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Overland Cruisering Toyota Land Cruiser Club of Australia (Victoria) Inc.

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TOYOTA LAND CRUISER CLUB OF AUSTRALIA (VICTORIA) INC. A0005442C ABN87301244383

J U LY CONTENTS

General Meetings: 7:30pm on the 3rd Tuesday of each month at Mulgrave Country Club Wellington Road (corner Jells Road), Wheelers Hill Melways Ref 80 H1 Geelong Meetings: 7.30pm the 1st Tuesday of each month & 2nd Tuesday each November at the Supper Room, Geelong West Town Hall, 153 Pakington St. 3218. (Mel. 451 J2) ENQUIRIES: Membership & General to: The Secretary Toyota Land Cruiser Club PO Box 363, HAWTHORN 3122

Website: http:www.tlccv.com.au MEMBERSHIP DETAILS Joining Fee: $280.00 Membership: $155.00 REINSTATEMENT OF PAST MEMBERS If a member rejoins the Club within 5 years, a joining fee is not applicable.

If a member rejoins the Club after 5 years, they are required to pay the joining fee and undertake the Club’s Driver Awareness course.

RECOGNISED CLUB RADIO CHANNEL: 15 UHF

2016

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Club Information

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Committee 2015-2016

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President’s Report

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Over the Next Hill

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Calendar/Education

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May Driver Awareness weekend

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News from Toyota

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Geelong Branch Dingo Foundation working bee

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Sandy Wyperfeld Trailer Trip

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Products: Piranha battery tray

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June Driver Awareness Weekend

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News from ARB

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2015-16 Annual Reports

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AGM Agenda

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Minutes of 2015 AGM

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Member Directory

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YARCK PROPERTY Our property is a registered Land for Wildlife property and no inference is drawn in the publication that the sign or registration has any other meaning.

Life Members: Graeme Wilson, John Whitney (Dec), Don Honey, Bill Dower, Alan Winch, Barrie McCarthy, Harold Ross, Sandra Tanner, Brian Stewart, Charles Norman, Ashley (Dec) & Judith Williams, John Turbill, Garry Cooper, Jan Chivers & Ken Hildebrand Honorary Members: Ross McClure, Clive Blakely, Reece DeJong Club Auditor: Chris Rumble

The opinions expressed in the articles appearing in this magazine are not necessarily those of the Editor or the Toyota Land Cruiser Club of Australia (Victoria) Inc. The Editor reserves the right to delete where necessary any section of any article, which has been sent for publication in the magazine.

Acceptance of advertisements does not necessarily imply endorsement of products or associated companies or individuals by the Toyota Land Cruiser Club of Australia (Victoria) Inc.

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COMMITTEE President Laurie Miles president1@tlccv.com.au

Vice President Michael Martin president2@tlccv.com.au

Past President Ian Ross

2015 - 2016 Advertising Sandra Tanner

advertising@tlccv.com.au

Webmaster Laurie Miles

webmaster@tlccv.com.au

Activities Coordinator Matt Lilley activities@tlccv.com.au

Excursion Visits Coordinator excursions@tlccv.com.au

Driver Training John MIlls: driverawareness@tlccv.com.au * Driver Training Course bookings * Awareness Course certificates

Marketing/Public Relations Coordinator Brian Tanner marketing@tlccv.com.au

Yarck Management Brian Stewart yarckmanage@tlccv.com.au

Community Response Coordinator Mac Redfern tlccrg@tlccv.com.au

president3@tlccv.com.au Secretary Sandra Tanner secretary1@tlccv.com.au

Magazine Distribution Gordon Chessum

Assistant Secretary Ian wells

Trip Convenor trips@tlccv.com.au Michael Schuettke * Register a Member’s trip * Assistance in trip preparation

secretary2@tlccv.com.au

Technical

Treasurer Alan McMeekin treasurer1@tlccv.com.au Assistant Treasurer Barbara Bryant treasurer2@tlccv.com.au

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Education Liz Mills education@tlccv.com.au • Club educational courses co-ordinator

events@tlccv.com.au • Shows & special event co-ordinator Membership Barbara Bryant membership@tlccv.com.au * Membership renewals, name badges, contact detail changes

Committee Liz Mills

Librarian Wendy Wilson library@tlccv.com.au * Borrow DVDs & books * Contributions to the Library

Magazine Editor Sandra Tanner:

editor1@tlccv.com.au

Club Shop Graham Cahill

clubshop@tlccv.com.au

Social Coordinator Angela Di Lallo

social@tlccv.com.au

* Book for participation in social events Visitor Greeters Carol & Greg Edmunds Cruiserkhana enquiries@cruiserkhana.com.au

Special Events

Committee Michael Schuettke committee1@tlccv.com.au

committee2@tlccv.com.au

Raffles & Supper Ian Ross

FWDV Delegate Tony Bryant fwdvdelegate@tlccv.com.au

GEELONG BRANCH President Matt Lilley

Vice President Matt McPhee Secretary Sandra Tanner

geelong@tlccv.com.au

geelong2@tlccv.com.au sbtanner@bigpond.com

Treasurer Jennie Harvey Social Alison Williams

alison4913@gmail.com

MAGAZINE CONTRIBUTIONS

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

TRADING POST

All articles, trip reports and other contributions are welcome for inclusion in the magazine. They must be in the hands of the Editor by the first of the month.

Please send them to: The Editor, Overland Cruisering, PO Box 1778, Geelong 3220

• Please submit articles as Word documents with no formatting.

(No fancy formats as it will only have to be removed in preparing for publication).

In particular DO NOT embed pictures in your documents • Images (photos) should be supplied as seperate JPEG files.

The higher resolution the better. As a guide images should be of 300 pixel per inch with image files around 1-5MB fine.

• If you have multiple images, please burn to a CD and post to Editor rather than trying to email numerous images.

• Articles can be posted with normal photos.

They will be scanned and returned to the author if a self-addressed envelope is provided.

• Note: if selling a vehicle in the Trading Post it is a Motor Car Trader Regulation (1988-22(4) legal requirement that a cash price, registration number or engine number are supplied.

or email: editor1@tlccv.com.au

Members’ name and membership number must accompany all articles and/or contributions.

ADVERTISING A TRIP • Note: All trips must be approved by the Trip Convenor before they can be gazetted in Overland Cruisering.

All contributions MUST BE received by the 1st of the month.

ADVERTISERS Please support those companies that advertise in our magazine. Let them know you saw their advert in Overland Cruisering.

ARE YOUR MEMBERSHIP DETAILS CURRENT? If you have recently moved, please notify Barbara Bryant – Membership Officer – and provide your new address, telephone number(s) and (if altered) your email address as soon as possible. Please also remember to remove the Club sticker if you change or sell your four-wheel drive.

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his month will see our AGM. It has been an interesting year with much hard work done by each committee person. You can read about our work in the AGM reports towards the back of the magazine.

You will notice that four of our committee will be standing down this year. I would like to thank the hard work done by Sandra Tanner as Secretary, Liz Mills and Michael Schuettke as Committee persons and Ian Ross as Past President. Their input along with the members continuing on the committee has been very pleasing.

During the past month, Heidi and I ran our much sought after Trailer Trip to the Wyperfeld NP. We are aware that members are looking for different types of 4WD trips. With the purchase of our Ultimate Camper 2 years ago, we now enjoy adding some trailer trips to our long list of conventional 4WD club trips.

Don’t forget, if you would like to become involved in running trips, please email our new Trip Convenor, Michael Schuettke with your ideas.

One of the club’s less desired awards appears to be the Hook Award. Most members try to hide at meetings as it is being handed out. However, although they were reluctant to take the award, Chris & Greg Burr certainly showed us another side of the award. Every 4WD trip they headed out on, ‘Mr Hook’ would accompany them. Chris & Greg kept our Facebook page very busy with pictures of ‘Mr Hook’s’ outings. Thanks to Chris & Greg for making their time with the Hook Award a memorable occasion.

Brian Stewart and his team have been busy up at Yarck. With more work being done on the Bush Hut and recently installing a new container near the Hilton for important storage. Well done to the Yarck Management team for

heading out in the very cold winter weather to see the container installed.

Early in August, Heidi and I will be heading away for another 6 week 4WD adventure through Queensland’s channel country. We visited this area last year, but so much of it was in drought.

However, with all the recent rain in Queensland this year’s trip should be full of water and wildflowers. We will post pics during our trip on the club’s Facebook page.

Michael Martin is also away at the same time. I have asked Barbara Bryant (to be newly elected Secretary) to chair the August general meeting. Please make Barbara welcome while Michael and I are away.

Laurie Miles (1058) PRESIDENT

NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING TUESDAY 19th JULY, 2016 This year’s Annual General Meeting will be held on Tuesday 19th July, 2016

NOMINATIONS RECEIVED Position President Vice President Secretary Assistant Secretary Treasurer Assistant Treasurer Committee Committee

SPECIAL ACTIVITY

Laurie Miles Michael Martin Barbara Bryant Ian Wells Alan McMeekin Vacant Judy Spence Greg West

Nominated by Eamonn King Tony Middleditch Jennie Harvie Sandra Tanner Michael Schuettke

Seconded by Libby King Tony Bryant Sandra Tanner Brian Tanner Ian Wells

Elspeth Mills Mark Emerson

Tony Middleditch Alan Dalton

QU I PI L T A U C T I O N

STITCH ‘n BITCH QUILT AUCTION The S & B group will be auctioning their latest quilt titled OUTBACK DREAMING at the November general meeting.

