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April 2020

At the Moment April & May General Meetings

CANCELLED due To COVID-19

General Meeting

held on the Third Monday of the Month

7.30pm at 95 South Tce. Adelaide

National Council of Women War Memorial Fund Building

Next AGM—Monday 19th October 2020

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Topics Page No. Index 2 President’s Rattle 3 2020 Committee 4 General Meeting Minutes 5 - 6 Corona & BBQ Pork Steaks Recipe 7 Trips & Social 8 One Hell of a Trip—Part 1 9 - 12

Broken Lamp 12

Houseboat Trip 16-20-March-2020 - Rob Booth 13 -14

Reflections of COVID-19 Quarantine 14

Possible New Logos 15

For Sale—Club Shirt, Beanie & Cap 16 New Fleeced Lined Hoodie Jackets Insurance Renewals 17 Birthdays 17 Editors Report 18 Sponsors, Supporters & Advertisers 18 For Sales 20

Advertisers Electric Bug 19

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The Presidents Ramble

April 2020

Not much to report for this first month of restrictions. Hope you & your partners are getting on OK. Well the clubs financial year is drawing to a close, subs are due by the end of June, A rejoining fee will apply after the August meeting. Renewals will be posted out and fees to be paid by EFT and renewal forms handed back when we next meet again.

Trips The June Long weekend. Or the October Long weekend We may be able to travel so maybe Hummocks Station may be a goer, but who knows. My Physio sent this out to help with some of the shortages.

Homemade hand sanitizer Recipe

Ingredients

2/3 cup 99% rubbing (isopropyl) alcohol

1/3 cup 100% pure aloe vera gel

Optional: 8-10 drops essential oil for smell

Bowl and spoon

Funnel

Empty liquid soap or hand sanitizer bottle

Step 1: Mix the rubbing alcohol, aloe vera and optional essential oil in a bowl with a spoon. Be careful to keep

pure alcohol away from your skin.

Step 2: Funnel the mixture into the empty bottle. Screw the pump cap back on and voila, you have hand

sanitizer.

Please stay safe. Cheers Phill.

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Just a note for those who wish to use Electronic Funds Transfer to pay their Subs, please see below :- Suzuki 4 Wheel Drive Club of SA Commonwealth Bank

The BSB Number is :- 065 125 The Account Number is :- 00901550 Important Note :- Any deposit to the Club Account must have a Description of what it is, for Identification i.e. Membership!

President Phill D 0438 70 2503 Vice President Noellene R 0428842709 Secretary Cheryl W 0402 07 2213 Treasurer Martin F 0419 54 9217 Membership Officer Phill D 0438 70 2503 Discounts & Purchasing Phill D 0438 70 2503 Magazine Editor Rob W 0417 86 8876 Internet Maintenance Rob W 0417 86 8876 Facebook Maintenance Kyla W 0412 92 2459 Trips & Social Noellene & Peter R 0428842709 Tools & Property Peter R 0428842709 Technical Officer Thomas G 0412 02 2405 Fund Raisers Elaine D 0412 67 0372 Assistant Fund Raiser Michelle O’D 0432 57 3651 Club Apparel Kyla W 0412 92 2459 4 Wheel Drive Delegate Colin M 0423 02 2928 & Club Support Unit—4WDSA Welcoming Officer Rob B 8250 7987 Public Officer Rob W 0417 86 8876

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Suzuki 4WD Club of S.A. Inc.

General Meeting Minutes

Date 16 / 03 / 2020 National Womens’Assn, 95 South Tce., Adelaide

Meeting Opened:

8-50 pm by Phil Dohne

Welcome To New Members & Visitors:

Welcome to Brian Astill

Apologies:

Rob and Terrie Booth, Trevor and Helen Wrigley, Paul and AliceAnn Philbrook, David White, Kyla White, Sue and Dawn

Correspondence:

Club magazines:- Nil Ngarkat Working Bee, Arma Admin – Aust Recreational Motorists Assoc, RFDS Feb Newsletter, 4WDSA - AGM Thurs 19 March, Nature Matters.

