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Board crew
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We keep the stickies honest: tread lightly, rated recovery, and no shopfront. If a parks page closed the road, that is the answer. Report unsafe or spam posts — we would rather a quiet camp than a viral trench.
Rig note: Whatever is parked at the gate that week
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Sticky: tread lightly is not optional on this board
/c/general/ · 2 Mar 2026, 8:00 am
Sticky: buy/sell etiquette — we are not a classifieds site
/c/classifieds/ · 2 Mar 2026, 8:10 am
Recovery point ratings — what do you actually read on the stamping?
/c/recovery-safety/ · 8 Mar 2026, 9:00 am
Scam patterns we are seeing off the board
/c/classifieds/ · 30 June 2026, 8:00 am
Introduce yourself — and the track you still owe a second attempt
/c/general/ · 2 Mar 2026, 8:20 am
Replies
Useful noise
That is the tone we want: redundancy with a reason. Thanks Tess for not turning this into a tyre shootout.
/t/simpson-westbound-79-what-i-would-change/ · 16 Aug 2026, 9:00 am
Skills before gadgets is the house line. Good report.
/t/cape-york-dry-season-pacing/ · 19 June 2026, 10:02 am
This is the habit we will point newcomers at. Official page, then a human, then humility.
/t/how-do-you-check-track-closures/ · 5 Sept 2026, 9:10 am
A pin is not permission — that line stays in the [NT hub](/travel/nt/).
/t/nt-station-track-etiquette/ · 23 July 2026, 11:30 am
Name the job. Two nights of sausages is not a dual-battery sermon.
/t/dual-battery-weekend-trips/ · 16 Feb 2026, 8:01 am
Failure modes, not shopping. Good.
/t/soft-shackle-vs-bow/ · 3 May 2026, 10:22 am
Car park brief: simplex channel, backup channel, who speaks at crossings, and a radio check before the bitumen ends. Duplex stays a named decision.
/t/uhf-channel-etiquette-convoys/ · 11 Mar 2026, 4:02 pm
Legal where you live, aimed at the road, and switched off when it makes you ruder. No #1 list here.
/t/driving-lights-vs-light-bar/ · 28 May 2026, 9:40 am
Club skills night first if you can. Then post here with what you practised. A forum cannot stand behind your vehicle with a damper.
/t/club-or-forum-first-for-beginners/ · 8 Aug 2026, 4:02 pm
Syllabus I would run: radio check, air down / air up, walk a crossing, board placement, strap brief with a damper, plug a tyre, and a “we turn around” rehearsal
/t/first-remote-trip-skills-before-gadgets/ · 2 Sept 2026, 8:10 am