This beautiful quilt is 2.10 x 2.10 metres square, and will fit a queen size bed and includes matching 3 cushions.

Bids will be open for silent bidding up to the day of the auction.

(Silent bidding closes midnight Monday 14th November, 2016).

Please email all bids to: bbryant_56@optusnet.com.au

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INFORMATION FOR TRIP LEADERS • Trip leaders please note that under the Constitution, members may not take part in any club activities involving four-wheel driving unless they have completed the Driver Awareness

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Course (Theory & Practical) and have filled in an Indemnity Form.

• The Club Insurance Policy states that only Club Trips that are gazetted in the Club Magazine and the Club website are covered by the Club Public Liability Policy.

• All Club Trips gazetted in the Club Magazine must include a telephone number (or mobile) and/or an email address for the purpose of booking on a trip.

• Members please note that telephone calls should not be made later than 8:30 pm.

Club trips are for club members only. Non members are not afforded insurance coverage by the club and may jeopardise our coverage. If you have any queries they may be raised with our Trip Coordinator, Tony Middleditch.

Members Please Note: All guests attending TLCCV trips must take out Temporary Membership. This includes children of members 18 years of age and older. If you have any queries contact our Trip Convenor, Michael Schuettke at trips@tlccv.com.au. All applications and pay-ments for Temporary Membership MUST be received by the Membership Officer NO LATER than 14 days prior to the trip.

Facebook: Any trips advertised on Facebook that have not been approved by the Trip Convenor will not be recognised as an official Club trip and therefore not be covered by the Club insurance.

Seasonal Road Closures: Contact Parks Victoria on http://parkweb.vic.gov.au/safety/fire,-flood-and-other-closures/seasonal-road-closures2

JULY Date: Meeting Place: Time: Limit: Standard: Fuel: Radio: Equipment:

Overnight: Details: Trip Leader: JULY Date: Meeting Place: Time: Limit: Standard: Fuel: Radio: Equipment:

Overnight: Details:

Trip Leader: AUGUST Date: Meeting Place: Time: Limit: Standard: Fuel: Radio: Equipment:

Overnight: Details:

LITTLE DESERT - McDONALD HWAY Saturday 23rd July and Sunday 24th July, 2016 Goroke Accommodation Park (this will be base camp for the weekend - carfavans, trailers OK) 9:00am Saturday 8 vehicles Easy to medium Full tank from Horsham UHF 15 (initially) Standard recovery equipment that includes closed front & rear recovery points, snatch strap with rated shackles, shovel, air compressor, genuine off road biased AT or better tyres with at least 50% tread - including the spare, Maxx Trax or equivalent may be handy. Sand flag advisable (may be mandatory. TBC) Goroke Accommodation park - cost around $10 per night unpowered site.

Saturday will be a full day travelling the McDonald Hwy and other tracks throug the Little Desert. Carry sufficient water and food for a couple of days just in case. Sunday will be an optional half day activity.

Graeme Innis: Email: geinnis@gmail.com MT SKENE SOUTH SIDE SNOW TRIP Saturday 30th & Sunday 31st July, 2016 Licola General Store Saturday 30th July at 8:30am for 9:00am departure 8 vehicles Medium to dificult - depending on snow conditions Full tanks from Heyfield 15 UHF Genuine all/mud terrain tyres with minimum 50% tread (road biased tyres not acceptable), recovery points front & rear, full recovery equipment, suitable cold/wet weather clothes, UHF radio, compressor & tyre gauge, shovel, water & food, emergency sleeping bag. (Please note this FWDV require 2 snow chains) Bush camping Starting in Licola this trip will tackle Mt Skene from the lesser used southern side of the mountain avoiding the crowds on the opposite side. Come prepared to camp the night above the snow line as our final campsite will depend on snow conditions. The trip will finish in Licola. No pets, firearms or trailers.

James Clark. Email: james@brooklyncoldstorage.com.au LOCK YOUR HUBS MT SKENE SNOW TRIP Saturday 6th & Sunday 7th August, 2016 Opposite Jamieson Pub 7:00am (we’re going to beat the traffic this year!)

20 (2 groups of 10) 5 positions for new members Medium Full tanks from Mansfield (Alpine diesel for diesels) 15 UHF Genuine all/mud terrain tyres with minimum 50% tread (road biased tyres not acceptable), recovery points front & rear, full recovery equipment, suitable cold/wet weather clothes, UHF radio, compressor & tyre gauge, shovel, water & food, emergency sleeping bag. (Please note this FWDV require 2 snow chains) Hotel in Mansfield A large, exciting & family friendly weekend trip to Mt Skene to experience some of the best snow driving in Victoria.

We will be based at Mansfield from where we will travel up to Mt Skene to drive in the snow, have some fun & then

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Trip Leaders:

JULY/AUGUST Date: Meeting Place: Time: Limit: Standard: Fuel: Radio: Equipment:

Overnight: Details: \

Trip Leader:

return to the Jamieson Brewery & socialise. New memberrs are encouraged to come along & vehicles will be split into two groups with two trips run concurrently to ensure that the large number of vehicles run smoothly.

Simon Mustey & Sherry Salvesen: Email: simon@mustey.com Matthew & Sara Lilley

CANNING STOCK ROUTE (CSR), ALICE SPRINGS TO BILLILUNA TO WILUNA Sunday 31st July to Friday 26th August, 2016 McDonnell Range Caravan Park, Alice Springs 8:30am Sunday 31st July, 2016 4 vehicles. No camper trailers. No pets.

Isolated Outback tracks, heavy corrugations & sand dunes, limited services available.

Diesel & petrol available.

UHF and at least 2 satellite phones & EPIRBs in the convoy The vehicles shiould be well equipped & in good condition suitable for an extended period of remote Outback touring where there are limiteed services with fuel carrying capacity for 800kms of sandy desert travel, plus a reserve allowance, 2 spare wheels with good tread, a comprehensive set of tools & spares, (shock absorbers are a frequent failure), standard recovery equipment.

Almost entirely bush camping & self catering - with 22 camp setups in 26 days.

We will travel quickly from Alice Springs along the Tanami Track for 2 days to Billiluna on the northern end of the CSR, and then at a more leisurely pace head south for 11 days to Georgia Bore. Then we will make a westerly diversion for 5 days to the Karlamilyi National Park, and purchase fuel. After returning to the CSR, we will continue south for 9 days to Wiluna - the end of the CSR. A leisurely to moderate tour pace is anticipated averaging about 100kms per day while on the CSR, with 4 rest days over 27 days, and a total distance of 3200kms.

Reference website URL - exploreoz.com Alan McMeekin: Email: gail@mcmeekin.org

DANDENONG 25 Frankston-Dandenong Rd FAWKNER 1074 Sydney Rd FRANKSTON 138 Beach St GEELONG 25 West Fyans St Newtown HOPPERS CROSSING Hoppers Crossing Homemakers Centre Shop 4, 428 Old Geelong Rd LILYDALE 43 Cave Hill Rd MENTONE B6, 27-29 Nepean Highway MILDURA 846 Fifteenth St SWAN HILL 10 Rutherford St WANTIRNA Cnr. Boronia Rd & Wantirna Rd WARRNAMBOOL 25 Walsh Rd 6 Overland Cruisering

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AUG - SEPT Date: Meeting Place: Time: Limit: Standard: Fuel: Radio: Equipment:

Overnight: Details:

Trip Leader: SEPTEMBER Date: Meeting Place: Time: Limit: Standard: Fuel: Radio: Equipment: Overnight: Details:

Trip Leader: NOVEMBER Date: Meeting Place: Time: Limit: Standard: Fuel: Radio: Equipment: Overnight: Details:

Trip Leaders:

GREAT VICTORIA & GIBSON DESERTS EXCURSION Thursday 25th August (Eucla) - Sunday 11th September (Alice Springs) Eucla Roadhouse 8:15am on Thursday 25th August 8 vehicles - preferrably diesel (because of spinifex), preferably no trailers Moderate, with some potentially difficult sections Full tanks at Eucla, sufficient for 1200km 15 UHF Vehicle in sound mechanical condition. Good off-road tyres with ample tread, a second spare, standard recovery equipment, closed recovery hooks front & rear, compressor & tyre gauge, sand flag, shovel, basic tool kit, tyre repair kit, vehicle spares, camping equipment, water & supplies. Spray bottle & wire hook for spinifex fires. Further details at pre-trip meeting.

Mainly bush camping with no facilities. Cabins optional where available.

We travel north across the Nullarbor Plain to Forrest & then via various tracks across the Great Victoria Desert, also using portions of the Connie Sue Highway, Anne Beadell Highway, Hanns track (un-mapped section), & the Great Central Road to Warburton. From there itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s north up the Sandy Blight Junction Road and east on the Gary Junction Road to The Alice. Note that Hanns Track is potentially rough, overgrown with spinifex, & could stake tyres. Note also that some areas are subject to acquisition of permits to be organized by the Trip Leader.

Don Bryant: Email: dbryant@bigpond.net.au OTWAYS WATERFALLS Saturday 3rd & Sunday 4th September, 2016 Gellibrand Otway Tourist Park (this will be base camp for the weekend - caravans, trailers OK) Cabins also available 9:00am Saturday 8 vehicles Easy to medium Full tank from Colac (petrol only in Gellibrand) 15 UHF (initially) Standard recovery equipment that includes closed front & rear recovery points, snatch strap with rated shackles, shovel, air compressor, genuine off road biased AT or better tyres with at least 50% tread - including the spare.

