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Wilbinga

COMMITTEE 2019 / 2020 President

Dave Rothwell 0408 916 294

Vice President / Insurance Officer

Mike Kelly 0407 190 870

Secretary

Wally Cerny 0499 767 296

Treasurer

Rob Baxter 0422 129 871

Magazine Editor

Brian Tanner 0429 110 957

Environmental Officer

Duane Buckenara 0418 489 373

Delegates

Mark Skeels 0429 108 389

Webmaster

Greg Mazengarb 0472683210

Property Officer

Derek Murray 042 992 529

Trip Coordinators

Derek Murray 0422 992 529

Wally Cerny 0499 767 296

NEXT GENERAL MEETING

27th November 2019

MEETING VENUE

Secret Harbour Surf Club

NEXT COMMITTEE MEETING

8TH January 2020

MEETING VENUE

Mick’s place

Find us on

CLUB CONTACT DETAILS

POST OFFICE BOX 8233

WARNBRO WA 6169

http://peel4x4club.webs.com

Club Email: peel4x4club@hotmail.com

Do you need to pay your club fees or pay for some chocolates you’ve sold?

You can now pay online but please put your surname as the reference

so that our Treasurer knows where the $$ came from

Peel 4x4 Club

Westpac, Rockingham

BSB 036-074

Account # 183350

Reference - Your surname

IF YOU PAY YOUR FEES THIS WAY DON’T FORGET TO EMAIL THE SECRETARY WITH YOUR

UPDATED DETAILS FORM

President’s Palaver

FROM THE PRESIDENT’S DESK

November 2019

The end of another year approaches, with a slight growth in our club numbers – thanks to all our enthusiastic new members !

CHRISTMAS PARTY

The Club Christmas Party is on December 8th at Wells Park Kwinana Beach. (as per details on Trip Sheet).

Sausage Sizzle, cold drinks and dessert will be supplied by the Club. Please BYO alcohol and any special requirements / foods

etc.

Santa will be there with gifts for the children.

We would love to see as many members and families there as possible – should be a great day.

If you are coming along, please make sure your name is on the Trip Sheet by the end of this week’s General Meeting.

This will be our Last Hurrah for the year, as there is no December meeting.

Footnote:

We have two pop-up Surf Club Events which are being organised now.

For those of you who are not familiar with these events, we offer our services to Secret Harbour Surf Club for their surf carni-

vals.

Our Club helps with the movement of surf boats on and off the beach during the event.

It’s generally an early start (mad panic!) in the morning. Once all the boats are on the beach, you are welcome to stay and

watch the carnival, or disappear and come back later. Removal of the boats is slow and steady, as they are eliminated from

the competition.

Further information is available on trip sheets.

See you all at the Christmas Party !

Cheers

Rothy.

Brisey’s Buldust

The new Patrol performed quite well on the Wilbinga trip a few weeks ago,

apart from driver error after a wrong turn onto the beach & getting bogged to

the chassis. Early in the trip I was having a bit of trouble selecting low range

I’m used to the lever actuation in the old car, this electronic selection is taking

a bit to get used to. If I was to complain about anything I think the transmis-

sion is a bit too lazy taking a bit too long to decide to change down at times, I

will have to use the sports shift especially on hill climbs. Otherwise the car

went really well, there is certainly enough power to do the job.

Some people can certainly end up in some strange situations on the road. A few

Mondays ago there was an accident on the Tonkin Hwy southbound near Collier

Rd. I was driving north at the time going to the project & as I passed the acci-

dent site, I saw the car sitting on top of the wire rope barrier. There seemed

no possible way the car could have gotten up onto the top of the barrier unless

it fell off a truck, but this wasn’t the case. This makes 3 times I know of that

a car has ended up on top of the wire rope now in the last 6 months.

This will be the final magazine for this year as there is no general meeting in

December so Julie & I would like to wish all the members and your families the

best of Christmas wishes and a brilliant start to the New Year until we see you

all again at the trip planning meeting

Cheers

Brisey

FISH & CHIPS

Skills2fish would like to wish everyone a merry and safe xmas and a happy new year.

Just reminder on the crab and Demersal ban on at present ending on the 30th November for crab season

and Demersal ban finishing finishing on the 16th the December.

