Thread: which or what club to join

Originally Posted by bussy1963

So far i have found that the majority seen to focus on booze and bull****.

All i want is a nice fairly easy going club without the bull**** and all the other stuff like you need to complete a course before you can go a trip stuff. For god sake i have been driving 4x4's for over 25 years

Rugrat......and yes they will all want you to do some driver training but talk to the Trip leaders and generally they will accomodate

As for the "Booze and Bull**** ", in my 14 years as a member of LROCV, I can happily say that I have only ever struck 2 'annoying' drunks on club events. It's deffinately not a 'boozy' club.
You will always get some amount of Bull**** among 600+ members though

As for driver training, you will find most trip leaders will gladly welcome new members along, with or without training, as long as you are fully aware of what the trip involves and the leader is aware of your experience. Obviously the leader will be concerned for your wellbeing, and their own, as well as the other participants on the trip.

Murray

I must admit that I tried LROCV a few years ago and it wasn't for me. I had a fair amount of experience in 4wd too but the day course was ok and yes, I did learn one or two things.

The sheer size of the club meant that trips for 'newbies' were massively over subscribed (25 - 30 trucks on a trip...even spit into 2 it was huge and sloooooowwwww), the more 'specialised trips' which had restricted vehicle numbers were usually full with the same crews all the time and so it was difficult for a new member to get on these trips too. I did let them know my reasons for not renewing my membership and perhaps they've improved things now. I won't be shelling out my hard earned to find out.

Don't know if you've been on an AULRO trip yet but they are great, usually well researched and organised and we've had a ball on every one we've been on.

look Bussy1963, i know exactly where you're coming from.
for the first 20 years of my 4wding life i thought the same.
i joined a club because i was running out of places to go near sydney and i needed some ideas on new locations. i chose the sydney LROC because i felt they could be a wealth of knowledge when needed on my early 110 and that they were probably the only club that didn't have manditory driver training requirements.
in the 8 odd years i have been a member, i have met some great people that share many of my interests, and many of these will be my friends for the rest of my life. i got involved in the club, as this is what makes a club, the member involvement. i took a position on the committee about 6 yrs ago because it was vacant and no one was putting their hand up. i am now covering 3 positions on the committee for the same reason, luckily 2 of them are not that demanding.
i eventually did the driver training course with our club and i have to say i didn't pick up anything new that day, but i watched about 9 new drivers learn valuable skills and learn how to use their 4wds. i saw their confidence build and saw them put their new skills into practice.

if you want join a club to sit back and let everyone do everything for you, don't bother! they will never be able to satisfy your needs and you will only be bitter towards them and probably leave.
settling into a club takes time, you have to meet people and find the ones that you get along with. the LROCV has around 800 or 900 members, you are bound to find like minded individuals in there somewhere.

You could always join the Mickey Mouse Club, they may be what your after

Baz.

Redback by that comment i take it you must be the president of the club.

BTW are you a member of a 4x4 club

Hmmm clubs, kinda like church/religion. Always some one there to tell you what to do.

on the topic of clubs, any family typeclubs in SA ?

Originally Posted by Sly

Hmmm clubs, kinda like church/religion. Always some one there to tell you what to do.

You may need to do a trip with the General, or as Wardy said, Try a trip with the Melbourne AULRO guys