Subaru 4WD Club of Victoria - November 2017 magazine online version

November 2017 (Issue 442)

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Subaru 4WD Club of Victoria Inc. Reg. No. A—0006149J / FWDV Member

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CONTENTS About the Club

Page 4

Committee

Page 5

Notice to members

Page 6

Photo competition

Page 6

President’s Report

Page 7

What’s in the pipeline!

Page 8

Venue Report

Page 8

General meeting notice

Page 8

Trip and Social

Page 9

Long term future planning

Page 10

Treasurer’s Report

Page 10

Movie night

Page 11

Frog Hollow

Page 12

Photo competition - Past entries

Page 12

Trip Adviser

Page 13

Grand Ridge Road

Page 14

Grand Ridge Road continued

Page 15

Trip and Recovery gear

Page 16

Buy it and Sell it

Pages 17-18

Minutes

Page 19

Committee Meeting

Pages 20-21

Minutes

Page 22

General Meeting

Page 23

Editor’s Note

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ABOUT THE CLUB The Subaru 4WD Club of Victoria Inc. was originally formed 40 years ago by an enthusiastic group of Subaru owners. Today the club has expanded to include all Subaru 4WD and AWD vehicles, as well as all other makes of AWD, light 4WD and crossover/soft-roader type vehicles.

The club aims to participate in the exploration of the Australian countryside without damage to the environment, vehicle or individual.

Visitors are most welcome to attend the club’s General Meetings and contact committee members regarding participation in club activities.

The club relies on membership fees to offset its running costs, including insurance.

Membership fees are payable each year, due on 31 May. Fees for the 2017/18 year were agreed at the general meeting in May 2017 and are as follows:

MEMBERS RATES

Single: $125 (Senior card - $115) Joint/Family: $145—(Senior card - $130) One off joining fee of $15 ($30 for Joint/Family) also applies All annual fees include FWDV affiliation and trip insurance: $51 Members who choose not to receive a hard copy of the magazine are eligible for a $25 discount

NON-MEMBER TRIP FEE

A trip fee of $15 per adult non-member applies (for insurance purposes) Please contact the membership officer for further enquiries Email: mship@subaru4wdvic.com.au

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COMMITTEE President: Dale Rebgetz president@subaru4wdvic.com.au Vice President: Duncan McCrae vice-president@subaru4wdvic.com.au Secretary: Peter Bellis secretary@subaru4wdvic.com.au Treasurer: Janelle Rebgetz treasurer@subaru4wdvic.com.au Editor: Edith Fullalove (OM) editor@subaru4wdvic.com.au Social: Lee Wegner (OM) events@subaru4wdvic.com.au Trip: Mike Dale (OM) events@subaru4wdvic.com.au Venue coordinator: Meredith Dale (OM) venue@subaru4wdvic.com.au Resources: Kevin Bird (OM) resources@subaru4wdvic.com.au Community: Jamie Scott (OM) js@subaru4wdvic.com.au

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NOTICE TO MEMBERS PHOTO COMPETITION - 2018 Our photo competition is fast approaching, so it is time to start looking through your photos and picking out your best ones to enter.

The photo competition will be held at the February meeting in 2018.

CATEGORIES: Best portrait photo (photo of a person) Best group photo Best landscape/nature scene Best close-up nature shot (flowers, animals, etc.)

Best action shot Best recovery shot Funniest photo All photographs submitted must have been taken in the last two years (2016 & 2017) at a club event.

Any photographs that have won a prize previously are not ELIGIBLE to enter.

There is a limit of one photo per person, per category (however, family membership allows for each member to submit their best photo" but they must have taken it themselves.)

So start looking through your collection and sending them in.

Send your entries to: photocomp@subaru4wdvic.com.au Venue Coordinator Meredith Dale.

