Well done guys. Appreciate you showing when things go pear shape. The reality of 4wdriving. Thank you

Thanks for sharing. You’re right, things rarely go to plan but us humans are great at adapting!
Looking forward for more adventures in the future.

Oh no! Never fun when shit goes wrong. But thats part of offroading I spose. And it makes a great memory.
I enjoyed the video guys,  thanks for sharing

Great adventure

Hats off to you guys.. unfortunate drama, i figured it was just the bogging... Cheers to the guys for helping with the lift back to Lithgow!

I once also experienced a hole in the fuel tank of a VR Holden Commodore (when they were still new) on a dirt track somewhere off the Wombean Caves Rd.
The hole was big enough that you could put your little finger through it.
The soap trick worked really well for me, it wasn’t the Sunlight brand, just a generic brand but I shaved thin sections off it and mixed it with a little water and fine dust to create a putty like substance.
It blocked the hole no problems and got me back home to Sydney.
I even continued to drive the car for about 4 weeks without leaking any fuel until I got the fuel tank replaced.
Learned that trick from an old Aussie television show called “Jack Absalom” when I was a kid.
Love watching your trips as they are very informative but, fairly close to where I live now and have either explored the some of or similar tracks with my old Prado or my old dirt bike.
You’ve also put some places that you have been to on my bucket list.

Love your episodes - I'm only a soft-roader... some good inspiration on places to go .... or in this case some places not to take the Subie to. Hope the repairs aren't too costly.

Thanks guys great episode. Situation's well learnt, I applaud your efforts with some of the track conditions but just goes to show sometimes, doesn't matter if you have a brand new vehicle or a 23 year old one like me. A rock can make all the difference. Thanks for the experience its a shame you had to head home, but better to be home warm than sleeping in the car. Cheers again enjoy a red wine and look forward to the next adventure. Cheers.

Oh bugger!🤦‍♂️ That’s really unfortunate! I don’t know what Brown Davis are doing with there tanks, but I know of a number of these where the welds have cracked, seems to be a common issue. Hopefully u get it sorted.👍

How did you end up working out it was the Uni joint that cracked the tank? Did the Uni joint itself break also?

Well done, very good video! Do you guys know if Lost City West is still open to 4WDs? It’s on the other side from the Lost City Track.

but I thought they said "nothing frightens a Triton !!!"  😆😆
Jokes aside mate, sorry to hear of your drama / issues. It really can put a dampener on your trip and potentially on future trips to as it can, rightfully so, create some anxiety there. Glad you got out safe without too much damage.

How long ago were you out there ? Curious as that looks like a lot of raining sitting around in those puddles.

Some of those bog holes can really catch you out - and without a snorkel, you need to be so careful. We saw a 90 series Prado on the Black Fellows hand trail few years back that went into a hole, length and width of a car, sunk down to the bottom of the door handles and stuffed it totally - $1,000 tow back to town and new motor / gearbox potentially.  

We got caught out along the Bicentennial Trail years ago, went through a big puddle slowly, bottom out on a rock with the fuel tank and it was only when stopped for lunch near that sketchy rock climb section at the Wolgan Rd end that someone noticed "water" still running out from under the car ... yeah it was diesel.
Turned out we'd hit one of the V shaped seams on the tank and put a split in it. Lucky for me, we had friends at Lidsdale ( near the old power plant ) and Rick's a metal fabricator ( among other things ) so we fashioned up a V shaped block of neoprene from an old "Nolathane" suspension bush, a strip of bicycle tube and a teck screw drilled up into the tank from below. It worked a treat and didn't leak for a week until I could patch it up with that kneadable 2 part metal putty stuff.
That stuff lasted a few weeks but then started to leak again due to the slipperiness' of diesel.  

Eventually after hunting around, I found a replacement tank at a Korean 4x4 specialist which lightened my wallet by $200 odd ! Ouch !

Not long after that, the auto died at 60,000 k's ( $ 3,000 later for a "low" km second hand unit from Melbourne ) and then the injectors decided to retire early at 100,000 k's which cost me another $2,000 and couldn't end up fixing it. So sold the injectors for $1,800 and threw in a whole car for free ! 🤷‍♂🤷‍♂ Never again.

Anyway, safe travels to you both and keep up the good work, I really enjoy your clips. ( I'm going to go check out Angus Trail soon too )
As I always say, #StressLessCampMore !

P.S - don't get me started on NPWS and their plan for our tracks ... so 4x4 owner's, who buy and modify their vehicles to get to remote spots like the Lost City, are irresponsible and destroying the bush yet they can bulldoze a 2WD road in, put in bollards and council style parking bays that will only encourage thousands of every day car owners out there ... more wear and tear, more maintenance required, more rubbish will be thrown around .... they're saying "we" damage the are a so hence it needs to be gated off yet they're proposing a steel cable hand rail and metal board walk to be affixed to the sides of the pagodas for tourists to come out and walk all around. Coaches ... more people ... more rubbish ...    yes that's so much friendly to the environment.

Hi guys new subsceuber here 😁 just wanted to know what is the triton like in temrs of noise ive heared the engine is are abit rattly? Definatly best bang for buck 4x4 for sure though.