It is looking to be a bumper crab season with a looks being caught on my recent fishing trip in Mandurah

pulling up sized crabs through out the day on the baited lines some times double headers... I can not wait

to get into them.

FISHING GEAR SELECTION

There are a few essential items to consider when buying your tackle box of fishing gear. First up,

let's look at a basic example of a fishing outfit that can be used for catching either fresh or saltwater

Australian fish species.

A basic fishing outfit might look something like this:

7” spinning rod and reel combo

10lb main line mono

15lb leader Assortment of swivel / clips

Assortment of single hooks in different sizes (1/0 – 8/0) Assortment of drop sinkers

Assortment of ball sinkers Assortment of floats

Assortment of squid jigs Assortment of spinning lures (different sizes / colors)

2 x flasher rigs (Bait Rigs)

1 x lip gripper

1 x fish scaler

1 x fishing towel / cloth 1 x pair fishing gloves

1 x Long nose pliers 1 x tackle box/ tackle bag

1 x bait knife 1 x pair polarized glasses 1 x packet of dead bait (such as squid, prawns or octopus)

1 x esky / ice box 1 x bucket

1 x cutting board (or you can turn your bucket upside down)

CLUB BUSINESS

COMMITTEE MEETING OF THE PEEL 4X4 CLUB

HELD WEDNESDAY the 13/11/2019

MEETING OPENED: 7.10 pm

PRESENT: Dave, Mark, Brian, Derek, Mike, Wally

APOLOGIES: Duane, Rob, Greg

ACCEPTED: 1ST Mark 2ND Brian CARRIED

PREVIOUS MINUTES READ AND RECEIVED

ACCEPTED: 1ST Mike 2ND Derek CARRIED

Business from the Previous Minutes:

Nil

PRESIDENTS REPORT:

Huge thank you for Laura and Derek for another amazing Video which was presented at the 4wd Show

Business for the President:

Nil

SECRETARYS REPORT:

New member application form received.

Mail In:

Bank Statements and a bill from Mondelez Int

Business for the Secretary:

Wally to organize New member badges.

TREASURERS REPORT:

Opening Balance of $7452.90

Outgoing…………………$2874.39

Incoming…………………$1232.72

Closing Balance of……$6950.38

Business for the Treasurer:

Mondelez Int (Chocolate Purchase) has been paid

INSURANCE OFFICERS REPORT:

Nilk

Business for the Insurance Officer:

Nil

CLUB BUSINESS PROPERTY OFFICERS REPORT:

Silent Auction Results Turfer Winch went for $10.00

Bead Breaker went for $5.00

Tree Trunk Protector went for $25.00

Business for the Property Officer:

Silent auction to be run again for remaining items possibly at the AGM.

ENVIRONMENTAL OFFICERS REPORT:

Nil

Business for the Environmental Officer:

Nil

DELEGATES REPORT:

4wd Show was a big success again and the DVD launch for the SW Austway was well received.

Next years gathering will be at Capel, which is being hosted by the SW 4wd club, with Peel 4x4 Club running a Night trip and

possibly a Fishing trip.

Business for the Delegate:

Nil

MAGAZINE EDITORS REPORT:

Expect a Bumper edition for our last magazine for the Year.

Business for the Magazine Editor:

Nil

WEBMASTERS REPORT:

Nil

Business for the Webmaster:

Nil

TRIP COORDINATORS REPORT:

23rd/25th Nov 3 Bears Swag Trip

30th Nov Star Gazing Night

8th Dec Kids Xmas party

11th Jan Trip Planning Meeting

24th/27th Jan Bremer Bay for Aust Day

April Murchison House Station has been put forward for the Easter Weekend

May Drynadra Recreation area has been suggested for the AGM

June Simpson Desert Trip

June 4WDA Gathering Capel

Business for the Trip Coordinator:

Nil

CLUB BUSINESS GENERAL BUSINESS:

Derek suggested a Telethon Donation per Trip Participant at the Night Run. All members contributed and Derek & Laura dou-

bled the donation to the tune of $250.00

New members were voted in this being Philip & Leigh Crewe

Xmas party this year will be a BBQ affair, and Santa will say hello to the kids.

Mark has put forward a Peel v Mitsubishi v Armadale 4wd club Bowls competition to be held at Warnbro. A minimum of 10

people per team.

Club will pay for 10 pizzas at the next trip planning meeting. Reminders for the meeting will be sent out.