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PRESIDENT’S REPORT November 2017 Most modern cars have become so reliable that owners rarely, if ever, check their radiator coolant level. The little overflow bottle takes care of it for us in between the services that someone else performs. But what happens when vehicles get a bit older and worked a bit harder? Several weeks ago Mike and Meredith ran a great trip to the Wyperfeld National Park. For those who haven’t been there, there are many sandy tracks including some challenging sand ridges that demand a lot of a hot engine. So much different to the recent sand driving trip we had at Portland. It was after one such climb that someone noticed a trail of coolant up a climb, determined it wasn’t theirs, and left it at that. Unfortunately it was mine, but I didn’t realise until a short time later when a rather unhappy temperature gauge complained bitterly. Stop, inspect. There’s an empty radiator, and coolant all over engine bay. A radiator hose would be an easy fix, but it wasn’t that. This isn’t looking good!

Multiple top-ups got us back to camp for a better investigation. It turns out the plastic top tank of the radiator had split, but the split was very hard to see. With the radiator out Les came to the rescue with some new two-part fix-anything-instantly glue – and it works!

Okay, not perfectly but good enough at low pressure to limp back home with only the occasional top-up. So what caused the failure? The scuttlebutt according to the internet is that plastic-tank radiators have a 10-15 year life; mine was 12 years old. With a new radiator fitted, car is happy, I’m happy – and this magic glue stuff is a new addition to my repair kit.

On a different note, several months ago I reported a bullying problem. This has stopped for now but there is no guarantee it won't happen again in the future. The committee is actively pursuing a more satisfactory long-term resolution.

Christmas is fast approaching, and for many years now the 4WD community have delivered Christmas trees for Oxfam. Our club has been involved for a number of years, and I personally have found it very rewarding. Unfortunately this year Oxfam have made the difficult decision not to use volunteer drivers. As their campaign has grown so significantly (including expanding into Adelaide and New South Wales) over recent years, it has been increasingly hard to manage logistically and they simply do not have enough volunteers to deliver the sheer volume of trees across all three states. This year, they have decided to trial a ‘pick up’ option – whereby supporters pre-order their tree and then collect their own trees from a central depot. Those who prefer delivery still have that option, but will pay a delivery fee. We wish them well in their future endeavours.

Don’t forget, this Sunday 26th November is our club Christmas party – from 11:30am at Westerfolds Park, Fitzsimons Lane, Templestowe. See you there.

Dale Rebgetz.

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WHAT’S IN THE PIPELINE! VENUE REPORT NOVEMBER GENERAL MEETING DATE: Tuesday 28th November at 8pm.

VENUE: South Camberwell Tennis Club, 332 Burke Road, Glen Iris.

At this month’s meeting we have Stephen Whittaker showing his video on the Epic High Country trip which was held in May this year.

DOOR PRIZE: Come along to win a special door prize at this month's meeting.

Meredith Dale Venue Coordinator

GENERAL MEETING NOTICE The Subaru 4WD Club holds its monthly general meeting on the last Tuesday of the month (no meeting in December) at the club house of the South Camberwell Tennis Club: 322 Burke Road Glen Iris (Just off the Monash Freeway) Meeting start at 8pm - unless otherwise specified or advised.

The meeting is open to all members and visitors.

The usual agenda of the general meeting includes: Welcome to members and visitors Review and acceptance of previous general meeting’s minutes Correspondence Reports from the various office bearers Other business General business raised by members “Fines and Fun” (including brief summaries of recent trips) Guest speakers or presentation Finishing off with supper (a time to have chinwag and do some networking) Details of the last meeting for 2017 are below: Tuesday 28 Nov

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TRIP AND SOCIAL To put your name down for these trips or events you do not need to wait for a club meeting.

Email: events@subaru4wdvic.com.au or contact the trip leader.

Christmas Party When: Sunday 26th of November Where: Westerfolds Park, Fitzsimons Lane, Templestowe Trip Standard: Social

Dave’s Christmas trip When: 27th to 31st of December.

