2023 - March - Social

Well, just like that, Summer has come and gone. Not only does it mark the end of the warm weather in Perth, but also, I return to work towards the end of March, after 3 months off caring for my now 1yr old son, whilst my wife went back to work after nearly a year off. It’s been another amazing experience bonding with my son, spending day in, day out with him. But now we have to adjust to the new normal of having 2 kids at school and 1 kid jumping between home, daycare and grandparents.

By the time you’re reading this magazine, we’ll have had our display at the Perth Classic Car Show at Ascot. Hopefully it was successful. Once again, I thank all those who volunteered to put their cars on show, and also brought additional cars, either with family/friends or just multiple vehicles of their own. Without this sort of effort, our club can’t represent at these kinds of events.

Coming up in April we have another Cool Cars and Coffee event on the 16^th and the 4WD Adventure Day to Ledge Point on the 22^nd. Please support both events, where you can!

In May we will have our King of Cruises event, which should see a nice cruise around the city. These sorts of events are important for our club. It’s a rolling advertisement and it allows us to be visible in the community. Quite often, during or after a cruise, I get messages from other people within the car scene asking if “I was on that HSV cruise that went up the coast, or something similar” and usually it’s followed up with how cool it looked seeing a big group of HSV’s cruising together.

In June we have a Laser Tag event, which will be held at Darklight in Joondalup. This will be an afternoon/evening event, and family friendly (10yr old kids and older probably) It’s a heap of fun, so please register to come along when you see the info for this event sent out via email and our Facebook page.

Personally, I sold my VF SSV wagon just before Christmas last year, and whilst it was sad to see it go, it meant I could get into another 4WD, which is something I have wanted to get back into since I sold my 100 series Landcruiser back in 2018. I recently purchased an import 1994 Toyota Hilux Surf. It’s in very good condition but I will make it better over the coming years. It’s a vehicle I have always wanted, since I was a teenager, so it’s nice to tick off another item on the bucket list!  Plans are for some camping trips with family and friends as well as some 4WDing adventures with the kids.

As far as the VX goes, nothing has really changed. I am trying to get some damage caused by a workshop sorted and then I am just driving it and enjoying it. Amazing how fast the VX feels when your daily is a 29yr old 3L Turbo Diesel!