TLCCV LIFE MEMBERS
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Graeme Wilson
(TLCCV Member since 1973)
Life Membership bestowed on Graeme in 1977
Instrumental in creating the TLCCV club.
Ran many 4WD trip to the Grampians during the wildflower season..
Involved in PR exercises with clean-up club weekends throughout various National Parks.
Ran education, mechanical & bush survival training courses.
Developed 4WD training for the club as well as instructing members.
Joint Membership with partner - Barbara Wilson
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John Whitney (dec)
TLCCV Member 1973 - 1998
Life Membership bestowed on John in 1980
Founding Member & the club's first Secretary.
Ran numerous trips mainly in the High Country & South Australia.
He wrote the 4WD handbook.
Took a lot of early photos for the club.
The TLCCV Photographic Competition was named after him.
Created good relationships with TLCC Sydney.
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Don Honey
TLCCV Member since 1973
Life Membership bestowed on Don in 1980
Developed good relationships with Parks Victoria in relation to conservation.
Scanned first 10 years of Club magazines.
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Bill Dower (dec)
TLCCV Member 1974 - 2019
Life Membership bestowed on Bill in 1981
Instrumental in negotiating the lease for the TLCCV Yarck property.
Designed & supervised the building of the first hut at Yarck "Bill's Bungalow"
Involved with running outback trips.
Joint Membership with partner - Beth Dower
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Alan Winch
TLCCV Member since 1977
Life Membership bestowed on Alan in 1985
Assisted at Yarck with building "Bills Bungalow" & developing the 4WD tracks.
Ran many club trips & renowned for his mystery trips.
Joint Membership with partner - Merillyn Winch
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Barrie McCarthy (dec)
TLCCV Member 1983 - 2021
Life Membership bestowed on Barrie in 1989
Involved with developing Yarck.
Ran many club trips.
Assisted witth Driver Training.
Joint Membership with partner - Kaye McCarthy
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Harold Ross (dec)
TLCCV Member 1983 - 2023
Life Membership bestowed on Harold in 1995
Helped to rewrite the TLCCV constitution
Ran some club outback trips.
Created the club's offline Membership database
Joint Membership with partner - Glenda Ross
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Sandra Tanner
TLCCV Members since 1978
Life Membership bestowed on Sandra in 1997
Many years has taken an active role on the TLCCV committee:
many years Club Secretary & 1 year President
First female TLCCV 4WD Instructor
30 years as the Club magazine editor "Overland Cruisering"
Joint Membership with partner - Brian Tanner since 1986
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Charles Norman
TLCCV Member since 1983
Life Membership bestowed on Charles in 2004
Took an active role on the TLCCV committee:
2 years Club Secretary - 2 years Treasurer & 1 year President
As a Trip Leader, ran many High Country club trips
An active DA trainer for 17 years
Co-ordinated the club Libarary for over 20 years
Organised many Show & Tell segments at Club meetings
Joint Membership with partner - Margaret Norman
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Brian Stewart
TLCCV Member since 1985
Life Membership bestowed on Brian in 2004
Yarck Management Co-ordinator for more than 25 years.
Has dedicated his time with the club by co-ordinating the Yarck Management Team,
and organising monthly Maintenance & Construction weekends at Yarck.
Joint Membership with partner - Glenys Wilkinson (dec) since 2007
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Ashley Williams (dec)
TLCCV Member 1981 - 2009
Life Membership bestowed on Ashley in 2006
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Joint Membership with partner - Judith Williams
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Judith Williams
TLCCV Member since 1981
Life Membership bestowed on Judith in 2006
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John Turbill (dec)
TLCCV Member since 1985
Life Membership bestowed on John in 2009
Great assistance with organising Special Events.
Organised many 4WD conferences.
Club President for 2 years.
Joint Membership with partner - Maureen Turbill
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Garry Cooper
TLCCV Member since 1985
Life Membership bestowed on Garry in 2011
Renonwned for his annual Portland sand dune trips.
Club President for 3 years.
Active worker at Yarck maintenance & construction weekends.