Business arising from Correspondence:

ARMA – Cheap regist, cheap insurance, than 4WDSA

Previous Meetings Minutes:

ACCEPTED By: Rob Wellington

SECONDED BY: Thomas Grafton

Business Arising from Minutes

Nil

Treasurer’s Report:

BANK STATEMENT FOR 21 / 2 / 2020

Opening balance: $ 7,719-80

Paid In: Fundraising $ 24-55

Paid Out: $

CURRENT BALANCE OF ACCOUNT: $ 7,744-35 Cheque not banked yet

Moved Treasurer’s Report be accepted : Robert Beames

Seconded : Brian Astill Carried: All

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The Committee Minutes are Not published in the Magazine But they will be available to view if you are interested Cheryl Wellington Secretary

Tools & Property Report:

Old 1997 First Aid Kit for Sale - Donation to club Sockets, 3 stop watches - Donation to Club Cushions for sale – Crows/Port Power - money to Lions Club

Internet Report:

Going all OK

Facebook Report:

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Magazine Report:

Still need articles – RFDS next month – Private trips

Membership Report:

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Technical Report:

Possibility 4 door, 3L, Jimny Ute

Trips & Social Report:

Easter – Hummocks Station, BYO Toilet paper, Wood for sale, Leisure trips, HR 4WDriving.

Club Support Unit

Fund Raising Report: Lucky envelope $10:- Elaine $40 minus cards, milk, Hot X Buns Banked: $17-35

The Birthday Report: Rob Booth 11th April, AliceAnn 19th April, Kryn B 25th April, Julie S 30th April, Marlene G 30th April

Association Delegate:

Thursday

New Business:

Bill Adams passed away 10th March. Sent card to family. Wake Sat 21st March 10-5pm, don’t wear black. For Sale: Yamaha AV receiver, 7.1 channels, 90 watts, RMS – any serious offers. Contact Rolly. Payment to Mike for auditing our books.

Meeting Closed: 9-10pm Next Meeting: 20 / 4 / 2020

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CORONA

Corona It’s not a Beer

It’s a Virus And it’s Here

It’s Contagious It has no Peer

It’s gone Pandemic It has no Fear

There’s no Vaccine Won’t Disappear

For a Long Time Maybe a Year

Put our Heads Together Work on Ideas

Find its Weakness And Make it Veer

From its Dire And Deadly Sheer

Of Precious Life Of Our So Dear

We’ll Stand and Fight Both Far and Near

Till the Battle’s Won And All is clear

Then the World as One United can Cheer

With a Celebratory Wine And that Beer

Rob Booth

BBQ Pork Steaks with Corn & Kaleslaw

2 x 250g pkts Woolworths Cook pork steaks with Sweet & Smokey BBQ Glaze 425g pkt Corn Cobbettes 350g Woolworths Kaleslaw Kit 250g cherry tomatoes, halved

1. Preheat BBQ or chargrill pan over med/high heat. Bring steaks to room temperature. Season with salt & pepper.

2. Cook steaks and corn 8 -12 mins, turning occasionally, or until steaks are

cooked through and corn is charred.

3. In large bowl toss Kaleslaw with dressing from the kit. Add tomato to salad, and season with salt and pepper.

Arrange Kaleslaw, corn and sliced steak on plates, and scatter over super boost mix from the kit.

Prep 5mins Cook 15 mins Serves 4 or ½ recipe for two Quick, easy and healthy meal while camping or at home.

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Note for Trip Leaders

All Vehicles Used on Club Trips MUST be Covered by Insurance (should be viewed by Trip Leaders) Please remember the Trip Leader is the person in charge of the trip, so direct all enquiries to that person. They are the person who has made the original booking or contact with the owner, and should be the only person to maintain that contact, unless the Trip Leader so directs ie. Site or Cabin bookings Etc.

