Do such clubs exist?

[JohnT]

Hi all,

I have been wondering for some time now if such a club exists. What I mean is:

I am SA born and bred. I own a 2014 PX Ranger with minor mods.

My primary reason for buying a ranger is to allow me to carry loads of stuff and to be comfortable and confident in going to new photographic locations (I tour a lot taking photos). OK in truth I bought the Ranger because it looks Shit hot... but lets go with my previous comment for the purpose of this conversation.

In conjunction with my photography, I Looooooooove camping but unfortunately I dont get a lot of opportunity to do it as my wife is sometimes less keen that I am and my photographic buddies have started to have kids.

I am not in to hardcore 4x4'ing and have limited plans to install a winch or bullbar on the Ranger. I am however prepping it for sand driving.

Are there casual clubs around that prefer to tour to a location and just chillout and some 4x4'ing?

What are your experiences with clubs?

Cheers
John

[Palmer]

They are about, I'm in a couple of clubs in Tassie and both do a range of trips that are suitable for stock vehicles and other trips that are for those guys who want to go extreme.  I just choose which ones I want to go on, and everyone is there to help and offer constructive advice to ensure that I'm always picking up hints.

[Brij]

You could try investigating "common" 4wd clubs. They might have particular little interest groups.

The Pajero Club in Victoria has a proffessional photographer as a member and leads photography teaching trips 3 or 4 times a year. These are typically easy to medium 4wd trips to a variety of picturesque places.

Of course the club offers lots of hardcore, touring and social trips as well, and you don't have to have a Pajero.

Hopefully there would be clubs in SA like this as well. Probably ones that aren't to brand snobby.

Peter H

[Bird]

Plenty of clubs like that...
Are you still in SA? If so speak with AJ on here who is/was president of Whyalla Club. You've seen his photos on here, they are average


Don't forget you can run trips yourself for your club like this.

[Brett]

You are a part of one right here... Catering for Beginners to the Extreme.  You just have to pick a date and where you want to go, give everybody a bit of notice and depending on how many members are near you location you could have 2 or 3 or 20 vehicles heading off on an Average Trip. Just takes 1 person to get the ball rolling and the person can be anyone.

[doc evil]

Get onto the 4WDSA website http://www.4wdsa.asn.au/

There's a list of clubs.