NEXT GENERAL MEETING TO BE HELD: 27/11/19

NEXT COMMITTEE MEETING TO BE HELD: 11/12/19

MEETING CLOSED: 8.20 pm

CLUB BUSINESS

GENERAL MEETING OF THE PEEL 4X4 CLUB

HELD WEDNESDAY the 23/10/2019

MEETING OPENED: 7.30 pm

PRESENT: as per attendance book

APOLOGIES: as per attendance book

ACCEPTED: 1ST Mike 2ND Ann CARRIED

PREVIOUS MINTUES READ AND RECEIVED:

ACCEPTED: 1st Mike 2ND Ann CARRIED

Business arising from the previous minutes

Nil

PRESIDENT REPORT:

Welcome to our newest members.

A huge thank you to Rina for standing in as secretary at the last Committee meeting.

Business

Nil

SECRETARY REPORT:

Nil

Business

Nil

Mail In

Nil

TREASURER REPORT:

Opening Balance of $7452.90

Cost of Chocolates

Cost of Name Badges

Closing Balance of $6811.78

Business

Nil

INSURANCE OFFICER REPORT:

Nil

Business

Nil

CLUB BUSINESS

PROPERTY OFFICER REPORT:

Nil

Business

Nil

ENVIRONMENTAL OFFICER REPORT:

Nil

Business

Nil

DELEGATES REPORT:

At a recent meeting with Alcoa and DBCA, Alcoa advised that there will be a progressive closing down of an area around the

Waroona/Harvey region. In particular, the Hoffmans Mill recreation area although still open to the public will have to be

reached via alternative ways. All areas will be closed to the public by end of 2020.

Business

Nil

MAGAZINE EDITORS REPORT:

Rothy managed to correctly answer the first Quiz and therefore deserves a mention…..

Business

Nil

WEBMASTERS REPORT:

Nil

Business

Nil

TRIP CO-ORDINATORS REPORT:

26th Oct Dwellingup Pub dinner/Night run

9th/10th Nov White Gum farm

23rd/25th Nov 3 Bears Swag Trip

30th Nov Star gazing Night

6th Dec Kids Xmas Party at Wells Park

11th Jan Trip Planning Meeting

Australia Day Long weekend has been booked at the Bremer Bay Caravan Park, which we will use as a base whilst expolring the

local tracks.

Murchison House Station has been suggested for the Easter Long Weekend.

Business

Nil

CLUB BUSINESS

GENERAL BUSINESS:

Name badges were handed out to our newest members, being Jamie and Jade.

