queensland Maroon Dam - back in 1 piece!

[tacklebox]

Hi all

Quick report of our Maroon trip. Picked up a canoe from Roscos on the morning of NYE and had a leisurely drive down to the lake. No fishing the first day as it was too hot.

Got up reasonably early on New Years Day and fished for half the day for not a touch. Saw a few splashes on the surface every now and then but the weed made fishing pretty tough. Also saw about a dozen bass floating belly up in the water May have something to do with the water being green with algae?

Cooked a camp oven stew and had an early night in preparation for the next day. Storm set in at about 10pm and after a couple of hefty gusts of wind our tent and tarp both collapsed! :ohmy: We would've soldiered on except that our fly had torn and two of our tent poles had snapped. The decision was made to pack up and come home so Kreel valiantly packed up our gear in the pouring rain and we headed off.

Best part of it all is we now have an excuse to buy a bigger tent

For those that went on Winter Camp last year, here's a pic of what Camp Lake Fire looks like now.

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[mangler]

Pity about the no fish, and the tent, and the dead bass... At least there was a brave man to pack up in the wet! Good to see the water has risen a bit too!

[Angus]

Shame you could not have stayed longer but I guess its a good experience!

So what sort of tent you looking at now?

Angus

[Davo_Dinkum]

we where at Flanagan reserve just down the road from maroon 23/12/08 to the 4 /1 /09.got flooded by heavy rain 3 times between the 23/12/08 and 30/12/08.on the 1 /1/09 we got smashed by that storm at about 10 pm was mega strong winds and heavy rain most of the camps there where flattened.people packed up that night or the next day and went home ,the place was empty by lunch time the 2/1/09.we went home on the 2 as well with everything wet and down it was time to call it quits.

[tacklebox]

Angus wrote:

So what sort of tent you looking at now?

We bought the Oztrail 4 person dome. I'm gonna try to fix up the busted one and look around for a 6 person one down the track.

Really disappointed the poles were made of crappy wood and that the tent has only lasted a month.

[shortie]

tacklebox wrote:

Angus wrote:

So what sort of tent you looking at now?

We bought the Oztrail 4 person dome. I'm gonna try to fix up the busted one and look around for a 6 person one down the track.

Really disappointed the poles were made of crappy wood and that the tent has only lasted a month.

Wooden poles. usually they are some sort of composite.

like graphite fishing rods they will bend but do not take a direct hit to them. makes them brittle.

[Do$tylz]

hey.. yeah I was up on NYE just beyond Maroon at a friends property. Ahh.... it was the right after Maroon Dam Rd where it turns into a dirt track, then beyond the waterfall up the mountain a little.

Was a great time but I was only there for a night. Missed the storm

[tacklebox]

shortie wrote:

tacklebox wrote:

Really disappointed the poles were made of crappy wood and that the tent has only lasted a month.

Wooden poles. usually they are some sort of composite.

like graphite fishing rods they will bend but do not take a direct hit to them. makes them brittle.

usually they are but not in this case.

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[shortie]

you were ripped off.

Wood with a layer of something that looks like carbon.

write the manufacturer an email.

[tacklebox]

shortie wrote:

you were ripped off.

Wood with a layer of something that looks like carbon.

write the manufacturer an email.

Good idea Shortie. I checked the manual which states the poles are fibreglass. Just wrote a polite letter to Oztrail to ask why the inconsistency.