Trip leader: Dave Wilson Trip Standard: Difficult to Very Difficult Talbotville area (near Dargo). Standing camp with access for campers (one small river crossing to get into the camp ground)

THIS COULD BE YOU HAVING FUN ON THE NEXT TRIP

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TRIP AND SOCIAL LONG TERM FUTURE PLANNING

2018

Deua National Park, Easter (10 days). Trip leader: Mike Dale Tasmania, TBC. Trip leader: Jessica

2019

Kangaroo Island, TBC. Trip leaders: Jean and Lisa Simpson Desert. Trip leader: Jamie Gawler Ranges/ Googs Track, TBC. Trip Leader: Mike Dale

2020

Coffin Bay/Lincoln NP, TBC. Trip Leader: Mike Dale

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CSR, TBC. Trip Leader: Dale

Mike Dale: Trip Coordinator Lee Wegner: Social Coordinator events@subaru4wdvic.com.au

TREASURER’S REPORT Account balances as at 15th November Current bank balance: $10,161.37 Current term deposit balance: $5,000

Janelle Rebgetz

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MOVIE NIGHT

Meal and Outdoor Movie Night at Belgrave Venue: Reel Cafe and Cameo Cinema Saturday, 20th January at 6:15pm Movie: Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy Contact: Janelle (RSVP by Wednesday, 10th January) email: treasurer@subaru4wdvic.com.au Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy In the bleak days of the Cold War, espionage veteran George Smiley is forced from semi-retirement to uncover a Soviet Agent within MI6.

Director: Tomas Alfredson Stars: Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Tom Hardy

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1340800/ http://www.cameocinemas.com.au/Page/Home http://www.reelcafe.com.au/Home.html

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FROG HOLLOW

Frog Hollow is open for club members Camp Kitchen / Hot Showers/ Toilet / Lots of room for Tents & Caravans Pets are most welcome Close by good 4wd tracks and easy day drives weekly & weekends Contact: Jamie.

PHOTO COMPETITION - PAST ENTRIES

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TRIP ADVISER

TRIP

DATE

LEADER(S)

STANDARD

Meeting

Tuesday 28 November @ 8pm

South Camberwell Tennis Club

Social

Christmas Party

Sunday 26 November

Westerfolds Park Templestowe

Social

Dave’s Christmas Trip

Wed 27-Sun 31 December

Dave Wilson

Difficult to Mostly difficult

Outdoor Cinema/ Reel Cafe

Saturday 20th January 2018

Janelle Rebgetz

Social

Meeting/ Welcome back BBQ

Tuesday 30 January @ 6.30 (Official meeting starts at 8.00 pm)

South Camberwell Tennis Club

Social

Tonimbuk

Sat 10-Mon 12 March

Les and Jamie Scott

Social to Difficult

Deura National Park

Fri 30-Sund 8 Apr

Mike Dale

Medium

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GRAND RIDGE ROAD Trip Participants Peter and Edith Meredith and Sandy Duncan and Lee Richard Graham and Kerry Dale and Janelle Paula and Charles Kurt and Rosemary Peter D Rob and Mary

We all arrived at the starting point of Newman Park in Traralgon for our 9.30 departure. We headed out of the park via, Argyle Street, Whittakers Road, onto Hyland Highway C482 and out of Traralgon. Bartons Lane past Loy Yang Power Station in Traralgon Creek Road 483. Entered the Tara Bulga National Park where the forest and scenery is just amazing. We then turned onto the Grand Ridge Road (GRR) and into Bulga Park where we did a walk. The walk takes you to a suspension bridge and finishes with a lovely fern walk which takes about 30 minutes.

Headed back out on to the GRR through Balook and then left into Tarra Valley Road which is a very narrow road and you need to watch for oncoming traffic.

We entered the Tarra Valley and arrived at Tarra Valley Picnic area where we had a lovely morning tea.

We then did a walk through lush fern glades and rainforest to the Cyathea Falls. The falls are around 1.4km return and takes about 35 minutes.

