Canberra Four Wheel Drive Show.

The 1996 ACT and Region Four Wheel Drive Club Promotion Day was held at the Queanbeyan Showground on 10-11 February 1996. The event was organised by a committee representing the Land Rover Club of the ACT, the Southern Tablelands Four Wheel Drive Club, and the ACT Four Wheel Drive Club.

The event was the Canberra regions biggest ever four wheel drive show with over 4600 people through the gates and nearly 50 exhibitors. Represented were nearly all 4WD vehicles currently available in Australia including Oka and John E Davis' Bush Rangie kit cars (right). The after-market accessory, camping equipment, recovery gear, and tyre people were there in force. The National Parks and Wildlife Service, State Forests, Bushfire Brigade, and Emergency Services were all represented. Each of the organising clubs put on a display.

A feature of the show was a demonstration track with Land Rover and Holden providing new vehicles for visitor evaluation. The track was sufficiently testing for independent suspension vehicles to regularly bottom out and one vehicle even staked a tyre!

There was also a series of recovery demonstrations and inter-club competitions including tug-o-wars and Tirfor races.

The clubs provided a substantial donation to the Southern Region Helicopter Rescue Service from proceeds of the event.

-Karl Bossard, 1996

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