Trip Reports

17th October 2026 Participants: Roger Speldewinde (trip leader) - LC 76 Conor Degroot - LC 80 Simon Dash - Landrover Perentie Wayne Woods and Joey (visitor) - Patrol Don and Jane Speldewinde - Patrol Sandra and George Fleisher - Patrol Josh White (visitor) - Everest Alan Elshaw - Patrol Saturday was a great day for a drive, the weather was delightful with a 9.00am start at the Gorrie Road entrance to the Powerlines track which promised to be a good start and an early finish o

19th September 2026 Participants: Peter Moy (trip leader) & Deb Wilkes – Ford Ranger Lindsay Arcus – FJ Cruiser Alan Elshaw – Nissan Patrol Ivo Miletic – Landcruiser 73 Don & Roger Speldewinde – Nissan Patrol Dave Spagnolo – Landcruiser 78 Josh White – Ford Ranger Meet & Briefing – Oven Door Bakery The convoy assembled at Oven Door Bakery – Café Drover for coffees, pastries and a relaxed morning briefing. We welcomed three visitors to the club: Dave Spagnolo, Deb Wilkes and J

11th - 22nd September 2026 Glossary: Wobble box – tongue in cheek description for a caravan. Participants: Penny (TL) and Spence, Landcruiser 200 and wobble box (trip leaders) Kelvin, Pajero and wobble box Ron, Pajero and wobble box Sean (TEC), Triton and wobble box This trip came about after Penny discovered that towing is no longer allowed through the Kennedy Ranges, the original trip planned for these dates. No matter, a stations trip became the excellent second plan and t

3rd October 2026 Participants: Simon & Di Wayne Sandie Wilco Roger & Karen Penny & Spence Paul Tony Don and Jane It was a really good turnout of club members. For many of us this shed has memories of previous tech days where all manner of work was done on vehicles. The fork lift made a great hoist. And the shed has been a great place for birthday and Christmas parties with lots of laughter, banter and friendly ribbing. There were no neighbours about to complain about noise ea

Saturday 26th Sept 2026 Attendees: Wayne – Nissan GU patrol Sandie – Passenger and Navigator with Wayne Dave – 2024 Toyota 4.5L V8 diesel Landcruiser troop carrier Luke and his 7yr old son Ellisha – 2021 Toyota Fortuner 2.8L 4cyl diesel We left camp at Chittering Acres under grey skies and travelled east to Julimar State Forest. Airing down to 20psi we trundled along the winding track through a forest setting seeking the playground on the flats running through Julimar. Our

Attendees: Penny and Spence - LC 200 (trip leaders) Ivo and Lucy - LC 300 Kelvin - Pajero Sandie – Patrol Sean - Triton Shane - Triton Rob - Prado Ron - Pajero This second trip report for the Connie Sue / Anne Beadell trip takes us from Yeoh Homestead on Anne Beadell to Neale Junction, North on Connie Sue, West on the Great Central and then a trip up David Carnegie Rd and a small part of the Gunbarrel before turning for home. First stop on Anne was Bishop Riley's pulpit for

5th September 2026 Participants: Paul 150 series Prado - Trip Leader Henry - 5 Toyota Landcruiser Don and Jane - GU Nissan Patrol Connor - 80 series Landcruiser Kelvin - Mitsubishi Pajero Rob - 40 Series Landcruiser We met at the Chequers Hotel in Bullsbrook at 8.30am on a slightly overcast morning, with rain in the forecast. After a quick driver's briefing covering convoy procedures and the UHF channel, we discussed whether to add the bonus Eastern Avon loops via Sappers Roa

12 September 2026 Our desire is to encourage as many women as possible to come and be involved in these activities. Participants: Di - Pajero Sport (trip leader) Simon - Canon Dave - Toyoto Prado Sam - Mitsubishi Triton Sandie - GU Patrol 3.0 and Wayne who had flown in on Friday night from over east. This was a nice surprise. Tracey and Alan - GU Patrol 4.2 Jane and Don - GU Patrol 4.2 The Day The day’s activity began with a driver briefing to provide a general outline of the

Attendees: Penny and Spence - LC 200 (trip leaders) Ivo and Lucy - LC 300 Kelvin - Pajero Sandy – Patrol Sean - Triton Shane - Triton Rob - Prado Ron - Pajero After some months of planning and vehicle preparation we were finally off to explore two of Len Beadell's tracks, the West part of Anne Beadell and the North part of Connie Sue. This was to be followed by a side trip up David Carnegie Rd and ending up on the Gunbarrel to Carnegie Station. Four of us met at Karalee R

Attendees: Henry - 105 Series (trip leader) Paul - Ford Ranger Don + Jane – GU Wagon 4.2 Sandie – GU Wagon 3.0 Kelvin + Barbara – Pajero Conor – 79 Series ute (TEC) 3rd September 2026 We met at the Wilbinga Grove Rest Area at 8am on an overcast day that was threatening a little rain here and there, but nothing much to worry about. A quick chat during the drivers’ meeting revealed most people had reservations about getting on to the beach. So we quickly fixed an alternati

