6 months     Lucky you.
Near 16 months for me and not get closer  

This week is going to drag

IM DOING THE DAWN SERVICE then heading up to catch up

cant wait we will have a beer for the diggers when we get there then one to bless the neck
then one for the trip
by that stage i should have my detector set up ready to go


Peaky

Well

I know the boys have packed the cars ready to head off in the morning

Good luck boys hope you have a rattle in the jar before I get there Saturday arvo

Tomorrow will drag on for me I think

I will be packing tomorrow night ready to hit the road at first light

To all the others heading out for the long weekend Be safe on the roads and in the Bush

Hope you all get onto the Gold

Peaky