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July 2021
A Master class
in bush cooking
The May weekend outing to Moore River Ranch
proved to be a master class in bush cooking,
thanks to Ian & Nina (seen here), Adrian, Deb, Joy,
Nathan and David. Nina's camp oven apple pie
was a visual and gustatory feast. Full story inside
SUBARU 4WD CLUB of WESTERN AUSTRALIA INC.
P.O. BOX 434, SOUTH PERTH, W. A. 6951
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Subaru 4WD Club of WA Inc. 2020/21 Committee
PRESIDENT: David Peck 0402 177 886
president@subaru4wdclubwa.asn.au
SECRETARY: Deborah Thyne 0420 791 762
secretary@subaru4wdclubwa.asn.au
TREASURER: Adrian Longwood 0424 723 558
treasurer@subaru4wdclubwa.asn.au
SOCIAL ORGANISER:
Joanne Norton 0411 151 024
social@subaru4wdclubwa.asn.au
TRIPS CO-ORDINATOR:
Travis Maskey 0422 815 737
trips@subaru4wdclubwa.asn.au
EDITOR: Stephan Millett 0405 221 845
editor@subaru4wdclubwa.asn.au
COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Jim Wilcox 0419 040 969, Ross Mead 0417 920 848, Karen Eldridge 0412 133 629,
Stuart Rosethorne 0408941239, Vanessa Carn 0412937712
Contact ‘all committee’: comm@subaru4wdclubwa.asn.au
MERCHANDISE: Adrian Longwood
WEBMASTER: Rob Griffiths 0411 249 933
Jim Wilcox 0419 040 969
4WD ASSOC DELEGATES:
Adrian Longwood 0424 723 558
Keith Low 0407 477 980
MEMBERSHIP CO-ORDINATOR:
Ross Mead 0417 920 848
membership@subaru4wdclubwa.asn.au
PROPERTY OFFICER:
Tony Richards 0414 224 734
ENVIRONMENT OFFICER:
Joy UNNO 0429 473 709
environment@subaru4wdclubwa.asn.au
SOCIAL MEDIA:
Vanessa Carn 0412937712
socialmedia@subaru4wdclubwa.asn.au
Club member of the Year 2019-2020
Joanne Norton
Life members
Fred Offer, Keith Anderson, Jonel Householder, Ray Stewart, Ian Johnson,
Peter Andruszkiw, Ron Caunce, Jim Wilcox and Tony Richards
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15-16 May
I t began on Saturday
morning with 14 cars and 18
people assembled on the
eastern side of the Gnangara
Road United service station,
ready for quick access to the
Tonkin Highway and
northwards to the Moore
River Ranch. Ian and
Nina – two very
experienced Camping ideas and a
cooking Master class
campers and bush
cooks – would join
us at the campsite.
This weekend overnighter trip convoy managed to make the
had a twofold purpose – (1) exit onto the Brand Highway
knowledge sharing by fellow without any lost cars
club members, aimed at continuing northward to
newer club members and Meekatharra.
covering camping equipment, After a bit over an hour we
setup and vehicle turned right into Mogumber
modifications and (2) camp Road and then into the Moore
fire cooking classes. River Ranch, ending up in a
After a quick demo of stuffing huge sandy paddock spotted
ice into esky drink bottles to with large gums and copses of
obtain cold water for a couple native shrub. This was to be
of days (if, say you didn’t have our own private campsite for
a car fridge), trip leader the weekend where we could
Adrian led off. The convoy light campfires. There were
was long and radio messages other campsites down the hill, The Moore River Ranch and
had to be relayed between Wildlife Sanctuary – is a
closer to the river but these
the lead car and Tail End working cattle farm but also
were heavily vegetated and a
Charlie but nevertheless, the fire risk at this time of year. works with animal welfare
Cont. p.6
Inside your magazine Wanted: Editor for our magazine
My term as Editor has to end at the AGM -
• Camping, cooking and eating pp. 3-11 it's in the Constitution - and we will need
someone to take over as editor.
• Forthcoming trips pp.13,15
Whoever puts their hand up, I can help you
• President's report, p17
learn the ropes and become comfortable
• Replacing wheel bearings pp. 18-20
with the role. Contact the current Editor,
Stephan for info.
