Bullsheet_2014-06

JUNE 2014

www.subaru4wd.asn.au

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SUBARU 4WD CLUB OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA INC

Www.subaru4wd.asn.au

Please direct all enquiries to :- [email protected]

or PO Box 310 Unley SA 5061

Meetings are normally held on the first Friday of each month unless otherwise stipu-

lated

At the Adelaide High School on the corner of West Terrace and Henley Beach road

Limited parking is available off west terrace in the front of the school

Please Bring a plate of supper to share

The next meeting will be held on the 13th JUNE

The following meeting will be

A.G.M.- 4th July

COMMITTEE 2013/14

PRESIDENT PAUL SHINKS 82635384

VICE PRESIDENT KARL TEIGESSER

SECRETARY DEBBIE CLEMENTS

MINUTES SECRETARY HELEN MANSON

TREASURER JODIE EWINS

EDITOR ELIZABETH SLOPER

Advertising Liason– Paul Shinks Technical Officer– Paul Kinnear

Membership Officer– Bruce McLean Dtu Officer– vacant

Enviroment officer– Werner Kutsche 4WDSA Rep– Karl Teigesser

Insurance officer– Bruce Mitchell Trip Co-Ordinator– Grace Gent

Properties officer– Helen manson Facebook Coordinator– Kyra Miller

Public Officer– Trevor Harris Web coordinator– Richard Temple

Email articles to the editor [email protected]

Edited by Elizabeth Sloper. Published by the Subaru 4wd club of South Australia. Inc.

The views expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the editor or the publisher

Copyright remains the responsibility of the author

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Un-Edited Bullsheet HI to you all out there in Subaru Land,

We are back from a great long weekend at Peake which we shared

with the Southern 4wd Club and Darren Hosking who brought

over mates from Victoria. It was a fantastic trip, well done Paul

Ewins for your efforts planning such a fun trip.

While we were there Sunday evening as the sun set, we paid trib-

ute and remembered with fond memories our great mate Kym

Miller who passed away 10 years ago while at Peake.

Special thanks to Bruce Mclean who shared his happy memories

of Kym and his tribute song with us.

Kym had made a strong bond with the Shinks family, he would

play with Amelia, trying to get her to say Czechoslovakia when

she was two years old; she still remembers and treasures the im-

ages in her mind. Theresa and I hold many good times with Kym

close to our hearts and miss him.

We are not alone with these feelings, Kym’s personality instantly

drew everyone to him and he left his unique presence with all who

knew him.

In all my years on the committee the hardest job to do is selecting

who wins the annual awards, which is only made easier by the

members sending in their nominations. Please, please, please send

in your nomination form to a committee member as soon as possi-

ble.

There are plenty of trips on the go, take a look and join one soon.

To the volunteers, I sent out registration forms recently, I need

them back guys, please.

Another hard job is finding what to say in the Presidents re-

port……….um….

Big print Liz, I have run out of ……….things……to……say.

Hope to see you at a meeting or out on a track soon.

Cheers

Paul Shinks

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The Editors Bullsheet

Hello Subielanders

Madly editing the mag after a fabulous weekend in Peake.

Though there is no written trip report a picture paints a thousand

words they say and we have plenty in the back of the book to

express how the weekend went. We welcomed the return of the

Brumby and “L” series to Peake courtesy of Isaac Verschoor and

his mates affectionately dubbed the “brumby boys”

There is however a trip report and photos from our successful quiz

night

My eldest son Ethan has just had braces fitted to his teeth and is in

the trows of coming to terms with what he can and can’t eat, very

frustrating for a ravenous teenager and the parents, however we are

all soldering on.

As always my mantra remains the

same as always-

Please send stuff, ta.

LUV LIZ

S4WDCSA.ED

[email protected]

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June 2014

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2 Paul

Shinks

3 4 5 6 PEAKE

7 PEAKE

8 PEAKE

9 PEAKE

10 11 12 13 GENERAL

MEETING

14 Kym

Miller

RIP

15 16 17 18 19 Karl

Teigesser

20 Committee

Meeting

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22 Andrew

Oakley

23 24 25 26 27 Mambray

creek

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29 30

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Kym Miller 25/12/56—14/6/2004

THAT MAN IS A SUCCESS

That man is a success

Who has lived well,

Laughed often and loved much;

Who has gained the respect

Of intelligent men

And the love of children;

Who has filled his niche

And accomplished his task;

Who leaves the world better than he found it,

Who never lacked appreciation

Of earth’s beauty

Or failed to express it;

Who looked for the best in others

And gave the best he had.

