About the VFWDC
The VFWDC is a small club compared to some, with fewer than 100 members, but our members don’t miss out on anything other clubs have.
A variety of four wheel driving trips are conducted each month to cater for all drivers, vehicles and level of experience. These trips range in varying degrees of difficulty, but the majority cater for easy to medium touring with the occasional harder trip for more experienced members.
Due to family involvement a high number of trips are suitable for off road trailers making it comfortable for all concerned.
Origins of the Club
The following excerpt, written by John Lake, is reproduced from an article in the October 1993 edition of the Club’s magazine, Free Wheeling, and describes the formation and early days of the Club.
The Club was started by two blokes, Rob McKay and Dennis Cousins. They approached me knowing my interest in Landrovers, and along with a few others organised our first meeting in the Church Hall opposite the Police Station, (in Dandenong). I think that there were about 25 people at the first meeting, but only about half a dozen of us joined straight away.
Read the full article here.
Driver Training
The VFWDC encourages and highly recommends that all members participate in the driver training course. The course is available (once) for free for both new and longer serving members.
Our Driver Trainers are fully accredited
through Four Wheel Drive Victoria (FWDV).
The course aims to provide you with the skills to
make full use of your 4WD in a safe manner.
Throughout the course you will cover the following topics
both in theory and practically:
- Consideration of the environment
- Planning for four-wheel driving
- How a four-wheel drive vehicle works
- Tyres
- Driving a four-wheel drive vehicle
- Planning for your trip and pre departure checks
- Loading your Vehicle
- Driving in a variety of terrain types
- Recovery using recovery strap