Gellibrand Otway Tourist Park (cost around $30 per night unpowered site).

Exploring Otways bush roads & tracks & visiting a couple of waterfalls in the southern Otways. There will be some bush walking at the waterfalls including some steep sections & steps.

Team BBQ or dinner at the pub on Saturday night, depending on weather and opinion.

Graeme Innis: Email: geinnis@gmail.com RUBICON AREA 12-13th November Kendells campground, Rubicon Rd Rubicon Departure 9.00am on Saturday from campground 7 vehicles - 4 places available for New Members Medium Full tank 15 UHF Standard recovery gear, front recovery point. Off road tyres at least 50%.

No camper trailers or vans Bush camping with toilet facility Bush camping and 4Wding through Rubicon State Forest and heading back to Melbourne on Sunday.

A campsite will be waiting for those who can make it on Friday night, We will be leaving camp on Saturday morning at 9.00am, returning to camp early Saturday afternoon to collect firewood for the evening campfire.

Sunday morning pack up camp and depart at 10.00am following forest roads back towards Melbourne and finishing in the Yarra Glen area.

Barry and Viv Gardner: Email: Tripsbazandviv@optusnet.com.au

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2016 CALENDAR July 23rd & 24th July 23rd & 24th July 30th & 31st July 30th & 31st August 6th & 7th August 8th August 9th August 19th – 21st August 20th & 21st August 25th – Sept 11th August 27th & 28th September 3rd & 4th September 12th September 13th September 24th September 24th & 25th October 6th – 9th October 8th & 9th October 10th

E D U C AT I O N

COMING TRIPS

Little Desert – McDonald Highway Maintenance & Construction weekend Mt Skene South Side Snow Trip DA Practical weekend Lock Your Hubs Mt Skene Snow Trip Yarck Management meeting DA Theory National 4x4 Show Maintenance & Construction weekend Great Victoria & Gibson Deserts Excursion DA Practical weekend Otways Waterfalls Yarck Management meeting DA Theory Boots ‘n Bonnets at Terrain Tamer Maintenance & Construction weekend Leisurefest at Sandown DA Practical weekend Yarck Management meeting

Prior to booking or setting any dates for an event, please check with the Activity Coordinator who will ensure that there are no clashes. Please email to the Activity Coordinator the proposed date, time, venue and overview of the event.

October 11th October 15th & 16th October 22nd & 23rd

November 26th & 27th December 12th December 13th

DA Theory Camp Cooking & Bush Mechanics Maintenance & Construction weekend DA Practical weekend DA Theory Rubicon Area Trip Yarck Management meeting Maintenance & Construction weekend DA Practical weekend Yarck Management meeting DA Theory

2017: February 18th & 19th March 24th – 26th May, 5th – 7th

First Aid Course at Rowville CruiserKhana Chainsaw Course at Yarck

November November November November November

5th & 6th 8th 12th & 13th 14th 19th & 20th

I PP P O R T U N I T I E S COMING O

TRIP PLANNING & CAMP COOKING OCTOBER 15TH - 16TH

BUSH MECHANICS WEEKEND OCTOBER 15TH - 16TH

At Yarck with Liz Mills

At Yarck with Brad Schaffer

Saturday: AM Theory - PM Practical This theory and practical weekend is designed for new members and those embarking on their first outback trip.

We will share tips and ideas on packing and catering plus cooking on hot coals.

SUNDAY: You will have fun using your new found skills for a "Scone Cook Off".

Participants must bring their own cooking pots, ingredients, notepad and pen. Also bring an alternative cooking pot if possible in case the weather is wet.

DO YOU KNOW? • What spare parts and tools to take on an Outback trip?

• What to check on your 4WD before you leave SOLAR PANELS - What size do I need?

FLAT TYRE - How do I fix it myself in the Outback?

This will be a fun weekend learning new skills to assist you on your journey across Australia.

DVDs for the kids on Saturday evening.

R.S.V.P. Liz No later than Saturday 8th October email education@tlccv.com.au

Participants please bring a notepad and pen.

DVDs for the kids on Saturday evening.

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“We followed this crash course in how a 4WD works with a crash course in what to do when it doesn’t, that is: winching.” did not envisage when I joined the TLCCV back in February, that it would be almost “official” winter before I got to do my DA course. But so it was, and for all my refusal to acknowledge that winter can start before the hibernal solstice, I must give the bureaucrats credit for managing to effect a pretty convincing winter atmosphere nonetheless; for it was cold (damp, bitter and pervasive cold) that defined the May DA weekend.

To compound matters, I couldn’t arrive until it was long past sunset on Friday night, so as the other participants were gleefully (yet responsibly) quaffing their poison of choice, Peter and Lisa were clambering around in the dark trying to use a jacking plate and rocks to make a level surface for the ladder on our rooftop camper.

Rooftop campers: great on level ground.

Level ground: scarce at Yarck. If you can imagine what an overweight, man-sized snail, swearing in an English accent and a bright green bobble hat would look like if it was trying to wriggle its way out of the

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bottom corner of a tent (tents are not supposed to have only one bottom corner) then you can imagine my cold hell.

After a brief sleep punctuated with dreams of slipping down hills, we awoke while it was still dark in order to ablute before breakfast. Well, the brave of us did. The sensible decided to sit in their own filth and dirty clothes rather than risk hypothermia for the sake of a couple of clean armpits. Let’s face it, nobody was sweating.

After a breakfast briefing/thawing around the fire in the Hilton, the gang shuffled out into the chill to look under Chris Treble’s wagon, which was quite the handsomest 79 Series anyone has ever seen. By this time you might have thought that sunlight had broken through to warm us but no, we faced instead the bone-chilling joys of a cold mist. Still, hunkered under the “compare and contrast” vehicle, Tim Sank’s shiny new Prado, bathing in the warm glow of the underbody inspection lamps, one could briefly forget the cold.

We followed this crash course in how a

4WD works with a crash course in what to do when it doesn’t, that is: winching. And no shortage of volunteers came forth when it was time to heave-ho on a hand winch, each willingly placing their hands on the freezing metal for an opportunity to move blood to the extremities without actually looking like they were weak, and fighting the cold. And that was it: D-Day. Winch recoveries and Hi-Lift jacks covered by Simon Mustey, we let down our tyres (once we had worked out how to use the deflators) and headed for a demonstration and some one-on-one with the instructors on hill descents and ascents.

A most welcome opportunity to sit in a heated cabin – for the ladies among us.

Gents, being gents, opted instead to play a Captain Oates and go for a walk.

Fortunately the ladies among us are quick learners and – though at times I thought I might go the way of Scott’s fellow explorer – in what was apparently a short time, the chaps got a go as well. Just in time for the sun to finally come out. Hmph!!!

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And then what a lovely day it carried on to be. After an efficient lunch, we all had a go at more hills, each in progressively impressive degrees of hilliness. A little rain only threatened to dampen spirits when it came to the bog hole, which had been well and truly topped up by the previous week’s monsoons. WD40 filled the air as it appeared that Dan Lilley had to apply it quite liberally in order to keep the dodgy 80 Series that his brother Matt had sold him from conking out entirely at the mere thought of a water crossing. Tough old beast that it was though, WD40 was all it required, and it kept on chugging on merrily enough.

Heading to the water crossing, those of us without snorkels were forced to hold back on account of its depth, augmented as it was by the aforementioned monsoons. Having spent the last half hour or so attempting to dodge the light rain/shower that had drifted up from the valleys, we then all set about covering ourselves in stagnant filth as we removed our bras (or 2m x 1m tarps – it’s a personal choice).

Now, being the very depth of winter, night was falling, and we returned to camp for an invigorating pre-night drive coffee, or tea probably as it turned out almost everyone in the vicinity was secretary English.

It was the night drive that gave rise to the second most heroic act of the weekend (the most heroic will follow) when Andrew Page, with his Ford Ranger, spared any owners of Land Cruisers damaging their vehicles by selflessly demonstrating how to reverse into a tree and smash up your rear lighting unit. He won our admiration not only for that, but also for how well he brushed it off. I would still be seething.

The night drive over, we all repaired back to the Hilton to cook up a storm (or warm up some old chicken soup you found in the freezer on Friday morning) and share stories around the fire.

Thanks to having accidentally stolen someone’s pitch, I had a rather better night’s sleep on the Saturday and awoke bright and early and full of eagerness to listen to a long debate about tyres, interspersed with the occasional bashing of Tony Bryant’s (in my opinion, most excellent) flat cap. Some people even chipped in with grim slurs like “Volvo driver.” (Fortunately, having sold my Volvo only the week before, I was able to share in the hilarity of this). Other lessons we picked up were that you shouldn’t drive through water more than knee-deep, although as it was Simon

who advised us on this, we were left wondering precisely what that left you with. We also learned of the dangers of keeping cans of beer together on corrugated roads, and the importance of carrying vast quantities of bagged wine instead.

Simultaneous acts of tyre changing and snatch recoveries followed. This gave the opportunity for the extroverts among us to go full pelt into the role play, for the absent-minded of us to step over a live snatch strap, and for the most heroic of us (I'm talking about myself here) to carefully position their car in a way that used the IFS to demonstrate how to get genuinely stuck in sand.

Fortunately, my heroic positioning was so accurate, that it was also an easy recovery. A second drive of Ups and Downs followed, in which everyone showed a remarkably improved capability (translation: I didn't get stuck because I wasn't driving on this occasion), to manoeuvre their massive vehicles, or their Prados, as applicable.

