Pete
12-03-2012, 07:41 PM
Okay, so as said in the 4x4 thread, we hit up MOA over the long weekend, we went up for 7 days, spent some at MOA and some in Kalbarri.
It was an absolute blast, and a metric fuckton to do.
Basically, it's a massive station about an hour from Kalbarri, just past Binnu. It has a large Bar/Restaurant, ( just make sure if you want to order tea you do it the day before as they go in and get all the gear), has a seperate section you can hire out called the Shearers Shed ( if you're doing Wet season times i'd highly recommend this, as it has it's own showers and toilets). Behind the bar is a heap of showers and toilets as well.
They have horses you can do trails on, they also offer a " Follow Me " service where you can hire out a guide and his car and follow him. Also they have a channel where if anything at all goes wrong, you can call up the main office.
Unfortuneately the buggies are now not available too.
Most campsites range from 5-10 minutes away from the main building, some are further then that, and they are well spread out. We had " Reflection Pool " which they said was thier pick, as we were the only people there for the first few days. Our campsite had a porta-loo like what you get on worksites, a bin and a decent fire, right on the Murchison River with a heap of trees covering.
We rocked up on the Wednesday, and left the Saturday morning. Could've stayed a lot longer, out of the 18 ( from memory ) tracks, we smashed out about 10. They range from pretty easy to downright what the fuck. To put it into perspective, Screamin' Winch Hill is basically about 2 and a bit stories high, and has 1 storey of vertical. No way you'd get up at about 1/2 way if you weren't in a comp truck, and even if you were in a proper big ass comp truck, you'd still need to be winched up.
It was extremely dry when we went up, so we had plenty of grip, in 3 days we only had 1 recovery, but a few repairs.
Okay, enough of the ramblings, here's some photos. If you've got any questions about the property myself or Neil ( sre86) will hopefully be able to tell you.
The Bar/Office/Restaurant/Showers/Toilets combo.
http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/426300_10150719171215917_783520916_11388298_720918 993_n.jpg
This is how to get onto 1/2 of the campsites. They have a rock road through the Murchison River, so it's extremely safe on normal days to cross.
http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/431334_10150719170060917_783520916_11388292_121418 1190_n.jpg
http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/423343_10150719170430917_783520916_11388293_125661 9509_n.jpg
I can't remember all these tracks, so i'll just smash photos, if I remember at the time i'll put what it's called.
So first off is Play Skool.
http://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/427574_10150719171690917_783520916_11388301_687495 404_n.jpg
http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/418190_10150719171990917_783520916_11388303_132928 5225_n.jpg
http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/419682_10150719172430917_783520916_11388307_104695 5017_n.jpg
http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/426110_10150719172775917_783520916_11388309_679841 257_n.jpg
http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/417334_10150719173005917_783520916_11388311_670301 771_n.jpg
http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/416778_10150719173410917_783520916_11388313_137420 206_n.jpg
http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/423817_10150719174320917_783520916_11388316_726573 602_n.jpg
http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/425857_10150719175525917_783520916_11388323_129013 9454_n.jpg
( can't remember this course )
http://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/423000_10150719176765917_783520916_11388329_276092 743_n.jpg
http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/431338_10150719178480917_783520916_11388333_214648 0441_n.jpg
http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/429004_10150719179105917_783520916_11388334_376247 189_n.jpg
Obstacle Course
http://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/420811_10150719180055917_783520916_11388336_498118 318_n.jpg
http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/425732_10150719180690917_783520916_11388339_157547 9273_n.jpg
http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/416817_10150719180815917_783520916_11388340_258665 259_n.jpg
http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/426978_10150719181000917_1587672729_n.jpg
It was an absolute blast, and a metric fuckton to do.
Basically, it's a massive station about an hour from Kalbarri, just past Binnu. It has a large Bar/Restaurant, ( just make sure if you want to order tea you do it the day before as they go in and get all the gear), has a seperate section you can hire out called the Shearers Shed ( if you're doing Wet season times i'd highly recommend this, as it has it's own showers and toilets). Behind the bar is a heap of showers and toilets as well.
They have horses you can do trails on, they also offer a " Follow Me " service where you can hire out a guide and his car and follow him. Also they have a channel where if anything at all goes wrong, you can call up the main office.
Unfortuneately the buggies are now not available too.
Most campsites range from 5-10 minutes away from the main building, some are further then that, and they are well spread out. We had " Reflection Pool " which they said was thier pick, as we were the only people there for the first few days. Our campsite had a porta-loo like what you get on worksites, a bin and a decent fire, right on the Murchison River with a heap of trees covering.
We rocked up on the Wednesday, and left the Saturday morning. Could've stayed a lot longer, out of the 18 ( from memory ) tracks, we smashed out about 10. They range from pretty easy to downright what the fuck. To put it into perspective, Screamin' Winch Hill is basically about 2 and a bit stories high, and has 1 storey of vertical. No way you'd get up at about 1/2 way if you weren't in a comp truck, and even if you were in a proper big ass comp truck, you'd still need to be winched up.
It was extremely dry when we went up, so we had plenty of grip, in 3 days we only had 1 recovery, but a few repairs.
Okay, enough of the ramblings, here's some photos. If you've got any questions about the property myself or Neil ( sre86) will hopefully be able to tell you.
The Bar/Office/Restaurant/Showers/Toilets combo.
http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/426300_10150719171215917_783520916_11388298_720918 993_n.jpg
This is how to get onto 1/2 of the campsites. They have a rock road through the Murchison River, so it's extremely safe on normal days to cross.
http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/431334_10150719170060917_783520916_11388292_121418 1190_n.jpg
http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/423343_10150719170430917_783520916_11388293_125661 9509_n.jpg
I can't remember all these tracks, so i'll just smash photos, if I remember at the time i'll put what it's called.
So first off is Play Skool.
http://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/427574_10150719171690917_783520916_11388301_687495 404_n.jpg
http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/418190_10150719171990917_783520916_11388303_132928 5225_n.jpg
http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/419682_10150719172430917_783520916_11388307_104695 5017_n.jpg
http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/426110_10150719172775917_783520916_11388309_679841 257_n.jpg
http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/417334_10150719173005917_783520916_11388311_670301 771_n.jpg
http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/416778_10150719173410917_783520916_11388313_137420 206_n.jpg
http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/423817_10150719174320917_783520916_11388316_726573 602_n.jpg
http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/425857_10150719175525917_783520916_11388323_129013 9454_n.jpg
( can't remember this course )
http://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/423000_10150719176765917_783520916_11388329_276092 743_n.jpg
http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/431338_10150719178480917_783520916_11388333_214648 0441_n.jpg
http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/429004_10150719179105917_783520916_11388334_376247 189_n.jpg
Obstacle Course
http://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/420811_10150719180055917_783520916_11388336_498118 318_n.jpg
http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/425732_10150719180690917_783520916_11388339_157547 9273_n.jpg
http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/416817_10150719180815917_783520916_11388340_258665 259_n.jpg
http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/426978_10150719181000917_1587672729_n.jpg