Ironman Cliffhanger 2008-one of the richest 4wd events in Oz

Joined: 04 Jan 2005 Location: Mordialloc, Melbourne

Thanks everyone for an awesome event (Crazie, car #61)

Just got home!

Steve and I had a ball and it was a great event and a big learning opportunity. An amazing property and was good to have the camp set up with everyone in one spot each night

Big cheers to Kev and the Koota kitchen boys. Food was excellent.

Thanks to Rudi and Hobz and all the marshalls

We will be back next year, now need to build a new gearbox and wash the truck several times.

Can't wait.. giddy up

Joined: 09 Dec 2005 Location: Melbourne

Thanks to Rudi and Hobzee, all the marshels, the sponsors and everyone involved with runing the event, I had a great tme and learnt heaps. Was good to see some familiar faces and to meet more of the competetors - what a great bunch of people Very Happy

I cant wait to be back better prepared for next year armsup

Tom - navi #51 Race GQ

And some pics:

Joined: 07 Mar 2008 Location: Perth

Awesome pics mate! Bring on some more!!!

Will have to get off my arse and go over to spectate next year....

Joined: 07 May 2007 Location: Sunbury, Victoria

more will be up on our website soon...

Joined: 07 May 2007 Location: Sunbury, Victoria

Sorry, I couldn't minimize the pics...
Mrs Wazza

Joined: 03 Sep 2004 Location: Manly nsw

tanx 4 sharing all your fantastic images...the bigger the better Mrs Wazza.
Congrats must go to Rudes and Hobzee for another top event.....with the works, challenging stages & on such a stunning property.

Hey Fish, why don't u go as a competitor nxt year?
Cheers,
C & E

Joined: 03 Feb 2007 Location: South Frankston, Melbourne

had a great time there, and cant wait for next year! Now me and evan got 6 grueling weeks to edit the dvd and get it to hobzee and rudi.

Joined: 25 Apr 2005 Location: Eastern Suburbs, Victoria

thanx everyone fore an awesome event cant wait for next year and dad had a huge edrenalin rush when the bugy back fliped the first time

Joined: 25 Apr 2008 Location: SUNSHINE COAST

thanks rudi hobzee all the marshalls and people who made the event possible. also the competitors who made the week so enjoyable. congratulations to ian ,heath 1st. birdy,kev 2nd. todd,ivan 3rd and a special mention to the people that helped me get to my first of many events UNIVERSAL DRIVE SHAFTS, MR SHEETMETAL, ONTRACK 4X4 CENTRE Q.L.D. CRUSIN AUTO SPARES. CABOOLTURE POWDER COATERS. EFS SUSPENSION. KILLER CUSTOM CABLES. BLUEY FROM CUSTOM OFFROAD. WIZARD PERFORMANCE. and most of all my navigator CHRIS BRAME thank you all and see you next year WIL NEILSON GO THE QUEENSLANDERS

Joined: 01 Apr 2007 Location: CEDAR VALE

well done Big Will and Chris do you guys have any photos?

Joined: 15 Apr 2008 Location: Donvale, Victoria

As only the 2nd competition i've been to, I had an absolute ball! Thanks to hobzee and rudi, all the competitors and marshals and kevs koota kitchen for the grub.

Special thanks to the competitors for taking the time for interviews, full on action and also not running us over! Smile

Dave (Video Crew)

Joined: 21 Jan 2003 Location: Mornington

Hi Guys - thanks for all the good comments and support. It sure makes it easy to make an early start on 09 preparations when we finish on a great note. The pressure was on us to come up with the goods and we did it with thanks to :
Ironman 4x4 (naming sponsor)
Silverstone $5000 Cash first place sponsor
Engel $3000 Cash 2nd place sponsor and 1 x $500 stage sponsor
On4ToU $2000 Cash 3rd place sponsor as well as sundry prizes
20 x stage sponsors @ $500 Cash each
Jeff and Yvonne Smith - Cootawundi Station
Kevvy from West Darling Hotel and his terrific crew
Nic and Danni - Spectator Leaders
Chippa and Danni (yep the same one) at Hole Shot Images for media
Mud Rhino for DVD production - 6 on ground cameras and several in car
Aaron (ATOC), Shiloe, Johnno (Silver City), Brad, Leon, Sandi the Tassie gang and all the other Mashals and part time marshels for their great effort and sharp pick ups and rules applications.
Hottie for the web updates
Leon Jones for CCDA contact - Log Books, memberships and guidance
Neil Smith from NKS Auto Electrics
ElGas for the camp Gas
Shafe for looking after camp, central comms and going about cleaning toilets etc without complaint.
Wilcannia and White Cliffs Bush Fire Brigade for water
Gill - Mrs Shafe for scoring
Jodie for medical support
The list goes on and on and if I name anyone I risk leaving someone out.
The spectators did a great job being where they had to be at the right time.
The competitors - you all did a top job, bahaved yourselves and were fair winners and losers when judgement calls were made. Thanks.

