Cobaw Hard Day Trip

Date and time:  9:00am, Saturday 05 April to mid afternoon

Description:  Difficult-level trip into Cobaw State Forest. No sightseeing, just tough tracks.

Weather:  Doesn’t matter, going anyway.

Equipment:  All-terrain tyres, suspension lift minimum or equivalent from factory.  UHF radio.  Recovery gear: minimum shovel, recovery strap/rope, ideally winch, traction ramps. No camper trailers, pets or firearms

Maps and Reference Material:  Rooftops Cobaw State Forest.

Trip Standard:  Extreme - Most tracks are rated hard.  Expect steep climbs and descents, challenging sections.  But no mud, no water. 

Fuel:  a full tank ex Lancefield.

Distance:  Approx. distance from 50km.

Duration: 0.5 days.

Convoy limit: 5 vehicles

Meeting arrangements:  We plan to meet in the main street of Lancefeld outside the bakery and depart at 9.00am sharp.  If you plan to get coffee beforehand then you will need to arrive a little earlier.  We will aim to finish mid-afternoon.

Trip Leaders: Name(s) – Robert Pepper / robert@peppernet.org / 0408 226354

Club Guest Registration policy:  It is club policy in regard to insurance cover that if a member brings any non-members on the trip they must be registered and have paid the required fee as Temporary Members BEFORE the event. 

i.e.  non- members can no longer register on the day with the trip leader. 
Temporary Membership information and ways to register can be found at:

Temporary (Guest) Membership

Also if a non-member wishes to bring their own vehicle, the member inviting the non-member must contact the trip leader for approval to bring the vehicle. Such approval will take into account skills of the driver, suitability of the vehicle and whether or not a place within the convoy limit is available for a non-member's vehicle.