GCLRO Land Rover Jamboree 2012

[CheekyD1]

Thanks to everyone who attended the GCLRO Land Rover Jamboree
Everyone came with their “Fun Hats” on making it a great time again this year.
Special thanks to all those who traveled a large distance, Sunshine Coast and Port Macquarie etc

Just a quick word from me for now

Firstly I need to make some apologies
Sorry for not showing up at the fire Saturday Night, Henry put on a movie on his iPhone and I fell asleep, I was a bit tired from buzzing around like a blue ass fly all day, in an attempt to keep the day running something like smoothly.

Sorry that some old mates were not at the Fire, Trav was missed very much, the familiar call
“Trav we need more wood” fell on deaf ears :(
So hopefully he will get over, living down south and come home soon. :)

I am sorry that the invitation for the event was posted a bit slow this year, with all Cheeky’s illnesses I was very short for time, and really wanted her working for the event and I spend too much time on her rather than getting the Jambo organized.
Never mind I managed to get things together in the nick of time and everybody who chose to attend seemed to have a good time. Thanks for understanding Guys and Girls

Lastly I am sorry for the slow time I did around the dam, I hope the fast runners were not put back in the points too much; you have to consider what I had to work with…. :angel:

Cheeky says that she is very sorry that she is still sick and she was too slow getting her motor fixed.
I told her she would catch a disease hanging around all those Range Rovers

For those who want to play the Trivia Quiz at home here are the questions.
I will post up the answers in 24 hours, along with a report of all the fun I had playing with my Land Rover mates

1. What Date was the Land Rover name adopted by the Board of Directors?
A. 16 October 1947 >> 0
B. 20 August 1963 >> 0
C. 20 April 1948 >> 0
D. 1 December 0000 0


2. How many times did Land Rover Sales fail in the USA?
A, None >> 0
B. Twice >> 0
C. 3 Times >> 0
D. 4 Times 0


Q3. What was the claimed Horsepower output for a Rover 3.5 V8 fitted between 1989 - 1991?
A. 15.5 Hp >> 0
B. 144 Hp >> 0
C. 171 Hp >> 0
D. 225 Hp 0


4. Which set of Figures is correct for a 300 tdi powered Land Rover Discovery Auto?
A. 0-60mph = 22.1 sec & 31 mpg >> 0
B. 0-60mph = 10.2 sec & 27 mpg >> 0
C. 0-60mph = 17.2 sec & 27 mpg >> 0
D. 0-60mph = 18.7 sec & 21 mpg >> 0

5. The new Jag 4.4 L V8 is a big improvement over the old Rover unit what is the claimed Output of the Jag Mill?
A. 305 Hp >> 0
B. 407 Hp >> 0
C. 500 Hp >> 0
D. 1000 Hp >> 0


6. In Land Rover terms what does “Wolf” mean?
A. A name given to the Best Land Rover Grimace ever owned >> 0
B. A Land Rover Code name given to the Defender >> 0
C. The “Nick Name” used by British solders to describe a Land Rover >> 0
D. A type of Gear Box manufactured by BMW for Land Rover 0


7. What Year did the Land Rover Company begin trading ?
A. 1947 >> 0
B. 1948 >> 0
C. 1967 >> 0
D. 1978 >> 0

8. What is a “Snatch Land Rover” ?
A. A protected patrol vehicle >> 0
B. A sports model sold in the USA >> 0
C. What you need to rescue a stuck Range Rover >> 0
D. The act of rescuing a bogged Land Rover 0


9. In RAF service how many Rovers were allocated to deploy a Rapier Missile battery ?
A. 1 101FC >> 0
B. 2 101 FC’s and a 109 >> 0
C. 3 109’s >> 0
D. None they used a Willies Jeep and a guy with bifocals’ 0

10. What is the name of Land Rovers replacement for the Camel Trophy Event?
A. Freelander Free for all >> 0
B. Range Rover 4x4 world cup >> 0
C. G4 Challenge >> 0
D. Australian Land Rover Jamboree >> 0


Bonus. Which is the Best Land Rover Ever
CheekyD1 1
Dougie Diesel 0
Fluffy 0
Other 0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------

[harry]

Straight up,
Thank you Gary for your effort in putting this together
Making it run as smoothly as possible
Your effort is to be applauded, it takes far more effort than many know

I had a great time playing the fool,
Gaz set me off as the how to do it example, so I tried to set a good
example of how to achieve each task

Thanks to all who attended, without you this wouldn't have been such a great weekend

We travelled some of the tracks on offer and i think we all enjoyed the trip

[Ralph1Malph]

Thanks All,
This was our first trip as GCLRO members so I hope we aquitted ourselves as worthy:p:p.
We had a great weekend and for the first time in a long while my kids were happy to be out 'roverin!:D.
See you all next time and thanks for the great hospitality.