Subaru 4WD Club of WA Newsletter 4
Some tools
for bush cooks
Top: Clockwise from bottom right. Camp
oven lifters; folding trivets to keep the ovens
off the coals; “Tawa” for naan bread (upside-
down camp oven lid) sits on circular trivet
which has 3 removable legs; high
temperature gloves and long pliers; coffee
grinder and whisk driven by drill and, yes, a
kettle.
From p.3
Left: Jaffle irons, spade and a barbecue plate.
Below left: Stove-top oven for scones.
Bottom: Camp oven and well-tended coals
Subaru 4WD Club of WA Newsletter 6 Finding a home for tents and trailers From p.4 groups to take in rescue animals such as stock, horses, chickens, geese, turkeys (yes, there are rescue turkeys), and even a peahen. They also work with environmental organisations to protect the environment and native species on the property, especially echidnas which live down near the river. They have added a camping enterprise with appropriate requirements to fit in with the rest of the operation such as a strict speed limit, lowering tyre pressures, complete rubbish removal and a requirement that campers bring chemical toilets. Upon arrival, there was a frenzy of camp set-up, Cont. p.8
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... geese and
Finska too
The Ranch takes in rescue animals
such as these geese, which have
found the river to their liking. There
was also time and a place for a
leisurely game of Finska.
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Cooking
lessons
From p.6 set up tables and gear ready p. 3), rolling out the pastry
to start on the cooking with a bottle of wine
Loos and logs demonstrations for making (multifunctional items are
afternoon tea as soon as always good on camping
including the toilet tents for good coals were produced. trips, says Nina!). These two
the port-a-loos that people Adrian demonstrated fire Master chefs of cast iron
had brought along. Then we making skills using an air camp oven cooking have
had lunch, which included a pump to encourage ignition. decades of experience under
demo of jaffle-iron sandwich Nina started off the cooking their belts and soon had the
making. The Ranch provided demos with a Mango Fruit crowd entranced as they
a big heap of cut logs for the Dessert followed by Ian who
central fire pit and the cooks assembled Italian scrolls (see Cont. p. 9
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From. p. 8
went through the pastry
making process and other
preparations for their
camping culinary delights.
Adrian then showed how to
whip up batches of lemonade
scones which he cooked in his
very nifty stove-top mini-oven
and served with jam and
cream. Deb produced a
double lot of banana and
date damper while I had a
helping hand from Nathan to
mix up a cheese and herb
damper (see p. 8) This last
was cooked in a tiny 2-quart
camp oven which was a
perfect size for one small
damper. Needless to say, we
had an absolute moving feast
for afternoon tea as the
various dishes were
consumed with gusto!
Later in the afternoon some
of the younger generation
got a game of Finska going as
Cont p. 10
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Waiting, relaxing ...
From. p. 9
others sat in camper chairs in
a large semi-circle around the
campfire, digesting afternoon went up like an umbrella but before dinner preparations for
tea. David demonstrated his the ribs were on the outside a walk down to the river to
Camp Oven Mate, a metal with the tent hanging see the little blue wrens (the
shield that protected his underneath. Available from males with subdued non-
Bedourie spun steel camp Amazon, the Night Cat blue mating season colours) flitting
oven from drafts. Spun steel model is a lightweight in the trees and the gaggle of
camp ovens such as the Summer tent, not waterproof geese on the river bank along
Bedourie or Hillbilly types but is insect proof – just with the great reflection of the
have the advantage of being perfect for those 40º days in trees in the water. Nina had
lighter than cast iron ovens Coolgardie with a million flies. demonstrated earlier to a
but don’t retain the heat as Other models are waterproof. large crowd how to create an
well. The advantage of these amazing apple pie complete
D avid then went on to “automatic” tents is that the with pastry leaf and gumnut
show how to erect a packing profile is longitudinal centrepiece. Ian and Nina
“cake cover” tent that went like a camp chair rather than then went on a cooking
up like an umbrella but was disc shaped like the dome marathon with Ian preparing a
oblong like a cake cover. I pop-up tents and they are pork roast with vegetables in
invited people to look at my easier to pack in the car. one camp oven and Nina
“automatic” tent which also, There was just enough time creating a mild curry in
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From. p. 10
another. I was lucky enough
to be trained in camp oven
cooking on several of Ian and
Nina’s trips and the first thing
I learned was about sacrificial
onions when cooking roasts.