Joint Membership with partner - Ann Pinney
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Jan Chivers
TLCCV Member since 1978
Life Membership bestowed on Jan in 2013
Involved in many roles, such as Club Treasurer, Assistant Treasurer & Membershio Secretary.
Assisted with starting a Membership computer database in the early '80s.
Attended many Maintenance & Construction weekends for over 30 years.
Gives great support to Cruiserkhana each year by scoring and hlep in the kiosk.
Joint Membership with partner - Ken Hildebrand
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Ken Hildebrand
TLCCV Member since 1978
Life Membership bestowed on Ken in 2013
Attended many Maintenance & Construction weekends for over 30 years.
Involved in CruiserKhana with marshaling & scoring.
Great assistance with TLCCV bushfire relief & Fodder runs.
Joint Membership with partner - Jan Chivers
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Tony Bryant
TLCCV Member since 1999
Life Membership bestowed on Tony in 2023
Involved in many roles, such as Club Treasurer, Assistant Treasurer, Vice President
& a FWDV delegate since 2012.
Tony was also club President for 2 years.
Tony organised CruiserKhana for 7 years as well as running trips with Barb as a Trip Leader.
Joint Membership with partner - Barb Bryant
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Barb Bryant
TLCCV Member since 1999
Life Membership bestowed on Barb in 2023
Barb has been the Club's Membership Officer since 2006.
Barb also was the TLCCV Secretary for 3 years.
She also provided catering services for CruiserKhana over 7 years.
Joint Membership with partner - Tony Bryant
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Laurie Miles
TLCCV Member since 1996
Life Membership bestowed on Laurie in 2023
Laurie has successfully organised & run 125 club 4WD trips with Heidi.
Laurie has been the Club's Webmaster since 2003.
During this time, he upgraded the club website to a high professional standard,
and set up the club's many Facebook pages
During Covid, Laurie set up the club's ZOOM links so members could stay in touch with the club.
Laurie was the Media Officer for CruiserKhana over many years.
He instigated a video editing team to create many exciting trip & activity videos for the club.
Laurie was also the TLCCV President for 2 years, as well as Vice President for 1 1/2 years.
Joint Membership with partner - Heidi Muehlebach
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Heidi Muehlebach
TLCCV Member since 1996
Life Membership bestowed on Heidi in 2023
Heidi has successfully organised & run 125 club 4WD trips with Laurie.
In 2015, Heidi revamped the club website to a very high professional standard.
She also spent many hours setting up the online membership database using Wild Apricot
Heidi joined Trip Leader Committee in 2019. She successfully revised the Trip Leader training material
which she delivers to prospective Trip Leaders for Basic & Advanced courses plus refresher courses for Trip Leaders.
In 2019, the club sponsored Heidi to become a Driver Trainer with FWDV.
Heidi has continued her training studies, and is now a fully certified (Cert 4) Driver Trainer with FWDV.
Heidi & Laurie were awarded the Trip Leader of the Year award on four separate occasions.
Heidi was also awarded the Club Woman of the Year in 2022.
Joint Membership with partner - Laurie Miles.
