b' Club Spotlight Picnic Camping area (where most ofthe group would be camping for theCitywest 4x4 Clubnight). The stopped briefly to lookinside Teddington Hut beforeKARA KARA NATIONAL continuing on and turning down MtDesperation Road then on to BlueGum track and then back to thePARK Tedding Picnic Area.Preparations were then in force to setup camp. The nights firewood wasplaced around the campfire area.Once everyone was setup for thenight a good feed was had by all andmuch discussion around whatbecame a very good campfire.Being Trip Leader meant we had nodust to deal with, which was great.Many thanks to Ann for navigatingWe were scheduled to meet at impact this would have should a fire well for the day, and Lloyd & Linda forWindfarm Viewing area just past get going in this National Park. mentoring me very well and Karl &Waubra at 9am. We continued up Centre Road where Yvette (TED), Larry & Monica forThere were 4 vehicles, doing the trip some nice scenery was there for all to being part of the day. Look forward totoday, and we had all arrived in good see. the next trip.time. As this was my first gig as Trip Stopped at West of England Fire John & AnnLeader I was followed by Lloyd & Tower for lunch and were quiteLinda (mentor) then Larry & Monica impressed with the views. Somewith Karl & Yvette bringing up the rear pictures were taken and then we wereas TEC for the day. on the road again to exploreAfter a bit of a chat and a brief pre Lookout Track a hut further North uptrip discussion, vehicle check etc. we Centre Road.headed off towards Avoca where we Long story short, we could not find awere stopping to top up on caffeine, track on the map to correspond andeats, and fuel as required. After with the maps (my story and Im stick-commenting that no rain was forecast ing to it!) and after a short detour gotfor the day, we then drove through back on Centre Road and continuedlight rain in the run up to our morning on this time heading South.tea stop. Did not see any for the rest We then linked up with Teddingtonof the day after this. Road and drove past the TeddingtonHitting the road again heading up theSunraysia Highway, we drove toRedbank where we had a brief stop toair down prior to heading into thebush.A short distance out of town, weturned left up Dead Mans track andheaded up into the hills. The plan wasto meet up with Centre Road headingnorth, but this did not quite happen sothe scenic route seemed a betteroption and still ended up wherewe wanted to.Wildlife was spotted at various timesbeing combination of wallabies, kan-garoos and wild goats and muchbirdlife.We encountered a tree across thetrack on Centre Road and whilstdriving around it was an option, wedecided it was our civic duty to clearthe track, and besides we neededwood for that nights fire! Chainsaw atthe ready this job was done prettyquickly and Larrys ute proved morethan alright for storing the wood. Weall commented after on the amount offuel lying in the bush and the deadlyTRACKWATCH SEPTEMBER 2021 25'