Then, after a brief lunch, a bit of paperwork and a few minutes of being elbowdeep in the Yarck toilet blocks, it was all over. One by one a phalanx of freshly minted 4WD drivers packed up camp, reinflated tyres and each made their way home; probably for a nice warm bath.

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Toyota has released the ultimate "allseeing" LandCruiser 200 Series - a topof-the-line Sahara with innovative camera applications that make it easier than ever to perform manoeuvres from off-road driving to parking.

Drivers can now obtain a panoramic view around the Sahara using four cameras - front, rear and in the side mirrors - to provide added confidence with the placement of wheels, both when moving forward and reversing.

The front camera now rotates so that the horizon is always displayed as level on the enlarged in-car display to provide drivers with an intuitive understanding of the tilt angle of the vehicle.

An under-floor view, displaying images taken approximately 3m ahead of the vehicle, allows drivers to see an image that indicates where the front wheels are placed.

These clever features, particularly useful in tricky off-road situations, have been adopted as part of wide-ranging advances to the legendary LandCruiser 200 Series range that cover everything from styling to performance and safety.

As the premier model, Sahara adopts advanced safety features that include a pre-collision system, dynamic radar cruise control, lane-departure alert, and blind-spot monitor with rear cross-traffic alert.

These are in addition to standard safety

features across the range that include seven airbags, vehicle stability and active traction control, multi-terrain antiskid brakes, hill-start assist control, trailer sway control, an emergency brake signal and tilt/telescopic adjustments for the steering column.

Updates for LandCruiser's V8 engines the 4.5-litre twin-turbo diesel and 4.6-litre petrol - bring improved fuel economy and Euro 5 emissions.

Diesel power has increased by 5kW to 200kW due to new injectors and revised

mapping while torque remains at 650Nm. Combined cycle fuel consumption also benefits, and is now just 9.5 litres/100km*, an improvement of 7.7 per cent. Along with the addition of a particulate filter, CO2 emissions have improved to 250 grams/litre.

Economy and emissions for the 227kW, 439Nm petrol engine have improved to

13.4 litres/100km* and 309 grams/km, gaining from the adoption of secondary air induction through the exhaust ports for faster catalyst warm-up from a cold start.

All models receive more modern and aggressive styling with a new grille, headlamps, bumper, bonnet and fenders at the front, and a restyled rear that includes LED tail lamps. Upgraded interiors for grades above GX include soft padding around the centre console in areas that come in direct contact with occupants' legs.

Two new colours, Copper Brown and Onyx Blue, are available on all grades except GX, bringing the total palette to 10 colours.

The LandCruiser 200 Series line-up remains diesel-only GX, followed by petrol or diesel GXL, VX and Sahara, all driven through an electronically controlled sixspeed automatic transmission.

GX is trimmed with grey fabric and GXL with grey or beige fabric while VX and Sahara offer the choice of black or beige for their leather-accented interiors. GX is a five-seater, diesel VX and Sahara have seven seats and all other grades offer eight seats.

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THE STUFF OF LEGENDS

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When it gets ugly in the outback you need mates you can rely on. And there’s no mate more reliable than the LandCruiser 200. One look at the broad, uncompromising stance and meticulous attention to detail tells you it’s more than ready to handle the hard stuff.

Every element of its bold look is backed up by nearly 60 years of experience conquering Australia’s toughest conditions, making this 4WD legendary inside and out.

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for VX and Sahara with dynamic autolevelling. The two higher grades also feature LED front fog lamps.

As the entry model to the range, GX also gains a 12-volt accessory socket in addition to its 17-inch steel wheels and snorkel. Its use as a workhorse is reflected in features that include vertically hinged rear door and vinyl floor covering.

New GXL features include roof rails, LED low-beam headlamps with autolevelling (static), LED clearance lamps, leather-accented steering wheel and gear-shift knob, a revised analogue instrument cluster and variable intermittent wipers (front and rear).

Other GXL features include 17-inch alloy wheels, dual-zone front climatecontrol air-conditioning, a rear cooler, rear spoiler, aluminium side steps, a second 12-volt connector and a 220-volt rear connector, horizontal-split tailgate, smart entry and start, reversing camera, satellite navigation#, privacy glass and body-coloured mirrors.

VX steps up with new features that include dusk-sensing bi-LED headlamps that incorporate dynamic autolevelling. It gains side airbags for the outboard second-row seats as well as LED front fog lamps and daytime running lamps, newly designed Optitron instruments with a 4.2-inch colour multiinformation display and a nine-inch touchscreen display (one inch bigger).

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Complete LC 200 range Other standard VX features include leather-accented seats, 18-inch alloy wheels, rain-sensing wipers and the Kinetic Dynamic Suspension System originally developed in Australia.

Other comfort and convenience items include front and rear parking sensors, power-retractable exterior mirrors, moon roof, black side steps and woodgrainlook interior highlights.

At the top of the range, Sahara - in addition to the new safety equipment and other features shared with the VX gains a wireless smartphone charger and revised rear-seat entertainment with screens mounted on the back of the two front seats.

It is also uniquely equipped with a power tailgate, heated electric side mirrors, multi-terrain monitor, a cool box, heated

front and second-row seats, ventilated front seats and active headrests. Its electrically adjustable steering column has three memory positions that also incorporate seat and mirror positions.

Upgraded LandCruiser 200 Series is priced from $76,500^ for the GX turbodiesel. Price changes are below 2.6 per cent for petrol models and between 3.9 and 4.3 per cent for diesel.

PRICES Grade Petrol Diesel $76,500 GX GXL $82,000 $87,000 VX $92,500 $97,500 Sahara $113,500 $118,500

P I N G O F O U N D AT I O N G E E L O N G A S S I S T SI D

large contingent of Geelong members recently Branch travelled to the Australian Dingo Foundation at Toolern Vale, where they provided much needed assistance to the Foundation.

The Club provided manpower to undertake numerous tasks to assist. These included a great job by Ralf with his excavator, moving and spreading gravel, while others tackled painting, laying paving, moving of the gift shop merchandise, and grass slashing among others.

A great lunch was had, followed by the highlight of the day - an up front and personal experience with the dingoes.

Two dingoes came out and were happy to enjoy some interaction with us. They took treats from our hands, and even allowed some to give them a pat.

Everyone contributed to a great dayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s outing, providing plenty of assistance to the Foundation and being rewarded with a unique experience with the dingoes.

Many thanks to Alison for organising the event and those members that made the day such a sucess.

Brian Tanner (607)

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TRIPS

Trip Leaders: Laurie & Heidi Miles Participants: Linda & Laurie Wilson

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Phil & Marleen Susman

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4WDing in Wyperfeld with our Trailers: Noddy, Wilson, Wiskey Girl, and Mr Hook arrived Friday night at Western Beach, on the western side of Lake Albacutya.

After dinner sitting round a nice warm

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plus Ultimate Trailer

plus CUB Escape Offroad Camper Ford Ranger TD plus Geko Offroad Camper 200 Series TD plus Kimberley Karavan campfire, we patiently waited for our trip leaders. Zebra finally arrived about 8.30pm bringing some unwelcome rain with. Umbrellas came out but in no time, the rain stopped. After a quick chat, we all headed for bed to be bright, alert and

ready for the next day.

Day 1 started early with us all up around 6:30am packing up, having breakfast and ready for debrief at 8:30am. Mr Hook was there, freezing his butt off, but with his beanie on waiting patiently as it was minus 1 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; but that was just the beginning of the cold morning starts.

After airing down, we headed off north towards Dorrington Point (on the westerly edge of Lake Albacutya). As we turned left and away from the lake, we all noticed the dryness of the lake. The track was very sandy but quite firm. We soon reached the Milmed Rock track where we headed north through the park.

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We soon arrived at Round Swamp for morning tea. Photos were the order of the day; so many pics were taken to capture the interesting vegetation.

Travelling along the tracks, the surface appearance of the sand became quite deceiving as it caught all of us out on the many dunes. Some made it look easy while others struggled. Both Wiskey Girl and Noddy were technically challenged with over inflated tyres so had to make a couple of attempts each, but only after adjusting tyre pressures on their 4WDs and their trailers.

It was then Wilson who also had to make a couple of attempts at subsequent dunes, and having to reassess their tyre pressures, they conquered the dunes ahead with little effort – although Wiskey Girl needed a little more lead foot on a couple of occasions.

Passing Arnold Springs, we headed further on to Milmed Springs where we stopped for lunch. The tracks were quite busy with people, with one convoy not being as patient as they should. After passing the frustrated convoy, we finally reached Milmed Rock. On arrival there were lots of opportunities for photos and Mr Hook was first out, so he headed up the Rock to say hello to the very cute yellow looking gnome, who was standing there on ‘guard duty’.

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photos of them both.

We had lost a bit of time during the day, so as we passed Pigeon Springs at 3:00pm, Laurie suggested we head for Murrayville Track to look for a quiet camp spot for the night. This would avoid meeting up again with the frustrated convoy. We found a large clearing to the left on Murrayville Track, which gave us space for all vehicles and trailers for the night. Dinner was early and we built

up our campfire for the evening, as a very cold night was expected.

Joined by Mr Hook, we all sat close to the fire comparing our notes and thoughts on the day. Laurie was quite surprised as we all started to retire for the night stating it was only 8:45pm, but with the fire bedded down it was time to catch up on the zzzzzz’s and be ready for day 2 in Wypereld NP and the Big Desert.

