| January 2015 | ||
| Pemberton - beach: Friday 23rd - Monday 26th | ||
| Meeting place: | cyclone's Forrest Hwy | |
| Meeting time: | 7 pm | |
| Reccie leader: | Pommy Pete | Email Pommy Pete |
| Details: | R&R and explore for the long weekend. camper's not recommended. | |
| Participants: | Smiley, Hot pants & Blood boy visitor, McGyver, Brandon, Pommy Pete, Smokey, Michael [ Smokey's Dad ] visitor, Surf, Mavis, Yoda, Book worm, Cyclone, Thérèse, Wizard. | |
| Trip links: | Smokey & Macca's Video | |
| Sunday Drive on the Beach: Sunday 25th | ||
| Meeting place: | Behind Mcdonalds Mandurah | |
| Meeting time: | 9:00 am | |
| Trip leader: | Scam | Email Scam |
| Details: | Cant go away on all the long weekends so decided to do a beach run from Preston stopping along the way for the kids to have a swim and some lunch and a bit of beach cricket and finishing off with an ice-cream at Myalup | |
| Participants: | Scam, Tina, Blake, Dahna, Scott & Dawn visitor, Dan & Courtney visitor, Greg & Tracey visitor. | |
| harvey play: Friday 30th | ||
| Meeting place: | contact either turtle or cookie | |
| Meeting time: | contact either turtle or cookie | |
| Trip leader: | Turtle | Email Turtle |
| Tail end: | Cookie | Email Cookie |
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| Details: | just going out for a drive to harvey and see what we find | |
| Participants: | Cookie, Turtle. | |
| February 2015 | ||
| East of Albany: Friday 27th - March Monday 2nd | ||
| Meeting place: | Armadale, opposite the Old Pioneer Village | |
| Meeting time: | 18:00 | |
| Trip leader: | Smokey | Email Smokey |
| Details: | Going down to Albany then east towards Beaufort Inlet. Small camper trailers good to come along. Be fully self sufficient for the three days. | |
| Participants: | Michael (Smokey's Dad) visitor, Gail & Andrew visitor, Smokey, Saffia, Smiley, Shayla & Leeland visitor, Cyclone, Thérèse, Pommy Pete, Screech, Kyle, Ethan . | |
| Trip links: | Smokey's Video | |
| March 2015 | ||
| Lake Leschenaultia: Saturday 7th - Sunday 8th | ||
| Meeting place: | At the lake | |
| Meeting time: | Morning | |
| Trip leader: | Smokey | Email Smokey |
| Details: | As in previous years, why not get ready for our annual AGM at the lake again the day before. I'll try to reserve the group site for now but will also reserve a couple of individual sites just in case there is not enough of us. Bring your kayaks and everything else that could come in handy for a fun weekend in the hills. | |
| Participants: | Smokey, Saffia, Aisha (Luly), Michael (Smokey's Dad) visitor, Fish, Madeleine, Pluto, Leonie, Screech, Ethan , Miley. | |
| 2015 WC4X4 AGM: Sunday 8th | ||
| Meeting place: | Lake Leschenaultia | |
| Meeting time: | AGM 1pm - but come earlier to enjoy Lake Leshe | |
| Meeting convener: | Captain | Email Captain |
| Details: | Our 2015 AGM will be held at Lake Leschenaultia at the large picnic shelter. Bring along a picnic lunch, your bathers, kayaks or other water sport toys and have a fun day on the banks of Lake Leschenaultia with your family and friends | |
| Participants: | Andrew & Gail Kenney visitor, Cookie, Lynda, Wizard, Kim, Jason Newman visitor, McGyver, Captain, Smokey, Aisha (Luly), Saffia, Surf, Mavis, Yoda, Book worm, Fish, Madeleine, Pluto, Leonie, Badger, Jack, Billy, Pommy Pete, Screech, Ethan , Miley. | |
| Pinjar night Nav: Friday 13th | ||
| Meeting place: | behind the BP service station on Wanneroo Road & Ocean Reef road | |
