The Gathering

The Gathering ๐™๐‘ฏ๐‘ฌ ๐‘ซ๐‘ฌ๐‘ญ๐‘ฌ๐‘ต๐‘ซ๐‘ฌ๐‘น๐‘บ ๐‘ถ๐‘ญ ๐‘จ๐‘ผ๐‘บ๐‘ป๐‘น๐‘จ๐‘ณ๐‘ฐ๐‘จ ๐‘ช๐‘ณ๐‘ผ๐‘ฉ ๐‘ฎ๐‘จ๐‘ป๐‘ฏ๐‘ฌ๐‘น๐‘ฐ๐‘ต๐‘ฎ
๐˜ผ ๐™‚๐™–๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ค๐™› ๐˜ฟ๐™š๐™›๐™š๐™ฃ๐™™๐™š๐™ง๐™จ, ๐™˜๐™ช๐™ก๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™ง๐™š ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™ž๐™—๐™š.
๐™‹๐™ง๐™š๐™จ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™™ ๐™—๐™ฎ ๐˜ฟ๐™š๐™›๐™š๐™ฃ๐™™๐™š๐™ง๐™จ ๐™ค๐™› ๐˜ผ๐™ช๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™–๐™ก๐™ž๐™– ๐˜พ๐™ก๐™ช๐™— (๐˜ฟ๐™Š๐˜ผ๐˜พ)

๐™๐‘ฏ๐‘ฌ ๐‘ซ๐‘ฌ๐‘ญ๐‘ฌ๐‘ต๐‘ซ๐‘ฌ๐‘น๐‘บ ๐‘ถ๐‘ญ ๐‘จ๐‘ผ๐‘บ๐‘ป๐‘น๐‘จ๐‘ณ๐‘ฐ๐‘จ ๐‘ช๐‘ณ๐‘ผ๐‘ฉ ๐‘ฎ๐‘จ๐‘ป๐‘ฏ๐‘ฌ๐‘น๐‘ฐ๐‘ต๐‘ฎ

๐™๐™๐™ž๐™จ ๐™š๐™ซ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐™ฅ๐™–๐™œ๐™š ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ฌ ๐™™๐™š๐™™๐™ž๐™˜๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐˜ฟ๐™š๐™›๐™š๐™ฃ๐™™๐™š๐™ง๐™จ ๐™ค๐™› ๐˜ผ๐™ช๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™–๐™ก๐™ž๐™– ๐˜พ๐™ก๐™ช๐™— ๐˜ผ๐™ฃ๐™ฃ๐™ช๐™–๐™ก ๐™‚๐™–๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ!

๐˜ผ ๐™‚๐™–๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ค๐™› ๐˜ฟ๐™š๐™›๐™š๐™ฃ๐™™๐™š๐™ง๐™จ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ž๐™ง ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™ž๐™—๐™š, ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™– ๐™˜๐™š๐™ก๐™š๐™—๐™ง๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™–๐™ก๐™ก ๐™ฉ๐™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™จ ๐˜ฟ๐™š๐™›๐™š๐™ฃ๐™™๐™š๐™ง ๐™ž๐™ฉโ€™๐™จ ๐™˜๐™ช๐™ก๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™ง๐™š ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™ž๐™—๐™š.

๐™Š๐™ง๐™œ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™จ๐™š๐™™ ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’‘๐’“๐’†๐’”๐’†๐’๐’•๐’†๐’… ๐™—๐™ฎ ๐˜ฟ๐™š๐™›๐™š๐™ฃ๐™™๐™š๐™ง๐™จ ๐™ค๐™› ๐˜ผ๐™ช๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™–๐™ก๐™ž๐™– ๐‘ช๐’๐’–๐’ƒ (๐˜ฟ๐™Š๐˜ผ๐˜พ) ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™จ ๐™ก๐™ž๐™ ๐™š-๐™ข๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™™๐™š๐™™ ๐™ฅ๐™–๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ง๐™จ.

