4x4 Action Group

Preamble:
Many years ago in the Old South Africa a group of youngsters stole a old man neighbour's garden Gnome & took it with on a trip to Europe.
This was before Social Media - they would take photos of the Gnome at various sites in Europe (Eiffel Tower, London Bridge, the Ponte Vecchio in Florence, on a Ski Slope in Austria etc.) &then post them, with a letter from the Gnome to the owner in SA.

Birth of an Idea:
At Marakele I was chatting to a few of the ladies & one of them (I think it was Monica) told a story of friends of hers who took a Mascot (think it was a Minion) on a trip & posted pics of it at great locations.

We decided it would be a great idea. I just needed time to thrash out the 'How & Why'...

The First 4x4AG Trip Mascot:
Erno (Muttley on this Forum) a 'sleeper' Club member did just this on his recent Namaqua/Richtersveld/Wes Kus trip.
He & his mates took a little wooden crocodile along which they photographed along the way (see below).
They took it further, they had rules about the croc, each day one person had to care for it, leaving it in the car or forgetting to put it to bed etc would get you a strafdop.

Here are Erno's pics...



















So you get the idea...

You even had to put the Croc (which for some reason they named 'Suiker' ) to bed at night...



...and buy it drinks...

Many years ago LCCSA had something similar.
However there was only one mascot which was passed from member to member who then posted reports.
Not surprisingly it disappeared somewhere along the way and that was the end of it.

http://landcruiserclub.co.za/forum/view ... lit=mascot

Unfortunately its a closed forum so most of you won't be able to read it.
I've taken the liberty of copying the map from the thread

On our ACVWSA forum years ago we actually had a beetle we would do the same
But post it to one another country wide and take pics and post it on the Forum

Great idea

Woolf wrote: ↑

Sun Nov 07, 2021 6:46 pm

However there was only one mascot which was passed from member to member who then posted reports.

This is what was suggested at our Marakele chat.
However I decided that was a kak idea because:
1. The logistics of getting it from Tripee tp Tripee.
2. It would go missing (as LCCSA found out).

Woolf wrote: ↑

Sun Nov 07, 2021 6:46 pm

Not surprisingly it disappeared somewhere along the way and that was the end of it.

3. It takes away the creativity of choosing your own mascot.

Bugger wrote: ↑

Sun Nov 07, 2021 6:57 pm

On our ACVWSA forum years ago we actually had a beetle we would do the same
But post it to one another country wide and take pics and post it on the Forum

Great idea

I saw pics of that beetle, I think Dirk Shubert showed me, this, the chat with the girls & the Gnome story is what started this idea (for the4x4AG Challenge) fermenting in my sick, twisted mind...

I just came back from a Kgalagadi trip.

grips wrote: ↑

Sun Nov 07, 2021 7:27 pm

I just came back from a Kgalagadi trip.

So what "pet" did you take Grips ??

… many years ago ( 20 ?! ) a group of about 4 of us
campers found we all had Black Kettles so we there & then constituted ourselves as
“The Honourable Order of the Black Kettle”

These days I'm only in touch with one of those pioneers but occasionally still send Black Kettle setting photies from various campsites that I happen to be at …

Eg. Top to Bottom:

1. Remote site West of MataMata …
2. Blouberg GR
3. KZN Midlands BoerWar BattleFields Trip.
4. Barberton Mtn Land nr Eureka Ghost City
5. Wild Camp at Itala … above Pongola R.
6. Marakele … overlooking the Vlei
…

Always loved that 'Order of the Black Kettle' idea...

So why not a club branded kettle?

Everyone enjoys a good cup of joe. Better than dragging along a blow-up doll called Doris as a "mascot"