Trip Reports

11th December 2022 Attendees: Naomi & Richard, Matt, Alex, Dave & Cindy, Lee & Keely, Penny, Spence & Pam, Lin, James & Izzy, Sue & Steve, Tony & Anna, Gary, Claire, Gabriel & Azriel, Ivo & Lucy, Peter & Malou, Phil & Mirka, Podge (visitor), Don & Jane, Michelle, Keegan & Hamish, Keith & Cathy, Rob Richard and I arrived at Whiteman Park early, hoping to guarantee the spot we wanted. It amazes me how many people are there as the park opens – either early to picnic, riding bik

December 2022 Attending in no particular order Alex and Dave - Toyota LC (TL) Sean - Triton (TEC) Rob - Suzi Wilco and Don - Toyota 470 Ivo - Shorty With glorious morning weather of blue sky and hazy sun, it made for a perfect start heading out to meet the fellow club members at our meeting point in Harvey. The plan, not that we had firm one, was to re explore some of the tracks previously visited by Dave F. some years before. After airing down, we set off along a little tra

Mandurah Canal, December 2022 Vessel Stingray Sean (Skipper) Deb Brandon Keith Kathy Kirk Steve Sue Vessel Eagleray Craig (Skipper) Justine Lin Wayne Shane Emily Cindy Dave I think this is the Club's first ever social trip that involved using canal boats, motoring through the canals and exploring the Christmas Lights at night. The trip was a success, everyone really enjoyed the trip, so much so, I think I will run it again next year. Wow, I think there were other events ha

Back story (AKA Murchison House Station 2021): Initially the first club visit to MHS had been booked by Penny for late April last year (2021), however the arrival of cyclone Seroja tearing through part of Western Australia’s Mid West in April required this trip to be postponed. A new date was set for September, with Penny planning to rebook after returning from Shane’s Karijini trip. While Penny was away, an inquiry was made to MHS that revealed the homestead camping area was

Saturday 26 th November 2022 Attendees: Tony & Burgo – Ranger (Trip Leader) Richard – Pajero Rob – Vitara Keith and Kirk - Ranger Penny and Spence – FJ James – BT50 (Visitor) Ki – LC 80 Series Simon – Patrol (Visitor) Jeff - LC 79 Series Derek – Hilux (Visitor) We all met at Centre Way, and Gnangara Road. It was meant to be 8:30 for 9:00am start, but we were all there by 8:30. So after the introductions & preamble stuff (including at least one dad joke) we aired down and

August 2022 Attending in no particular order Penny and Spence - Toyota LC 76 Ivo - Toyota LC 76 Lin - Toyota LC FJ Shane and Emily -Toyota LC Triton Dave - Toyota LC Prado Peter and Malou - Toyota LC 76 Keith - Toyota LC Ranger Alex - Toyota LC 79 The meeting point for this awesome trip was at The Lakes Roadhouse. Funny enough, the 2 non Toyota members had planned to meet up with us on the road, we had a guy in a Land Rover think we were a Landcruiser Club. Right, we are on t

Attending Dave F - Prado and camper (TL) Simon and Diane - Triton and camper Shane - Triton Lin - FJ (TEC) The first half of the day was rain and no blue sky. After making a few phone calls to confirm if everyone was still happy to proceed, we all met up at The Lakes, had our little chat and briefing before heading off. While driving to our meeting point, it was great to see a blue sky with a pinch of rain cloud, this was a complete opposite to the first half of the day. W

Participants Don & Jane GU Nissan Patrol (trip leader) Rob Toyota Prado Simon & Diane Land rover Derek & Leanne Hilux (guests) Joel & Taylor Suzuki Serria Alek GQ Patrol (guest) Roger 76 Land Cruiser (tail) Planned by Joel and recci by Joel, Don, Jane and Roger, this trip was rated at a 4 and it lived up to our expectations. I was a little bit concerned that we had 3 new guests and two vehicles coming and I hoped that they would be ok and not be put off by the drive. We left

What an awesome trip! So many fantastic memories. 7000 kms, much of it offroad, 21 nights. Here are a few of my personal recollections: From our first night at Widgiemooltha Tavern not getting much sleep due to all the roadtrains passing in the night. Waking up to my tent flapping open with the rain coming in. Googs track from Ceduna to Mt. Finke was one of my favourite tracks with lots of windy, soft, sand dunes and a nice lunch spot at the lake. Coober Pedy was interesting

List of attendees. Simon and Jacob - Perentie, Richard and Naomi - Pajero, Matt - Pajero, Jeff and Tegan - 79 series (visitors), Phil -76 series, Gary and family - 80 series, Lin - FJ Cruiser. As per the previous trip we day started at the BP truck stop, Muchea at 8.30am. The front car park was a bit full so we decided to move to the back of the servo where there was ample room for everyone. With coffee in hand we discussed what we were going to do which didn’t take long as I