Fines were handed out to

Chris, for arriving late…..IOU

Jamie, for arriving late

Winton, for Multible Breakdowns…..IOU

Pete Walpole, for no name badge

Brisey, for wrong directions on the Wilbinga Trip

NEXT GENERAL MEETING TO BE HELD : 27/11/2019

NEXT COMMITTEE MEETING TO BE HELD: 13/11/2019

MEETING CLOSED: 8.10 pm

CLUB BUSINESS

PEEL 4 X 4 CLUB FINANCIALS

25/05/2019 TO 11/11/2019

Row Labels 2 Receipt 3 Expense Grand Total

Opening Balance 8592.05

Opening Balance 8592.05

AGM -1308.91 -1308.91

AGM Dinner -900 -900

AGM trophy engraving -30.8 -30.8

Raffle Prizes -354.21 -354.21

Re-engraving of trophy badge- er-ror -23.9 -23.9

Association Fees -744.1 -744.1

WA 4WD Assoc Fees/Ins -744.1 -744.1

Badges/Stickers -102.47 -102.47

New member badges -102.47 -102.47

Fund Raising 730 -638.91 91.09

Chocolate Purchases -638.91 -638.91

Chocolate Sales - Rob Baxter 590 590

Entertainment Book Fundraising 140 140

Interest 3.72 3.72

Westpac 3.72 3.72

Membership 489 489

2019/2020 Membership 489 489

Other 10 -80 -70

Equipment sale to Duane 10 10

Track Care WA Inc Annual Fees -80 -80

Grand Total 1232.72 -2874.39 6950.38

Movement 09/10/2019 to 11/11/2019

Receipts 228.6

Expenses 731.12

Profit/Loss 502.52

Westpac Opening Balance 09/10/2019 7452.9

Westpac Closing Balance11/11/2019 6950.38

Total Movement 502.52

Does not Include Cash on hand - Raffle and Chocolate Sales monies held by Rob

CHRISTMAS PARTY WELLS PARK KWINANA BEACH

SUNDAY 8TH DECEMBER

SANTA WILL GIVE OUT PRESENTS TO KIDS 12 AND UNDER

LUNCH WILL BE PROVIDED

CLUB BUSINESS

CLUB BUSINESS

Please note these prices do

not include GST

Brisey

To any Club Members or their

family having a birthday in

December and January

CLUB FUNDRAISING

http://www.entertainmentbook.com.au/

orderbooks/84490n

Please use the address above to order a digital

membership or see Rob Baxter to get a book.

Any questions - Rob 0422 129 871

OUT & ABOUT ON TRIPS

Wilbinga We had a very good turn out for this trip with 12 cars including 2 visitors.

After the obligatory breakfast at Hungary Jacks we held a short trip briefing before leaving for the Pinjar power

station to play on the hills. During morning tea a member,we shall not identify, found a flat tyre on his Great Wall

4x4 which required attention before moving along. From the sidelines it looked like the tyre had rolled off the rim.

Travelling north along a good limestone track saw us making good headway to the Tuart road turn off for Wilbinga.

I haven’t ben on this trip for about 5 years so I was a bit surprised at the nice drive along Tuart road, the last time I

did this trip it was very slow going along soft sandy ruts.

Wilbinga road surprised me as well—it had been graded for the first 7-8 kms.

The tracks were tight, scratchy, lumpy & bumpy just the way we like them. All went really good until a wrong turn

saw another member, that shall not be identified, on the beach bogged down to the chassis of the new Nissan

needing just a little help to get mobile again.

Cheers

Brisey

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Whitegum Farm

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PRODUCT REVIEW

AUTO SKIN TEMPORARY PAINT PROTECTION

I first read about Auto Skin in a product review in the

Western 4 Wheel Driver magazine a year or two ago. After I

bought the new Patrol I did some searches online but was

struggling to find a supplier in WA then eventually found it

at TJM in Myaree and bought a bottle.

The product is thick and looks very

similar to woodworking glue. It can

be applied by paintbrush or roller

and dries to a clearish matt finish.

Removing the coating is reasonably easy by hosing

small areas and once softened hose again with a bit of

pressure then peel off or rub with a car wash mitt or

similar. A Karcher makes the job somewhat easier. It

sticks really well to plastic surfaces and takes a bit

more work to get it off. I found that putting a wet

chamois on the area for a while to soak in worked well

PRODUCT REVIEW

The Wilbinga trip certainly tested this product with very close scratchy bushes constantly

in contact with the car. At the end of the day while airing up I was thinking there is no way

I have escaped with no scratches after having a look at the guards. The bushes had certain-

ly left their mark on the sides as you can see in the photo below.

After cleaning the car up I am very pleased (and surprised) to say there are no scratches

on the panels, it has worked very well indeed.

To sum up the product:

It is reasonably expensive at $179.00 for 4 litres but I have used a bit less than 1/2 litre

per side of the Patrol so I can probably get 4 trips out of the container.

It works well protecting from brush scratching but I don’t expect it to handle the sharp

branches that quite often stick out into the tracks.

It takes a bit of work to remove but no harder than polishing a car.

It wouldn’t be any good during rainy weather or river crossings as it would start peeling off.

Brisey

ARTICLES OF INTEREST

DUAL BATTERIES IN NEW CARS

Charging auxiliary batteries in new cars is becoming a bit of an issue. The new Patrol (along

with most other new cars) have a variable voltage alternator. This means the vehicle ECU

monitors the outgoing power consumption from the battery and controls the charge voltage

output of the alternator to suit. This is the latest innovation to lower fuel consumption and

raise the power output of the motor.

In my old GU I mounted an AGM battery in the rear and used a Ridge Rider (from Super-

cheap) DCDC battery charger. The setup worked very well with the auxiliary battery keep-

ing close to full charge most of the time.

I transferred the battery and charger into the new Patrol and have been having problems

with the charger cutting out and not restarting. The problem is with the smart alternator

output voltage dropping when the starter battery is approaching full charge. I have been

monitoring the voltage and have seen it hover between 12.1 to 12.5 volts indicating to me

the alternator has turned off or only trickle charging. The DCDC charger turns off at about

12.5 volts and doesn’t switch back on until 12.8 volts.

