easy 4wding?

G'day,
Try www.4wdmonthly.com.au and ask away on the forum.
I am sure someone will be able to help you out.

Also check out your local 4WD club, they will regularly run driver training courses for various terrain types.

There is a great book in the Boiling Billy range - 4wd Treks Close to Sydney - it's a great book, with a heap of treks in your area - it is for sale from the Exploroz shop at Site Link

As mentioned above, don't go too far by yourself though - there are a lot of places out there, and not too far from bitumen - where if you broke down, you could be sitting there for a loooooong time by yourself ;-)

Hi Glenda,

The advice to contact a local club is the best advice you will get. I'm sure someone here can point you towards a good club in your area... I'm in Victoria.

The benefits from a club often include:
- Cheap driver training - you will learn and become much more confident - and learn the SAFE way to do things.
-Good advice from people that have "been there and done that".
-AND most clubs offer regular trips to some very interesting locations. - these trips are usually graded ( scenic, easy, medium ,hard etc..) - so you will know what you are getting into - and more importantly there will be others there to help if you need it.

It took me a few years to join a club.... because I thought I knew all I needed and could do it alone. I am now a very happy member of a 4x4 club and would highly recommend it to any one - new or old hand.

Cheers Mark

Have a look at pcoa.org.au/ and have a look at our forum where we post the trip reports. Most of the members have Pathfinders (hence the name), so we aren't into extreme winch challenges or anything like that, just getting out in the bush, touring type stuff with some interesting sections to keep it interesting.
Most of the members are located in Sydney with a few on the Central Coast and Newcastle so trips are generally organised to take in these areas.

Plenty of clubs around though, so look around and find one that fits.

Pete.

Hi Glenda.

You could take a look at Yengo NP, coming in near Wollombi. It is a nice run, not difficult, and has some interesting aboriginal rock carvings and other stuff to see. There is the occasional ranger vehicle and an odd grader, so just take your time.

If you are looking for a few 4WD challenges, then what the other replies have mentioned seems the right way to go. There are a couple of good 4WD clubs up around our way (Central Coast).

The "trip" book is also a good one.

Getting in with a club and having a day on Stockton beach to get a bit of sand driving practice is a lot of fun, and the kids would enjoy it as well. Once you've done that, then you can confidently head off to Fraser Island. A great place with plenty to see.

Jack

Glenda....

The advice to join a club is good advice! You will learn to drive confidently and safely in a club enviroment, and be with like-minded people who want to have as much fun as you do!

At first I was against the club thing, and only joined our club for the driver training, which was considerably cheaper than the commercial tuition companies. Now, 3 1/2 years later, our weekends are planned around our clubs trip calender!! The best money I have spent!

Cheers

Brian

Take the advice of others here, join a club. You should never go out on your own, specially with 2 kids.. if something happened to you, the kids would be phukt. No matter how "EASY" it appears.