| Meeting time: | 6:15pm for a 6:30pm departure | |
| Trip leader: | McGyver | Email McGyver |
| Details: | Doing a night nav around the Pinjar Area, most like visit S bend hill and tracks around there. The 4 hill is closed down due to a big high voltage tower standing right at the base of the hills. But I am sure we will find other thing around there. | |
| Participants: | McGyver, Brandon, Scam, Tina, Blake, Surf, Mavis, Yoda, Book worm, Pommy Pete, Gadget, Bushy, Siobhan, Hannah. | |
| Perth Caravan and Camping Show: Wednesday 18th - Sunday 22nd | ||
| Meeting place: | Claremont Showground | |
| Event co-ordinator: | Smash | |
| Details: | Perth Caravan and Camping Show Adults $20.00 Concession $14.00 Free under 16 | |
| Participants: | Surf, Mavis, Yoda, Book worm, Smokey, Fish, Scam, Tina, Captain, Pluto, Leonie, McGyver. | |
| Wilbinga Saturday night beach camp over: Saturday 21st - Sunday 22nd | ||
| Meeting place: | 10th Light Horse | |
| Meeting time: | 12.00 noon | |
| Trip leader: | Fish | Email Fish |
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| Details: | Thought it was time for a Wilbinga beach camp over.Drive up the beach to behind the dunes just south of Guilderton.Must be self suffient, bring everything including fishing rods if you wish. Returning about lunch time on Sunday. | |
| Participants: | Paddy, Jilly, Surf, Mavis, Yoda, Book worm, Wizard, Smokey, Aisha (Luly), Saffia, Fish, Ethan, Madeleine, Pommy Pete, Scam, Blake, Blokka, Gail, Cyclone, Thérèse. | |
| Easy day out: Sunday 29th | ||
| Meeting place: | Checkers hotel Bulsbrook | |
| Meeting time: | 10 am | |
| Reccie leader: | Pommy Pete | Email Pommy Pete |
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| Details: | going out to some old places and to some new ones. | |
| Participants: | Pommy Pete, Cyclone, Thérèse, Smokey, Surf, Mavis, Yoda, Book worm, Blokka, Gail, Eric visitor. | |
| April 2015 | ||
| Shark Bay & Tamala Station: Thursday 2nd - Sunday 12th | ||
| Meeting place: | 10th Light Horse | |
| Meeting time: | 19:00 hrs | |
| Trip leader: | Smokey | Email Smokey |
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| Details: | From Tamala we'll visit Steep Point, the Cliffs, the Blowholes, False Entrance, Denham, Peron Hmstd & Spa, etc. The road to Tamala is gravel and the tracks to the camp sites can be challenging for bigger rigs but I'm sure we can arrange something with the station operator. Cost is $15.20 / adult / night and $ 8.60 / child / night. Please contact me should you have any questions. | |
| Participants: | Pommy Pete, Smokey, Aisha (Luly), Saffia, Pluto, Leonie. | |
| Trip links: | Smokey's video | |
| Lunch at Seabird: Saturday 18th | ||
| Meeting place: | 10th light horse trail | |
| Meeting time: | 9 am | |
| Reccie leader: | Pommy Pete | Email Pommy Pete |
| Details: | heading in to Guilderton onto the beach for a while then up to Seabird for lunch | |
| Participants: | Surf, Mavis, Yoda, Book worm, Pommy Pete, Blokka, Gail, Eric & Luke visitor, Cyclone, Thérèse, Screech, Ethan , Miley. | |
| Trip links: |  | Thérèse & Cyclone's images |
| Collie: Friday 24th - Monday 27th | ||
| Meeting place: | BP garage 15ks south of Pinjarra on south west hwy | |
| Meeting time: | 8 pm | |
| Reccie leader: | Pommy Pete | Email Pommy Pete |
| Details: | leave Friday night and around wellington dam for some r&r and 4x4 | |
| Participants: | Pommy Pete, Aaron, Smokey, McGyver, Brandon, Bluey, Karen, Eric & Luke visitor, Phil & Kerry visitor, Cyclone, Thérèse. | |