Ralph

[Psimpson7]

Thanks Gary for the efforts you put into organising this again. It was good to make it this year.

Some pics we took below:

Group picture from earlyishon Saturday morning.

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Bob watching from the shade!

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JohnR:

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Xbox:

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Various cars in the mud hole:

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Nice series:

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At this point, foolsishly with hindight it turned out, I spotted Harry circling for another run through the mudhole, and got a prime location..... See if you can guess at what point in this sequence I regretted this...

Thanks to severyone who had tissues available for the camera rescue operation!

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Grimace and Timmy:

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A battle of Wills! :wasntme:

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DJ:

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Thanks again to Gary. We had a great day on Satruday and it was shame we couldn't stay for the evening.

Cheers
Pete+Sam

[CheekyD1]

1. What Date was the Land Rover name adopted by the Board of Directors?
A. 16 October 1947 >> ### 2 Points
B. 20 August 1963 >> I am not a Land Rover
C. 20 April 1948 >> Red Herring
D. 1 December 0000 Jesus is also not a Land Rover, Land Rovers only think they can walk on water

2. How many times did Land Rover Sales fail in the USA?
B. Twice >> 0 1974 & 1980 ### 2 Points


Q3. What was the claimed Horsepower output for a Rover 3.5 V8 fitted between 1989 - 1991?
A. 15.5 Hp >> 0 Briggs & Stratton
B. 144 Hp >> 0 Yup that’s all folks ### 2 Points
C. 171 Hp >> 0
D. 225 Hp 0

4. Which set of Figures is correct for a 300 tdi powered Land Rover Discovery Auto?
C. 0-60mph = 17.2 sec & 27 mpg >> 0 ### 2 Points


5. The new Jag 4.4 L V8 is a big improvement over the old Rover unit what is the claimed Output of the Jag Mill?
A. 305 Hp >> 0 ### 2 Points


6. In Land Rover terms what does “Wolf” mean?
C. The “Nick Name” used by British solders to describe a Land Rover >> 0 ### 2 Points

The term Wolf was a project name used by Land Rover to cover the British Army's recent range of vehicles. The name is not officially used by the MoD but adopted by soldiers as a generic term.

7. What Year did the Land Rover Company begin trading ?
A. 1947 >> 0 Land Rover Prototype developed
B. 1948 >> 0 Land Rover announced to the Times
C. 1967 >> 0
D. 1978 >> 0 ### 2 Points
Although the brand originates from the original 1947 model, Land Rover as a company has only existed since 1978, prior to this it was a product line of the Rover Company which was subsequently absorbed into the Rover-Triumph division of the British Leyland Motor Corporation (BL) following Leyland Motor Corporation’s takeover of Rover in 1967


8. What is a “Snatch Land Rover” ?
A. A protected patrol vehicle >> 0 ### 2 Points
The Snatch is based on the Land Rover Heavy Duty Chassis, a militarised version of the Defender 110 (similar to the Land Rover Wolf) with a Vehicle Protection Kit (VPK) fitted. It was originally procured for use in Northern Ireland by the British Army.[3] and was first introduced in 1992 for use in rural patrolling and providing some degree of small arms protection for occupants and a limited level of protection from Improvised Explosive Devices and off-route mines.

9. In RAF service how many Rovers were allocated to deploy a Rapier Missile battery ?
B. 2 101 FC’s and a 109 >> 0 ### 2 Points
Two 101's were allocated to each Rapier Missile set up. The British RAF Rapier system used 3 Land-Rovers in deployment a 24V winch fitted 101 Firing Unit Tractor (FUT) to tow the launch trailer, also loaded with 4 Rapier missiles, guidance equipment and radio. Along with a 12V winch fitted 101 Tracking Radar Tractor (TRT) to tow the Blindfire Radar trailer, also loaded with 4 Rapier missiles and guidance equipment. Finally a 109 Land Rover was also used to tow a reload trailer with 9 Rapier missiles and loaded with the unit's other supplies and kit.

