Recommend an offroad training course in Melbourne?

Margaret and I both did the courses offered by the Toyota Landcruiser Club in Adelaide. We also joined the club (with a Ford F350 4WD motorhome) for that purpose.
We also did a comercial course.
Both were good, but different, and complimentary.


Cheers,
Peter
OKA196 motorhome

Thanks for that, Cuppa - I should have thought of that supplier.

George_M

Thanks Peter - exactly how did that Cruiser get caught trying a traverse like that during a 4WD course:-)

He was a learner, like all of us. Learners can do anything :)
Cheers,
Peter
OKA196 motorhome

Ah yes, Peter.

We all have one of those photos in our collections - this one was from Poyungan Rocks in 1975.

Just posting for a friend!

I'm standing in the foreground with the fashionable white bucket hat.

George_M

Thanks for that - good suggestion.

A course where there is a very strong practical component is what I'm looking for.

George_M

I agree to a certain extent - we baby boomers generally learned through doing things and stuffing things up in a pre-WWW age.

In my case I developed these skills layer by layer over many years, starting off in a $500 Land Rover. At the time I worked in an organisation that had a never-ending supply of cheap (often free) spare parts. Some of my experience-gathering activities I still cringe about.

In Cameron's case he knows the basics. He has seen me descend a muddy track in a vehicle with an automatic transmission, but he probably didn't really know or understand what I was doing. My thinking is that he would benefit from a 4WD course that puts into context many of the things he has learned or observed over the years.

He will be doing this in an 80 thousand dollar machine with more electronics than the Star Ship Enterprise, most of which are a mystery to me. I'd rather he did not learn by trial-n-error as I did.

George_M

George, you are right. I learned in an FJ55, then Patrol. The VW I have now leaves those for dead. It's very sophisticated. Whereas in the past it was mainly mechanical, it's now electronic and mechanical. I didn't want to find out what all those buttons do by trial and error in real situations. Since the 4wd course I've learned that the vehicle can do a lot more than I'd be comfortable.

During the time I was in the Canberra Monaro Club, the bloke who ran the advanced driver courses sent his daughter along to do the beginners course. I think that is a fair indication of intervention by others is a good thing.

Thanks Bricky - I'll check them out.

George_M