We made our way to the Mt Barney retreat via a somewhat scenic road. It was long before we arrived, and confirmed we had the entire area reserved for the Breakaway Offroad 4x4 group.
After setting up tents (and Dave and tribe rolling out sleeping bags in the cabin), we set off to explore some of the tracks in the area. The tracks seemed well graded and in good condition. As we continued, it was obvious that the tracks was not used too often. By the time we realised that sections were potentially "scratchy", we couldn't turn around due to the steepest of the tracks.
So we were committed to continue going forward, including Ben and Marina in their new 4x4. But the overgrown was generally reasonably soft.
After exploring a few more tracks, we returned to the camp site to test out the Zip-line. Cos was the first volunteer to test the safety ….. and it seemed to get a pass.
After a more test volunteers, it wasn't long before a bunch of kids were shouting "can I have a turn too?".
The sun was setting, and a few people started heading off to the local outlook. It was certainly very scenic.
As daylight departed, the firepit was put to good use, and Mark and Arie focused on getting the perfect temperature in the pizza oven.
There were some very creative pizzas being made, and were consumed quickly after cooking in the wood-fired pizza oven.
Don then went far beyond any expectations by presenting some awards spanning 6 different categories. Don even had a small video projector handy to display the presentation.
Awards were handed out to some very deserving people. Though I think Don should have had one more category …. best presentation ever organised by a 4x4 member.
The AGM was then held, and finished reasonably promptly, especially since the generator was about to run out of petrol. Congratulations to the 2018/19 volunteers.
Soon after the meeting was completed, lights went out, and people moved over to the bush TV, i.e. the firepit.
The next morning was a very lazy pack-up, and most people were happy to just head back out the main track. We stopped for quick walk to a waterhole, before heading home. Though some people had time to test out the local coffee shop before the drive home.
It was a very relaxing weekend, and probably the best AGM ever organised.
Cheers
David
