Good day.
We will be in the Kei Mouth area over new year and has been told that the drive to the wreck of the Jacaranda is quite good. We have been warned not to attempt it as not even a landrover can reach it. For me all this means is that the landy owners can't risk being that far away from a work shop or that there is no tow trucks in the area.
Luckely I drive a 1999 Hilux but sheepishly have to ask directions as I don't know the area. So If there is anyone who has been there and can give advice (GPS coordinates if possible) I would appreciate it. I promise to bring back photo's.
PS. My Father and Brother in law will drive a prado and Mitshibishi IO so there should be a good test of the 2,7's towing abilities.
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Hi Juan,
Don't know where this is either, but I am most certainly looking forward to your photos. Good luck, and I hope you have an enjoyable and memorable trip.
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I just love the confidence you're brimming so full of - but you're right, of course!Luckely I drive a 1999 Hilux but sheepishly have to ask directions as I don't know the area. So If there is anyone who has been there and can give advice (GPS coordinates if possible) I would appreciate it. I promise to bring back photo's.
PS. My Father and Brother in law will drive a prado and Mitshibishi IO so there should be a good test of the 2,7's towing abilities.
Don't know where this is either, but I am most certainly looking forward to your photos. Good luck, and I hope you have an enjoyable and memorable trip.
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Re: Jacaranda Wreck
Hi Juan, welcome to the forum and I like your comments. Enjoy it here. Visited Kei Mouth some 9 years ago and what a nice place. Have fun.
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Re: Jacaranda Wreck
Jacaranda - S32 37.156 E28 28.157Jober wrote:Good day.
We will be in the Kei Mouth area over new year and has been told that the drive to the wreck of the Jacaranda is quite good. We have been warned not to attempt it as not even a landrover can reach it. For me all this means is that the landy owners can't risk being that far away from a work shop or that there is no tow trucks in the area.
Luckely I drive a 1999 Hilux but sheepishly have to ask directions as I don't know the area. So If there is anyone who has been there and can give advice (GPS coordinates if possible) I would appreciate it. I promise to bring back photo's.
PS. My Father and Brother in law will drive a prado and Mitshibishi IO so there should be a good test of the 2,7's towing abilities.
The Gates - S32 37.413 E28 25.139
Seagulls Hotel - S32 38.438 E28 25.606
View Point - S32 40.264 E28 23.206
Ferry - S32 40.478 E28 22.606
Have fun. It's a lovely drive with heaps of play areas. There will be a R5 per person "enterance fee" payable to the locals, and one will probably "ride/run" along as a "guide". Go the oppisite way to which they tell you, and you're bound to have some fun.
Shout if you need anymore info.
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Re: Jacaranda Wreck
Thank iHilux.
If I may ask how is the trail. Brother in law a bit worried about scratching his IO
If I may ask how is the trail. Brother in law a bit worried about scratching his IO
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Re: Jacaranda Wreck
Ek en my vrou was bietjie meer as 9 jaar gelede Seagulls toe vir ons wittebrood. Het in die omgewing rond gery waar dit moontlik was, want het toe nog nie 'n Hilux gehad nie maar wel vir "Speenvarkie"('91 Nissan 1400), het nog steeds vir "Speenvarkie". Het na die wrak van die Jacaranda toe geloop al met die strand langs, was 6.5km van Seagulls Hotel na wrak. Die storie van die Jacaranda is dat die Kaptein een aand te dronk was om skip te stuur en het toe 16-jarige bemanningslid agter die stuur gesit en toe beland hulle op die rotse.
Hier is 'n paar foto's wat ons destyds geneem het van die skip, Seagulls Hotel en die Ferry wat ons geneem het om oor die Keirivier te kom tot in Kei Mond. Gaan defnitief weer soontoe in die nabye toekoms maar die keer met my Hilux.
Hier is 'n paar foto's wat ons destyds geneem het van die skip, Seagulls Hotel en die Ferry wat ons geneem het om oor die Keirivier te kom tot in Kei Mond. Gaan defnitief weer soontoe in die nabye toekoms maar die keer met my Hilux.
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Re: Jacaranda Wreck
There is no trail....... well none to spesk of that is..... just a few tracks, and quite a few at that, leading off in all directions. The IO should do fine, hundreds visit this area, so there will always be an "alternative" track.Jober wrote:Thank iHilux.
If I may ask how is the trail. Brother in law a bit worried about scratching his IO
Enjoy.
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Re: Jacaranda Wreck
Interresant om die fotos van die Jacaranda te sien. Ek was 'n week terug daar. Verstommend hoe hy opgebreek het in 10 jaar. Slegs die boeg is oor. Fotos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/hennie_rau ... 996018355/