๐‘ป๐’‰๐’† ๐’Š๐’๐’‚๐’–๐’ˆ๐’–๐’“๐’‚๐’ ๐’†๐’—๐’†๐’๐’• ๐’Š๐’ 2023' ๐’˜๐’‚๐’” ๐’”๐’–๐’„๐’‰ ๐’‚ ๐’ˆ๐’“๐’†๐’‚๐’• ๐’˜๐’†๐’†๐’Œ๐’†๐’๐’… - ๐™๐™š๐™ก๐™™ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ƒ๐™š๐™ง๐™ซ๐™š

๐™ฎ ๐˜ฝ๐™–๐™ฎ, ๐™Œ๐™ก๐’…โ€™ ๐‘จ๐’–๐’”๐’•๐’“๐’‚๐’๐’Š๐’‚...

๐˜ผ๐™ฃ ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ซ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™œ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ง ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™– ๐™จ๐™๐™ค๐™ฌ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™ก๐™ค๐™œ๐™š๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™˜ ๐˜ฟ๐™š๐™›๐™š๐™ฃ๐™™๐™š๐™ง ๐™‹๐™ง๐™ž๐™™๐™š, ๐™œ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™–๐™ก๐™ก ๐™ฉ๐™๐™ค๐™จ๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™ก๐™ž๐™ซ๐™š ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™—๐™ง๐™š๐™–๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐˜ฟ๐™š๐™›๐™š๐™™๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ง ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™จ ๐™ก๐™ž๐™›๐™š๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ฎ๐™ก๐™š.

๐™๐™๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ฅ๐™–๐™œ๐™š ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ก๐™ก ๐™—๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ƒ๐™Œ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ฃ๐™ช๐™–๐™ก ๐™‚๐™–๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™š๐™ซ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™—๐™š ๐™๐™š๐™ก๐™™ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™ข๐™š๐™ข๐™—๐™š๐™ง๐™จ, ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ซ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™–๐™ก๐™ก ๐™‡๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™๐™ค๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง ๐™˜๐™ก๐™ช๐™—๐™จ ๐™–๐™˜๐™ง๐™ค๐™จ๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™ฎ.

๐™‹๐™ก๐™š๐™–๐™จ๐™š ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™ž๐™™๐™š๐™ง ๐™Ÿ๐™ค๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™˜๐™ก๐™ช๐™— ๐™–๐™ฉ - www.defendersofaustralia.club

They are at it again!.. Let's get this done! Get excited! Come join the ๐™๐™ƒ๐™€ ๐™๐™Š๐˜ผ๐˜ฟ ๐™๐™Š ๐™‚๐™๐™‰๐˜ฟ๐˜ผ๐™‚๐˜ผ๐™„ ๐˜พ๐™Š๐™‰๐™‘๐™Š๐™” - ๐™’๐™Š๐™๐™‡๐˜ฟ ๐™๐™€๐˜พ๐™Š๐™๐˜ฟ ๐˜ผ๐™๐™๐™€๐™ˆ...
14/10/2024

They are at it again!.. Let's get this done! Get excited!

Come join the ๐™๐™ƒ๐™€ ๐™๐™Š๐˜ผ๐˜ฟ ๐™๐™Š ๐™‚๐™๐™‰๐˜ฟ๐˜ผ๐™‚๐˜ผ๐™„ ๐˜พ๐™Š๐™‰๐™‘๐™Š๐™” - ๐™’๐™Š๐™๐™‡๐˜ฟ ๐™๐™€๐˜พ๐™Š๐™๐˜ฟ ๐˜ผ๐™๐™๐™€๐™ˆ๐™‹๐™ and lets show'em how its done!

THE city of Arusha in northern Tanzania played host to the inaugural Global Land Rover Festival, which drew over 1,000 Land Rovers from around the world, organisers announced on Sunday. The festival, organised by the Arusha regional commissionerโ€™s office, kicked off on Saturday and runs until Mond...