Coral Lanthois

Kym, Kymbo, Mr. President, Pres, he

was known to us as all of these.

Kym was a member of the Subaru four

wheel drive club for the past 7 years and

held various positions on the committee,

the past two years as President. We have

had members join the club because of

Kym’s warm and welcoming personal-

ity. Kym was Subaru through and

through, he loved his Outback and en-

joyed the challenge of conquering sand

dunes, rugged rocky tracks and tearing

along a beach. Kym was a character, a

larrikin who everyone in the club re-

spected and felt comfortable in his pres-

ence. Kym would always make the ef-

fort, wether it was to dress up for our

Christmas fancy dress shows or a work-

ing bee, no task was too great and he

would always give something new a go.

We all have our own special moments

and memories of Kym, be it at a meeting

or on a trip. Kym was a person who left

a feeling of friendship which touched us

all and his friendship and memory will

never be forgotten.

Bruce McLean

Text and Photo reprinted

from July bullsheet 2004

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Peake

Friday 6th – Monday 9th June 2014 (June Long Weekend)

Trip Leader – Grace Gent, Paul Shinks, Karl Teigesser, Paul Ewins

Contact –0433792474

Degree of Difficulty – Easy/Medium/Hard – Take at your own pace.

UHF Channel 10

All bikes, quads and buggies MUST have flags and radios

This is the Club’s Annual Peake Trip. Peake is a property located approximately

50km from Tailem Bend consisting of sand dunes and rocks. Camping is completely

self sufficient. A UHF radio is really a must. If you do not have one, you can borrow

one from the club. Beginners and visitors are most welcome. It is a good introduction

to sand driving and can be a good learning curve!

Mount Remarkable National Park (Mambray Creek) Working Bee

June (Dates TBC – Tentative date at this stage – 27th June)

Trip Leader – Paul Shinks Contact – 0404 046 066 or 8263 5384

Degree of Difficulty – Moderate

This trip is limited to 10 cars only

If you go up on Friday we stay at a group camp called Native Pines near the Park entrance. This site has plenty of room for swags, has fire pits and toilets

nearby with cold showers. There are no fees.

On Saturday, we drive into the park proper to clear fire trails and poison weeds until we go and set up camp and start happy hour until late.

There will be lots of walking and work, so you must bring sturdy walking

boots and bring your favourite strong work gloves if you have those. You will need a quick prep lunch. We will be with the cars all day. You must be self

sufficient Saturday night, there are no facilities out there. You can purchase firewood at the park for about $10. Make sure you have enough for Saturday

night. It gets very cold up on the hill and it snowed in 2001!

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Dutchman’s Stern Conservation Park Working Bee

August (Dates TBC – Tentative date at this stage – 22nd August)


Degree of Difficulty Moderate – Some sections of the track can be challenging on the Sunday Drive – but good fun!


Lots of walking and work, so sturdy walking boots are a must. If you have a favourite pair of sturdy working gloves, please bring them. We will be working on weeding clearing of box thorn and wheel cactus in particular. There is no need to bring any tools as we have our own. There is accommodation available in shared

rooms, but you must bring your own bedding. The Old Homestead also has a fridge, gas stove, microwave over, hot showers and NO

FEES.

This is a Family Friendly Trip. On Saturday we usually work very hard and then retire to have a very sociable happy hour until late.

As we will be doing a lot of walking, you will need to have a packed lunch to take with you in the car. On Sunday we will do a bit more work and then drive out to the very scenic World’s End

which is a fantastic drive which can be a challenging but fun drive for the smaller vehicles.

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Innes National Park Working Bee

September Dates TBC – (Tentative date at this stage – 19th September)


Degree of Difficulty – Easy Driving


Accommodation to be confirmed, could be share dormitory or camping.

Weed clearing, beach cleaning, may be more work. No need to bring tools, we have our own. We also have gloves, but if you have

a favourite pair, please bring those. BRING FIREWOOD.