Chris & Greg Burr (2738) Big Desert awaits: After a very chilly minus 3 overnight, our day began with a frozen water tap. In addition, we sadly had to pack up our crunchy, icy canvas.

Morning discussions centred around how warm it was in the ‘Ultimate Camper’ and the ‘Kimberley Karavan’, which both had lovely warm heaters. An early report from a chilly Wiskey Girl was that Mr Hook spent a warm night wrapped in his nanny blanket, venturing out briefly into the frosty morning for an occasional photo shoot.

We were on the road by 9:00am with a clear sunny day ahead, and the temperature starting to climb slowly. We headed along Murrayville Track past Big Billy Bore campground where a large crowd had camped overnight.

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We continued on further north before turning onto Cowangie Nhill Track and then John’s Bore Track to the northern border of the Big Desert State Forest. Many paddy melons on the track sparked conversation, with Mr Google informing us all of the origins of this fruit.

Travelling west along the Firebreak Track, Noddy was the first to find a large dune very challenging. With much advice shared, the MaxTrax finally made an appearance. However, lowering the tyre pressures even more was the recipe for success. With the trailer down to 16psi and 4WD on 18psi, Noddy was finally over.

Zebra had located a small area to stop, so it was now morning tea and time to relax.

Continuing on the Firebreak Track over soft sandy tracks and fun dunes, we crossed the Murrayville Track and then headed south towards Cactus Bore Track.

We were now on the edge of the Big Desert Wilderness Park. We continued down Cactus Bore Track and stopped at Yellow Gums for a lunch break, and whilst there, we bumped into a local who was a dog trapper. Continuing further south to Cactus Bore, we met up with the dog trapper again who appeared to be checking us out.

After a photo shoot at Cactus Bore, we returned to Murrayville Track. Looking for an early campsite to set up and dry our campers, we found it at Sim Perry’s Hand Pump bore. Plenty of room as hot camp showers appeared from some trailers before our campfire was set up for another cold, clear night.

Linda & Laurie Wilson (2314) Returning through the sandy Wyperfeld NP: In the process of setting up their camper the previous night, Linda and Laurie had a senior’s moment and forgot to open the boot of their trailer before lifting it over. Although they caused significant damage to the boot door, bending it at 90 degrees, Laurie’s panel beating skills

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meant an emergency repair was possible.

Hopefully it won’t cause any problems for the next 9 weeks as they head to Birdsville and beyond at the end of our trip.

Laurie warned us it was going to be colder than the previous night of -3! He was right – it dropped to a very chilly minus 5.8 (the coldest weather I had ever experienced in our camper). Everyone managed to stay quite cosy, the biggest problem was getting out of bed in the morning.

We left camp around 9:00am and headed south on the Murrayville Track (a wide clay road in good condition). After passing the Big Billy Bore information area, we headed back into the Wyperfeld NP. Similar to yesterday’s track, it provided some good sand dune driving, but unlike yesterday, we all managed to get over them without drama, having learnt the big lesson about tyre pressures. We stopped by the side of the track for morning tea about 10:15am.

After morning tea, we continued on eventually turning right at the Pella Track and then left at Chinaman’s Well Track (but we didn’t go to the well as like every other ‘water’ feature in the park, it was dry). We drove past the Lost Swamp where there were a few muddy puddles and exited the park soon after going back into the Big Desert SF, heading towards the Lake Hindmarsh camping area.

It was a roller coaster ride, bumping and rocking at less than 20kph for nearly an hour! Laurie assured us the track had been in very different condition when he last took it. This was when Mr Hook needed his sick bag! We passed some more muddy puddles that had provided a play area for some people. Wiskey Girl, in their endeavour to not get the underside of their camper muddy, did some interesting off track navigating, eventually having to reverse the camper and scoot around the side of the mud like everyone else had done.

Around 12:30 we turned onto Netting Fence Road, a flat gravel road. This was the end of the sand driving, and the end of the bumps at last! We stopped for lunch around 1:00pm and re-inflated our tyres.

This was the formal end of the trip.

Everyone agreed it had been a fantastic three days, the group got on really well, and we all learnt heaps about taking trailers through the sand. Thanks Laurie and Heidi for a wonderful time.

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ith so many new models of 4WD hitting the Aussie Market, Piranha Off Road Products has been busy designing and building battery trays for these exciting new models.

New Aussie made trays come complete with fitting kits for Toyota Hilux, 200 Series, 2016 Fortuna and Toyota Prado. Nissan’s 2015 Nissan D23 can now have a D31A Optima mounted under the body for powering accessories. The new Mitsubishi Triton and Pajero Sport also have new trays available.

Piranha’s battery trays are manufactured in Australia from high-grade steel and gold electroplated for durability in our Aussie bush and harsh off-road conditions. Each tray is designed by Piranha to be model specific and comes complete with all fitting hardware, including the top mount and detailed fitting instructions.

Piranha cover the trays with a 2-year, Australia-wide, unlimited kilometre warranty, and 5 years when fitted by an authorised dealer. Some conditions do apply, but it shows they back up their products. Some trays are ‘Self Fit’ while others require them to be fitted by an authorised fitter.

This latest batch of trays to hit the market sees Piranha off Road stocking one of the largest ranges of battery trays in Oz – bar

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none! Piranha’s battery trays are so good in fact they have been copied and sold on the net. These copies are inferior and could include a fitting kit that is not rated correctly.

Any tray purchased through Piranha will come with a legitimate receipt and be guaranteed to last!

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DRIVER TRAINING Election Weekend Driver Awareness – June, 2016 Saturday dawned cold with misty rain.

True to their word, our instructors, Tony, Matt, Ian, Geoff and John ‘rang the bell’ right on 7:55am for briefing, followed by the winching demonstrations.

Our hills session finished with time for a bit of a drive, which put our rescue theory to the test. (Good trail choosing Matt… or was it John?)

Our afternoon session saw another safety theory tested as we had to reverse back to the next erosion drain to allow another attempt up Latimer’s hill.

We all made it up and back in one piece.

After afternoon ‘smoko’ we were eager beavers, on time and off for our night drive. Radio usage was beginning to improve and the drive felt pretty easy, out onto the public roads … until returning to the property via the back gate.

Adrenalin pumped through the veins and the Hilton had never looked so good!

Rain overnight meant another slight program alteration, but there was still the bog hole to get through. Exhilarating is the only way to describe knowing that I was going to get right through it. And then the night drive again, this time in daylight so we could see just how scary it was, and slippery, but great views.

Swapping the drivers meant we all tried everything.

So good was the training that we are now off to tackle Cape York. Apologies from Richard and Lois Woodthorpe for the next three meetings.

A fantastic weekend, sincere thanks to all our instructors who so readily gave us their time. What an asset to the Club you are.

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NEWS FROM ARB

ARB FRONTIER L O N G R A N G E F U E L TA N K ARB Corporation Ltd, a world leader in aftermarket 4x4 accessories, is pleased to release its premium fuel tank and latest 4x4 accessory, the ARB Frontier fuel tank.

Superior in design, the ARB Frontier fuel tank is engineered with durable materials to ensure the secure and effective transport of diesel fuel for extended travel. The ARB Frontier fuel tank is roto-moulded in Australia from a specially formulated crosslinked polymer, ensuring the tank is designed and engineered with strength and durability in mind.

The specially formulated polymer is impact resistant, flexible and UV resistant. Without compromising on strength, the polymer also provides a weight saving of 30 to 50 per cent over an equivalent steel tank. This makes the ARB Frontier fuel tank easier to maneuver for fast installation. The rotomoulding process extends the fuel tank capacity by following the vehicle underbody contours and the one piece construction eliminates seams or welds in the body of the tank.

With a wall thickness of 7-9mm, the additional fuel needed for extended outback travel is sure to be safeguarded from off road elements. As a replacement to the original vehicle fuel tank, the ARB Frontier long range fuel tank utilises quality hardware and fittings. The mounting straps attach directly to the existing vehicle mounts and an ARB manufactured pump plate accommodates the existing fuel 16 Overland Cruisering

module. All ARB Frontier tanks are pressure tested for conformance to our exacting standards and are fully supported with a nationwide 3 year manufacturer’s warranty.

The ARB Frontier long range fuel tank, a perfect partner to explore a new frontier.

Key Features: • Impact resistant, flexible and UV resistant

• Vehicle specific designs • Lightweight tank lessens the impact on GVM • Compatible with diesel fuel • Easy to install For a full list of diesel vehicle applications currently available and coming soon, visit: http://www.arb.com.au/frontier-long-rangetank/

• 7-9mm wall thickness

ARB EXPANDS INTENSITY LED RANGE ARB is pleased to announce the next addition to the expanding Intensity driving light range. The AR21 Intensity LED driving lights set a new benchmark for on-vehicle performance lighting upgrades and offer owners convenience and flexibility, packaged within a compact assembly.

After the success of the highly regarded AR32 Intensity LED lights, the AR21 has been developed to provide the growing LED driving light market with a lighting option suited to smaller bull bars or areas where space may be limited.

Utilising 21 highly efficient Osram LEDs, situated within a patented reflector design, the AR21 produces a light output of 6,950 raw lumens at 6,500 Kelvin,delivering the closest possible colour to daylight, resulting in reduced fatigue for the driver.

