Manawatu 4WD Club Canteen Safari 2019

This year’s Safari was run over the March 09-10 weekend, but with the dates and venue decided on and advertised back in November last year it gave everyone from near and far plenty of notice, meaning a larger than expected number of registrations, with both additions and the odd pull out right up until the last minute.

Phillip and his team from the Manawatu 4WD Club certainly put in the hours and the hard work, checking the tracks, organizing all the many items large and small along the way, with plenty of pre-event emails to keep the appetite whetted, right up until it was time to head out the gate and point the nose of the ‘ole Patrol west for Ngamatapouri and the campsite at the rugby ground.

The run over the Pahiatua Track and through Palmerston North was uneventful except for the odd drop of rain on the windscreen, not a good sign, with the dampness increasing as Wanganui was left behind and the Waitotara Valley was approached.

It’s a nice long