CANCELLED
Gospers Mtn trip. This may well be a “once in a lifetime trip” through part of the Wollemi National Park at the property owners invitation.
We will be required to do a small amount of work and there will be a cost of $35:00 per vehicle which will be going to the Olinda RFS to buy much needed equipment.
Absolute limit of 7 vehicles.
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No, we wont be going in reverse, but we will go in a different way this time. Don’t miss this, a great short trip in the Colo Heights area.
No fires this trip because of fire danger. Bring your insect repellent!
Book your place now by emailing trips@trax.org.au
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After requests from our club members, the Trax committee has arranged a 4WD Driver Training Day for March 2012.
This will be a great opportunity to gain some valuable training and experience and to ensure that you are up to date with the latest safety procedures.
The training and assessment activities are done either at Eastern Creek 4WD track or (more likely) at Lidsdale State Forest west of Lithgow.
The assessment comprises of a theory exam followed by practical demonstrations by the candidate.
The theory exam is done by the candidate prior to the assessment of competency in the candidates’ own time.
The cost of the assessment is $50 per candidate.
On successful completion of the assessment, candidates are issued with a certificate of nationally recognised competency in ”Drive & Recover a 4WD Vehicle SRODRV001B and its associated unit Plan Outdoor Recreation Activities SROODR002A”.
The Training Day will be much like a normal Trax Trip but will be led by an assessor from the Driver Training Unit of Four Wheel Drive NSW & ACT.
You will need a 4WD with a full tank of fuel, Your own lunch and you will need to book in early so that we can give you the theory work that needs to be completed prior to the 7th of March.
Passengers are allowed to come along on the day and only candidates need to pay the $50.00.
You can also have multiple candidates per vehicle if you and your spouse both want to get accredited.
Please let us know by the 4th Feburary 2012 if you are interested in attending so that we can confirm the booking with the Associations DTU.
Count Me In:
After requests from our club members, the Trax committee has arranged a 4WD Driver Training Day for March 2012.
This will be a great opportunity to gain some valuable training and experience and to ensure that you are up to date with the latest safety procedures.
The training and assessment activities are done either at Eastern Creek 4WD track or (more likely) at Lidsdale State Forest west of Lithgow.
The assessment comprises of a theory exam followed by practical demonstrations by the candidate.
The theory exam is done by the candidate prior to the assessment of competency in the candidates’ own time.
The cost of the assessment is $50 per candidate.
On successful completion of the assessment, candidates are issued with a certificate of nationally recognised competency in ”Drive & Recover a 4WD Vehicle SRODRV001B and its associated unit Plan Outdoor Recreation Activities SROODR002A”.
The Training Day will be much like a normal Trax Trip but will be led by an assessor from the Driver Training Unit of Four Wheel Drive NSW & ACT.
You will need a 4WD with a full tank of fuel, Your own lunch and you will need to book in early so that we can give you the theory work that needs to be completed prior to the 7th of March.
Passengers are allowed to come along on the day and only candidates need to pay the $50.00.
You can also have multiple candidates per vehicle if you and your spouse both want to get accredited.
Please let us know by the 4th Feburary 2012 if you are interested in attending so that we can confirm the booking with the Associations DTU.
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Trip Details:
Tuesday 10th January 2012
Lithgow railway dams.
Come and explore the Lithgow railway dams area with us.
Meeting at Katoomba at 11.15am (exact location TBA closer to the day)
Trip leader Matt Smith.
Booking: Please advise your intention to attend to Matt Smith
(Contact numbers can be obtained by sending a message on our contact page and selecting trips as the reason.)
Grassy Mountain is east of Kandos and is accessed through private property.
At the invitation of the propery owner, Michael, the TRAX fellowship spent the weekend in his beautiful valley: 4WDing, eating roast lamb and vegetables, track clearing and admiring the view.
Each vehicle made a donation of $35 to the Olinda Rural Fire Service. Three vehicles arrived Friday night, with the remaining three arriving on Saturday morning.
 This is Dog Trap Hut which Michael kindly let us use. We started the installation of a water tank and prepared a pit toilet. |
 Is this a gypsy camp or TRAX fellowship? |
 The track in is pretty rough, and not suitable for larger caravans. |
 In 15km we cleared about 15 large trees that each would have halted a fire tanker. |
 That fire trail certainly needed our efforts. |
 That tree had been there a long time. |
 We couldn’t have done it without you, Will. |
 No trip is a real success without a bogging. In this case, we had two! Notice how deceptively the grass covers that black mud. |
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Due to an unforeseen clash of events, the Trax trip planned for Saturday 26th February 2011 has been rescheduled to Saturday 12th March 2011.
I would like to invite all members, and all of our new contacts from the show to our next trip to the Watagans Forest Area.
It is a beautiful area; we went on a recce last month. The recent rain in the area will probably make it more interesting than the recce.
Trip Leader: Greg
Trip grade: Easy / moderate , Suitable for soft roaders
RSVP: Contact the Trip Coordinator, trips@trax.org.au
What to bring: Snatch Strap, if you have one, UHF Radio, Morning tea, Lunch, Afternoon tea, bbq equipment.
Track Maintenance: It may be necessary to do some repairs along the way if you have a shovel, pick, gloves, secateurs, bushman’s saw, etc. bring them along.
Fuel: Full tank from Pennant Hills. We will not be stopping for fuel after we leave
Children are Welcome: Provision is made for them to enjoy the trip; there will be a toilet stop early in the trip.
Meet at St Marks Cnr. Warne Street & Rosemount Avenue Pennant Hills at 7:45 am for 8 am Departure.
Bookings are essential. Book with our trip leader by Monday 18 October, email is preferred (trips@trax.org.au).
To new contacts from the Show
After the trip, if you would like to join TRAX, membership will cost $20 per family for the rest of 2010.
We will be doing a TRAX trip Saturday 21/08/2010 to Sunny Corner. We will stop for morning tea at Cullen Bullen (they will have a cake stall as well) and this will give people a chance to vote absentee. We will then hit the dirt just past Capertee and travel through to Sunny Corner or Portland crossing the Turon River. We did this a few years ago in the other direction.
We will meet at St Marks Pennant Hills (with a full tank of fuel) at 7.15am to leave at 7.30 sharp after briefing.
We did a recce last Tuesday (yes the very wet day) and the track was mostly passable except one creek crossing which we will check (unless there has been a bit of rain before). This why we may finish at either Sunny Corner or Portland. Either way it is a great trip with a few good water crossings and some great country.
This is not a softroader trip.
