Took my wife and kids for a special weekend away , was the first chance to see how the van would perform with a load on a variety of roads . We went to the Spring Creek Mountain Cottages on the top of the Great Divide range southwest of Brisbane .Its right on the border so we travelled some dirt roads single lane bitumen and tried our luck at the Condamine River 14 crossings road . It meanders over the river 14 times in a deep gorge but alas because ours is lowered we had to bail at the first crossing because there were some large boulders in the water . The van performed great even over some corrugated sections and the plentiful cattle grids , the traction control really helps in steep uphill dirt keeping the van straight .This shot next to the Rabbit Proof fence along the border [yes we Queenslanders don't want those wascally wabbits on our side of the fence .
parked off the side of the Condamine River Rd and whilst taking the shot nearly stood on a Red Belly Black snake in the grass , if you look close you can see cow sh*@t splattered near the front wheel .
First crossing and we bailed too many rocks did not want to take a chance considering VW left off under body engine sump guards on the new T5's . Sorry the text has been splattered as well !!
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