b'NEWS VICTORIAN 4WD SHOWA fter 3 years offor coffee as everyone whothere was a steady stream of cancellations due tocamped seemed to have receivedvisitors to the stand with all Covid, the Victorianthe same wake up call and lookeddifferent types of questions 4x4 show was backfor a way to get that last bit ofand enquiries. Many were on again at Lardner Park. Theenergy for their morning.enquiring about joining clubs sun was out, the hot weather hadThe final displays werewith punters shown how to go settled and we were set for anset up on the Four Wheelabout contacting clubs they may excellent show. Drive Victoria stand as Alisonbe interested in, or if the club Saturday saw the many hardMcLaughlin (FWDV Officeattended the show, how to get to working volunteers from theManager) arrived to help withtheir stand. There was also many Land Rover Owners Club ofthese. 9am had arrived and thequestions about training courses Victoria, the shows organisers,gates at Lardner Park were flungand the benefit of doing a training making sure exhibitors foundopen. Large crowds startedcourse with a clubs driver their sites with ease and addingstreaming through, making atraining. Affinity and DEECA also any finishing touches to thegreat sign that the show would grounds in preparation for abe a busy one. Shortly afterhad many enquiries from the busy Sunday. The Four Wheelwe were joined by Eric Bishoppublic. Drive Victoria stand was set(FWDV President) and KaneAs the afternoon rolled up with assistance from RogerHarden (FWDV Secretary) fromaround, the heat started to pick McGrath (FWDV Trainer, Nissanthe Four Wheel Drive Victoriaup and the cool breeze died down 4WD Club), Ron Bell (Just Matesboard to assist at the stand. Weleaving traffic to slow down 4x4 Club), Wayne Hevey (FWDVwere also extremely fortunateduring the afternoon with the CEO) and Daniel Whitby (FWDVto be joined by Lachlan fromcrowds disappearing just before Projects Officer). Displays wereAffinity Insurance Brokers toclose at 4pm. A quick pack up erected to show the punters alltalk to interested parties aboutand we were back on the road about our affiliated clubs and thethe associations Insurance andheading for the Four Wheel Drive great trips and volunteer workmotor vehicle insurance. RichardVictoria office to drop off the they do as well as everythingWadsworth and Sam Monahamgear, ready for the next show, about Four Wheel Drive Victoria. from the Department of Energy,the Mornington Great Outdoors Camping onsite overnight, weEnvironment and Climate ActionExpo! A big thank you to all the were awoken early to the sounds(DEECA) spent time on the standvolunteers, LROCV and all the of cars and trucks, belonging toto talk about the partnershipother exhibitors for making it a those who opted to set up theirbetween Four Wheel Drive stand on the Sunday instead ofVictoria and DEECA, More togreat show. We look forward to Saturday, from as early as 5am.Explore and Explore Outdoors.another great event to come in This caused quite a long queueAs the morning progressed2024!10 TRACKWATCH|March 2023'