EXCEED March/April 2019 Vol 36 No:2 | Page 43

TRIP REPORTS Lardner Park – Victorian 4WD Show 17 th February 2019 Participants Alan Sellars Event Liaison Ralph Longley - Trip Leader Terry Birch Per van Riel Darren & Kerry Straub Colin Hopwood Neil Phillips Ed Reddick Location - Lardner Park - approx 13k from Warragul and 110K from Melbourne CBD Member No. 1548 829 860 1154 1319 1247 1744 1623 Vehicle Details Old - Old Patrol Pajero NW New Triton (On Loan) Radical Jeep Patrol Triton Another Patrol ! Smurf Mobile The Triton really did pull in the crowd, keeping Colin extremely busy showing off all the special features on the Premium model. The Triton along with Peter's well rigged out Jeep and my Pajero complimented the philosophy of the Pajero Club, confirming - - 'You don't have to drive a Pajero to be in the Pajero Club' Background - Due to Alan Sellars pending hip operation, Alan was not in a position to physically setup the event, thus his great input was liaising with LROC, confirming the site and signed off. And - what an amazing site Alan had organised. With room to spare after 3 vehicles and the 6m x 3m marquee where positioned. (We could have put another 2 cars on the site!) Prior to the event and through Mitsubishi's head office, I was able to secure a new model Triton GLS 'Premium' for the display, kindly provided by Warragul Mitsubishi. The set up on the Saturday went to plan. Darren and Kerry arrived towing the Pajero events trailer to our site, then all hands on deck making light work of marquee erection and set up of the internal display. As usual, LROC (Land Rovers Owners Club of Victoria) was well organised and did a very professional job assisting all participants additionally providing the evening BBQ 'Feast'. Saturday evening is a very social time catching up with fellow club members from FWD Vic and other clubs. Then - lights out - into the swag to get a good nights sleep prior to the main event. Sunday - WOW! within minutes of the gate opening we had our first new member sign up. This then set the scene for a very successful show through a total