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2015 - 2016 ANNUAL REPORTS President’s Annual Report It is 12 months since I became President of our great club. It has been an interesting 12 months The week after the AGM, I had a motor cycle accident, which required me to have surgery for a bad fracture to my wrist. This meant I actually missed the first Executive meeting. After surgery, it was time to head off on our 6 week adventure to the Hay River. This trip had been on our bucket list for quite some time, so it was great to be able to get away and experience the outback once again. With my wrist in plaster, Heidi studiously packed and unpacked the trailer each night.

Upon our return, it was straight into club activities while my wrist was still healing. Our first task was to document the processes of our DA training. A big thanks to John Mills and his team for formulating a draft document for the committee to review. Whilst this process took 6 months to complete, I am pleased to see that the end result is fantastic. If you are unaware of this document, please access the Members Only section of our website to read.

During October, I attended the Chainsaw course at Yarck as an observer. I was impressed with the professionalism of the trainers and it was fantastic to see so many members learning this important new skill.

November was our annual monster working bee. Brian Stewart organized a great weekend of work. Due to my injuries, I was unable to get involved with the outside work.

However, it was good to see everyone working well together at the property and getting it ready for the summer ahead.

Just as I was completing 3 months recovery from my fractured wrist, I asked for a second opinion of my accident injuries as my thumb was still very sore. A cat scan showed that during my motorcycle accident, I had dislocated my thumb and ruptured all of my ligaments. So another operation.

Whilst recovering from my second operation, Heidi and I notched up our 100th club trip. This trip was through the picturesque Grampians. A big thanks to Phil and Monica Coleman for opening up their Halls Gap home to our convoy to host a BBQ dinner to celebrate our 100th trip.

In early January, our Marketing Coordinator, Brian Tanner organized a great weekend at Yarck. Toyota supplied 3 4WDs for our DA team to drive around the property. It was good to see members come up for the day and enjoy being passengered around the property. Brian also organised for 3 Toyota staff to come along and partake in the day’s events. In the evening, I put my cooking skills to the test and prepared many salads to be enjoyed with our sausage sizzle. A great night was held, reliving the day as some took to the dance floor to unwind.

The committee’s next task, was creating a formal strategy for Yarck. The Yarck Master Plan was accomplished with the help of many of our great members who gave valuable input to see this strategy documented. A big thank you to Ian Wells for putting this paper together. It was pleasing to see this document being tabled earlier this year, and is now available for reading on the club website.

The next task for our committee, was to review the club’s ByLaws. We asked Ross McClure (our Honorary Solicitor) to look over our work. There were some interesting discussions as we updated the By-Laws. There was also healthy discussion by some members about our By-Laws relating to dogs.

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the passion of Geelong President Matt Lilley and the other Geelong members as they were busy organising voluntary work in Wombat State Forest.

Late last year, there was a lot of discussion about running CruiserKhana. Provided we could get enough members to get involved, it was still an important event on our annual calendar. In April, I was asked to MC the CruiserKhana awards dinner. Having not been to CruiserKhana before, I was totally taken back with such a professional event. Everything worked extremely well, with only a few small issues, which were quickly resolved. Although a small committee, I take my hat off to the team led by Neil Chambers. Congratulations to Greg West for winning the Bob Hollow award for the best TLCCV member.

April also saw the National TLCC Conference being held at Noosa in Queensland. Whilst many members drove up to support the conference, and to visit Fraser Island, I decided to fly up. It was great to meet representatives from the other States, and to talk about similarities and differences with our clubs.

In May, I revisited the Geelong meeting to unveil the Geelong honor board. At this meeting, we were entertained by two dingoes from the Dingo Foundation. This was certainly an interesting presentation and understanding the value of reestablishing dingoes in the wild.

June was the last of our Executive meetings before the AGM. I would like to thank all the members of our committee. Each of them took on various responsibilities during the year. We certainly had some interesting discussions at our Executive meetings, but I believe we achieved some good changes.

After many years on the committee, Sandra Tanner is hanging up her Secretarial boots. Sandra is a passionate club member and puts her all into any challenge she takes on. Thanks to Liz Mills and Michael Schuettke for their input. Liz is taking a back seat as she enjoys more outback travel. Michael has moved on to Trip Convenor. I wish him good luck with this new role.

Finally, a big thank you to my wife Heidi. Over the past 2 years, she has spent many hours working on firstly developing our new club website, then developing our new club membership database. She has also just completed many hours allowing single sign-on between our website and membership database.

Laurie Miles (1058) PRESIDENT

Vice President’s Annual Report Well, the year started off with being thrown in the deep end with the President being away, which certainly was a baptism of fire, which I’m glad to say I survived! The committee has worked well together and while I was not able to make every meeting, I have been able to participate and contribute accordingly.

All in all, it’s been a busy but productive year. As the committee representative for the CruiserKhana, I attended scheduled meetings, helped develop the risk management plan and coordinated, along with Tony Middleditch, the communications for the weekend. Thanks again to Motorola for sponsoring the digital radios.

On behalf of the club, I led a trip to Queensland to join in the TLCC National conference and get together, and was also one of the four delegates to the conference. The full report on the meeting and trip, along with photos can be seen in the magazine. Suffice to say, it was great fun, Fraser Island is spectacular, and the Queensland club great hosts.

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in the theory nights and practical weekends at Yarck,

diligently led by John Mills. In support of this, I have led – along with Geoff Dumaresq and Tony Middleditch – a number of new member High Country trips through the year.

As a member of the board of Four Wheel Drive Victoria, I am able to represent the club accordingly, and provide feedback and insight into the activities of the Association. The major outcome this year is the appointment of the Association to the Ministerial Advisory Committee. A formal announcement around this is anticipated later in June. FWDV has at last found a new location and is in the process of moving to Mitchum. Overall our Association is in good shape and continues to have a very good working relationship with Government and Land Managers. Having just completed the draft of the joint strategic plan, the future looks bright, and we as four-wheel drivers continue to be the envy of other States.

On a personal note, I retired at the end of January, which will give me the opportunity to further my involvement with the TLCCV, as has always been my plan. I thank the members for allowing me the privilege of being on the Club’s Committee and I look forward to the coming year.

Michael Martin (2170) VICE PRESIDENT

Treasurer’s Annual Report The Club returned an operating surplus of $20,218.92 for the year to 31st March, 2016 (compared to $19,562.84 in 2015).

As a point of difference, there were significant variations in several items of income/expenditure: 1. Printing costs for the Club’s magazine reduced from $34,154 in 2015 to $13,561 in 2016, resulting from the decision to publish electronically each month, and to publish a printed form bi-monthly; 2. Some of these savings were invested in new initiatives: ($3,000 to establish an advanced DA course, $2,000 to support an education/training program, and $2,000 to support the Club’s Trips program); 3. Revenue from new memberships reduced from $21,177 in 2015 to $11,670 in 2016; 4. CruiserKhana was not held in financial year 2016, i.e before 31st March, however FY2017 will see revenue/expenses associated with two CruiserKhana events; 5. The “Mediterranean Night” social held at Yarck was very enjoyable and more financially successful than usual for a social event, returning a surplus of $675; and 6. The Club’s assets were enhanced by investing $14,536 into the following developments: a. AV Equipment bought to support CruiserKhana ($500); b. A frame was purchased for the “Quilted Landscape” created by Club’s Stitch ‘n Bitch group and mounted at the Yarck Hilton, ($1,011); c. Equipment for the Advanced DA course ($951); d. Concrete path and drainage at Yarck ($5,709); e. Log splitter for use at Yarck ($1,745); f. Further development of the Bush Hut at Yarck ($2,390); and g. Water tank replacement at Yarck ($2,230).

The Club returned a net surplus of $607.64, (compared to a $728 loss in 2015), after adjustments: 1. Assets on the Club’s Assets Register were written down in value using the diminishing value methodology, which has resulted in a depreciation charge of $16,254.00 (compared to $0,291 in 2015).

2. The value of stock held by the Club Shop and CruiserKhana merchandise as at 31st March, 2016 was $3,357 less than 2015.

Alan McMeekin (2519) TREASURER

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TLCCV Trip Convenor Report Nan and I joined the TLCCV in October, 2005.

Have to admit the meeting at the German Club was not all that inspiring but I had joined for a specific reason, plus we also drove a Landcruiser!

With Christmas holidays on the horizon and a number of members ahead of us in the DA queue, it was not until March that we first trekked to Yarck for our turn with DA. This delay, however, had not stopped us with our own travelling nor booking in for our first TLCCV trip – The Simpson Desert with Ossie & Di DeSimone in mid 2006. Much to our surprise, we were given the role of tail end/assistant trip leader. (Thanks for the confidence).

In 2007, Nan and I participated in the Trip Leaders course run

by Brad Schafer at Yarck. In preparation for this, I had consolidated my plans for our first TLCCV trip – a trip that I had been planning on and off for nearly 20 years, and the principal reason for us joining the TLCCV. My introduction to the Australian bush was as a kid with holidays at Lake Eildon. Later there were trail bikes, initially around the lake state forest area and then, once actually licenced, much further afield. Trail bikes morphed into FWDs due to the ever growing desire to venture further into the unknown. My first FWD was a little Suzuki LJ80 (800 CC 4stroke soft-top) followed by a Series 2A Landrover. (Could not afford a 40 Series!)

This choice led to two things, first the requirement to become a half confident mechanic in order to keep the vehicles running, and the second an introduction to Len Beadell. You see, I bought a book called “Bush Bashers” for the sole reason that it had a picture of an old Landrover on the front of it.

