One of our Winter Trips took us down closer to Melbourne to Mt Disappointment State Forest. Only being an hours drive from Melbourne and 2 hours from Bendigo, Mt Disappointment is a great spot for 4wding, and despite Seasonal Track Closures we still found lots of interesting tracks to explore. Read more…
The weather report for the Queens Birthday weekend indicated the High Country was about to receive 20mm of rain on Friday – we had a wet and slippery trip in store for us. Day 1 – Bendigo to Low Saddle Camp Friday 8th June 2018 Leaving Bendigo on Friday afternoon Read more…
As trip leader for the first time we decide to offer the club a different experience, as much as we love the Victorian high country we decided to organise a trip to the Mallee – Wyperfeld / Big Desert National Park so the club could gain some sand driving experience. Read more…
This trip to Running Creek near Jamieson in the Victorian High Country was organised to take one of our sponsors, Paul Harrison (Harrison 4WD Centre) away 4WD’ing and camping for the weekend and show them what the club all about and what we do. That is – getting out into Read more…
The Sandhurst 4WD Club ran a high country trip in East Gippsland taking advantage of the 4 day Easter holiday and enjoying some of the Alpine area around the Avon Wilderness area and Ben Cruachan, from Dargo to Licola. Day 1 – Bendigo to Dargo Friday 30th March 2018 This Read more…
The Pyrenees Ranges (Pyrenees State Forest) offers some great four wheel driving and is only about an hour from Bendigo, Avoca also has a great pie shop, so what more could you ask for in a 4WD club day trip? McDonalds in Kangaroo Flat was our meeting point, around 8 Read more…
For me, travelling in the high country for more than 20 years, driving Butcher Country is one of those tracks that has to be in your list. I’ve done the iconic tracks but for some reason or another we always have to drive other challenging tracks like Butcher Country. We Read more…
The club planned a quick trip in early January to check out new campsites and tracks for future trips between Sheepyard Flat and Jamieson area in the Victorian High Country. There were 3 vehicles – perfect for a reccie as it’s small enough group to move along fairly quick. The Read more…
Last year I spent a weekend in the Mallee region on a reconnaissance trip for potential future Sandhurst 4WD Club trips. Several parks are within a reasonable drive from Bendigo – Wyperfeld National Park, Murray-Sunset National Park, Hattah Kulkyne National Park, Little Desert, Big Desert, Ngarkat Conservation Park. This is Read more…
Our last 4WD trip for the year was an epic one, hill climbs, descents on old logging tracks, ruts, rocks and winching on some sections it was a great trip. We travelled over to Avoca on the Saturday morning, having 6 vehicles for this weekend we headed into the Pyrenees Read more…