| Trip links: |  | Thérèse & Cyclone's images Smokey's Video |
| May 2015 | ||
| Wilbinga night nav: Friday 8th | ||
| Meeting place: | Behind the BP station on Wanneroo Rd, on the corner of Ocean Reef Rd. | |
| Meeting time: | 6:15pm for a 6:30pm departure | |
| Trip leader: | McGyver | Email McGyver |
| Details: | Going night nav to Wilbinga. Some beach driving & sand driving. Will stop somewhere for a tea break | |
| Participants: | McGyver, Eric, Wizard, Turtle, Surf, Mavis, Yoda, Book worm, Pommy Pete. | |
| Red line: Wednesday 13th | ||
| Meeting place: | our place or Motor plex Kwinana | |
| Meeting time: | 5.15 pm or 6.30 pm | |
| Event co-ordinator: | Pommy Pete | Email Pommy Pete |
| Details: | Aaron is taking his car down to the Motor plex for a run on Wesnesday if anyone want to go. | |
| Participants: | Pommy Pete, Aaron, Surf, Mavis, Yoda, Book worm. | |
| Pommy car day: Sunday 17th | ||
| Meeting place: | Our place | |
| Meeting time: | 9.30 am | |
| Event co-ordinator: | Pommy Pete | Email Pommy Pete |
| Details: | going up to Gingin for the pommy car show again | |
| Participants: | Pommy Pete, Aaron, Sally, Penny, Paul visitor. | |
| Wheatbelt Wanderer: Friday 29th - June Monday 1st | ||
| Meeting place: | EL Caballo Roadhouse - 3381 Great Eastern Hwy Wooroloo | |
| Meeting time: | 5:30pm | |
| Trip leader: | Screech | Email Screech |
| Details: | Plan is to sneak out Friday evening to Elachbutting Rock and setup a base camp(I'll be taking the glamper). Spend a couple of days exploring and a couple of nights cooking etc. by the campfire. Returning home Monday. | |
| Participants: | Stretch, Joshua, Aaron, Screech, Ethan , Miley, Smokey, Cyclone, Thérèse. | |
| Trip links: | Smokey's Video | |
| June 2015 | ||
| Committee meeting: Wednesday 10th | ||
| Meeting place: | McGyver house | |
| Meeting time: | 7:00pm | |
| Meeting convener: | McGyver | Email McGyver |
| Details: | All is welcome to come to all committee meeting | |
| Participants: | McGyver, Paddy, Smokey, Pluto, Fish, Captain, Surf. | |
| Harvey: Saturday 13th - Sunday 14th | ||
| Meeting place: | car park in Harvey | |
| Meeting time: | 10 am | |
| Reccie leader: | Pommy Pete | Email Pommy Pete |
| Details: | come for the day or camp out. doing a few hills around Harvey | |
| Participants: | Pommy Pete, Penny, Hammer and Dan visitor, Wizard, Cyclone. | |
| mundaring power lines: Sunday 21st | ||
| Meeting place: | redroaster/caltex at bottom of the hill | |
| Meeting time: | 10:00am | |
| Trip leader: | Turtle | Email Turtle |
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| Details: | just going out to the powerline track for a play | |
| Participants: | reece visitor, Turtle, Cookie, Badger, Emily. | |
| WASAQLDNTSANTWA15TRP: Friday 26th - July Sunday 19th | ||
| Meeting place: | Service Station Cnr Brookton Hwy and Canning Rd, Karragullen | |
| Meeting time: | 18:00 HRS | |
| Trip leader: | Smokey | Email Smokey |
| Details: | The plan is to head east via the Nullabor, visit and fly over the Flinders Ranges and Wilpena Pound, visit Arkaroola north of the Gammon Ranges and head up Sillers Lookout. From there head north along the Birdsville Track via Marree then back to Dalhousie via the Simpson Desert. Now north to Chambers Pillar & the Henbury Meteorite Site. After that back west to Uluru & the Olgas and back to Perth via the Great Central Road. Bring warm cloths, bathers, lots of spares, springs'n shockies, nuts'n bolts, water, food and all other important liquids and of course that ever so important big daily SMILE :-) | |