Bush Bashers was inspirational in the concept of our first TLCCV trip – The Anne Beadell & Connie Sue Highways. At the time of purchase, it also created a connundrum in that there was no way my Landrover (or any Landrover?) would be reliable enough to undertake the trip and remain in one piece!

Is this why Landrover owners usually have more than one vehicle? My Landy was the Anti-Christ.

Back at the Trip Leaders course, it was thought that a shorter trip to begin with may be a better option so, not deterred, a day trip around Narbethong was planned. By the time the trip had been run, we had been over the proposed routes and options 3 times, having fun in the preparation (and getting stuck), enjoying the company of our fellow Trip Leader Training participants.

In the years following, we have returned on TLCCV trips to the Great Victoria Desert, The Gibson Desert, Strezlecki Desert, plus our own Victorian deserts and High Country areas, and a lot of areas in between. The outback trips remain a highlight.

We will venture back soon!

I took over the Tip Convenor position from Bruce Rankin in 2009. By now Nan & I had run a variety of trips – Extended Outback, High Country, General Touring & Day Trips, which required us to test the skills learnt from the Trip Leaders course with vehicle breakdowns and terrain issues – cummulating in a day trip that took 2 days to complete. With this and general accumulated knowledge, I considered myself quyalified for the position.

In the years following, the Trip Leaders course has been formalised and run each year, more recently a trial of a correspondence course has been on offer. There has also been a drive to provide further training opportunities plus furthering the use of our club’s facilities.

As Trip Convenor, I was involved in our Strategic Planning, Conferences and liaising with FWDV on trips, policies and procedures plus involvement with the FWDV 40th Anniversary celebrations. In all, a very interesting and rewarding experience.

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Now, mid 2016, with pressing family requirements, it is time to move on and hand over the baton. Michael Schiuettke has taken over this position as of 1st June, 2016 and I wish him well and hope he receives full support and assistance.

The TLCCV is first and foremost a FWD club and as such, needs ALL members to assist with and participate in associated FWD activities.

Tony Middleditch (2169)

Yarck Management Annual Report Yarck Maintenance & Construction weekends have been well supported in the past 12 months averaging 22 very willing participants. Weather conditions have varied from very warm to extremely cold, particularly last month. Rainfall has been great over the past two months and has seen our water supply at maximum and all dams near capacity.

Equipment purchases have included a block splitter, which eases the pain of firewood collecting, a ripping attachment for the tractor as well as a container to store tools and machinery. A new 22,700Lt poly water tank was installed to replace the metal tank that had reached its use by date. The old one will get reused as a firewood bin at the Bush Hut. Equipment maintenance continues monthly. Extra items dealt with have been ongoing fencing repairs from fallen trees, repairs to a damaged water tank, replacing taps both in the toilet areas and the hut. The septic tanks have been pumped out. Track drains are in the process of being cleared.

Firewood is always on the list of things to do, if you enjoy sitting by the fire how about you come along and help with the collecting.

Special Projects that have been dealt with include: • Updating the solar lighting system by replacing all the timers, re-running some cables and installing lights and switch to steps to toilet.

• Concrete path and drain near toilet block. This was a mammoth task with a cast of many willing helpers over the 3 concrete pours.

• Construction of toilets in Whoopsy-Do with a 1,000Lt water tank.

• Hanging of the magnificent quilt made by the Stitch & Bitch group.

• Updating of the Honour Board and creating an Honour Board for the Geelong Branch.

• Monitoring of wildlife on the property.

• Continuing with the construction of the Bush Hut. All the holes were drilled for the verandah posts and these were all put in place over the summer. It is now at the stage where the outer beams and some of the rafters are in place. This has been a project involving quite a number of members; were you one of them?

All up it has been a rewarding year. Special thanks must go to all those members that have enjoyed being part of the Maintenance & Construction weekends with interesting social evenings . I have to also thank the 12 members who regularly come to our monthly Yarck Management meetings for their commitment to this major part of TLCCV. Hope to see you at Yarck very soon.

Brian Stewart (340) YARCK MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR President’s Annual Report – Geelong Branch The Geelong Branch has had a very full 12 months indeed!

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officially receive this acknowledgement. Thank you to Laurie and Sandra for seeing this project through.

Working together we have been developing strategies at the Branch level revolving around trips, recruitment, social activities and community engagement.

Graeme Innis has become a new trip leader for the Club and has put in a lot of work to complete his trip leader training and running three trips in the first half of this year, and with another two already planned in the next few months. Having been on all of his trips so far, I can say he has done an outstanding job. Well done Graeme.

We are developing a multi-pronged approach with regards to recruitment involving the Geelong Show, advertising in local media to compliment the show, the use of the TLCCV public Facebook page and visiting local 4x4 stores to develop relationships. These activities require a great deal of organisation and dedication of the members and I am looking forward to seeing the fruits of our labour.

At the heart of our Club is the camaraderie that is shared by the members. It’s this camaraderie that keeps people coming back to the Club and represents a large comp0onent of the value proposition that being a member of TLCCV presents.

The Geelong Branch social portfolio is in safe hands with Judith and Alison Williams. With a regular average attendance of around 75% of Branch members attending social activities reflects the hard work and dedication that goes into running the Branch.

Community engagement is another area that the Branch has decided should form a part of our core activities. To that end we have been involved with programs such as Clean up Australia day, a working bee at the Dingo Discovery Sanctuary, gathering hay and blankets to help the animal burn victims at the Kilmore fires, to name a few.

I would like to thank the following people for their time and support over the past twelve months in making the Branch function as well as it does. Matt McPhee (Vice President and Technical), Jenny Harvie (Secretary / Treasurer), Kelvin Connors (for always collecting the key for meetings), Veronica Vermeulen (for organising the Branch raffles), Judith Williams (for the refreshments after the meetings), Sandra Tanner (for filling in as Secretary when Jennie was not available), ark KerDavid (previous Technical) and to all members who have supported us over the last twelve months, a heartfelt thank you for your efforts.

I look forward to the challenges of the upcoming year, and putting some of these strategic plans into action. The future of the Geelong Branch is looking very bright indeed.

Matt Lilley (2598) GEELONG BRANCH PRESIDENT

Secretary’s Report – Geelong Branch I have found my year as Secretary/Treasurer most fulfilling and have enjoyed the help, the friendships made and my time in the role. Many new members have joined us this year and I hope they enjoy themselves as much as I do. Thanks to the new members and the steadfast members we have achieved much this year. We have helped out in a hay run; we have helped out at the Kilmore Wildlife shelter after the devastating fires earlier this year, and last, but not least, we have helped Victoria Parks Rangers demolish an “illegal” hut within the Lerderderg Gorge National Park.

In conclusion, I look forward to serving another year as Treasurer, providing the meeting accepts this premise. Due to me taking on yet another role in my favourite hobby – the one that got me into four-wheel driving – of gathering knowledge and specimens of minerals and fossils, and some gems along the way, I cannot devote the time needed to the role of Secretary.

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If you all agree, my shoes will be ably filled by the return of Sandra Tanner to the role – that of Secretary – I took from her!

Thanking you and looking forward to more great times and companionship.

Jennie Harvie (202) GEELONG SECRETARY/TREASURER

Driver Awareness Unit 2016 Annual Report The Driver Awareness Unit, has had another good year. We continue to follow the FWD Victoria course that is approved by the FWDV Educational Training Unit. We have six accredited trainers and two trainees. FWDV training unit is going through a revamp at the present time. I have served on the ETU committee for the past year and now that the new Registered Training structure is being shaped, Simon Mustey has also committed to RTO, I am sure he will be a valuable member as the new committees are introduced.

We have had seven DA courses this year and welcomed sixty new members to the Club. We also had six existing members re-do DA. All the Team Members also attended a training weekend at Yarck to enhance their qualifications so we can offer an advanced course. We have purchased a series 2 Landrover, this will be reinforced so we can roll it over and teach safe recovery methods. We have upgraded some of our equipment, a new high lift jack with the recovery pack, a pair of 'Max Trax', dynema rope, etc. this in preparation for the first Advanced Course to be run later this year.

Michael, Tony and I have drafted a procedures document, thanks Guys, this with some changes has been accepted by the Committee and is now supported in the By-Laws, and the document can be found on the Club’s Web page. This should make the task of the DA team easier going forward, as now our roles and our responsibilities are defined. Simon has revised and upgraded the TLCCV slides we use on the theory nights, a good job done.

My thanks to all the team of the DAU, without them this Club cannot offer the welcome and induction to the Club for new members through our course that is the envy of other Clubs.

Your DA team this year are John Mills, Simon Mustey, Heather Cale, Michael Martin, Ian Wells, Geoff Dumaresq, Tony Bryant and Matt Lilley.

John Mills (1937) DAU COORDINATOR, TLCCV

and guests as you enter the meetings and ensure that you sign in. Our primary function is to care for our gue4sts, especially those potential members visiting the TLCCV for the first time.

We try to make guests feel comfortable, explain what they can expect during the meeting and hopefully pair them up with a member for the evening to answer questions and introduce them to other members. Again, not an onerous task, but important to make people feel welcome and showcase the friendly and supportive nature of our Club.

Greg and I have been members of TLCCV for 6 years and originally joined as 4WD novices, to learn how to drive offroad and travel safely via Club trips while we learnt the ropes.

We have discovered that getting involved with and supporting the Club has enabled us to meet fellow members and make good friends.