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TLCCV FOUNDATION MEMBERS
18 JULY 1973
F 001 - Barbara & Graeme Wilson
F 002 - John Whitney
F 003 - Jan & John Atkins
F 004 - Bruce Quittenton
F 005 - Brad Cowley
F 006 - David Langridge
F 007 - Hilton Boxshall
F 008 - Pauline & Adrian Ryan
F 009 - Mr & Mrs Hescroff
F 010 - P Townsend
F 011 - Lucille & Neil Sleep
F 012 - Charlie Shaw
F 013 - Brian Smith
F 014 - C Thorpe
F 015 - N Wood
F 016 - John Kuhne
F 017 - Frank Trippitt
F 018 - Celia & Jos Schramp
F 019 - Noel Hickey
F 020 - Jan & John Dadd
F 021 - S Livingstone
F 022 - D Lord
F 023 - Bruce Revell
F 024 - Val & Don Honey
F 025 - T Barnett
F 026 - Len Gething
F 027 - Margaret & Mike Waddington
F 028 - Cheryl & Phillip Manicolo
F 029 - Elery Hamilton-Smith
F 030 - John McMahon
F 031 - Hart Schiffter
F 032 - I Stacey
F 033 - Daryl Howard
TLCCV PAST PRESIDENTS
1973 - Graeme Wilson
1974 - Graeme Wilson
1975 - Graeme Wilson
1976 - John Carmody
1977 - Gordon Allingham
1978 - Gordon Allingham
1979 - John Carmody
1980 - Dale Garvey
1981 - Ron Oke
1982 - Alan Winch
1983 - Alan Winch
1984 - Graeme Wilson
1985 - Graeme Wilson
1986 - Peter Hayes
1987 - Peter Hayes
1988 - John Orton
1989 - Sandra Tanner
1990 - Barrie McCarthy / Brian Stewart
1991 - John Turbill
1992 - John Turbill
1993 - Roger Morgan
1994 - Roger Morgan
1995 - Charles Norman
1996 - Herbert Stein / Roger Godfrey
1997 - Roger Godfrey
1998 - Bob Hollow
1999 - Bob Hollow
2000 - Ian Ross
2001 - Ian Ross
2002 - Ian Ross
2003 - Tony Swinden
2004 - Tony Swinden
2005 - Garry Cooper
2006 - Garry Cooper
2007 - Garry Cooper
2008 - Tony Bryant
2009 - Tony Bryant
2010 - Tony Bryant
OTHER CURRENT MEMBERS with 25+ YEARS OF SERVICE
40 Years Service
Mbr 320 - Graeme Jolliffe
Mbr 031 - Graeme Cahill
Mbr 071 - Ian Garbett
Mbr 105 - Eamonn & Libby King
35 Years Service
Mbr 399 - John & Judy Whitelaw
Mbr 487 - Thomas & Beverley Rust
Mbr 545 - David & Susan McDermott
Mbr 570 - Kelvin Connors
Mbr 596 - Ian & Ellen McCartney
Mbr 597 - Greg Manger
Mbr 783 - Walter & Maria Denni
Mbr 033 - Paul & Wendy Langenberg
Mbr 075 - Simon Marriott
Mbr 113 - Patrick & Wnedy Bajraszewski
30 Years Service
Mbr 202 - Jennie Harvie
Mbr 327 - Lou Catherine
Mbr 515 - Alun Bull
Mbr 579 - John Barkla
Mbr 630 - Fred Bell & Margaret Wastell
Mbr 658 - Alan Whitefield
Mbr 708 - Tim & Joanne Norton
Mbr 718 - Mark Sedran
Mbr 887 - Bret Dyson
25 Years Service
Mbr 019 - John Reis
Mbr 124 - Walter Bevilacqua
Mbr 138 - Hari Maragos
Mbr 153 - Nicholas & Ann Willcock
Mbr 225 - Adelino & Angela Di Lallo
Mbr 347 - Andrew Dixon
Mbr 615 - Tony & Annmarie Swinden
Mbr 1007 - Ian Story
Mbr 1058 - Laurie Miles & Heidi Muehlebach
Mbr 1081 - Bret Walker
Mbr 1128 - Jennie Dumaresq
Mbr 1130 - Theo Plousi
Mbr 1131 - Barry & Vivienne Gardner
Mbr 1155 - Brad & Melody Schaffer
Mbr 1194 - Bruce Fullard
Mbr 1206 - Phillip & Sandra Duarte
Mbr 1215 - Heather Cale
Mbr 1221 - Richard O'Brien
Mbr 1298 - Adriano & Skylee Denni
Mbr 1311 - David Harris
Mbr 1318 - James Lowe
Mbr 1326 - Paul Kelly
Mbr 1345 - David White
Mbr 1385 - Marcel Barnard
Mbr 1404 - Tony & Barb Bryant
Mbr 1409 - Ian Ross
Mbr 1415 - Stuart Taylor
Mbr 1425 - Nick & Tanya Bird