Keep the pics rolling in. I look here every half hour to see if there are more pics.

Rudes car is still at Wilcannia (blown auto) - can you imagine what the RACV will think when they get it - The Wilcannia locals beat em to it....

Hobzee

Good stage Brad...

Joined: 20 Mar 2007 Location: North Richmond. NSW

Hobzie and Rudi,Barb and i had a great week as did everyone else we spoke to . As the week went on each stage became more enjoyable. (Maybe not the nav stage in the forest). Justanissan did not let us down all week. A big thanks to Adam for his welding skills during a lunch break. and Kerry always ready to lend a hand.As usual at 4 wd drive events there are always plenty of people prepared to help.Barb did extremly well in all the winch stages with no problems for us in getting through any of the stages and she would like to thank everyone for making her feel like one of the boys.A big thanks to Kevin and the Coota kitchen for making us put on a kilo or two during the week.We will be back next year. On my calculations NSW came in third in the battle of the states.
A big thankyou to John Mcdonald (Jmac diff and gear) and Jason Dymick (Total care) for getting Justa ready to race.
Brian

Joined: 15 Apr 2008 Location: Donvale, Victoria

Photos taken by Antdog from the video crew.

Dave

Joined: 23 Feb 2003 Location: brisbane

Chris from Car 17 The LowRangers hear
Thanks to Rudi and Hobzie for a great event, this was the first time for this event for both of us and Big Wil and myself teaming up and we had a ball, considering Wil had ony drove the new truck for about 3 hours prior to Cliffhanger he drove like the devil was chasing him, we had a few dramas with the GPS (thanks to Rudi Twisted Evil

for mixing up datums and other stuff I didn;t under stand you realy know how to mess with peoples heads) A special thanks to Jodie (medical team) for when Wil got a middle ear infection on thursday nights stage (funny to see the big guy with the wobbley boot on and he hadn't had a drop to drink) wasn't at the time though but we had a chuckle the next morning when he got back from White Cliffs Medical centre. A big thanks to al those people that helped to get us there, especialy to both our Wives who put up with us not being around for many days and nights gettng the truck build in time.To everyone involved in helping organise the event, all the other competitors for you help when asked and friendship, to Jacko and Griffo glad everything is ok I know you will be back and giving it everything, congrats to Ian and Heath on taking out this year. Thanks again to everyone especaily the Big Guy for a top week of driving see you all at SSS at Landcrusier in 3 weeks

Joined: 21 Jan 2003 Location: Mornington

Gotta luv that pic of the spectator leader on the bike .... Brad seemed to always have the car so dedicated Nic had to lead most spectator convoys on the tredly - well done Nic..

Hey Nic, can you jump the bike as high as Brad can jump the Plado???

Joined: 23 Jan 2006 Location: Melbourne (West)

Hi guys - just a quick note.

If anyone has any video footage (including incab footage) and would like it featured on the upcoming DVD, please send me a pm and we can organise it.

But please hurry as production on the DVD begins this sunday, and we can't use footage once we have started editing.

Additionally Rudi and Hobzee have agreed to provide anyone who contributes footage (that is utilised in the DVD) with a free copy of the final DVD.

Evan

Joined: 19 Aug 2005

What a great event. Congradulations to Rudi and Hobzee , well done on making an action packed event with great value for money at half the price of the Outback well be back again. Thanks to all marshalls and the cooks .Cant wait for the DVD.