Attendees: Diane and Simon: Cannon (TL) Don and Jane: GU Nissan Patrol 4.2 Jumping out of bed to get an early start, we packed the camper trailer and car and headed off to Jurien Bay where we were meeting Don and Jane for a 9.30 start. After grabbing a pie to eat, I gave the brief overview of the weekend's planned activities, and we continued our journey to our secret camping spot north of Lake Indoon. Arriving at the turn off to our location, we aired down. The colour dow

Penny and Spence: Landcruiser Sean and Deb: Triton Keith: Raptor Dave: Prado Our planned whale watching trip was cancelled due to rough seas. Nevertheless the group still decided to go down to Karridale. With the catamaran still in harbour, the nearest we got to whales was the picture on the whale watching tours advertising board. Saturday morning we went for a walk on the Leeuwin Biddi trail from Granny's Pool to the Lighthouse (although some took a drive round the area in

15/8/2026 Attendees: Don & Roger GU Nissan Patrol 4.2 (trip leader) Henry 105 Landcruiser Alan GU Nissan Patrol 4.2 David Toyota Prado Conor 80 series Landcruiser (tail) The meeting point was the bakery in Harvey. It has good coffee, good food and good parking. The group was an ideal size for a recci. My focus for the day was to drive on as many different tracks as possible and to revisit the track with a tree that we were unable move last time. We started off with a challen

8/8/2026 Attendees: Alan - GU Patrol 4.2 John - MUX Wilco - Lexus 470 Don and Roger - GU Patrol 4.2 A cold and very wet Saturday morning saw a gathering at the Pickering Brook General Store, which was the designated meeting place for a trip out through the old Barton's Mill Prison into the Beraking Valley. Coffees downed and pre trip discussion done. Raincoats were required as we aired down. We then hit the gravel and made away around some obstacles that appear to have been

27/6/2026 Attendees: Tony - FJ Cruiser (trip leader) Keith – Raptor - (Tail End Charlie) Arthur and Jack – GU Patrol Conor – 80 Series LC Wayne – Fortuner Steve (Burgo) – Y62 Patrol Di and Simon – Cannon James – Hilux Kelvin - Pajero Justin - (Visitor) – GU Patrol Chipapa - (Visitor) - Navara I got there early and found that people are getting even more lazy with their dumping. They didn’t even bother driving out of the carpark…it really is shameful how some people treat thi

6/6/2026 to 7/6/2026 Trip Leader - Keely Frost Participants: Lee, Keely and Logan Frost (Special mention to Keely's Mum, Peta, for babysitting) Penny & Spence Cookson Simon Dash & Diane Harper Tony & Anna Lazzara Stuart & Michelle Bateman Daniel Bateman (G), Kelsey Bowman (G), Jaxon Bowman (G) Paul O’Rouke, Son and Daughter. Craig Tomsiti Dave Futia As has been mentioned at club meetings before, a club trip doesn't always require locked hubs, engaged lockers and perfectly adj

16/5/2026 Attendees: Don and Jane - GU Nissan Patrol 4.2 (trip leader) Alan and Tracey - GU Nissan Patrol 4.2 Wayne - GU Nissan Patrol 4.2 Sandie and George - GU Nissan Patrol 3 litre Simon and Di - Canon Sean Mitsubushi - Triton Brandon - Mitsubishi Pajero Conor - 80 series Land cruiser (tail) Who set the starting time so early! 8.30 in Harvey. Really! But it worked, everyone arrived either early or on time. After coffee and pies, there was the usual trip meeting with a rou

2/4/2026 - 9/4/2026 Attendees: Wayne - GU Patrol (Trip Leader) Sandie - GU Patrol Sean - Triton Day 1 - (Thursday 2.4.26) Wayne and Sandie left Perth, heading towards Hyden, where we met up with Sean. After meeting in Hyden, we headed towards the Holland Track where we camped just south of Emu Rock for the night. Let the adventure begin... Day 2 - (Good Friday 3.4.26)  Started travel along the Holland Track, which turned out to be extremely dry. It didn't seem to have rece

Penny and Spence: Landcruiser Ivo and Lucy: Landcruiser Sean and Deb: Triton Simon and Diane: Cannon Karen and Roger: 76 series LC Jane and Don: Patrol Cindy and Dave: Prado and our fur friends: Amber, Luke, Lulu, Zeus, Ollie ANZAC day gave us another opportunity to camp on the block in Karridale. People arrived on Thursday or Friday. The highlight was a beautiful ANZAC day dawn service led by Diane and Simon. A number of club members have served and it was very special sta

28/02/2026 Attendees: Tony (Trip Leader): FJ Ivo: Landcruiser Henry and Peter: Landcruiser Chris and Deb: Prado Wayne: GU Patrol Di and Simon: Pajero Sport Andrew and Yih: Fortuner Lin: FJ Sandie and George: GU Patrol James: Hilux (visitor) Keith: Raptor (Tail end Charlie) We all met at Centre Way and Gnangara Road. It was meant to be 9:00 for 9:30am start, but we were all there by 9:15. After the introductions & preamble stuff (including at least one dad joke) we aired dow