Trip Reports

Back in February Seven West Media reached out for input on an article of Keeping Kids Safe whilst 4WDing. Richard had written a nice little article, which Seven West had published in The West Australian Outdoor Explorer page. Click on the image above or this link to the original online article Its been a great way to promote our Club and the 4wding community and safe ways to travel with young children.

Saturday 26 th March 2022 Attendees: Richard & Naomi – Patrol + trailer Matt – Pajero Penny & Spence – FJ Ivo – Landcruiser Keith – Ranger Dave – Prado Jon & Ryker – Paj Sport + trailer Simon & Jacob – Perentie Roger – Landcruiser Tony – Ranger Burgo - Landcruiser Gary, Gabriel & Azriel – Landcruiser Peter – Ranger Matt – Hilux (DPaW) + trailer Well doesn’t time fly. I literally thought we had been in Red Hill helping DBCA last year, but it was way back in March 2020 that we

Sunday 27 th February 2022 Attendees: Richard & Naomi – Patrol (Trip Leader) Matt – Pajero Simon & Jacob – Triton Jon K - Pajero Alex - Colorado Lin – FJ Jon M & Morgan - Patrol As part of our adoption agreement with Parks & Wildlife of the huts on the Coastal Plain Walk Trail DBCA agreed to start allocating funds for maintenance due to All Tracks having a presence out there. On of the first things done by DBCA was the replacement of the broken fire pits with steel ones, u

Attendees Penny, Spence, Jenny (Guest), Andy (Guest), Connor (Guest), Hannah, Don, Shane, Simon, Jacob, Tony, James, Keith, Kirk, Isabelle (Guest), Dave, Cindy, Wayne,Lin Archery, what a great idea for a social event. Looking at the show of hands on the day, not many had done it before. A big thanks to Penny for the idea, organising and booking the event. Also a big thanks to Archery WA for facilitating us, they normally run these events on a Sunday, instead they kindly ran

Saturday 12 th March 2022 Attendees: Keith & Kathy – Ranger (Trip Leader) Penny & Spence – FJ Alex – Colorado Steve (Burgo) – Landcruiser Jane & Don – Patrol Roger – Landcruiser Hannah – Patrol Wendy & Amy and kids (Visitors) – Hilux Tony – Ranger Ivo – Landcruiser Marek – Colorado Lin – FJ The day started around 9am at Guilderton, where we aired down on a dirt road just out of town. It was a great turnout with 18 people (4 visitors) in 12 cars. Thankyou to those that atten

Sunday 20 th February 2022 Attendees: Richard & Naomi – Pajero (Trip Leader) Tony & Anna - Ranger Lin - FJ Keith & Kirk – Ranger Jon – Pajero Sport Alex – Colorado Marek – Colorado (visitor) Rob – Prado James – Jiminy Graham & Monica – Patrol (visitor) Ivo – Landcruiser Steve & Susan – Hilux Originally Roger was supposed to be running this trip, unfortunately he had to pull out, knowing that we had visitors interested in attending, I offered to take it on. This proved to b

Thursday 10 th to Sunday 13 th February 2022 Attendees: Richard & Naomi – Pajero (Trip Leader) Spence, Penny & Amber – Landcruiser Alex – Colorado Keith – Ranger Peter & Malou – Landcruiser Dave & Cindy – Prado Lin - FJ Gary, Claire, Gabriel & Azriel – Landcruiser Last year after the Beekeepers Reserve trip we brought some members back via Milligan Island and the general consensus was, that it would be a good spot for a lazy long weekend trip. As it can get quite busy up he

The track is well named as it does follow a series of fence lines of adjoining farming properties. Participants Don & Jane GU Nissan Patrol 4.2 (trip leader) Matt Mitsubishi Pajero Sean Mitsubishi Triton Dave Toyato Prado Alex Holden Colorado Keith & Kirk Ford Ranger Lin Toyato FJ 40 Graham & Monica GU Patrol (Guests) Gary, Clare, Gabriel & Azriel 80 series Land cruiser (tail) Our meeting point is the bakery in Pinjarra, this place has a nice large car park, good coffee, food

A few weeks after the trip from Joel to Mundaring where I tried to go through the water hole, the engine didn’t want to start. After reading up on wat it could be, it turned out it was the starter motor. Easy to do, so I thought. More reading on IH8MUD forum was required and it turned out that the starter motor in the V8 engine is located between the banks under the intake manifold. After deciding I would do it myself, I looked at getting the starter motor. As it is in an imp

Wednesday 26 th – Sunday 30 th January Attendees: Penny and Spence - FJ Cruiser Dave - Prado Ivo and Lucy - Landcruiser Roger and Karen - Landcruiser Shane - Triton Simon and Jacob - Triton Richard and Naomi – Pajero Gary and Claire - Landcruiser It wasn’t our fault Australia Day fell on a Wednesday, it’s just how it was, so we were forced to have a much longer Aussie Day break from work than normal. As always it was a mixture of driving, general tourist activities, and sit

