F R OM T HE P RE SI DE N T President’s Report: July Magazine
Welcome to the July Subaru 4WD Club magazine! It was great to see everyone at last month’s general meeting. Sincere thanks to Dale for presenting to us the recently written Trip Procedure and highlighting key elements to all members. Given the significant number of new members in our club, we felt it important to produce an educational booklet which highlights the way the club operates including Formalities, Convoy, Driving, CB Radio and Code of Ethics. Based heavily on what other clubs are doing in this area, it will be a very useful booklet to share with new members to ensure we’re all on the same page with regard to trip operation. I’d like to thank Dale for his great work on this document, which is still in draft form but will be distributed to members soon. Thanks, Dale! A couple of weeks ago, my brother and I drove up to Echuca for the day to do some reconnaissance for the club’s 40th Birthday event in September. Now that we’ve been able to secure a private property on which to camp, we needed to check it out and confirm a few things with the owner. We did this and the property will be good for us for the weekend of the 24th and 25th September. I also took the opportunity to meet with the operators of Murray River Paddle Steamers as well as Radcliffes Restaurant. Both of these will be excellent highlights ensuring our 40th Birthday goes off with a bang! Radcliffes Restaurant, in particular, will be a lovely setting in their beautiful function room. Looking forward to this event. Details of the location of the property will be sent to all attendees. Thanks to Jean for some excellent organisation, we were able to have a great Christmas in July function with very little effort. Based at the Wantirna Hill Club, Christmas was celebrated by members in July. The meals were delicious and there was even one of Meredith’s fantastic cakes as a second dessert. Most of us partook because, well, who can resist!? Thank you to those who were there for a wonderful evening. The Simpson Desert trekkers are out and about on their way to one of the finest four-wheel drive destinations in Australia. Here’s hoping the weather remains fine and dry for them. And the vehicles hold up too. In the lead up to the trip, while talking to some of those going, I was reflecting on our trip 6|Page