Katarapko

Friday 3rd October – Monday 6th October 2014 (October Long Weekend)

Trip Leaders – Richard and Sue Temple Contact – 8390 0419 864 328

Meeting Place – Site 35 Degree of Difficulty – The usual lazy weekend by the river!

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Limestone Coast Trip

Limestone Coast

15th-19th October Trip Leaders – Paul Ewins and Grace Gent

Contact – 0457569868 or 0433792474

Duration – 5 days

Accommodation - Southend Caravan Park. Fees from $8 per person per night bush camping

Degree of Difficulty - Degree of difficulty is going to vary – Day 3 will be likely to be the

most challenging.

Please note there will be a limit of 10 cars on this trip

The plan at this stage will be to meet 10am at Tailem Bend Servo. From there we will travel

down to either Little Dip Conservation Park (Robe) or Canunda National Park (Millicent) to

bush camp with both sites being camper trailer and caravan friendly.

This trip will be very laid back; while there will be something on everyday there will be no

obligation to be involved.

Day 1 Travel to camp

Day 2 will see us explore the lower parts of Canunda National Park (Millicent to Beachport)

Day 3 will see us explore Beachport National Park and Little Dip National Park, starting at

Beachport and finishing at Robe. This will be the biggest driving day of the 3 days – most

likely to run from 9.00am to 5.30pm

Day 4 will see us explore the top part of Canunda National Park starting at Millicent and fin-

ishing at Mt Gambier. We can also take the opportunity to explore Mount Gambier for any-

one that is interested.

Day 5 Travel home.

All cars MUST have the following:

Snatch Strap and rated shackles

Shovel Sand Flag

UHF radio either in car or hand held

Tyre Gauge

Air Compressor Please call Paul Ewins or Grace Gent if you have any questions.

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Chapter 6

Breaking the Ice

Shay was fourteen, the son of Billy and Tina, a good looking boy, though for his age was

smaller than a lot of other boys his age. He wore his dark thick hair shaggy and it took him

nearly an hour each morning to perfect his creation. Shay’s older sister Natalie rarely went

camping with the family any more, as her studies as a designer kept her busy.

Tom was a quiet boy, solidly built with ginger hair, pale completion and freckles. Tom was

thirteen and the only child of John and Shirley. Tom always felt awkward, and now that he’d

reached puberty he was even more withdrawn.

Lilly was nine, the youngest of the group, and even though she had same sex parents, Brenda

and Barbara, no one noticed any more, they were just a family in the club. Lilly was a chatter

box and very excitable. Her long blonde hair was platted down her back just past her shoulder

blades. Her piecing blue eyes sparkled and everyone loved Lilly and the vitality she brought

with her.

Shay asked his parents if he and the other kids could go for a walk back to the gift shop and

have a good look around, and maybe buy an ice cream. Billy got up and walked over to the

car and took his wallet from the glove box.

“How many of you are there” Billy asked rhetorically, “five of you, so that is four dollars

each for an ice cream”.

Billy took out twenty dollars from his wallet and gave it to Shay.

“You don’t have to pay for my kids” David announced getting up out of his seat.

“It’s fine, I’m sure you’ll pay for something somewhere” Billy reassured him. “You know

what they say, what goes around comes around”.

David sat back down.

“Where’s Jade?” Though Billy knew exactly where Jade was. “Go find her and invite her

along.”

Shay took the money from his father and as a group they all walked over to the car.

Shay opened the door and caught Jade’s attention. “We’re all going for a walk to the gift shop

to buy an ice cream, would you like to come with us.”

Jade looked back at Shay with sad eyes, though her reply was harsh, “NO, go away”.

Shay looked back at Michael for a response, “do you want to ask her?”

“Nah, leave her be” Michael answered then rose his voice knowing Jade could hear him,

“she’s just sulking”.

The kids walked away from the car and started walking toward the road, to follow it back to

the gift shop.

“Hang on a minute” Sarah called out to them

They stopped and watched Sarah get up and walk over to the car, opened the door and leaned

inside.

“Why don’t you go for a walk with them sweetheart, it will do you good” Sarah almost

pleaded with Jade.

