Thread: Newcastle Defender owners

Originally Posted by Cammo

Jimmy,
There's a few of us in the Newcastle area. We are grossly under-represented in the Newcastle Land Rover Club; last time I enquired there were 4 I think. The members tend to own 'cruisers and pootrols and bag Land Rovers out like most owners of other brands tend to do. The atmosphere on a whole is welcoming and family oriented, but I struggled finding a like minded soul to talk to when it came to vehicle choice.

That experience has postponed me from further enquiries. The Sydney club is meant to be good, but I have yet to have any first hand experience, and its a way to travel.

There is an unofficial "club" organized through this forum and facebook. Mainly defenders, sometimes a disco or somesuch. They did a trip to the Watagans a while back that I was a part of and there's a trip running this weekend down to Hill End/Sofala way. Search "Defender 4WD Group - Sydney" if you're on facebook and interested.

Hope that's helped you somehow.

I think people are deterred from starting official clubs due to insurances and such these days.

Cheers
Cammo

Hi Jimmy,

I've been away on three trips with the 'Defender 4WD Group - Sydney' that Cammo mentions and it's only just started so the numbers are still small but we're hoping to change that.

Last weekend it was a great trip up to Hill End and Sofala, 2 nights camping on the Macquarie and Turon rivers respectively with a bit of gold panning (successful!) and some extremely pleasant driving in breathtaking scenery.

4 Defenders were present from this site including Brett (Bushman83) who is doing his trip around Australia at the moment. The other two guys brought their kids and everyone had a blast, even when the weather front came though as we were cooking dinner!

As a general rule it's about touring and visiting awesome places. Occasionally we might go away just to hit some tracks and tackle something really tough so there's a mixture of touring and more extreme 4WDing but it's entirely up to the individuals what they want to tackle. We didn't really find anything that needed low range last weekend other than one steep descent.

The company is excellent, the camping areas we've been to are all really fantastic and I am already looking forward to the next one.

I'm keen to get a really big group together - a convoy of Defenders rolling into a wee country town for a pie and a pint would be a sight to behold!

Perhaps we should do a trip up your way next time - maybe hit the sands and do some exploring up that way?

26.
Married.
6 month old son.
2 beagles.
1 2011 130 dual cab hcpu.
1 1982 isuzu stage 1 truck cab (first car and resto-mod project)

I would be interested in some newcastle catch ups, i to tried the newcastle land rover club many years ago but was put off by the fact they just kept making jokes about my land rover.... i didnt realise they had a land lease at gloucester though?

Ive got my own property at stroud, while its not that large(500 acres) i certainly have a few tracks on it and some serious terrain.

Yes, I would like to join in a Defender catch-up in Newcastle.
Cheers, PJ.
MY2015 110 Indus Silver

I'm floating between Canberra and the Hunter at the moment - with a possible relocation (return) to the Hunter on the cards.

Would be up for a catch up/day trip at some stage.

I'm in a modded silver 110 Puma - maybe I'll wave at ya' at some stage!

Let me know if you guys have room for a ex defender owner. I'd love to tag along
in the Iveco.

Would like to catch up with other Defender owners in Newcastle, bought my 110 tdi Defender 2 weeks ago, and had to leave for work 3 days later, at sea missing the Defender, never had a Landrover or a 4WD before so need to start learning - also any good Defender mechanics in Newcastle/Hunter want to get the D checked out, when I get home, before going on any serious trips.

The next meeting of this club is Wednesday 12th August at Kotara Bowling Club @ 7pm; thought I might go & have a look.

Cheers,
Lee