This article is mainly about using the website for trip bookings. Now that well over 100 members have requested logon details, we are getting a good feel for what is working well, and where you, in general, are having difficulties...

I have just spent two glorious days fishing at Tantangara, the highest lake in the Snowy scheme. Depending on whose GPS you trust, we camped at about 1,230 meters altitude and should have been well under water according to the maps

Thank you for your confidence in letting me finish a job I started about six years ago! When I was president, I desperately wanted to replace the Club’s website with a more dynamic, interactive site where you could, for example, easily make trip bookings, search past trips and locate other members

Per Ardua Ad Astra

This is not an ad for another Holden, but the motto of the Royal Air Force seems a pretty appropriate epithet for this year’s 4WD Spectacular – “through adversity to the stars”

Going for a drive is surely still the most popular pastime in Australia, despite the environmental impact, the calculated risk we take each time we get in or near a vehicle, and the reporting of holiday road fatalities

Mystery

Mystery Bay is one of my favourite coastal spots. The camping area is huge, right on the coast and quite secluded under big trees, which is great if you have a dog. Yes, this is one of the few sites where dogs are actually encouraged

Living dangerously

I guess 4WDing and computing have a fair bit in common – especially problem solving, and going where few have gone before.