“I don’t want to go for a walk, just leave me alone” Jade replied with a quiver in her voice.

“Ok, but you will have to come out of the car eventually” Sarah answered with a concerned

tone.

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Jade turned away from her mother and curled up in the corner listening to her music.

Sarah closed the car door and told the other children to head off, and then she returned to her

seat.

“I’m worried about Jade” she said, meaning the comment for David.

Before David could reply Jack jumped in “Give her some time, she’ll have to come out to eat

I’m guessing, and we’ll get the kids to start the fire once they get back. Let’s face it, who can

resist sitting around a fire, even if she does just sit in her chair and watch the flames. I bet

she’ll be a different girl by the time we leave on Monday.” “I’d be willing to bet money on

it.” Dawn added

The afternoon became cool and the sun was fast finding the horizon. Birds found a roost for

the evening and began squawking even noisier amongst each, and the clouds on the horizon

began to reflect colours of soft gold’s, purples and pinks. The day was changing to evening

and there was a biting chill in the air by the time the children returned from their walk.

“Come on you lot” John called toward the children, “we need a heap of kindling to start this

fire”.

The adults fussed about their camp sites, last minute camp maintenance and fire wood was

removed from where it was stored and all piled together in a heap.

Lights were set up under annexes and dinners began to be prepared.

David watch as the others brought out their tables and set them up together out in the open to

make a communal table.

“We only have a small table” David commented to Jack.

“That’s fine, we probably won’t all eat at the same time anyway, it’s just nice to be out in the

open instead of stuck under the awning” Jack replied.

Sarah caught David’s attention “You’ll have to get Jade out of the car and tell her to join us

for dinner”

David nodded and wondered how much of a fight she would put up as he wandered over to

the car.

He opened the back door and leaned inside.

“Jade honey, you have to come to the table to eat” David asked lovingly.

“I’ll be there in a minute”, then a few seconds later she added, “hey Dad, I know I’ve been a

pain, and I still don’t want to be here, but I will try a little harder” Jade replied holding back

tears.

“Thanks baby, I love you” and with that David closed the door and walked back to Sarah.

Jade burst into tears, curled herself up into a ball in the corner of the car and spent the next

few minutes trying to compose herself.

“She’ll be here in a minute” David told Sarah

Each of the children brought back a hand full of twigs and sticks, enough to start the fire.

“So do we let Michael start the fire” Jack asked

All the other children agreed, so Jack past Michael a couple of fire starters and a box of

matches.

“Here you go Michael, you can be my fire deputy and get the fire going and build it up. Don’t

let me down” Jack said with a smile

Michael took the matches and fire lighters as silly grin spread across his face.

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NOTICE OF AGM

Notice is given for the 2013/2014

Annual General Meeting to be held 4th

of July at Adelaide high School.

Nominations are called to elect

officers to the Committee and Trophy

nominations.

Please consider who you would like as

your Nomination choices for

committee members.

Winners of last years trophies are

requested to return them to the

committee at the May meeting.

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Committee Nominations As is traditional at this time of year, nomination forms are included for committee posi-

tions, and for the annual awards for outstanding merit, or demerit. It is also traditional for

club members to leave their nominations until the last possible moment, if at all. Let’s

break with tradition and see some nominations coming in early! Fill out the form in this

month’s Bullsheet, and hand to a committee member at the next General Meeting!!

Also, if you have a trophy from the previous year, please give it to a committee member at

the may meeting so that it can be prepared for the next worthy recipient.

President

Oversees the club activities

Chairs monthly meetings

Writes presidents report each month for magazine

Name:- __________________________________________________________________

Vice President

Stands in for the president as required

Other duties as directed

Name:- __________________________________________________________________

Secretary

Collects, distributes and reports on club mail

Writes on behalf of the club as required

Gives official notice of AGM, extraordinary meetings and constitutional changes

Name:- __________________________________________________________________

Minutes Secretary

Keeps minutes of all meetings

Maintains club records of all meetings

Name:- __________________________________________________________________

Treasurer

Makes and receives payments to and from the club

Maintains accurate financial records

Arranges banking

Provides a budget as necessary

Name:- __________________________________________________________________

Editor

Receives material for inclusion into the club magazine and prepares the magazine each

month, arranges for printing and posting of magazine.