Joined: 11 Nov 2006 Location: SPRINGMOUNTAIN BRISBANE

congrats to everyone,& a big thankyou to all who kept the updates rolling in. due to a change in careers we pulled out of 08, but will see you all in 09... just submitted entry, & paid deposit PIGLET

Joined: 03 Sep 2004 Location: Manly nsw

Hashman wrote:

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Photos taken by Antdog from the video crew.

Dave

Unreal images, Antdog....crikey...the scenic one with the red earth....dusty trees and blue cloudy sky.... armsup

breathtaking....and that one alone made me wish we'd been there competing again instead of having retired after the obc.

Eugene asks what camera Antdog uses?......can u find out for us Dave, thanks for posting the pix too.

Cheers,
C&E

Joined: 15 Apr 2008 Location: Donvale, Victoria

cebarry wrote:

Hashman wrote:

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Photos taken by Antdog from the video crew.

Dave

Unreal images, Antdog....crikey...the scenic one with the red earth....dusty trees and blue cloudy sky.... armsup

breathtaking....and that one alone made me wish we'd been there competing again instead of having retired after the obc.

Eugene asks what camera Antdog uses?......can u find out for us Dave, thanks for posting the pix too.

Cheers,
C&E

Ant uses the Canon 400D SLR. There are more shots, so i'll post some more up. He was spending most of the time filming so theres not a huge amount.

I passed on how much you liked them and he was pretty cheesy about it. He's quite a humble fellow but I reckon they rock as well!

Dave

Joined: 15 Apr 2008 Location: Donvale, Victoria

Some more of Ants pics.

Joined: 23 Jun 2007 Location: Brisbane, Qld

cebarry wrote:

Hashman wrote:

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Photos taken by Antdog from the video crew.

Dave

Unreal images, Antdog....crikey...the scenic one with the red earth....dusty trees and blue cloudy sky.... armsup

breathtaking....and that one alone made me wish we'd been there competing again instead of having retired after the obc.

Eugene asks what camera Antdog uses?......can u find out for us Dave, thanks for posting the pix too.

Cheers,
C&E

Celia, Just beautiful. Glorious. Brings back great memories doesn't it. Kevy..

Joined: 27 Jan 2005 Location: Langwarrin

full score sheet now up on the website

http://navrun.com.au/scorescliffhanger.htm

Joined: 03 Sep 2004 Location: Manly nsw

Kevy Not wrote:

cebarry wrote:

Hashman wrote:

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Photos taken by Antdog from the video crew.

Dave

Celia, Just beautiful. Glorious. Brings back great memories doesn't it. Kevy..

Oh Kevy ....I just knew you'd appreciate the beauty too......being like minded and all.... Wink

so encouraging to see you don't mind letting your new age 'feminin side' show either Wink

have u seen the tree art in my bucket album I posted especially 4 u... xx

Thanks Dave for the camera info.....that's g8. and please keep posting Antdogs pix they are way cool.

Joined: 08 Mar 2008 Location: Sunshine Coast

Hey guys - more pics here - www.svphoto.com.au

Joined: 22 Sep 2004 Location: northside bris.QLD

well what a week . a very big thankyou to damo and yes by the end of the week we were getting the hang of the gps . to the top 5 you guys did a great job and we can see why you all have the sucess you do ! to ian & heath you guys were on fire all week and keep you head and ended up with a must deserved win .CONGRATS !!!!!! TO HOBZIE , RUDI AND THE WHOLE TEAM thanks for a top week , we had a ball and hope to be there again next year ............

Joined: 30 Oct 2006 Location: Abreast in the field

Yes i must agree, congrats to all the competitors and offcials, it sounds like it was an awesome event, i can't wait to be there next year looking out from the navi seat in the Piglet mobile!
C u all there.

It all looks so different from the other side of the car!!!!!!

Joined: 22 Jun 2003 Location: Location: Location: Location:

It sounds like it was a great event.

Pretty much all of the comments have been positive compared to other events I have read about. Well done guys. You must be listening to what people want in an event.

Joined: 17 May 2004 Location: Geelong

Congrats to Rudi and Hobzee on another great Cliffhanger and well done to the competitors.....wish I could have been there with you all.....our baby girl arrived at 3.55am on Tuesday, a couple of days late but healthy and happy!..........Next year I hope to be there competing for sure!