Layer the bottom of the camp
oven with sliced onion rings
and they will prevent the roast
from burning as well as
provide a tasty sauce. Other curry on a hot camp oven lid gave a demo about camper
mains included David’s fixed to a tall, custom-made chairs, the advantage and
chicken chowder with trivet sitting over the coals. At disadvantages of different
dumplings, Adrian’s beef one point the Ranch owner, a models. For a while we all
bourguignon and also a chap called Lincoln, and some played musical chairs. After
vegetable ratatouille dish. other workers turned up to that people went around
Desserts, besides Nina’s join in the dinner and looking at the different set
apple pie and cream, included conversation which was very ups of cars and tents. There
Neil’s sticky date pudding and nice of them. And, apart from was always something to
Tony’s chocolate mousse and the washing up, that was learn, even for the long-time
icecream (not members
cooked in a
camp oven!). . ... and a moveable feast . It was
great to
The cooks were all very busy Saturday done. see so many newer members
but once the camp ovens Early Sunday morning I on the trip being able to
were on the trivets over the forayed down to the river benefit from the knowledge of
hot coals there was time to again as Lincoln mentioned more experienced members.
relax in the camp chairs that the echidnas often come Then it was time to pack up
around the fire, chat and out around dawn. None of and make our way home.
watch the sunset over the the monotremes were to be Thank you, Adrian for
cow paddock. When doing seen but I did encounter organising a very successful
camp oven cooking, the fellow campers and went for a trip, you did a sterling job.
timing of dishes is variable 3 km walk through the bush Thanks also to all the great
depending on how much you along the fire break. Adrian cooks for their diligent work
are cooking and the heat had a rough night having his producing wonderfully
output of the coals etc. The campsite invaded by small decadent, scrumptious food.
first dish to be ready was the ants who wanted to nest in his And thanks to all the newer
roast pork and vegetables. clothes bag. Despite this he members who turned up.
From there it was again a was busy encouraging people Good food and convivial
moveable feast as the next to try out the jaffle irons for a company. We all had a
meals were done and breakfast toastie. The trick is fantastic time.
consumed. Ian was kept busy to well-oil and pre-heat the Joy Unno
frying Naan bread for the irons before use. Adrian thenPlease support our newest sponsor
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Morning tea and lunch and a session is for only an hour and Outbacks have had a few
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the patio is generally the But there is live music and we the past, so if these owners
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Forthcoming trips
splash tray under the engine if melangata-c16kf
it has not already been afternoon and dinner is at the We will be camping at the
replaced with a sump guard. pub. Saturday and Sunday is station on unpowered bush
Bring lunch, drinks, snacks, a set aside to explore some sites which are suitable for
tyre pump and tyre pressure bush tracks and looking for tents, camper trailers and
gauge if you have them, a wildflowers. caravans. There are flushing
hat, sunscreen and a camera. Check the Club’s website for toilets and hot showers at the
And make sure you have a full costs. campsite..
tank of fuel. If you fancy taking up the
Melangata camping camp oven cooking classes,
Cocktails and & camp oven this will cost $85 per person
and includes two nights
Jaffles with the cooking camping, Damper making on
Landcruiser Club September 25 – 27 first night, Homestead tour
September 10 - 12 This is a chance to camp at and and extended station tour
Once again the Toyota Land historic Melangata station, the next morning, getting
Cruiser Club has invited us to NNE of Yalgoo and around back around 3pm. Then
join them for their Cocktails 650km from Perth. there’s the amp oven master
and Jaffles night at the The homestead was designed class on the second night and
Qindanning Race Course. by Monsignor John Hawes, a shared long table dinner
Campers, tents and vans are who also designed a number We will learn to cook (mains
welcome and the course has of churches in the mid west. and some desserts) that we
toilets and showers. This station is run by Jo will share for the Sunday
Attendees will be split into Clews, who is famous for her dinner.
