Old Telegraph Track - In a Subaru - North Alice Creek

The Subaru Offroad Forester has finally completed the Old Telegraph Track Cape York!
Watch the Subaru tackle full track here:
• Subaru Attempts The Ol...
North Alice Creek was an easy crossing for the Subaru!
Perth to Cape York and back via Alice Springs in the Subaru Forester!
• 6.5 weeks
• 13,810km
• Over 5,000km of dirt roads
• 1,830L of fuel
• Solo trip with no assistance from other vehicles
• Easily more than a km of water crossings
• Stuck in water with the engine block fully submerged on 4 occasions totalling over 10 minutes
• Water in the car up to the top of lower seat cushion on the same 4 occasions
✅ Old coach road
✅ Old Telegraph Track complete - One of the first through for the season the and first to not use chicken tracks on any crossing.
✅ First through the CREB track after it was officially opened.
❌ Frenchman’s Track not complete, driven both ends to the rivers but depths not passable, first crossing for the season was only a month later so we can’t feel too bad about this one.
• One snapped rear CV on old coach road - 15 minutes to replace
• Old crappy muffler fell apart crossing the Daintree - wired back together for the 6000km return journey and still going strong
• Wire in the alternator loom snapped - my fault for poor cable routing with insufficient slack - 20 min fix.
• Bearing under the AC pulley failed from water ingress - No AC for the return trip.
• Drive by wire throttle body decided to start sticking after the water - some cleaning and lube and she was all good
• Did a sidewall in cockatoo creek.
Apart from that she ran like a dream and survived all the abuse I gave her, still running like a dream back in Perth.
If I were to do the trip again I would probably put some heavier springs in the back but apart from that it was a great setup.
Already looking forward to heading back one day!

[@jefb9248]

Do you have a post that includes the mods you’ve done to that car?

[@SubaruOffRoad]

I'm uploading a video of the mods as we speak so with the speed of Australian internet you should see it on the channel mid week 😂

[@jefb9248]

@@SubaruOffRoad I’d like to know how you mounted that winch in. Sick rig

[@SubaruOffRoad]

@@jefb9248 Have a watch of this. kzbin.info/www/bejne/al7ZhqJ-idOhhdE Its the same bar modified to fit this car. The mounts are a bit different now though.