| Participants: | Smokey, Blokka, Gail, Cyclone, Thérèse, Pommy Pete, Screech, Kyle, Surf, Mavis, Yoda, Book worm, Simon visitor. | |
| Trip links: | Smokey's youtube pictures (43 minutes) Smokey's Video 1 The Flinders & Gammon Ranges Smokey's Video 2 Birdsville & Simpson Desert Smokey's Video 3 The Red Centre of Oz | |
| August 2015 | ||
| Fossicing at Mt Palmers and looking for gold: Friday 14th - Sunday 16th | ||
| Meeting place: | petrol station at bottom of Greenmount hill | |
| Meeting time: | 6pm | |
| Trip leader: | Surf | Email Surf |
| Details: | Rocky wants to go exploring. Hunting ang gathering for more rocks. Mystical campfires 4wding and exploring surrounding areas. Will be also pan for some gold. | |
| Participants: | Paddy, Doris, Jilly, Screech, Ethan , Miley, Surf, Mavis, Yoda, Book worm. | |
| Pinjar night nav: Friday 21st | ||
| Meeting place: | Behind the BP on Wanneroo road next to Ocean Reef road | |
| Meeting time: | 6:1 pm for a 6:30pm start | |
| Trip leader: | McGyver | Email McGyver |
| Details: | Need to oil the 4WD hubs, why not do a Friday night night nav to Pinjar. Hopefully we will have clear skys so we can look at the stars ontop of S bend hill. Find a few mud puddies on the way out. | |
| Participants: | McGyver, Pommy Pete. | |
| September 2015 | ||
| Club's Birthday: Friday 18th - Sunday 20th | ||
| Meeting place: | Caltex garage Toodyay rd Straton, or Toodyay farm Toodyay | |
| Meeting time: | 7 pm Or 9 pm | |
| Trip leader: | Pommy Pete | Email Pommy Pete |
| Details: | Going out to the farm again for our birthday. There is toilet, showers and heaps of room for camping. | |
| Participants: | McGyver, Brandon, Badger, Billy, Jack, Smiley, Leeland, Shayla, Bluey, Pommy Pete, Penny, Cookie, Lynda, Wizard, Kim, Screech, Ethan , Fish, Vilma, Ethan, Madeleine, Smokey, Saffia, Blokka, Gail, Turtle, Dan visitor. | |
| Trip links: |  | Fish's pics Smiley's Pics Smokey's Video |
| The Holland Track: Friday 25th - Monday 28th | ||
| Meeting place: | Caltex, bottom of Greenmount Hill | |
| Meeting time: | 18:00 hrs | |
| Trip leader: | Smokey | Email Smokey |
| Details: | Looking for expressions of interest for this long weekend at this stage. The plan is to camp 200 k's short of Coolgardie off the Great Eastern Hwy. The next day fuel up in Coolgardie then head south west to Victoria Rock. From there back to Hyden via the Holland Track and a few old mine sites with two night on the track. Back from Hyden on Monday via the Tin Hwy, time permitting. Bring your camp ovens, roasts & plenty of ingredients for a few dampers:-) | |
| Participants: | Smiley, Leeland, Smokey, Saffia. | |
| October 2015 | ||
| Bindoon Agricultral show: Saturday 17th | ||
| Meeting place: | Muchea kids park | |
| Meeting time: | 10.am | |
| Event co-ordinator: | Pommy Pete | Email Pommy Pete |
| Participants: | Pommy Pete, Sally, Paul visitor. | |
| OziExplorer Workshop: Saturday 24th | ||
| Meeting place: | BMS Engineers Conference Room, 11/189 Lakeside Drive, Joondalup (Parking at the Rear). | |
| Meeting time: | 9:30 AM | |
| Event co-ordinator: | Pluto | Email Pluto |
| Details: | This workshop will focus on thrip planning and GPS data management, as such it will focus on OziExplorer for PC. Be prepared to bring along your PC/laptop. The venue will be determined once I have a good idea of the number of attendees. So, please sign up early. | |