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General Committee

Assist as necessary in the organisation and running of the club

Name:- __________________________________________________________________

Name:- __________________________________________________________________

Name:- __________________________________________________________________

Name:- __________________________________________________________________

Name:- __________________________________________________________________

Membership Officer

Meets and greets new members and visitors at monthly meetings

Maintains membership list, names and addresses of current members

Forwards club information to anyone who inquires about the club

Processes new membership information and passes relevant information

on to other committee members

Name:- __________________________________________________________________

Trip Co-ordinator

Encourages new trips and trip leaders; Co-ordinates with trip leaders

Receives information on proposed trips; Maintains trip board

Name:- __________________________________________________________________

Volunteer Coordinator

Co-ordinate volunteer activities, advise insurance officer, contact Parks, get passes, tool maintenance. Name—___________________________________________________________

Advertising Liaison

Name:- __________________________________________________________________

Environment Officer

Name:- __________________________________________________________________

Insurance Officer

Name:- __________________________________________________________________

Properties Officer

Name:- __________________________________________________________________

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Public Officer

Name:- ________________________________________________________________

Technical Officers

Names:- _______________________________________________________________

DTU Officers

Names:- _______________________________________________________________

4WDSA Reps

Names:- _______________________________________________________________

Web Co-ordinator

Name:- ________________________________________________________________

Facebook and You Tube Co-ordinator

Manage the club Facebook site with appropriate material and club activity updates

Name:- ________________________________________________________________

Auditors

Names:- _______________________________________________________________

Trophy Nominations Best Club Man:- For outstanding services to the club

Name 1 ________________________ Reason ________________________

Best Club Woman:- For outstanding services to the club

Name 1 ________________________ Reason ________________________

Trip Leader of the Year:- most enjoyed trip; most effort put in for a trip; most number of

trips led; etc....

Name 1 ________________________ Name 2 ________________________

Reason ________________________ Reason ________________________

Four Wheel Driver of the Year: - Best effort in 4wding; most improved 4wder; etc..

Name 1 ________________________ Name 2 ________________________

Reason ________________________ Reason ________________________

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Irish Sump Plug:- One of the clubs zanier characters; who makes you laugh?

Name 1 ________________________ Name 2 ________________________

Reason ________________________ Reason ________________________

Bog of the Year :- The best and most inescapable BOG

Name 1 ________________________ Name 2 ________________________

Reason ________________________ Reason ________________________

Spanner Award :- Person who has done the most work towards maintaining and en-

hancing their vehicle

Name 1 ________________________ Name 2 ________________________

Reason ________________________ Reason ________________________

Burnt Valve:- A.K.A. Bomb of the Year:- Worst maintained, most thrashed vehicle, desper-

ately seeking some T.L.C.

Name 1 ________________________ Name 2 ________________________

Reason ________________________ Reason ________________________

Three corner Jack :- Greatest contribution to the Tyre industry;

The most flat tyres, roll offs; number of tyres repaired or replaced

Name 1 ________________________ Name 2 ________________________

Reason ________________________ Reason ________________________

Other :- You choose someone for a special achievement

Name 1 ________________________ Name 2 ________________________

Reason ________________________ Reason ________________________

Oscar:-Awarded for the most dramatic performance – good or bad.

Name 1 ________________________ Name 2 ________________________

Reason ________________________ Reason ________________________

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JULY 2014

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun

1 2 3 4 A.G.M

5 6 Robert Tink

7 8 Bruce Mitchell

9 Wayne Fidler. Teagan Obst

10 11 12 Marcis Tanner

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14 15 16 Conner Llewellyn

17 18 19 20

21 Isobel Ewins

22 23 24 25 26 27

28 29 30 31

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Trip Report

Battle of the 4WD clubs Quiz night, Friday 30th May, Kentish Arms Hotel, North

Adelaide.

The newly formed Parks 4WD club arranged a quiz night to raise funds for a group

called “Great Tracks Cleanup Crew”. Our club asked members to nominate and we

managed to get a table of 11. Karl and Berlinda Teigesser, Paul and Marcia Tanner,

Robin Clayton, Charlie and Helen Adams, Grace Gent, Debbie Clements, Paul and

Theresa Shinks. All in all I estimate about 13 or 14 tables and almost 150 people.