Participants Wilco, Silva & Nayeli Lexus and Kimberley camper trailer Don & Jane GU 4.2 Nissan Patrol & Cub Brumby camper trailer Wilco, Silvia and Nayeli arrived on Friday and were well established when we arrived at the dam mid-afternoon on Saturday. This dam has been a special place to camp and chill out with plenty of space, shade, water to swim in and sail on, and time to read books. This year the water in the dam was very high and some of our tracks were still

Mundaring to Jarrahdale Sunday 16 th January Attendees: Tony & Anna – Ranger (Trip Leader) Steve (Burgo), Susan, Stephanie – Navara Don & Jane – Patrol Gary, Claire, Gabriel & Azriel – Landcruiser Jonathon – Pajero Sport Richard & Naomi – Pajero Rob – Prado (Visitor) Simon & Jacob – Perentie Rob – Vitara (Visitor) Lin – FJ Peter – Ranger (Visitor) Ivo - Landcruiser We all met at Maccas in Mundaring, an opportunity for all to fuel up on food, coffee or both. Meeting time was

Friday 27 th to Sunday 29 th August 2021 Attendees: Richard & Naomi – Pajero (Trip Leader) Stuart & Michelle – Pajero Lee & Keely – Landcruiser Tony & Anna – Ranger Don & Jane – Patrol Geoff & Sofia – Landcruiser Greg & Rachelle – Landcruiser (visitor) As hopefully some of you were aware, back in August, WA4WDA ran a Drive-In movie night up at Koorda. The idea was to provide a sociable event for all members of all clubs to participate in. All Tracks 4wd Club was

I thought I would write a little article about “How to wash your 4wd after a beach run”. My target audience for this article is the “newer” or lesser experienced 4wder, this is the way I would normally wash my 4wd. No, I’m not talking about spraying the car, washing it with car wash and you're done, I’m talking about under the car and places you never thought to wash. The Chassis Rail Before I start, the first thing I want to mention is, Don’t worry about the look of my chass

Whitehills Fishing 31-12-21 Attending in no particular order Dave - Prado - TL Peter - Ranger (Guest) Marek - Colorado (Guest) Alex - Colorado Shane - Triton - TEC As most people know, Whitehills is my favourite spot for beach fishing. My target species I’m usually looking for, the yummy sand whiting, and todays trip didn’t deliver. The previous day to our trip, I spoke to one of my cousin's, he had been fishing down by Madora Bay. He reported that Tailor were on the bite.

Story by Don S. Convenience and comfort I think that a camper trailer is a pretty good alternative to a tent. We toured with tents for many years; starting with a 2 person tent on a motorcycle before moving to 4wdriving. Now we tow a rear fold, hard floor camper trailer. Setting up Setting up a tent will require pegs, guy ropes and poles while a camper trailer like a cub requires undoing 4 latches, using a manual winder to open up the trailer, 4 adjustable legs and 2 intern

Social event 12-12-2021 Participants Dave & Cindy, Roger & Karen, Richard & Naomi, Spence & Penny, Tony & Anna, Keith & Kate, Lee & Keely, Peter & Malou, Lin, James, Jon, Shane, Ivo & Lucy, Matt & Tania and us (Don and Jane) Venue Hillary’s boat harbour provided a beautiful, sheltered green park amongst the sand dunes. On the other side of the hill, it was blowing a gale and busy with people. Great choice Richard. We shared food - lots of yummy food and we all carefully watc

Saturday 14 th & Sunday 15 th August 2021 Attendees: Richard, Naomi – Pajero Matt – Pajero Gary, Claire, Gabriel & Azriel – Landcruiser Lin - FJ Thought I’d dodged a bullet and was actually going to have a weekend off, but about a week earlier I got asked “so what are we doing for the Avon Descent”? Apparently, my response of nothing wasn’t good enough! To then add another level “can we camp overnight” was asked. So, after getting the Ok to use the property we

Participants Joel Sierra (Trip Leader) Keith and Cooper Ranger Tony Ranger Steve, Susan and Steph Nissan Zeljko and Arthur Rob Prado Alex Colorado Trent Land rover Donald and Jane Patrol (Tail) Dwellingup Tourist centre was the meeting point. At 10.00 am it was already heating up. After filling out an improvised trip sheet and reading the insurance blurb, we proceeded to the ranger station to contribute our $15.00 entry fee. Joel had planned the trip with 4 specifi

20 November 2021 Attending in no particular order Dave - Prado (TL) Lin - FJ Sean, Luke, LuLu - Triton (TEC) Peter - Ranger Keith, Kate - Ranger Steve - Nav It's been a while since I've run a trip out to, well, anywhere really, and this was a great trip out. The weather couldn't have been any better. No winds, perfect beach conditions, waves hardly breaking. For many years now, I've been going to Whitehills with or without the Club. Whether it was for a fishing trip, or a