As with many things in life, you get out of it what you put in; going on Club trips, attending the occasional social function, contributing to maintenance weekends at Yarck and supporting the Club stand at the 4WD shows are par for the course for most members. We have also supported the Club’s flood fire relief activities in the past and just last year worked on the Christmas tree drive with other Club members, not only have we had fun, we have found volunteering personally rewarding.

In 2013 Greg competed in CruiserKhana, the Club’s off-road competition. We both enjoyed the weekend so much we volunteered to help the next year and have been part of the committee and the volunteer group for the past 3 years. It might be time to compete again, you can only hold onto “Stump Climb Champion” for so long.

Greg and I would encourage all members to get involved in some small way and help the Club grow. Our Club is only as strong as the members supporting it. We look forward to seeing you on the tracks.

Carol & Greg Edmunds (2532)

Monthly Raffles Annual Report This is our 5th year doing the raffle.

It is a very rewarding and entertaining position as we feel we have met and made so many friends just by welcoming them to our “raffle” table and coercing them to buy tickets for the night. It is a lovely way to meet a lot of fellow Club members and chat to them as they line up to collect their magazine or purchase tickets.

We try and vary our choice of prizes, while sticking to the “budget”, keeping in mind that the raffle is not necessarily a fund raiser for the Club, just a nice, social, fun interaction with members.

Gabi and I are travelling for the next few months. We are happy to pass on the raffle to Ian and Cameron Ross.

(Thanks Cameron for dobbing in dad!) I am sure you will enjoy running it as much as we did.

Gabi & Grace Azzam (2140)

Meeters & Greeters Annual Report Hi everyone, as the official “Meeters and Greeters, we are the smiling faces that greet you at the door for the monthly meeting. It is not an onerous role, we simply welcome members Overland Cruisering 29

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TOYOTA LAND CRUISER CLUB OF AUSTRALIA (VICTORIA) INC. – A0005422C ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Held Tuesday 19th July, 2016 at the Mulgrave Country Club, Wheelers Hill AGENDA •

OPEN

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APOLOGIES

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LIFE / HONORARY MEMBERS AND PAST PRESIDENTS IN ATTENDANCE

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MINUTES OF PREVIOUS AGM HELD TUESDAY 21st JULY, 2015.

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TREASURER’S REPORT

Motion: Appoint Auditor.

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ANNUAL REPORT – PRESIDENT.

Refer magazine for all others (Executive & sub Committees)

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ANNUAL TLCCV AWARDS

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VAL McGURGAN AWARD is awarded to the Club member – new or old, male or female – who achieves the most they possibly can out of the Club. This person shows great enthusiasm & support for their Club. This award is presented in memory of Frank’s wife Val. The words “Joy of Being” are on this award.

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BEST CLUB WOMAN is awarded to the woman who displays a high level of Club involvement and is a great team player within the Club.

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BEST CLUB MAN is awarded to the man who displays a high level of Club involvement and is a great team player within the Club.

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TRIP LEADER AWARD is presented to the member(s) who ran the most trips during the past year.

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JOHN WHITNEY PHOTOGRAPHIC AWARD (judged by the Life Members) is presented to the member who enters the best photo from a TLCC Club trip.

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BEST JUNIOR CLUB PERSON

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GENERAL BUSINESS

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COMMITTEE ELECTIONS

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President introduces Returning Officer.

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President seeks a mover and seconder to accept as the Returning Officer

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President declares all positions vacant

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Returning Officer runs nominators presentation – each has two minutes

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Explains voting procedure

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Explains preference voting system

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Explains how we handle votes on a person who has nominated for more than one position

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Membership votes

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Returning Officer hands back to President to suspend AGM and run the General Meeting.

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SUSPEND AGM

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OPEN GENERAL MEETING

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CLOSE GENERAL MEETING

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PRESIDENT RE-OPENS AGM AND HANDS TO RETURNING OFFICER

Matters arising

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RETURNING OFFICER GIVES VOTING RESULTS

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PRIOR PRESIDENT HANDS BADGE OF OFFICE OVER TO NEW PRESIDENT

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NEW PRESIDENT ACCEPTS ON BEHALF OF THE NEW COMMITTEE

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NEW PRESIDENT CLOSES MEETING.

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MINUTES OF THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE TOYOTA LAND CRUISER CLUB OF AUSTRALIA (VICTORIA) INC. – A0005442C Held on Tuesday 21h July, 2015 at the Mulgrave Country Club, Wheelers Hill.

The Annual General Meeting was opened at 8:15 pm by President, Ian Ross who explained to the members the business of the AGM meeting.

PRESENT AS PER REGISTER. Moved Bill Black. Seconded Neil Chambers. Carried APOLOGIES AS PER REGISTER. Motion: That the apologies be accepted. Moved Bill Black. Seconded Barbara Wilson.

Carried.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS WERE MADE TO: FOUNDATION MEMBERS: Graeme & Barbara Wilson were recognized and welcomed.

LIFE MEMBERS: Life members were asked to stand and be recognized.

PAST PRESIDENTS: Past Presidents were asked to stand and be recognized.

MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS AGM: Motion: That the minutes of the Annual General Meeting held Tuesday 15th July, 2014 be accepted. Moved John Turbill. Seconded Tony Bryant. Carried.

BUSINESS ARISING FROM THOSE MINUTES: Nil. TREASURER’S REPORT: Alan indicated that the annual figures were on the website and the audit for this year was complete. The Auditor had recommended procedural changes. The Club had made a new loss of $728 and had equity of about $582,400. There has been a need to rewrite assets value. CruiserKhana with $6,500 approx. profit has substantially helped balancing the books. He thanked Steve Di Mamiel for his help and proposed two motions: Motion 1. That James Hilbert of Specialist Auditors be appointed for the coming financial year. Moved Tony Bryant. Seconded Tony Blair. Carried.

Motion 2. That the 2015 financial report be accepted. Moved Mark Emerson Seconded Graeme Wilson. Carried CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED: Nil HONORARY MEMBERS: Recommendations were made for the following: a) Clive Blakely – Instrumental in obtaining the frame for the Yarck Hilton. b) Ross McClure – Club Solicitor. c) Rhys De Jong – Outstanding support to TLCCV PRESIDENT’S REPORT Ian indicated the new electronic membership was close to being finalized. He indicated that it was time for a change in Presidency.

The job has changed quite substantially since the first time he was President and he has enjoyed the challenges. There are numerous problems to solve but overall the highs outweigh the lows! It is very true that you only get out of a job what you put in.

He encouraged people to get involved in the Club. The people he met made the whole job worthwhile! You can’t keep everyone happy but he has done his best. He thanked the retiring committee members including Rusell who had left early due to his retirement plans and Adriano who had relocated for work reasons.

Through his involvement with TLCCV he had also got involved with FWDV and hopefully his expertise had made a difference to their financial situation which he was concerned about. He applauded the efforts of Sandra Tanner and her sub-committee for the FWDV 40th Anniversary, which was a fantastic and very well attended event. FWDV needs to become much more involved with community activities and PR. He was happy to see that TLCCV had their training agendas up and running, and he wished Laurie all the best for his Presidency. He advised Laurie that he was stuck with him for one more year as Past President on the Executive!

He indicated that many hard decisions need to be made and this year the Club had welcomed the electronic age with the magazine being partially electronic.

He indicated he can’t thank everyone but Alan Mc Meekin with all the time he had put into the Treasurer’s job stood out (big hurdles and had redesigned system) as did Sandra Tanner who had supported him very, very much - if there was a job to be done she stepped in and did it - he really couldn’t have done the job without her - she was his everything! Adriano had been the sort of person that never said no and had an amazing insight into various issues. Russell was a ‘can do’ man and Ian Wells had done an amazing job with the survey feedback. Adam had an unrelenting passion for trips and had made a contribution to the Club Shop. Laurie had been fantastic and had stepped up when Ian was hospitalized. Steve Di Mamiel had contributed with his balanced view towards issues, and whilst Michael Schuettke had only recently come on the committee he had made a contribution.

He thanked the membership for putting up with him and hoped that he had made a difference.

ANNUAL TLCCV AWARDS: Val McGurgan Award – Sally & Neville Kidd Best Club Woman – Liz Mills.

Best Club Man – Tony Middleditch Trip Leader – Don Bryant 4 Overland Cruisering

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John Whitney Photographic Award – James Clark Best Junior Club Person – No award made President’s Award – Alan McMeekin CERTIFICATES OF APPRECIATION: None were presented this year, however all Sub Committee heads were recognized and applauded.

COMMITTEE ELECTIONS: Only one nomination for each position has been received. Acceptance of those nominations are: Laurie Miles President: Vice President: Michael Martin Secretary: Sandra Tanner Treasurer: Alan McMeekin Assistant Secretary: Ian Wells Assistant Treasurer: Barbara Bryant Committee x 2: Liz Mills & Michael Schuettke The AGM closed at 9:10 pm.

SOCIAL CALENDAR

COMING EVENTS

• Sandringham Hotel Oub night - Saturday 10th September • Werribee Park BBQ - Sunday 10th October • Christmas Pub night - Eltham Hotel - Saturday 26th November PLEASE NOTE: Closing date is 2 days before - to be fair to the venue.

No late bookings accepted by Social Secretary Angela Di Lallo, Social Secretary Email: social@tlccv.com.au

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ROB DEYLEN (1622) MANAGING DIRECTOR Mobile: 0409 305 534 1175 - 1181 Main Road, Eltham Vic. 3095 Phone: 9439 5533 (All Hours) Fax: 9431 1762

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