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Back out onto Tarra Valley Road and continued along the GRR which becomes gravel. Arrived at English Corner and we did a left turn, and then a right turn at Ryton Junction and continued along GRR where you get some nice views. We got back onto a sealed road as we were then starting to get close to Mirboo North. Left turn into Boolarra South-Mirboo North Road C457 (14 km to Mirboo North). Meredith received a call from the Grand Ridge Brewery to see if we were still coming, as was nearly 2 pm and our booking was for 1.30-2 pm.

Getting closer to Mirboo North there is some lovely farmland and even an old piano had been dumped beside a table and chairs.

We arrived at the brewery just in time for our lunch booking at 2 pm. A very nice lunch was had by all before deciding we would call in at Les’s as we were going right past his door.

After lunch we continued on out of town, Grand Ridge West B460 and then turned into GRR and followed that past Trida, Mount Worth State Park and Seaview. Arrived at end of road and saw Suboo 2 out the front of Les’s place. We all called in and had to check out his new 6 wheeler. We finished the trip here with some of us checking out the views and Elaine’s amazing decoration of their home. Some of us even had cuppa’s before heading home.

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TRIP AND RECOVERY GEAR The aim of all Subaru 4WD Club of Victoria Inc. trips is to have an enjoyable experience in the bush, increasing 4WD’ing skills and experience, whilst maintaining the highest regard for the safety of individuals, the vehicle and the environment. As a driver you have ultimate responsibility for the safety of your passengers and vehicle. It is the responsibility of any participating driver to contact individual trip leaders for clarification of individual trip requirements and standards.

Financial members are encouraged to participate in as many trips as possible to increase confidence and experience. Visitors are welcome subject to the payment of the appropriate levy to cover insurance, but after two visits, should consider membership. Non-financial members are not covered by insurance and may not participate until payment is received.

Individual drivers with concerns or queries regarding their vehicle and the trip standard should contact relevant trip leaders. The Subaru 4WD Club of Victoria Inc. recommends that each vehicle carry the following items or equipment on every trip:

1.

Personal details form as specified by FWDV, copy to Trip Leader

2.

Two rated D- Shackles (minimum 3.2t)

3.

Rated snatch strap

4.

Recovery points, front & rear; plus, optional bridle strap, according to vehicle design;

5.

UHF (477Mhz) Channel 16 CB Radio. Ideally in car but hand held are ok provided sufficient battery(s) to last the trip.

1.

Fire extinguisher, accessible to the driver

2.

Spare tyre (full size)

3.

Jack and wheel brace, or equivalent

4.

Emergency supplies (matches, food, water and clothing)

5.

Sufficient fuel, oil and water for the trip and delays

6.

A tyre pressure gauge; compressor (according to the trip)

7.

An axe, bow or chain saw;

8.

A sturdy shovel (collapsible shovels are no good)

9.

Spare parts (appropriate to the nature of the trip)

10.

A tool kit

11.

Personal first aid kit

12.

Your vehicle manual

Any vehicle not carrying at least the first five (5) items of equipment should contact the individual Trip Leader before leaving. Any club member unsure about any of the items of equipment listed above are advised to contact the Trip and Social Coordinator or the Trip Leader concerned. All Trip Leaders carry a complete First Aid Kit in case of emergency. All non-emergency medical needs are expected to be meet by individuals own medical supplies.

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BUY IT AND SELL IT HERE Please note: If you have any items listed here for sale which has been sold please remember to let us know at:

editor@subaru4wdvic.com.au Member items for sale

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Item: 1991 L series GL wagon Details: My father’s 1991 L series GL wagon. 235000 gentle kms, none off road.

Auto. Burgundy. ETZ$@$.

Cost: $250 ONO Contact: Rob Boykett, boykett1@gmail.com, 0424211748 Item: Forester aluminium bash plates Details: Made from 6.0 mm construction grade aluminium Cost: $300 for club members, $330 for non-members.