teams and each team has to camp oven cooking and if you If you don't have a camp oven
create a savoury jaffle, dessert wish you can have a camp you can borrow one as we will
jaffle and a cocktail for the oven cooking lesson with help have spares, or join in and
group to taste test and be from Jo. help someone else. You can
voted on. https:// also compare the different
The trip leaves on Friday style camp ovens, cast iron
and spun steel, which both
Camp fire tips have their own pros and
* Insert clothes dryer lint into an cons.
empty toilet paper or paper If you don't want to do the
towel roll, and when you’re camp oven classes you can
ready to build that campfire, pay for the camping and tours
just light the lint. separately. Bring your own
* Doritos make great kindling. meals for Saturday night,
* Hand sanitizer works as fire lunch and breakfasts.
starter. Bring everything for a bush
* Have closed shoes when sitting camp.
around the campfireSubaru 4WD Club of WA Newsletter 17
Cheese and Herb Damper President's Report
(Dairy and Gluten Free)
July 2021
T hank you to the club member who
spotted the camping auction selling the
Black Stump instant tents. These have been
popular with club members, and now we are
going to see a whole lot more of them as I
think we bought about 15!
We had planned a trip to Collie in July, to
have a look at the new mural on the
Ingredients Wellington dam and some of the artwork
2 cups Gluten Free Self Raising Flour around town, but unfortunately we have had
pinch of salt no volunteers to lead it. This would be the
1 tsp of Italian Herbs perfect chance for someone to try leading
1 tblsp of Nuttelex or other butter alternative a trip. It doesn’t need to be complicated
and could be as simple as leading the
1 cup soy milk
convoy from Perth to Collie. If you did want
1 cup of grated, non-dairy cheese (Note: this
to get a bit adventurous you could even take
often has coconut oil in it)
some of the back roads from Yarloop or
Method Harvey into the hills and then down the
1. Add flour and salt to mixing bowl Collie – Tallanalla Road to Collie for lunch.
2. Add Nuttelex and rub through with We are always looking for new destinations
fingers and camping locations, if you find one
3. Add milk gradually, mixing with a fork or please share it with the club. We are also
butter knife keen to have as many trips as possible to
4. Mix in grated cheese and herbs to form a give people plenty of variety. If you are
dough going somewhere that you think other club
5. Cover a low pan trivet with alfoil and members might be interested in please
lightly flour share it with us. It doesn’t have to be a 4WD
6. Turn out dough onto alfoil-covered trivet trip, you may be going to a country town for
and place into camp oven an event or festival, or just out for a country
drive to look at the wildflowers. We can
7. Sprinkle top of dough with grated cheese
make it a private trip so only club members
and a pinch of herbs. Add lid.
can go on it and limit it to only a few cars,
8. Dig a small hole near camp fire and place
but it would greatly increase the number of
camp oven on a 5 cm trivet
trips we have.
9. Shovel hot coals under camp oven and put
Cheers, David
a few coals around the lid towards the edge
10. Cook for 30 - 40 minutes. Add more coals Where would you like to go with the
evenly over lid during last 5 -10 minutes. club? What would you like to do? Let
Deborah Thyne one of the Committee know, and we'll
try to make it happen.Subaru 4WD Club of WA Newsletter 18
A
B
A fter hearing a very faint
“noise” from the left
rear hub on Puggle (2014
How to fix Forester
Forester CVT, 170km) with
the aggro BFG 4WD tyres, I
wheel bearings
changed wheels to our deficient, confirmed by
‘shopping’ tyres but could spinning the wheel with car on
still hear the noise, which stands hearing a faint grumble
eliminated any tyre factor. above the noise of brake pads
The same happened for the on the disk rotor. There are
RH front bearing at 155k. If it also other ways of finding
make you feel any better, which side is noisy.
these wheel bearing could What follows is a quick
have gone thousands more overview.
kms before getting
A wheel bearing can be
unbearably worse, so it is
replaced on the side of the
very unlikely that anyone
road, but it is not easy, you
would need to consider a
will want a helper, some
trackside job, or carry spare
specific knowledge and some
wheel bearings – I don’t.
special and HD tools. It would
I deduced the LH was probably be better toSubaru 4WD Club of WA Newsletter 19
D
monitor, drive slowly, and get
back to town. But, in case you
can’t do that, here is what
to do.
