Trip Reports

There are 49 Trip Reports on the old Cockburn 4WD Club website. To enjoy reading them, click here.

Monday 1st January 2024
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By Kim Epton

 

A seven day, 1750 kilometre Road Trip out to Balladonia, returning along the Old Coach Road/Telegraph Track to Dundas then Peak Charles before exploring the remote Lake Sharpe Track and Lake Hope Track.

We took Goldfields Road and then Fisheries Road out of Esperance to Condingup.

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Monday 1st January 2024
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By Kim Epton

Drive the Coast - WA/SA Border to Twilight Cove

 

Along the Beach from WA/SA Border

The track adjacent to Eucla Telegraph Station ruins leads to the beach. An easy drive. The plan was to find our way to the SA/WA Border along the beach.

This is Eucla Beach (WA Beach 1) that

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Monday 1st January 2024
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By Kim Epton

 

This was a Road Trip with many twists and turns (and a big hill climb).

Originally the trip had many participants, however, people gradually dropped out to leave just four vehicles (Kim, Greg, Steve, and Gary).

 

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Friday 22nd September 2023
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By Kim Epton

The plan for this Road Trip was to follow Hunt Track to Kambalda, transition to Kalgoorlie and then follow the Trans Australia Railway access track to the WA/SA border.

We would meet up with Kalgoorlie identity and prospector Scott Wilson at Gnarlbine on Saturday afternoon.

Scott Overstone planned to join us at Weebubbie, just

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Saturday 13th May 2023
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By Gilbert Karel

The Wokalup Circuit is always a great Day Trip. This outing occurred on Saturday, 15 May 2023.

After meeting at Pinjarra we headed south towards Wokalup and then turned east toward the Darling Scarp.

Our Road Trip consisted of:

Gilbert Karel (Trip Manager) – Toyota Prado
Warren Peers – Mitsubishi

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Category: Day Trips
Monday 17th April 2023
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By Kim Epton

This Beach Run was the one that would complete the journey from Lancelin to Cervantes. It was not to be. A fourth attempt will need to be made in the future.

We went on to the sand at Ledge Point.

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Category: Day Trips
Monday 6th December 2021
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By Kim Epton

The first item to check out on our recce was the Dwellingup Fencelines Track. Lots of medium level challenges that would be substantially more difficult if wet.

 

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Tuesday 3rd August 2021
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By Kim Epton

Twelve vehicles assembled at Bullsbrook around 9.00 o’clock on Sunday morning. Trip Leader Jason presented the trip plan and gave us a rundown of how the day would progress. There were many new faces – a very positive sign. A trip recce had been done the weekend before and both Jason and Gilbert, who were on this Trip, had done the recce.

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Category: Day Trips
Sunday 13th June 2021
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By Gilbert Karel

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The Trip started on a cold Sunday morning in Byford. Shortly after nine o’clock, Brad and Bob Swift in a 105

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Wednesday 5th May 2021
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By Kim Epton

Day Trip to Waroona Dam, 80 kilometres south of Cockburn, on Sunday 2 May 2021.

Hynek Bouska, Stuart Clifton-James, Mark Gray Jenny Jaksic, Warren Peers, Glenda Jones, Lance Martin and Trip Leader Elvis Mestric, did a circuit of the Dam, finding fun places along the way to try

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Category: Day Trips