Point 'n Shoot

Changing our website wasn’t really like a holiday, but we changed it none the less. Welcome to the new look Point ‘n Shoot website. We’ve moved to something a little simpler to look at as well as maintain.

All of the old articles have been brought over as well as all the pictures. Any old bookmarks to articles should still work as well.

We’ve added a Google Map feature which we will slowly add to event articles as well as compile a list of 4WD venues on a dedicated map as well. Over time we’ll add tags to the existing articles as well.

There is a lot I have put into Elvira, by the way that is her name, a lot of time, blood and sweat has gone into this fourby. I have also spent a lot of money, my wife is not very happy.

Well enough of the bullshit.

My mate Dan had told me there was a car for sale and it would suit me down to the ground, so we organised to go see it. My first thought when I saw it, was that it needed a lot of work.

Peter, the owner of the XB 4×4, was the one who built her up. Peter did not want to sell her to just anyone, he did not want to see her stripped down for her parts; I said there was no way! She is one of a kind!

Queensland Roads and Transport were the ones that had engineered her in the first place, I do have a photocopy of the paperwork. Well, when I went to get her registered, they had “misplaced” the originals. So I had to go and find an engineer to fix my problems, she ended up with a blue plate on her firewall (now I have a blue plate and full engineers report). Read the rest of this entry »

With WRC fast approaching and having set ourselves a goal of having our Bronze Rally CAMS license for the events, we needed to find someone insane enough to assess us in the field. That was planned for Rally Queensland earlier this year but… it just never happend.

We were able to find another event close by that we could attend and hopefully have someone eyeball us and give us the nod. So off to Benarkin we went.

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This is a trip report, as written by a participant, an initiate into the ways of suzuki madness (new Jimmny). Remember, you don’t have to be mad to buy one, but it’ll come…

We arrived. We unpacked. Just kidding!!

Hats off to the women, especially L & D whose scare factor started at 250%, but by the end Solvol and scrubbing brush couldn’t remove those smiles. As for K, the way she tackled that last hill was a source of inspiration to all of us.

Murray, Brian, Dan and Tony were ever so helpful, encouraging, calm during our panic attacks, and persistent.  “Don’t step over the strap” was heard several times and that was just for me!

At the poshy end of the campground; closest to the toilet; one camper brought a tent with an open fireplace. The neighbour, without any consideration of the danger to himself, immediately demonstrated the correct use of a fire extinguisher to the attentive crowd.
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The LOGAN DISTRICTS 4WD Inc would like to personally invite you to the
“2008 EFS Logan Challenge”, which will be held on 15th -17th August at The Springs 4×4 Camping and Adventure Park, New England Highway, Braeside Via Dalveen.
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