| Participants: | Pluto, Smokey, Fish, Captain. | |
| Julimar: Saturday 24th | ||
| Meeting place: | Chechers hotel bullsbrook | |
| Meeting time: | 9.00 | |
| Reccie leader: | Pommy Pete | Email Pommy Pete |
| Participants: | Pommy Pete, Shane Lenny visitor. | |
| November 2015 | ||
| 4wd show: Friday 6th - Sunday 8th | ||
| Meeting place: | McCallum park | |
| Meeting time: | McCallum park | |
| Event co-ordinator: | Surf | Email Surf |
| Details: | 4WD show is on again. $40 family 2 adults and up to 4 kids. Adults $16 kids 5 to 15 yrs $8 | |
| Extra information: | www.4wdshow.com.au | |
| Participants: | Smokey, Surf, Mavis, Yoda, Book worm, Pluto, McGyver, Pommy Pete, Captain, Fish, Rooster, Haylee, Lachlan, Scam, Tina, Paddy, Doris. | |
| Great Southern - Not a : Friday 27th - December Saturday 12th | ||
| Meeting place: | n/a | |
| Meeting time: | n/a | |
| Reccie leader: | Paddy | Email Paddy |
| Details: | We'll be in the Great Southern area between those dates, with family commitments from 03/12-06/12, so if anyone is in the area and wants to meet up for a day or more (outside those dates), please let us know. We could be anywhere between Peaceful Bay and Beaufort Inlet. Nothing planned, but happy to do a day trip here or there with the usual unexpected consequences :-) | |
| Participants: | Paddy, Doris, Jilly. | |
| December 2015 | ||
| Collie area: Friday 4th - Sunday 6th | ||
| Meeting place: | BP garage 12 ks past Pinjara south west hwy | |
| Meeting time: | 8.00 pm | |
| Reccie leader: | Pommy Pete | Email Pommy Pete |
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| Details: | going down to the Collie area for some last hard 4x4 driving for the year. Going down Friday night, anyone wanting to meet Saturday we can do that somewhere. | |
| Participants: | Pommy Pete, Hammer visitor, Wizard, Lee. | |
| Xmas Function 2015: Sunday 20th | ||
| Meeting place: | Wanneroo Botanic Gardens | Mini Golf | Leapfrog Cafe | |
| Meeting time: | 4:30pm | |
| Event co-ordinator: | Paddy | Email Paddy |
| Details: | ***UPDATE*** We have some members away, so due to numbers we have switched to a la carte dining at 6PM (which should work out cheaper anyway). Golf will now be from 4:30pm. We've dropped the quiz, but will still proceed with the Secret Santa, so bring a wrapped gift (one per person). There will also be a cash subsidy of $20 per membership toward this event. See you all there. | |
| Participants: | Paddy, Doris, Pluto, Leonie, Smokey, Wizard, Kim, Fish, Vilma, Ethan, Madeleine, Pommy Pete, McGyver, Cyclone, Thérèse. | |
| Bremer Bay: Saturday 26th - January Sunday 3rd | ||
| Meeting place: | Armadale, opposite the Old Pioneer Village | |
| Meeting time: | 7 am | |
| Trip leader: | Smokey | Email Smokey |
| Details: | We haven't been in Bremer Bay for a while so here is a good opportunity to re-visit this Gem on our southern coast. The beaches are great no matter where the wind blows from and there are lots of fantastic 4x4 opportunities. I was thinking of reserving the back area of Bremer Bay Beaches Tourist Caravan Park where we can all stay together in an open bush setting. Please bring all your usual & new toys for this sort of holiday along. | |
| Participants: | Pluto, Leonie, Pommy Pete, Smokey, Fish, Vilma, Ethan, Madeleine, Michael (Smokey's Dad) visitor, Dirt. | |
| Trip links: | Fish's video Smokey's Youtube Video | |