10. What is the name of Land Rovers replacement for the Camel Trophy Event?
C. G4 Challenge >> 0 ### 2 Points

Bonus. Which is the Best Land Rover Ever
CheekyD1 Bonus 15 Points
Dougie Diesel Bonus 5 Points
Fluffy Bonus 5 Points
If you named your own Rover Deduct 50 Bonus points

[CheekyD1]

Hi Gary
This is George from the weekend /the owner of the red cattle pup/.I cant post on the club section so i take this option to thank you for organising a great weekend , me and junior are had a great time . If you can please post our thanks to everyone else for a friendly and warm welcome ,we felt like we know everyone for years you guys got a good thing going .Who i should contact about joining the club ? Thats of course if we didn't made too much of the nuisance of ourselves on the weekend :)
Once again thank you for the great weekend and for putting up with us .
cheers
George

:):):)

[CheekyD1]

Some Big Thank You’s

To all the people who pitched in to help get the weekend up and running smoothly, I could not do everything myself. An event like this takes lot of helpers who are often over looked and not thanked.
So here is my public appreciation to everybody who helped. Great Job guys and Girls, thanks :D

To British Off Road from the Sunshine Coast thanks for pitching in merchandise for prizes and a Gift Voucher, we appreciate your continued support of the event again this year and urge everyone to return service by patronizing your services. :arms:

To all the clubs who supported the event by sending members, we say thanks; I believe we had at least one representative of every club in attendance. The event was aimed at fostering unity and goodwill for every Land Rover owner regardless of affiliation, cheers guys.

To AULRO thanks for all your support; providing a forum to publicize the event wide and far.
Maybe next year we could twist their arm to put our event into their ad feed.

Lastly I really want to thank all those who not only chose to turn up but did so in a sprit of camaraderie with a sprit ready for a Fun Time. :p

We arrived after dark on the Friday, the new lights on the improved camper trailer worked out well for the “Night Landing”
After quickly setting up, we made a bee line for the fire place to defrost, it was good to catch with everybody again.

After a good nights sleep, Cheryl had packed a second blanket thankfully, we woke up bright and early.
The first item on the program was the Show and Shine, we soon had a very impressive line up of all sorts of different Land Rovers on display.
The judges had a very difficult time finding clear winners for each category

One Discovery came equipped with a rescue squad, though I think it was a bit short of horsepower.
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I do not know how this got in....
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The second challenge was to measure 500 meters, as our convoy moved to the motokana area of the park, they came across Henry at the Start Line, they then had to measure 500 meters (without using a GPS) they soon discovered that the 500 meters measured out to be somewhere in the motokana area. Pete was there to measure how accurate, or should I say inaccurate the measurements were. :cool:

The third challenge was a lap of the dam explained like so
Last Year Mrs Cheeky set a time for completing a lap of the Dam, this year Mr Cheeky has set the time
Your job is to complete a lap in the same time
1 Points lost from 100 for each second over or under his time.
There have been plenty pictures of competitors hitting the mud puddles rather hard to get a quick time. Unfortunately I could only scrape up an old Jeep to do the lap in, so my time was rather slower than Mrs Cheeky who got to drive a mighty D1 :twisted:
Thanks be to Grimace for doing the time keeping.

Challenge 4
Some say that attaching over size tyres compromises the turning circle of your vehicle so much so that your truck turns into Austin Powers in a golf cart,
To prove them wrong you will be allocated an area of twice the wheel base of your Land Rover.
Your challenge is to turn your Rover over end on end within the area allotted, the number of Austin Powers turns you make will be counted and points deducted for each. Thanks Josh for doing the scoring
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As it turns out the Girls did rather better at this challenge than the Blokes, one unnamed driver took 12 Austin Powers turns to spins his D1 rego 01 HJM around.
Upon further enquiry I discovered the girls secret, it seams that the girls take the Land Rovers to the shops more and are therefore used to this type of maneuver.

Challenge 5
The Range Rover was launched as a luxury means of off road travel, to prove your Rover bred is better or defend the RRC brand.
You are to perform a simple task of retrieving water.
Drive to the lake, fill an ice cream container with water, place it onto the bonnet of your Rover and return to poor whatever water is left in the ice cream container into the bucket labeled with vehicle’s type.
The Rover type with the most water in its bucket will be proven to be the best.
10 points for having a go, 100 points for the rover who retrieves the most water, 50 second, 20 points for third.
Bonus Points awarded for creative / more challenging route to buckets. Eg over the logs etc
Thanks Tim for doing the measuring

Series Boys did well
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RRC’s did not do very well really,
I guess me must conclude that the ride in a RRC is not as smooth was we have been lead to believe???
and that a series must ride Better by our testing ...
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But I am sorry to inform the RRC supporters among us that the Disco’s reined supreme again for the second year running.
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Tim was very careful measuring and even averaged for the number of cars, or so I am told.

