Trip Reports

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

This video was played at latest Perth 4WD show. The video was played (aswell as other 4wd clubs) on the big screen located in the 4wd Assoc. tent.

Sunday 26 th – Monday 27 th September 2021 Attendees: Richard & Naomi – Pajero (Trip Leader) Matt – Pajero (Saturday only) Lin - FJ Keith – Ranger (Visitor) Jon – Pajero Sport (Visitor) As quite a few members were heading away on the Murchison Station trip for the September long weekend, I put my hand up to offer to do a quick local trip out to one of the huts we have adopted on the Sunday night. I had actually been up at the DBCA Yanchep offices on the Friday s

September 18 2021 Attendees Joel Suzuki Sierra Keith (Visitor) Ford Ranger Lee Toyota Landcruiser Tony Ford Ranger Matt Mitsubishi Pajero This trip was originally listed for Logue Brook Dam, but after a couple of pokes around Logue Brook, I concluded that there wasn’t enough driving to justify a trip there, though it remains one of the more accessible and picturesque campsites in the area. After a chat with Simon, I moved the trip to Waroona Dam, which has some challengi

Sunday 10 th October 2021 Attendees: Richard & Naomi – Pajero (Trip Leader) Tony & Anna - Ranger Simon & Jacob - Perentie Matt – Pajero Ivo & Caleb – Landcruiser Lin – FJ Jon, Kelly, Ryker & Linken – Pajero Gary, Claire, Gabriel & Azriel – Landcruiser Dave - Prado Time for another short laid back trip to the beach, for this one I chose Wilbinga Grove as the meeting point. Its easy to find and cuts down the distance driving in a group to where we enter Breton. Whi

Friday 1 st to Sunday 3 rd October 2021 Attendees: Richard & Naomi – Pajero (Trip Leader) Lin - FJ Matt – Pajero Gary, Claire, Gabriel & Azriel – Landcruiser James - Jimny Naomi and I had scheduled this trip ages ago so she could plan to take the Friday off and make an extended weekend of it, unfortunately as is the case of trying to forward plan around school holidays and wildflower season we slotted it in a bit late to really catch nature at its best. But to b

Attendees: Geoff – FJ (Trip Leader) Richard & Naomi – Pajero Matt – Pajero Ivo – Landcruiser Dave – Prado Lin – FJ Alex – Colorado (Visitor) Steve – Navara (Visitor) Keith & Kath – Ranger Craig - Landcruiser Simon – Perentie Don, Jane & Roger – Patrol I got an early start to be the first vehicle to lead what was to be a 14-vehicle convoy. The event was meant to be an evening of GPS night navigation through some sandy hilly designated 4wd tracks, many with street signs. Jus

Sadly heading home after a great trip Dave and Cindy - Prado What a sad way to end a trip, by heading home. We had left everyone a few days early. The rest of the group headed off to Marble bar for a bit of gold prospecting and exploring the surrounding area, we started our 1500ish kilometres drive home. Packing up what ever we could the night before, Cindy and I planned to leave early the next morning. Waking up about 4.30, we got up and packed the rest of the trailer and

Participants Joel and Josh (Visitor / Housemate) (Suzuki Sierra) Simon and Jacob (Land Rover Perentie) Jon and family (Visitor) (Pajero Sport) Wilco and Nayeili (Lexus) Matt (Pajero) Mundaring State Forest, and in particular, the powerlines, is probably the best known four wheel drive destination in the Perth Region. As a result, the Powerlines are, for more than a few of us. as familiar as the freeway, and on occasion, as crowded as said freeway on a monday morning. Roger

Attending in no particular order Penny and Spence – L/C Shane and Ralph (friend) – Triton Dave and Megan – Patrol Ivo and Lucy – L/C Dave and Cindy – Prado Karijini was the 6 th and arguably the best stop in a great 2 week trip. One of the vehicle issues occurred on the way there, as Dave F had to sort a problem with the wheel carrier on the front of his trailer and, (with possibly more brute force than anticipated) also losing all his water after a rock took out a water ta

Attendees: Richard & Naomi – Pajero (Trip Leader) Matt – Pajero Ivo – Landcruiser Dave – Prado Lin – FJ Joel – Sierra Trent – Discovery Simon – Perentie As we hadn’t been out Mt Dale for awhile it was decided to run and easy overnight trip with the option to scoot home on the Saturday arvo for those that wished. With everyone gathered at the meeting point it was time for a quick outline of what I thought the trip may entail before heading off along Brookton Hwy to where we co