Pureora Forest Trip

A group of Club members went on a recce to Pureora Forest - Led by one of our new Members - Peter. It looks like they had a blast. Check out all the pictures Peter took.

The line up outside the accommodation at the forest headquarters. Two blocks of bunkrooms with toilets and showers between them. Marvellous set-up and only one of the options for a future club trip.

Ben having a crack at a hill climb in one of the quarries we came across in the forest. This has been taken before a tree jumped out and ripped off the right hand side of the bull bar.

Just one of the stream crossings in the park. This one led to a couple of tracks that disappeared into the bush.

Ben has a lash at getting through the creek.

Many of the tracks were pumice and get washed out and rutted easily. This one had ten foot deep holes and gullies running beside and across it.

Peter finds one of the deep ruts. . .

. . . vehicle inspection pit anyone?

Up and out. Mars coming back from a look at more tracks. . .

Picture drawn by John

. . . as did Griff.

Mars and Ben on a bit of a rescue mission after Griff found a hole that he couldn't beat. . .

Griff should've realised this was all going to go pear shaped when the truck went down instead of forward when he hit the throttle. . .

. . . a tug backwards . . .

. . . followed by a yank . . .

. . . then finally free after a bit of winching.

Griff tests Newtons theories on an unsuspecting John at the centre of the north island.

Yes there are trolls in Pureora, though one appears to be a youngster flushed from it's lair.

Heritage Center - Gaydon

Another fantastic day was spent at the Heritage Center in Gaydon. It is amazing what you can get away with when your the President as the photos will show!


First vehicle we saw on our arrival was Hue - you should have seen the look on the boys faces.


They never dreamt that they would get to do this.


Eat your heart out LR enthusiasts (especially those that said it couldn't be done)!


Which one do you think we should take home Mum?


The First Lady thought this one could be her new car!


Colin drove this one years ago when he delivered it to the film set of Judge Dredd.

Land Rover Factory - Solihull

Greetings from the Presidential Family holidaying in the UK - hope you are all enjoying the winter back home. Following are a few pics from our recent trip to the Land Rover Factory in Solihull. A truly fantastic day which included a tour around the production lines and a drive of a Defender 110 and a new Rangie on their off road test tracks. I would highly recommend a trip to the factory to anyone visitng the UK.
The boys really wanted to test drive this one but they wouldn't let us. This is a 1949 Series 1 known as one of the Dell Boy twins.
This is a 147 especially built for factory tours. Only 3 were built. Colin and the boys driving the Rangie along the side slope.
A view of some of the vehicles in the compound.

SF70 - June 2010

Thanks to everyone that came to SF70 on Sunday. There was a good turnout for such a cold day. We ended up with 10 vehicles. Check out the photos above, including the bottom left one of Marcel, Ben and Griff trying to fix Marcels Landy, on the way home. The fan blade broke and put a hole in the radiator. Nothing industrious men couldn't fix. Thanks for your help in getting home!

Hope everyone that came had a good time and look forward in doing it again soon.

Brass Monkey Weekend at Minginui

The following is a school article written by Cameron Parr before his trip to Minginui. Check out the article following this and the photos that tell what an awesome weekend it was.

MY WEEKEND

This weekend I am going to Minginui to go four wheel driving. We are camping for 2 nights. We are taking my brother's car, it is a Series 1 LandRover. We are going with the LandRover Club. My Dad is the President of the LandRover Club. There are cabins to sleep in. There will be lots of mud and winching. We've been there before. There is a really steep hill. We have cleared the track a lot. One of the tracks there has got a tree through the middle of it. We had to use the saws to cut down the trees. It took a long time and a lot of work. We had already cleared a small tree that had fallen down. It was really fun.

By Cameron (Age 8)

A group of us went to Minginui for the weekend. There were 18 in total. We stayed at the DOC camp. It was my first time at the camp and I was really impressed how comfortable it was. There were flushing toilets! What a bonus. Some went and did a walking track on the Saturday while the rest went four wheel driving. The weather was a bit grotty but nothing we couldn't handle. Vinny had another outing. On Sunday we all went out four wheel driving and cleared another track. Check out some of the pictures I took. I am sure others have more to add. PS. Happy birthday Colin.

Vinny's Update

Daniel is very pleased to report that Vinny is now registered. A big thank you to all those that have helped him with this project - he is one very happy chappy. The following is a photo and video clip of Daniel and Vinny on their first outing - taken at the Fun Day held on Playne's farm recently. A great day and a good turnout of members, unfortunately it was rained out in the afternoon.




Video of Daniel's very first drive of Vinny.