Thread: Land Rover Register of South Australia

It Should be mentioned here that LRRSA is a Land rover only club.Not like some others where there are sometimes more Toyotas etc than landys on trips
It is A good Club .As a Mildura native I have yet to attend a club meeting but have been made welcome on the many amazing trips I have attended with this club over many years.

From my trips over to Melrose and the people I've met, I think they are a good club, with mostly good members (there's always one, and many here will know who it is), but they are inclusive and friendly. Mind you, I've found nearly all SA folk friendly - I like travelling over there. . The 2 way radio bit is helpful and you can have a yack to others in the convoy while driving along. A cheap hand held is all you need.

Maybe go to one of their meetings and meet a few of the crew and go from there.

Originally Posted by bacicat

Maybe go to one of their meetings and meet a few of the crew and go from there.

That's what I plan to do. I only mentioned the radio because of the way it was worded and the impression it gives, it's more than just the radio itself.

Melrose is always good, and a huge amount of effort goes into organising it. 95% of the club are brilliant, and if I lived nearer and didn't spend so many hours with CFS, I'd prob come down to the meetings and join. If you have the time and interest, then you'll love it!

Hi Crackers,
If you don't have a two way, get on of these.
Baofeng X Misuta Hero Dual Band UHF VHF TWO WAY FM Radio UV 5R Earpiece AU | eBay
We have several at work. Great little unit. This one is the 2015 model.
You have to pre program it yourself, does vhf and unf. Also does FM radio stations.

Whitehillbilly

Originally Posted by crackers

Something that scared me off is the requirement to have a 2 way radio for all club runs. I can understand that if going out bush but this seems to suggest that all runs are perilous affairs or high speed affairs or some such thing where you need that sort of contact. I've spent enough time working in the bush (the real bush, ie, WE were surveying the tracks so they could the build roads, the bulldozers followed US) to know I didn't buy Wombat to do that... well, not on a regular basis. It just seems like an odd requirement that you need that sort of thing for ALL club events. I guess that attitude fits in with my distrust of the yahoo element I've observed in owners of modern 4 wheel drives and yes, I know that's stereotyping and like all stereotypes, unfair to a large part of the subject group. Nor am I particularly interested in being in a group that values money spent ie, the 'mines more rad than yours' element - funny how I've also little time for most cycling groups either due to the 'must the have latest' thrust. Yup, I'm well and truly a retro-grouch and would rather sit around talking about vehicles valued for what they are and what they represented when new than how much money is involved. [/rant]

Good grief mate I wont run a trip without vehicles having a radio (I will lend them one if need be)

Its for simple communication between vehicles... Banter, fuel / rest stops, or as simple as "need to stop; got a flat" etc...

As for "who has the biggest/badest/best" toy... Every club will have at least one "well healed" member and one "retro" member... If this bothers you I suggest giving the whole club thing a miss...

If you can admire the purity of the oldies and the development of the newies then you should be ok...

Clubs move through phases - much like this forum - active members become dominant in positions and the clubs tend to shape towards the current committees actions. Then they move on, or a new guard emerge and the club reshapes again - so one year it may be all about touring and the next about short day trips or weekenders...

LRREGSA seems to have a reasonable balance most of the time...

I'm only not a member because making it to meetings would be tiring (8 hours return)

Originally Posted by whitehillbilly64

Hi Crackers,
If you don't have a two way, get on of these.
Baofeng X Misuta Hero Dual Band UHF VHF TWO WAY FM Radio UV 5R Earpiece AU | eBay
We have several at work. Great little unit. This one is the 2015 model.
You have to pre program it yourself, does vhf and unf. Also does FM radio stations.

Whitehillbilly

Be careful. This style of radio is technically illegal to use on the UHF cb band.

Aaron

Im a member,although very inactive.Physical restrictions,distance and my dislike of traffic lights means I rarely go to the big smoke hence I never get to meetings etc.