enthusiasm of its passionate core of club members. To continue the Challenge a different
approach appears necessary, and some areas of adjustment have been mentioned. There needs
to be modification to the event so that drivers do not compete for 24 hours and then drive home;
we need to ensure the fire season of October to March is avoided for large and inflexible
gatherings in our forests; more robust financing is important to acknowledge risk to the Club and
volunteer efforts; and we might return the Challenge to an event in which club members are the
core of the entrants.
Planning is underway for 4WD trips following the partial lifting of lockdown restrictions from
13 th May. After a wet Autumn there have been some early track closures that we will need to
accommodate in our planning, and longer travel around Australia remains very restricted.
Experienced club members can offer ideas as to how our trips can be designed to support the
small businesses in regional communities affected by pandemic, bushfires, drought, and flood.
For a moment we have limited trips to one day, convoys of four vehicles and only members of one
family in any vehicle. More than 100 members have logged into the virtual familiarisation trip
and become acquainted with the Wild Apricot system.
As the medical experts have advised us, maintain our social distancing, wash thoroughly and be
sensible with where and why we travel.
Neil Phillips 1744
President: [email protected]