[Omaroo (Chris Malikoff)]

G'Day Mike - happy New Year!

As a keen 4WD'er I know Stockton very well. It's the largest area of shifting sand anywhere near Sydney, and the grain is partiularly fine. It's said that if you can drive Stockton dunes after the sun has heated them for a few days and the sand is perfectly dry - then you can drive any sand, anywhere.

I haven't been there for a couple of years now, but used to conduct 4WD trips there quite often. Before anyone goes off at 4WD'ing at Stockton, it's a great place to go because it regenerates itself constantly. There is no vegetation at all in or around the dunes - just on the western (land) side and along the beach itself.

How are you getting around Mike? It's pretty tough in a soft-roader (read: impossible on the dunes but OK along the beach - maybe) so you must be in a reasonable fourby...