by Gadgetgeek » Tue 14 Jun, 2022 7:56 pm
To a degree the 4x4 tracks change in condition pretty frequently, I don't think that will be an enjoyable time. Certainly use the high-vis, as the utes won't get a chance to see you, and in some places, some of the SUVs will have trouble slowing and stopping without getting bogged if conditions are bad. I've been on the island on days where many tracks were almost impassible to non-mod plate vehicles, and that road, in particular, can be both extremely rough, and busy. It's not uncommon during busy times for the inland crossing from the kingfisher ferry to Eurong to take over four hours. That track gets lots of carved out holes, so you'd walk a meter up and down for every two forward. If I'm reading where you are thinking of going, I've not seen that section, so I don't know if it's twinned or matted or just a cut-line. In some cases, the road can be an easy meter below the surroundings, so as a walker there is no easy exit from a P-plater with horse-power-mania. If I was going to share the track at all with vehicles, I'd want to drive it first and be off-peak season. I've been on the island about 6-7 times, up as far as the light house once, but mostly up to Orchid. Not saying you shouldn't, but without knowing how busy a road that is, I can't say it's a good plan. There are several facebook 4x4 clubs that do trail reports of the various roads, so it might be worth looking at seeing what the best-worst case range is. I've had some bad times out on some of the "roads" when conditions were bad, and I'm not just saying that as someone with a pretend 4x4, I've been out there when the highly modded patrol drivers are wondering if they are going to be walking. I've also been out there on days where a determined prius would have made it.