—————————————————————————————— April & May Meetings Cancelled Because of COVID - 19 Virus —————————————————————————————— 6,7,8th June is a long weekend anyone wish to run a trip —————————————————————————————— 3,4,5th October another long weekend if you missed out running the June trip now is your chance. ——————————————————————————————

ABC Tour (Collinswood) Followed by Lunch Has been put on hold because of COVID-19 Trip Leader Cheryl Wellington ——————————————————————————————

- Make sure you get your name on the Trip Sheets -

Come on Folks, we need Trips and Social Activities - for this year, even any weekends, Social Events or even Maybe a Club BBQ somewhere, any Ideas

Contact the Trips Officers Peter or Noellene on Mobile 0428 84 2709

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From Phil & Elaines Trip Folder

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Here’s why modern cars are so expensive to repair, this is the remains of one headlight after a very minor Impact, Replacement cost a little under $600 plus labour—From Martin

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Houseboat Trip 16-20 March 2020

Monday 16th March at 10am we left home for my sister’s place in Parafield Gardens. After we turned onto Salisbury Hwy I could hear a clicking sound coming from one of my tyres. At my sister’s I checked and found a long Tech Screw in one of them in the thickest part of the tread. I thought it might be OK and began unscrewing it but it leaked. While my sister finished loading her car we took off for Cluse Bros Tyres, 45 mins and $30 later all was fixed so we headed for Murray Bridge. We met everybody at the new shopping centre about an hour late to do our predermined list of who was supplying what. At 3pm we loaded our stuff onto the boat (The Dove) at the River Glen Marina about 7-8 kms from Murray Bridge. After about an hour of “Tuition” and familiarization we headed back to Mur-ray Bridge about 1-1/2 hours for the night and pub meal with my nephew and his wife. Tuesday we left about 9am heading upstream towards Mannum. Beautiful day with very little river traf-fic at all. I hadn’t travelled this part of the river so stayed outside in the warm sunshine and admired the sights. I was also looking for mileage markers so we could find a place to stop for lunch. Because you can’t pull up just anywhere anymore, the river charts are marked where you can, and sometimes it’s al-ready crowded. We came across a salvage barge who had been removing a very old houseboat that was derelict and sunk. It was a bit over loaded and low in the water so we cruised past and headed for a boat ramp and area where we could stop for lunch. The wind had come up a bit so we watched a smaller boat attempt to tie up at our stop, but after five attempts, one of which hit a jetty, they left. We had three attempts and got it right then tied up. The salvage barge pulled into the boat ramp and with the on board crane unloaded the rusty remnants onto the already large pile of stuff they had. Later a large low loader came to load all of the salvage and take it away. After we’d eaten we couldn’t hit the road so we hit the river for Mannum. There was still a head wind but not too bad but we weren’t in a hurry so it didn’t matter. It was a pleasant cruise into Mannum Club (pub) for the night. We strolled up and down the Main Street remembering the 1956 flood and where the water came up to the bottom of the pub, not far from the ferry, had water up to the balcony for quite a while. After dinner we adjourned to the top deck for a few frothies, fizzies and other assorted stuff and some banter with the next door boat people. Wednesday we hit the river again about 10am and had to wait for the go ahead from two ferries before crossing their cables. Another nice day for cruising and seeing how much the area and the number of groups of shacks had changed. I use the word “shacks” very loosely, as a lot of them probably cost more than the owner’s main house. We found a really nice beach so pulled in, tied up had a bit of a break and lunch. After a couple hours we backed out and headed off again. More unfamiliar river but it was very nice checking it out. We thought our boat was quite big but some we saw were bigger and betterer than ours, one was big and bright orange and black. Keeping an eye on mileage markers, when we got to 170kms we thought we’d turn back as we had to disembark by 10am on Friday. We re-turned to our lunch stop, tied up and put the kayak in the water and we all piddled, or was that paddled around until we had a BBQ dinner then a few (more) drinks to end the day. Thursday about 10am we headed back towards Mannum. The forecast said we were going to cop some wind, it wasn’t wrong. By lunchtime it was quite strong and in the distance there was a massive red dust cloud heading our way. We shut the windows and doors and everyone came inside. Ap-proaching Mannum we couldn’t see the town or the ferries so slowed right down until the ferries let us pass, then we tied up carefully behind the middle pub. It was a bit sheltered so we stayed a couple hours until the worst was over. We visited the supermarket then had lunch and hit the river again down-stream for Murray Bridge. The wind finally passed and took the clouds with it, so now we had a beauti-ful clear day again. Late in the afternoon we tied up in Murray Bridge again for our final night and an-other kayak excursion. Friday we got up a bit earlier so we could shove off at 8am. We had a bit of tail wind and going with the river flow we made good time. Nothing eventful or uneventful happened on the way so we tied up at the marina with ½ hour to spare. We debriefed the manager and let him know a few things to look at, one of which was a small infestation of ants. We unloaded our stuff and we could now hit the road and not the river.