Fitting can be arranged Contact: David Wilson, dw@subaru4wdvic.com.au, Item: Set of 4 alloy rims from Outback 1997 model Cost: $120 ONO Contact: David Wilson, dw@subaru4wdvic.com.au, Item: Roof console to hold CB and lights and switches for Outback Cost: $100 Contact: David Wilson, dw@subaru4wdvic.com.au, Item: Standard number plates Details: VIC blue and white in as new condition, 1XV4US Cost: $400 ONO Contact: Jenny, 0417 369 405 Item: Number plates Details: SUBARU, can be re-issued in any custom design via the Vic Roads website (see link below) If a different colour or style is preferred: https://www.vplates.com.au/index.php?page=custome-plate Cost: Negotiable, but realistic offers between $3,500 to $6,000 Contact: Richard, 0414 737 333

Want to sell something Subaru/Off-Road related?

Contact: editor@subaru4wdvic.com.au

The Club makes this space available free of charge to members wishing to buy or sell items.

PLEASE NOTE: that the Motor Car Trader Regulations 1988-22(4) require that vehicles for sale advertisements must contain: (a) (b)

the cash price of the vehicle and; the registration number if registered or the engine/chassis numbers if unregistered.

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MINUTES Subaru 4WD Club of Victoria Inc. FWDV Member Reg. No. A – 0006149J www.subaru4wdvic.com.au GPO BOX 2456 Mount Waverley VIC. 3149

Committee Meeting Minutes (abridged) Minutes of the meeting of the committee of the Subaru 4WD Club of Victoria Inc held on Tuesday 14 th November 2017 at the home of Edith Fullalove starting at 7:40pm.

1. Present Edith Fullalove, Meredith Dale, Michael Dale, Peter Bellis, Jamie Scott, Janelle Rebgetz, Dale Rebgetz, Kevin Bird, Lee Wegner, Duncan McCrae.

2. Apologies None 3. Quorum A quorum was achieved with 10 committee members present.

4. Minutes of the Previous Meeting 4.1 Minutes of the October 2017 committee meeting were accepted without amendment.

4.2 Business Arising from the Minutes and Outstanding Actions 4.2.1 Bank account signatories – done and dusted.

4.2.2 By-Law – Convoy Travel – Peter yet to complete reformatting of agreed text into By-Law format.

4.2.3 New Member Pack – has been sent out. To be reviewed by committee members.

4.2.4 Club equipment register – needs to be updated and distributed.

4.2.5 Club magazine archiving – needs to be followed up with Martin (Duncan to follow up).

4.2.6 PO box key – Peter yet to follow up with Bob. 4.2.7 Trip management facility – committee to review and decide.

4.2.8 Club plate scheme – Michael to visit one or two other clubs to see how they do it.

5. Correspondence Enquiry regard the value of a Brumby.

Tourism Cape York – newsletter.

Membership enquiry from Kay Fraser.

4WD Victoria – cancellation of the strategic plan launch.

Enquiries regarding contacting various members.

Newsletter from Neltronics.

Enquiry from “Maps for your Occasions”.

Adrian McGavin – regarding club plates.

6. Reports 6.1 Resources Resources cupboard – Kevin requires a cupboard.

Asset / club property list – copy needs to be sent to Kevin.

Need to do a handover with Dale.

6.2 Trip and Social Details elsewhere in the club’s magazine.

Kevin is planning a few day trips.

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6.4

6.5

6.6

6.7 6.8

6.9

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Christmas party Long term planning – details elsewhere in the club’s magazine.

Venue Nov – video of the May high country trip.

30th Jan 2018 – welcome back barbecue 27th Feb – photo competition Mar – Subaru Berwick at Werribee 4WD test ground.

Future possible speakers include the SES. Membership Currently have 45 members – 6 life, 29 family/joint and 10 single.

Still have 2 memberships that are not yet financial.

Have not been able to communicate with two other members who have not yet renewed.

Editor Nothing much to say.

Next year, due to study requirements, will need reports, etc submitted within the required timeframe to ensure that the magazine is published before the meeting.