Kyra and Hugh rang Debbie on the night to check if all had turned up and since all

had, they went parking somewhere and turned up a few hours later.

Charlie suggested we name the team “Pleiades” after the star cluster in Taurus that is

called “Subaru” in Japan and is symbolised in the Subaru badge.

The quiz consisted of five rounds of 10 questions each, with raffles and auctions and

other side distractions between each round. We concentrated mostly on the main

competition, but we also bought our share of raffle tickets. The quiz rounds were

general knowledge, a name the face round, General 4WD questions, sport and

Australia. We had to select one round to nominate as bonus for double points. Our

plan was to start slowly and pace ourselves, so selected the final round to be our

bonus round, so we could finish well.

The night went quite well, Paul Shinks did terribly in a paper plane throw, Helen

Adams produced a long strip of paper from a single mintie wrapper but not quite

enough to win a prize. Charlie Adams represented us in a True/False elimination

game and got us to the last three.

In the main quiz we got 7 out of 10 for the first round, we never found out how we

went in the second round. We got another 7 in the third round. We never knew our

actual standings in comparison to other tables, so it made it very hard to predict how

we were going. Kyra and Hugh turned up during the final round in case we needed

any final assistance. We didn’t find out the scores for fourth or fifth rounds, but after

the fifth round was marked the announcer mentioned they had a tie. We were all

extremely surprised that another club was as smart as us, so the two finalists got

another set of seven questions to attempt to decide. Both tables got four of the

seven tie break questions so the result had to be decided by a coin toss. We sent Paul

Shinks as our representative who won the toss. Paul returned with a backpack full of

vouchers and other prizes to be shared out later. We also got a trophy naming us as

the smartest 4WD club of 2014.

The main prizes were for the raffle and the auctions. As our table won the night, Paul

Shinks was sent up to draw the first raffle ticket, which was held by Marcia Tanner,

so they chose first item being a nice powerful air compressor, which we all hope to

see next weekend at Peake. Our table finished up winning quite a few more of the

raffle prizes before the night was over.

There were a few minor problems during the night, some food took around two

hours before it arrived. Some of the announcements were a little hard to hear. We

never got the answers. We still don’t know the kerb weight of a Toyota troop carrier

or which race takes longest or who some of those faces are.

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TYRE PRESSURES When driving on different terrains it is important to change your tyre pressures and adjust your driving style to suit the terrain. Reducing your tyre pressures increases your tyres’ footprint and spreads the weight of your vehicle over a larger area so when driving on sand, for example, your tyres will drive ‘over the top’ of the sand. If you maintain high pressures and a small footprint, your tyres are more likely to ‘dig down’ into the sand and even get you stuck! Lower pressures also allow the tyre to “form” over obstructions rather than bounce and rebound off. I have lowered pressures to climb over rocks, but this increases the risk of pinching and side wall damage so be careful where you place your driving line. Reducing pressures and increasing the size of your tyres’ footprint will also increase traction in off-road conditions. Remember, whenever you reduce your pressures, re-inflate to the proper levels as soon as you drive back on to the bitumen.

When driving on sand the required tyre pressures will depend on the depth and

coarseness of the sand and also the grade. Lower pressure improves your longitudinal

footprint and floatation. You want enough momentum to say on top. Higher pressures

will be required when carrying heavy loads. Sudden or heavy movements of the steer-

ing can be dangerous and speed needs to be appropriately reduced depending on the

depth of the sand. Sand can vary rapidly in patches. Sand can also build up a lot of

heat in your tyres because you are running lower pressures for flotation, so you may

need to rest your vehicle regularly. Sand creates the most constant resistance to tyres,

gearboxes and motors out of all mediums and applications.

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Eye halve a spelling chequer

It came with my pea sea

It plainly marques four my revue

Miss steaks eye kin knot sea.

Eye strike a key and type a word

And weight four it two say

Weather eye am wrong oar write

It shows me strait a weigh.

As soon as a mist ache is maid

It nose bee fore two long

And eye can put the error rite

Its rare lea ever wrong.

Eye have run this poem threw it

I am shore your pleased two no

Its letter perfect awl the weigh

My chequer tolled me sew.

