Thread: Land Rover Register of South Australia

I was thinking of joining.
Then again I'm not really a club person.

While I am not a member, there are quiet a few on this site.

Looking from the outside as a guest...seems like a great club and the idea that is mainly focused on new Land Rovers is probably not correct.

A group from here regularly go over at Easter to the SA Registers show. I went this year to Melrose. It was a great chance to meet a lot of people from here and the SA club and share everything land rover from the oldest to the newest.

While you wait for answers from real SA Club members, you might want to look through this thread...





LIVE! Melrose 2015!

i did not renew my membership this year.

now there is nothing wrong with the club they are actually a good bunch with a good spread of vehicles.

the club was transformed by the change from Blinman to melrose for there annual event.

and there is a good collection of old LR owners and drivers etc. the guy who writes there mag, trips about in a mint S3 and the guy who organises the trips has a 2.8 Brazilian 110

there trips seem to be well organised etc.

so why did i not renew my membership. well im a but younger than most of the members, i can not commit much time to the club. and being a father to a younger son and working. the trips they organise are all a bit long and expensive. so apart from there Easter show there is not much in the club for me.

to put it another way, there Easter thing used to be at blinman on land leased by the club. the format is still basicly the same as today.
but blinman was what 6 hours away. melrose is 3. blinman has dirt roads, melrose is all seal.
the tagalongs at blinman ranged from a nice drive though some hilly paddocks with the odd gorge and creek. to axel snapping winching jobs.

my very first blinman i did 3 tyres. i know of a 300tdi powered rangie that did a set in a weekend

melrose tagalong is a nice drive to a few wineries.

but the club is dominated by the recently or soon to be retired who seem to have done well enough to kit out a LR product. or were lucky enough to come to Australia with enough dosh and not having to work much.

so it comes down to where you are in life and what you want. best advice would be to check it out for yourself

Originally Posted by 85 county

melrose tagalong is a nice drive to a few wineries.

Not all of them.... Certainly not hardcore, but we never visited a winery...



85 County is right though.... best way to decide if any club fits you is check it out yourself..

Originally Posted by 85 county

melrose tagalong is a nice drive to a few wineries.

Here we are on a tag-a-long.


Didn't pass any wineries on that one.


Bit of a climb, this one.

There is a massive amount of knowledge in the register "mob"
and they are all about promoting and supporting the brand.

I can only suggest you get along to a meeting to see if the
"glove fits" but I can tell you that the Melrose show is great
I believe, and I think that 85county would agree that as a family
based show its right up there.

The series content is reasonably high in the club but so is the spread
of other landy products. They will not look down on you for doing up a
series and especially not a series 1 (everyone loves the series 1)

As I said give it a shot, it cant hurt!

Thanks all.
Strange as it may seem, considering what forum I'm in and what's in my shed, I'm not a 4 wheel drive person as such and not real interesting in going into heavy bush. I just like old British cars and the early Landys are part of that and something I've always wanted.

I'll try to get to a meeting... actually, I'd better join quickly if I want to get to the All British Day next Feb (in my MG but hey, no-one will notice among all those Landys )

You would be surprised Crackers... plenty around here that have a soft spot for old British cars.... its not all hard core 4x4.

But wait until you get the series one onto a a dirt track..... it's quite addictive