Will look at various options of mailing the magazine.

Club’s Facebook page is being follows mainly by people located in Victoria.

Treasurer Current cheque account balance is $10,161.37.

Term deposit of $5,000 matures in Secretary Nothing to report.

Vice-President 4WD Victoria AGM Three board positions were voted for.

Various amendments were made to the Association’s constitution.

4WD Australia – having difficulty getting any financial information or last year’s annual meeting minutes.

President Nothing to report

Sub-Committees 7.1 Communications Nothing to report.

7.2 Community Involvement Still one box of chocolates for sale. Will be used at the Christmas party.

7.3 Constitution Review Nothing to report.

7.4 Education / Training Biggest problem is co-ordinating with the TLC trainers.

Might be able to utilise the 4WD Victoria training team.

Club Annual Awards The committee reviewed the nominations received for the clubs annual awards. After much consideration, awardees for the eight categories were determined. The awards will be presented at the Christmas picnic.

The club president advised the committee of two president’s awards that he will be making.

These will be presented at the Christmas picnic.

Club Plate Scheme Club applied to be part of the scheme as there are a number of members that have vehicles that qualify, and have numerous enquiries from people outside the club in regard to Subaru vehicles.

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Need to establish by-laws to govern the club’s regulation of the scheme.

Need to consider the following factors: Will permit any Subaru vehicle or a four wheel drive of another make.

Should there be a minimum membership period before a person can apply for club permits?

Suggested period of 6 months was made.

Mike to follow up with another 4WD club to see how they administer the club plate scheme.

10. Satellite Phone Need to investigate what else is out there at the moment and compare pricing models. Dale to investigate.

11. Committee’s Response to Angela’s letter Duncan’s response was accepted with some minor modifications. Duncan to send response on behalf of the committee.

12. General Business Speakers for video presentations – Stephen Whittaker to come back to the committee with some options and pricing. To be given good, better, best options. Need to be portable.

13. Next Meeting will be held on Tuesday 5th December 2017 at 7:30pm at the home of Kevin Bird (25 Altona Street, Heidelberg Heights).

14. Meeting closed at 10:10pm.

CORRECTION TO OCTOBER COMMITTEE MINUTES AS PUBLISHED There was an editing error on page 19 of the October edition of the magazine. The text of the first five items of the Committee Minutes was mistakenly repeated from the previous month. The rest of the Minutes were OK. The correct text of those five items is as follows: Minutes of the meeting of the committee of the Subaru 4WD Club of Victoria Inc held on Tuesday 3rd October 2017 at the home of Meredith and Michael Dale starting at 7:33 pm.

1. Present Meredith Dale, Michael Dale, Jamie Scott, Janelle Rebgetz, Dale Rebgetz, Edith Fullalove, Peter Bellis, 2. Apologies Kevin Bird, Duncan McCrae, Lee Wegner.

3. Visitors Peter Fullalove , Martin Foot.

4. Quorum A quorum was achieved with 7 committee members present.

5. Minutes of the Previous Meeting 5.1. Minutes of the September 2017 were accepted without amendment after being moved by Edith Fullalove and seconded by Meredith Dale.

5.2. Business Arising from the Minutes and Outstanding Actions 5.2.1. Bank account signatories – almost sorted out.

5.2.2. By - Law – Convoy Travel – Peter yet to complete reformatting of agreed text into By Law format – waiting on Dale.

5.2.3. New Member Pack – has been sent out to committee members for review.

5.2.4. 40th Birthday Photo Book – Have sent one to Subaru Australia to the CEO. 5.2.5. Club equipment register – needs to be updated and distributed.

5.2.6. Club magazine archiving – needs to be followed up with Martin (Duncan to follow up).

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MINUTES Subaru 4WD Club of Victoria Inc. FWDV Member Reg. No. A – 0006149J www.subaru4wdvic.com.au GPO BOX 2456 Mount Waverley Vic 3149 General Meeting Minutes The general meeting of the Subaru 4WD Club of Victoria Inc was held on Tuesday, 31 st October 2017 at the South Camberwell Tennis Club starting at 8:08pm.