Challenge 8
Blind man’s bluff
Find a spotter you trust, because you will be wearing the Land Rover safety helmet and will be asked to complete a course
100 points less 10 for hitting an obstacle or straying out of the course

Crash safety helmets were issued and off people went
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This proved quite a spectator sport
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A late lunch was declared and we all headed back to camp where Challenge 9 was handed out
To test your knowledge of the Land Rover Marque we have prepared a Trivia Quiz
Fill in the answers by crossing the box, 2 points for a correct answer.
Using the internet is banned.

After Lunch the convoy headed out for a drive in the 4x4 park, Greg and Dave set the lead as I still could not “borrow” a Land Rover, I guess everybody had seen me drive before or maybe they had been checking out my YouTube channel, GazBon008 - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/user/GazBon008?feature=mhee) Dam YouTube, don’t forget to subscribe, new videos posted all the time….

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Sunday morning the group set out to climb the highest hill on the park
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We found a nice view of the campsite, thanks Harry for leading.
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Thanks all, I will endeavor to sort through the results and will post up asap..

Cheers

Gary

[JohnR]

:pA great weekend and highly recomend for next year and we must try and get more members from the other clubs to join in and make it bigger and better.

Great job by Gary and his team organising it all. Not an easy job but all seem to go well.

Anyway, photo's:
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Got to suck up to the organiser as the results are not out yet!! I was VERY impressed with the Jeeps performance especially the skill of the driver although I am aware that Cheeky might have her grumpy wheels on for being left at home:p

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Did Dave order some mud for the passenger seat?

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More MUD!!

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Harry amazed all of us by making the Disco do a swan dive into the mud. Even if his speaker was trying to escape!!

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Sirius made a dash through the mud after climbing over the dam wall!

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Grimace was right on the timing with Phil in Tims Game. Even if he had to be revovered half way around the lap. (Might want to lock in those front hubs next time eh? :eek:)

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Loui was onto number plate recovery duty :o

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The kids had a ball playing in the play ground :D
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Pete & Sam trying to figure out if two Cannon's could make as good a photo as one Nikon :p

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Greg playing in the play ground

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We might have got a bit inventive on the water gathering :angel:

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Precision driving by Tim over ALL the tyres:angel:

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The kiddies playing on Sunday

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Cow says "MOO!"

Cheers,

[XK150]

Here are the photos from the Ramp Run.

More to come, can only load five at a time.

[XK150]

Ramp Run

[XK150]

Ramp Run

[XK150]

Ramp Pics

[XK150]

These are pics of me trying to find all the other Rovers...

[CheekyD1]

Ok so I have totted up the results and have ordered the Trophies

Everybody who attended the Jamboree is cordially invited to the awards night to be held in conjunction with this month Gold Coast Land Rover Owners Club Meeting

7pm Thursday 2nd August 2012
Parkwood Taven Cnr Olsen & Wintergreen Ave Parkwood QLD 4214

So please make the drive we would love to see you again, especially if you drive a nice Series 2 - ex military or your name is Bryan :angel:

[CheekyD1]

Glen Wallis – Series 2
Land Rover Jamboree 2012 - Winner
1st - Show and Shine - Most Authentic
1st – Austin Powers & Dam Lap
3rd – Blind man’s Bluff
Overall Jamboree Champion - 1st Place


John R - Defender
Land Rover Jamboree 2012 - Winner
1st – Distance Measure & Water Carry
2nd – Blind man’s Bluff & Trivia Contest
4th – Austin Powers & Travel Ramp
Overall Jamboree Winner (inc Bonus Points)


TimJ / Phil - Game
Land Rover Jamboree 2012 - Winner
Show and Shine – Best off Road Club Car
2nd – Austin Powers & Trivia Contest


Grover69 - RRC
Land Rover Jamboree 2012 - Winner
1st - Show and Shine – Most Capable


Wombi – D4
Land Rover Jamboree 2012 - Winner
1st - Show and Shine - Most Original
1st – Distance Measure
Overall Jamboree Champion – 3rd Place


Harry – D1
Land Rover Jamboree 2012 - Winner
Show and Shine – Dirtiest Rover


Busman - RRC
Land Rover Jamboree 2012 - Winner
1st – Trivia Contest
2nd – Travel Ramp
3rd – Austin Powers



X-Box - Defender
Land Rover Jamboree 2012 - Winner
1st - Show and Shine - Most Dinged
2nd – Distance Measure & Austin Powers
3rd – Water Carry


George – D1
Land Rover Jamboree 2012 - Winner
1st – Travel Ramp


Bryan Walters – Defender
Land Rover Jamboree 2012 – Winner
1st – Blind man’s Bluff
Overall Jamboree Runner up (inc Bonus Points)


If you were not at last months Club Meeting to collect your trophy,
maybe you should come along next month 6/9/12