Some people have suggested to get the alternator reprogrammed. I have enquired with Nis-

san Australia and they said that can’t be done.

There is a Patrol Y62 Facebook group that is discussing modifications to stop the smart

charging, one of whom says they get an occasional fault code come up but OK after reset-

ting with the Scanguage. I would imagine that a modification like this would void the war-

ranty and could cause some secondary damage to other systems. It would probably lead to

over charging the starter battery due to no charge regulation of the alternator.

Anyway the thought of modifying the electrical system of a brand new car doesn’t seem like

a sensible thing to do to me.

I have been doing some research and have found there are some new DCDC chargers, which

turn off at 11.9 volts, now available that work with these smart alternators .

The 3 I have found that seem to be the best are:

Redark BCDC 1220 costing over $600.00

Projecta IDC25 costing about $280.00

KickAss KADCDC25A costing about $280.00

I have just bought the Projeta charger and it worked well on the Swag trip. A product re-

view will follow in the next magazine.

Cheers Brisey

FOR SALE

I found my DCDC charger wasn’t compatible with the smart variable voltage alternator in my car & I was

having trouble keeping my auxiliary battery charged. After some research I have just bought a new

Projecta DCDC charger. My Ridge Ryder brand DCDC charger is now surplus and up for sale.

Easy to connect up just run 8AWG cable from the starter battery to the charger then to the auxiliary

battery, the charger starts charging automatically when the starter battery reaches 12.8 volts and stops

charging automatically when the starter battery drops to 12.5 volts.

Charges lead acid, AGM & gel batteries

$80.00

Brisey

0429110957

FOR SALE

Bullbar mount mobile phone antenna brand new still in packet. I bought 2 in

February 2019 from Prestige Communications and installed 1 on the new car

but sold the old car before installing the second one

Axis CLR8 7-9 db spring base mobile phone antenna

Never used still in packet

Cost $78.65 including GST

Sell $50.00

Brisey

BUSINESS CORNER

Ian Screech 0428 616 592

TRIP CORNER

TRIP CORNER

Australia Day Weekend Camping Trip

24 to 27 January 2020

Next year’s Australia Day trip is to Bremer Bay staying at the Bremer Bay Car-

avan & Camping Park.

Everyone going will be responsible for booking your own accommodation directly

with the park. Bookings to be done as soon as possible so you don’t miss out.

Bremer Bay Caravan & Camping Park

130 Bremer Bay Rd, Bremer Bay, Western Australia 6338

(08) 9837 4018

TRIP CORNER

Trip Ratings

Scenic/Social – Social Events & Scenic Tours

Easy – Gravel Roads

Medium - Soft sand, med hills, rough tracks

Hard - Challenging, steep climbs & descents, very rocky, experienced 4wding. (limit on numbers may

apply)

Extreme - Very steep, deeply rutted, rock hopping, experienced 4wding. (Electric or motorized winch

compulsory)

Trip Name Starry Starry Night

Date 30th November

Trip Leader Dave Rothwell

Meeting Point TBA

Meeting Time TBA

Trip Rating TBA

Trip Name Xmas Party

Date 8TH December 2019

Trip Leader Committee

Meeting Point Wells Park Kwinana Beach

Meeting Time TBA

Trip Rating TBA

Trip Name Trip planning meeting

Date 11TH January 2020

Trip Leader Mark Skeels

Meeting Point Rockingham Hotel

Meeting Time TBA

Trip Rating TBA

TRIP CORNER

Trip Name Simpson Desert/Big Red Bash

Date June/July

Trip Leader Mike Kelly

Meeting Point TBA

Meeting Time TBA

Trip Rating TBA

Trip Name The Gathering – Bunbury

Date June Long Weekend

Trip Leader WA4WDA

Meeting Point TBA

Meeting Time TBA

Trip Rating TBA

Trip Name

Date

Trip Leader

Meeting Point

Meeting Time

Trip Rating

Trip Name Bremer Bay

Date Australia Day Long Weekend

Trip Leader Derek Murray

Meeting Point TBA

Meeting Time TBA

Trip Rating TBA

Trip Name

Date

Trip Leader

Meeting Point

Meeting Time

Trip Rating