1. Present Paul Saleeba, Jamie Scott, Les Scott, Corry Peterson, Martin Foot, Meredith Dale, Michael Dale, Bev Davison, Katie Mynard, Peter Mynard, Peter Devine, Jean Bellis, Peter Bellis, Robert Millar, Kurt Imberger, Rosemary Webb, Edith Fullalove, Peter Fullalove, Richard Saleeba, Dale Rebgetz, Tim Folliard, Kevin Bird, Alan Christiansen, Rick Koster, David Wilson.

2. Apologies Kerry Gill, Graham Gill, Phil Milkins, Elaine Milkins, Stephen Whittaker, Queenie Sosa, Lee Webster, Duncan McCrae, Janelle Rebgetz.

3. Visitors Nathan Peterson, Pam Yarra.

4. Welcome A welcome was extended to all members and visitors.

5. Minutes of the Previous General Meeting 5.1 The minutes of the September 2017 General Meeting were accepted after amendment to remove the duplication in attendance names, and correction of Charles Tam’s surname, being moved by Paul Saleeba and seconded by Richard Saleeba.

5.2 There was no business arising from the minutes.

6. Correspondence Magazines from various 4WD clubs.

4WD Victoria – notification of AGM Various advertising material 7. Reports 7.1 Resources Nothing to report just returned from holiday in Greece.

7.2 Editor As per magazine.

7.3 Trip and Social Wyperfeld – Melbourne cup weekend. Check with Michael Dale for further details.

Grand Ridge Road – more social, checking out waterfalls, and maybe a brewery or coffee shop.

Club Christmas Party – details will be circulated to members in the next week or two.

High country trip – will be in the Talbotville area. Will be a standing camp with access for camper trailers.

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7.4 Venue Tonight – presentation on Tonimbuk November – Kosciusko high country trip video January – welcome back barbecue February – Photographic competition 7.5 Membership.

Currently have 45 memberships – 6 life, 29 family/joint, and 10 single.

Still have 2 members that are not yet financial.

Have not been able to communicate with two other members who have not yet renewed.

7.6 Treasurer As per the magazine.

7.7 Secretary Need nominations for club annual awards. Need to be emailed in within the next two weeks.

7.8 Vice-President Nothing reported.

7.9 President As per magazine.

8. General Business 8.1 Peter Devine – did not see too many four-wheel drive vehicles in Europe, particularly the Japanese brands.

8.2 Peter Devine – updating the suspension on his Subaru to fix up the “saggy” rear end. Wiil put in the normal sized struts and heavier springs, and a 25mm strut lift kit due to the legal lift limit being 75mm.

8.3 Dale – had some old drive shafts to 9. Fines and Fun 9.1 Nametags Bev Davison, Richard Saleeba, Peter Mynard, Rick Koster.

9.2 Last to Meeting Rick Koster.

9.3 Trips 9.3.1 Dior Exhibition Lee – for being late (due to Melbourne marathon).

9.3.2 Portland Sand Driving Carry over to next month.

9.4 Total fines collected - $?.

10. Guest Speaker / Presentation The video of the Tonimbuk weekend was presented by Corey Peterson. It was very much appreciated by members.

The door prize was won by Peter Fullalove.

The next meeting will be held on Tuesday 28th November 2017 commencing at 8pm.

Meeting closed at 9:30pm and was followed by supper.

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EDITOR’S NOTE Thank you for all the contributions this month!

Any interesting articles you find and would like to share, or if you would like to write an article for the magazine ….

Let me know!

Just a friendly reminder to please proof read, and be sure to use punctuation and grammar.

The deadline for submissions for next month is:

Friday 20th January 2018 Email editor: editor@subaru4wdvic.com.au THANKS TO Graham Gill for the image

I’m the King of the Castle

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