Clyde to Bannockburn by 4WD

Very scary drive in the car this afternoon. Took the 4WD track from Clyde (where we have the bus now) to Bannockburn. 16kms of white-knuckle driving (for me anyway!! as passenger!) - the road/track was full of very deep ruts (like 6 or 7 wide in one place - no avoiding) bare rock and very steep and windy with only rose bushes between us and the edge - and the rose bushes were scratching the side. When we got to a real road, Malcolm said, 'that was good'. I said, 'in what way?' He said, 'the challenge!' So since we were in Bannockburn again we returned to the cute pub again for more cider   This photo is at the start of the drive looking back down on the Clyde Dam.

A little further up we came to an area of big rock formations.  After this the road got very bad.

A fairly good bit of flat road with no ruts.

A narrower bit.  That's the road going round the far hillside.

Later we went up this ridge line.

This is just before we took the wrong turn! There was no turn on the map. We realised our mistake and managed to turn round and when we got back to this previously deserted spot there was a cyclist and 4 trail bike riders. I said where are we, no-one knew! :-) We had to laugh. The cyclist had come from Bannockburn so pointed us in the right direction. We said don't go down this road so he went the way we had originally come along (suppose that's where he was headed). No-one else on the road for hours!

When we came down from the high mountains we came to this gate.  When I opened it I saw the sign!  Our car is 4WD but even so!!