b'after the 2009 Black Saturday 1000 people attend from all overBushfires. Our club was quickly Australia with 385 Jeeps all convergeinvolved in delivering water in tanks at Lardner Park near Warragul. Theto farmers and rebuilding fences and club spent over 2 years planning thecleaning up properties and towns event from driving every track ineffected by this catastrophic fire. South Gippsland and doing reccesSome of our club members were and creating a massive data base ofdirectly adversely affected by the fires tracks in the area. Jeep Australiaalso. We also involved in the early supported the event and evenstages of Blaze Aid forming. These brought out several LHD WK2 Grandefforts have been repeated many Cherokees well before the officialtimes since then supporting Blaze Aid launch especially for the Jambo.and the Four Wheel Drive Victoria National Jeep Jamboree 2021 /Rural Response Group in emergency 2022/ 2023????response efforts. We now have a We were planning another JeepFWDV regional representative for the Jamboree but due to COVID, likeMurrundindi area and we also many other events, it has beenmanage 15 Mile Hut, Keppells Hut, cancelled, but we do hope to run oneand Ryans Spur Hut with the VHCHA. next year so watch out for that to beMJOC have run 2 highly successful announced.National Jeep Jamboree events in MJOC caters for all Jeep ownersVictoria, the first being in 2004 at down the highway to Buxton and and driver skills so, expect to seeNarbethong and the second in 2010 around to Gallipoli Park at Marysville. Jeeps from mild to wild. Most modelat Lardner Park near Warragul. In The first cars were being lined up for Jeeps are represented mostly2004 the club planned and ran the the shownshine at Marysville as the Wranglers, Grand Cherokee,fantastic National Jeep Jamboree last vehicles were still leaving Cherokee and most others withVictoria 2004 at Valley Farm at Narbethong. members having Jeeps from 1941 allNarbethong and nearby Marysville, In 2010 the Jamboree was regard- the way through to the latest Gladiatorwhich saw over 270 Jeeps and 700 ed as the largest Jeep event ever model. people attend from all around held in Australia, the event run by New members are welcome soAustralia. One of the highlights was MJOC was huge. A mammoth effort check out www.mjoc.org.au for morethe massive convoy from Narbethong by many club members saw almost information.TRACKWATCHMARCH 2022 17'