Rob led a huge turnout up onto the dunes for some excellent fun and adventures - Notably we had Dave (new member, in his white-van-powered-diesel 110) and his guest in a spanky new RR Sport plus, Andy in "Yellow Peril", his newly VINned, ex-UK SIIA.

Kevin and Oddball took us into the depths of the  forest where there were plentyh of washouts to keep drivers busy with their navigation. Oddball of course took every opportunity to dive into freshly filled 'lakes' not always with success!

Ian and Lisa-Marie yet again put on a great day for the not-the-usual-drivers of our club Land Rovers. Many accolades at the next club meeting confirmed that great fun was had and...  the expert tuition was well received!

Keith Cornell's photos are crackers - so many to choose from!

Leonard powers (hah!) through the top water trough near the start

The video documentary (!) can be found on UChoob:  here

Thanks Keith!

A couple of snaps from the Pig Farm - tremendous fun was had by all. Keith Cornell will be sending us more action photos very soon...

[Ray looking very shiny at the beginning... (ask him how it looked at the end!]

Bill landed me with these photos of the Planting Day - he sends his regards to all :)

This next one is a special for Bill - he sat next to a Kiwifruit farmer's daughter on the flight over - and then actually got to handle his favourite fruit in NZ!

Eight of the fourteen vehicles booked on trip met at the BP in Papakura at 8.00am on Wednesday 31st March in preparation for the drive to wellington.  The rest were going to meet us on the way at various points.

Te Rau Puriri - 30 km up on South Head Road - Sunday 18 April and a host of Willing Workers manage to beat all the odds and plant 4,000 treelings in just 4 hours!

You'll hear more about the road trips, the off-roading and The Ayslum very soon no doubt..

Thanks to Horse for arranging the whole thing.

Meantime here are a few highlight photos of the the trip.

Willis St, Wellington at 7am: Ready for the ferry