Participants Donald & Jane GU Nissan Patrol (Trip Leader) Hannah GU Nissan Patrol Simon Land Rover Perentie Jeff & Teagan 79 single cab Landcruiser (visitors) Wilco Lexus Roger 76 Landcruiser (Tail) Working together to create a new track This trip was the creation of a number of people: Roger and Sean had come across this interesting looking up hill track. Joel followed up on the idea, plotted a route and ran a trip. Jane and I did a further drive to check the route and

Attending in no particular order Penny and Spence - Toyota LC 76 Ivo - Toyota LC 76 Lin - Toyota LC FJ Shane and Emily -Toyota LC Triton Dave - Toyota LC Prado Peter and Malou - Toyota LC 76 Keith - Toyota LC Ranger Alex - Toyota LC 79 Googs Track A trip down Googs Track takes you from Ceduna to the Trans Australian Railway and the exit point is East to Kingoonya. It is known as a “mini Simpson” due to the over 300 sand dunes. For our group is that made it good practice for

25th September 2022 Attending todays trip Dave - Prado - TL Peter and Malou - L/C Lin - FJ - TEC With this weekend being a long weekend, I thought it would be good to do another trip out to the huts, to see what type of condition they were in. Malou wearing our Club shirt whilst Lin is wearing the shirt donated to us from DBCA, "Parks and Wildlife Volunteer " The meeting point for the trip was the little parking bay on Perry Rd. With me being the last to arrive, we aired dow

Saturday 18 th June – Friday 1 st July Attendees: Penny and Spence - Landcruiser Ivo and Lucy – Landcruiser Bill and Christl – Landcruiser David Johnson - Patrol Alex and Diana - Colorado Keith – Ranger The Trip We had travelled the southern part of Connie Sue in 2020 but were unable to go north due to Covid restrictions, so this time we were determined to finish the northern part of the track. We headed for the Anne Beadell, travelled down Anne to Neale Junction, and the

Wilco, Silvia, Thirsa and Nayeli – Lexus LX470 towing Kimberley camper trailer and swag. Do and Jane – Nissan Patrol towing Cub camper trailer. Day 1: After a few months of preparation, it was finally the day that we were leaving for the Kennedy Range. Although we had to delay it by a day as Thirsa came back from the National Championships in Brisbane with COVID. We had never been to this area and we were looking forward to it. Our first night was at a camp spot just north of

S un day 19 th June 20 2 2 Attendees: Richard & Naomi – Pajero (Trip Leader) Simon - Perentie Lin – FJ Ozzie – BT Graham & Monica – Patrol Lee & Keely – Landcruiser Stuart & Michelle – Pajero Geoff – FJ Trent - Perentie Dave - Prado ​These casual Sunday morning trips are becoming popular going by the turnout, upon arriving at Wilbinga Grove, we found nearly everyone waiting for us. After the obligatory yakking, we had a quick meeting. There really wasn’t too much of a plan

List of attendees. Simon and Jacob, Perentie Matt, Pajero Rob, Suzuki Roger, 76 series Phil, 76 series Peter, Ranger. The day started at the BP truck stop, Muchea at 8.30am where we assembled and topped up with coffee etc and we went through the trip rules and discussed the trips route. Once all were caffeined up, we set off. On arrival at the start of the track, we aired down the tyres and set off. The weather was a bit overcast and the days before saw some heavy rain an

Attending Balloonatics Dave and Cindy Penny and Spence Roger Deb Last year, Cindy and I went up for our first ever Hot Air Ballooning experience. It was amazing, so peaceful, just floating over the fields below, looking at the Canola fields, and the bright purple fields, known as the Paterson's curse. Sharing our experiences with other Club members, they said that this was on their "bucket list", and if we went again, they would come too. Fast forward to this year, Cindy and

Attending in no particular order Dave - Prado - TL Roger - LC- -TEC Kieth - Ranger Matt - Paj Simon and Jacob - Triton Ki - LC Phil - LC Rob - Vitara Sean and Deb - Triton Brandon - DMax Rain, Rain, Rain. This was the weather forecast for the few days before the Powerlines trip. Forecast for the day, more rain and lots of it. From hail stones in Armadale to thunder and lightning in Forrestfield. While not experiencing any of this in Mundaring, we did experience some good s

Attending in no particular order Dave and Cindy - Prado (TL) Richard and Naomi - Paj Lin - FJ Zeljko - FJ (guest) Shane and Emily - Triton Matt - Paj Tony and Anna - Ranger Simon and Jacob - Perentie - (TEC) Finally, we had a our cook off. Sadly the first attempt had to be cancelled due to my funny cough. Never mind, attempt 2 was successful. The meeting point for this social trip was the open area across the road from the Chequers hotel. One by one, everyone arrived, our li