Remove wheel ‘hubcap’
to reveal 32mm axle nut.
Remove stake from nut
and remove the nut (Pic
A) . You will need ¾”
drive on your wrench gear
and an extension steel tube C
for this as it is set at a very,
very high torque of 190Nm
for the rear. Push the axle
inwards a bit, the movement
being limited by the off, and (perhaps) un-
driveshaft travel of the inner adjusting the self-adjusting
(DOJ) joint on the differential wheel within ±6:00 o’clock
end. If it will not move, use a after removing the rubber
lot of CRC and a brass drift plug.
and hammer. The driveshaft Remove all handbrake parts.
spline must slide freely before Take photos, as assembly and
proceeding. orientation of the parts is
Carefully remove the ABS tricky.
sensor (Pic D) and tape it Note 1: during the next step,
safely aside (costs $550+ if the drive shaft splines must
you break it!). Remove brake slide freely from the hub, and
calliper assembly and suspend the driveshaft should be
aside. Remove disc rotor supported from the other E
which may need 2 bolts side, as the CV semi-hidden
wound alternately into stone shield must not be
threaded holes to ‘press’ itSubaru 4WD Club of WA Newsletter 20 From p.17 damaged. The soft tin shield protects the ABS ‘Tone Wheel’ and its many micro magnets. In one photo, you can clearly see where the magnets have aligned the dust with a Fe (iron) content - how Australian Outback is that - what a gauss! (Pic C) Remove 4 bolts from the back to release the bearing hub and brake backing plate from the main suspension carrier. copper or graphite grease on Remove hub and backing splines and brake moving plate and swing aside on the metal contacts parts, but handbrake cable. Some light avoid brake shoes and Tone banging may be required Ring. around the hub flange circle The bearing hub is a total with a soft-faced or copper assembly and most car hammer.(Pic B) The outer CV manufacturers have adopted joint will be left dangling in this method instead of the main suspension carrier – individual pieces. It retails at be careful with the dust $361.77; Melville Subaru shield. discounted that to $325.60. To prove the bearing was Please use only genuine faulty, I held the studded Subaru parts for this job. I spindle in a vice, wound some believe it is the same part cord around the bearing back to the mid-2000s. section, and pulled it like a Subaru part # 28473FL040 lawnmower starter cord.(Pic Note 2: This may not apply to E) Clear grumbling proved the 114.3 PCD (pitch circle diagnosis. It can be used as a diameter) studs, though I spare, (including the 5 wheel suspect the procedure is the studs) on any remote or same but different hub part #. extended club trip. As Ed China would say: “Job A bit fiddly and some HD done” or “Result”. tools, special tools, muscle, a A fully detailed page of the helper, and knowledge are whole procedure and photo required. sequence will later be put on Assembly the reverse of the club website Knowledge above, but work slowly and section. refer to your photos. Use a Cheers, Ian Johnson light smear of anti-seize (Puggle).
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Writing a
trip report
O n each trip the leader
will get one or more
of the members to write a
report for the magazine. If
you can't write the report
assigned to you, please let
the trip leader know.
Otherwise, send your trip
reports in as soon after the
trip as you can.
Send photos with your Set of 5 ALLOY RIMS
report if you have them. with good tyres
The more the merrier. 17inch with 100x5 stud
Please send photos as pattern (suit SJ Forester
separate files, and please and others). Rubber is
don't embed them in the
Yokohama G91 with
document, as quality
approx. 80% tread.
suffers a lot if you do.
Large images are usually
$500
OK to send via email. If AND
you have lots of photos or Set of 5 STEEL wheels
large files, you may also (17 inch with 100x5 stud
choose to send a link to pattern).
your cloud image storage $250
folder (eg Dropbox).
Contact
Things to include with Stephan
your report. 0405221845
At the top of each report
* • Put your name
* • The trip name
• The date and the
day of the trip
ALSO
Thank you all for writing Set of 6 tyres only. 215x60
reports for the R16 with ok treads.
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