Easy trip around Marysville

Date and time:  9am - about 4pm Sunday 20th September 

This trip meets in the main street at Marysville in the carpark next to the Information Centre at 9am where the trip itinerary and convoy procedures are explained, before airing our tyres down slightly.

Reducing the air pressure in our tyres is optional, but it can make the tracks more comfortable. While not essential for this trip, airing down is a core and necessary activity on the majority of trips.

Then it’s off to the Keppel falls, Taggerty Cascades, Steavenson Falls and Keppel Lookout. Lunch follows either in Marysville or at the Black Spur Inn, where the club is running the training day.

At some stage, we will wind our way back on the easy tracks to/around Narbethong/Black Spur Inn on the main road. Tracks out of M/ville (all high range) would be Paradise Plains Rd, Feiglin Rd and Acheron Way, with possibly a few diversions depending on time. After lunch we will be exploring some local Narbethong 4WD tracks.

Ending the trip at the Black Spur Inn.

Personal Details Form

It is a Club and Four Wheel Drive Victoria policy for participants to fill in a Personal Details Form and leave it with the trip leader. This is essentially, a medical form that can be passed to Emergency Services in cane of an incident.

Please print, complete, and hand the form to the Trip Leader, who will return it at the end of the day, or destroy it. We tend to seal it in an envelope and reuse it on multiple trips.

Personal_Details_4WDVic.pdf

Weather:  Spring can be variable, and anything from sunny to cold and wet, so please bring clothing, footwear suitable for the conditions and keep an eye on the weather forecast for the area. 

Equipment:  Below are the recommended vehicle requirements.  If you are not sure if your vehicle is suitable for a trip, please have a chat with the trip leader.

• Normal road tyres are not suitable for this trip. All Terrain or Mud Terrain tyres only.
• UHF radio (or one borrowed from the club).  
• Air pressure pump and guage, if you have them.
• Recovery gear is not mandatory, but if you have it, bring your standard recovery gear including, rated snatch strap, shackles and a shovel.
• No camper trailers, pets or firearms

Meals & morning tea:  Morning tea will be in the bush – byo thermos, etc. 

Lunch location to be determined.

Fuel:   Fuel is available in Marysville

Duration: 1 day

Convoy limit: 8 vehicles - currently restricted to 5 until we get a 2nd experiened driver to act as Tail End Charlie.

Meeting arrangements:  We will meet at main street at Marysville in the carpark next to the Information Centre at 9am.  If you plan to get coffee beforehand then you will need to arrive a little earlier.  We will aim to finish about 4.00pm at The Black Spur Inn.

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

Trip Leader: Gerry Mak, phone 0407329723, email, gpmak@hotmail.com