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The boat was five double bedrooms, two bathrooms (one with a spa), a large kitchen and dining area with dark marble bench tops with matching marble dining table. I think who ever owned it before it be-came a rental wasn’t exactly poor. There was a nice rooftop deck area which we used every day. It was a very enjoyable few days on the river. Rob & Terrie Booth Private Trip

Subject: Reflections on COVID-19 quarantine -[ I’m not the author]

Half of us are going to come out of this quarantine as amazing cooks. The other half will come out with a drinking problem.

I used to spin that toilet paper like I was on Wheel of Fortune. Now I turn it like I'm cracking a safe.

I need to practice social distancing from the refrigerator.

Still haven't decided where to go for Easter --- The Living Room or The Bed-room

PSA: every few days try your jeans on just to make sure they fit. Pajamas will have you believe all is well in the kingdom.

Home-schooling is going well. 2 students suspended for fighting and 1 teacher fired for drinking on the job.

I don't think anyone expected that when we changed the clocks we'd go from Standard Time to the Twilight Zone

This morning I saw a neighbour talking to her cat. It was obvious she thought her cat understood her. I came into my house, told my dog... we laughed a lot.

Quarantine Day 5: Went to this restaurant called THE KITCHEN. You have to gather all the ingredients and make your own meal. I have no clue how this place is still in business.

(My favourite) My body has absorbed so much soap and disinfectant lately that when I pee it cleans the toilet.

Day 5 of Home Schooling: One of these little monsters called in a bomb threat.

I'm so excited --- it's time to take out the garbage. What should I wear?

I hope the weather is good tomorrow for my trip to ‘’Puerto Backyarda’’. I'm getting tired of ‘’Los Livingroom’’.

Classified Ad: Single man with toilet paper seeks woman with hand sanitizer for good clean fun.

Day 6 of Home Schooling: My child just said "I hope I don't have the same teacher next year".... I'm offended.

Better 6 feet apart than 6 feet under… .

Sent in by Kryn B, - Thanks Kryn

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Possible New Club Logos

Option 1

Option 3

If you have another suggestion please submit it for consideration!

Option 2

Option 4

Option 5 Option 6

size of extension, text size, colour, font etc can all be varied, could also be just a separate box instead of being attached to original image.

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If you would like to order a Polo Shirt or Cap please put your name down on the order sheet or see Rob W.

Cost :- Hoodie $40.00

Shirt $30.00 Cap $15.00 Beanie $20.00

These articles are also a small Fund Raiser for the Club

Suzuki 4WD Polo Shirt

Front

Back

New - Fleece Lined Hoodies - $40.00 each

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May 2020 Karen A 15th May Cheryl W 19th May

Happy Birthday Folks—Have a Great Day - Even in Lock Down

May 2020

Ian & Meg B 01/05/2020 Stephen R 10/05/2020 Noellene & Peter R 22/05/2020

Take Your Pick!

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Gidday Folks

Thanks to everyone who has given me things to publish.

Ok –some formal stuff. Should you need anything amended (i.e. email and any other updates please contact the Membership Officer, so he can amend the records. He will, then let me know or email me the appropriate updates to publish.

The Reason being is that…... 1. Our records remain up to date. 2. Some of the documents I get, can’t be edited by me without great difficulty. 3. Stories in mulpiple pages, Please send in Word Format - published with ease Thank You

If it is really last minute, still let me know and I will do my best to make sure it makes the magazine but also liaise with the appropriate person.

The Magazine is produced in Microsoft PUBLISHER and then Converted to PDF Format for Publishing

All articles for the May 2020 Magazine are

Due by the Thursday 14th May 2020

Contact me at any stage on Rob Wellington on 0417 86 8876

Email:- robin.wellington@bigpond.com

What we need is articles on anything, if it interests you, the possibility is someone else could also be interested. So come on Folks—Articles Please

Electric Bug

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Snail Mail Address—3 Burwood Road (Postal) Munno Para West 5115

Post Box has been Closed

FOR SALE

2000 Suzuki Jimny - JX Hard Top - Midnight Black— done 278,000kms —$4000 ONO — Tony KEW 0481207302. also listed on caresales.