Thanks Bruce Mitchell

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MINUTES OF GENERAL MEETING

HELD AT ADELAIDE HIGH SCHOOL

2nd May 2014 MEETING COMMENCED 7.50 pm Welcome, late and spectacular start, chair lift up the stairs.

President went through the raffle prizes. Apologies: MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING were read. Accepted by Karl Teigesser seconded Val Oakley all in favour

SECRETARIES REPORT

4X4 Action Magazine, Patrol Club Magazine, Oodnadatta Progress Association News Letter, they are looking to make 4WD museum. Want volunteers. For fundraising, track work etc. Thank you card from Helen for helping tidy up her home. EDITORS REPORT

Got stuff send stuff thanks everyone. Liz is doing a great job. TREASURERS REPORT

MEMBERSHIP Nothing to report, we need new members COMING TRIPS

PROPERTIES Shed has been cleaned up 4WD ASSOCIATION nothing to report. WEB CO-ORDINATOR Not in attendance INSURANCE

Club has insurance which covers public liability, vehicle insurance; the Club gets a

commission. Camping gear, household, caravans, campsite when left unattended. FACEBOOK new administrator is Grace Gent – few photos added from Paul Shinks, more activity lately. GENERAL BUSINESS

Keep SA Beautiful asked to take down road watch signs, Dept of Transport to re-move. If you wish to make an apology for future meetings, please fill in the red book. Paul Shinks has suggested a Patron for 4WD Association - Doug Sprigg Could someone from the Association Executive give a talk to the Club? We would like them to discuss future plans for the next 5 years. We will be going to a new section of the school next term, August meeting. Paul Ewins has a trailer load of firewood for Peak; Grace will be towing a trailer. Parks passes end in June – may be issued from application to application date to suit volunteer dates.

More training offered, chainsaw & brush cutter, first aid, remote area first aid, man-ual handling, safe chemical handling, volunteer management, team leader training, Bush for Life Course. Interest before 19th May. Voting slips in the Bullsheet, please return trophies. Suggest nomination forms on Web site. Robert Tink has been ill. Secretary to send get well card. Raffle tickets for Engel fridge; please return funds before the August meeting. TRIP REPORTS

Raffle prizes drawn Meeting closed 8.45 pm

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IMPORTANT NOTICE

IF YOU ARE TAKING PART IN ANY CLUB EVENTS, YOU MUST PUT YOUR

NAME ON THE TRIP SHEET TO ENSURE THAT YOU ARE COVERED BY THE

CLUB’S PUBLIC LIABILITY INSURANCE. YOU CAN DO THIS AT A

MEETING OR BY RINGING THE CLUB TRIP CO-ORDINATOR

AFTER THE LAST CLUB MEETING BEFORE A TRIP, PLEASE INFORM THE

TRIP LEADER OF ANY ADDITIONS OR CANCELLATIONS PRIOR TO THE

COMMENCEMENT OF THE TRIP

THIS IS FOR YOUR OWN PROTECTION AND OURS!

Did you know that it is in the club constitution that your car must be maintained in

good roadworthy condition with a minimum of 3rd party property insurance? Do

you have a fire extinguisher with you on club trips? It’s a club rule that you carry

one. What about a first aid kit, the club has quite a good one to borrow at any time.

All we ask is that you replace anything that gets used or removed from the kit.

MEMBERSHIP FEES FOR 2013-2014

METRO $60.00

COUNTRY $50.00

HALF YEAR $30.00

JOINING FEE $15.00

Memberships were in default if not paid by 30th September and Bullsheets are

discontinued until renewal is received. Membership cards will be issued at meetings

upon presentation of a receipt.

If you require your card to be posted out to you please let us know. Thank you.

Closing date for Bullsheet material

The closing date for all entries and advertisements into the Bullsheet is the 20th of

each month, to ensure that the magazine is collated and dispatched on time for your

viewing prior to the next meeting.

Your co-operation in this matter is greatly appreciated. Thank you

The location of the next Committee meeting is on Friday 20th June at

Debbie Clement’s Place, Aldgate Please be ready to start the meeting at 7.30pm sharp.

Please bring a plate of supper to share.

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