Sadly with the cancellation of The Gathering 2023, we were unable to utilise the generously sponsored gifts from sponsor...
10/10/2024

Sadly with the cancellation of The Gathering 2023, we were unable to utilise the generously sponsored gifts from sponsors of the event. Graciously Road Tech Marine - RTM (Hervey Bay) have payed forward their donations to our next event!

Great supporters of a cause and we canโ€™t thank them enough ๐Ÿซฐ๐Ÿป

Get on board for ๐™๐™ƒ๐™€ ๐™‚๐˜ผ๐™๐™ƒ๐™€๐™๐™„๐™‰๐™‚ 2025 in Association with Land Rover 77th Anniversary Gathering Australia 2025 and attend roll out with the ๐™๐™ƒ๐™€ ๐™๐™Š๐˜ผ๐˜ฟ ๐™๐™Š ๐™‚๐™๐™‰๐˜ฟ๐˜ผ๐™‚๐˜ผ๐™„ ๐˜พ๐™Š๐™‰๐™‘๐™Š๐™” - ๐™’๐™Š๐™๐™‡๐˜ฟ ๐™๐™€๐˜พ๐™Š๐™๐˜ฟ ๐˜ผ๐™๐™๐™€๐™ˆ๐™‹๐™

29/09/2024

A huge thank you to those who attended or kept their bookings for the Gathering Camp 2024 (Turned DOAC Campout) at TTrinity Islands Holiday Park and our heartfelt thanks and appreciation to Nora and Dan for their hospitality, absolute legends!
We appreciate all your support, and again, we apologise for not getting it up this year.

To DDefenders of Australia Clubmembers, thank you for your support, we had a great weekend and so great to see your faces! we even managed to welcome two members which is brilliant!

All Gathering ticket refunds have now been processed (- Showโ€™nโ€™Shine and Sponsor the entertainment, which have been donated to charity) please allow a few days before contacting me, would be great

Weโ€™d love to thank our entertainment partner Tun A Fun Enterprises Karaoke, Entertainment and Promotionsand Bronco Jensen The Sandman for his support of our event and the Karaoke fun on Sat evening.

Thank you to KINGPIN DESIGN and Fab for your club and event sponsorship support, we are proud as a club to have you on our side ๐Ÿซถ

Thank you to British Off Road for representing and adding to our Sat evening fun ๐Ÿซฐ

Huge thanks to our sponsors for their patience in refunding their support - We have been in touch, and we will complete this process ASAP.

Wholesale Paint Group has kindly moved their sponsorship to our next event - Thank you ๐Ÿ™

See you all next year at ๐™๐™๐™ƒ๐™€ ๐™‚๐˜ผ๐™๐™ƒ๐™€๐™๐™„๐™‰๐™‚ 2025in assosiation with the Land Rover 77th Anniversary Gathering Australia 2025 where Defenders of Australia Clubpresent ๐™๐™ƒ๐™€ ๐™๐™Š๐˜ผ๐˜ฟ ๐™๐™Š ๐™‚๐™๐™‰๐˜ฟ๐˜ผ๐™‚๐˜ผ๐™„ ๐˜พ๐™Š๐™‰๐™‘๐™Š๐™” - ๐™’๐™Š๐™๐™‡๐˜ฟ ๐™๐™€๐˜พ๐™Š๐™๐˜ฟ ๐˜ผ๐™๐™๐™€๐™ˆ๐™‹๐™
Cheers!

๐™๐™ƒ๐™€ ๐™๐™Š๐˜ผ๐˜ฟ ๐™๐™Š ๐™‚๐™๐™‰๐˜ฟ๐˜ผ๐™‚๐˜ผ๐™„ ๐˜พ๐™Š๐™‰๐™‘๐™Š๐™” - ๐™’๐™Š๐™๐™‡๐˜ฟ ๐™๐™€๐˜พ๐™Š๐™๐˜ฟ ๐˜ผ๐™๐™๐™€๐™ˆ๐™‹๐™!In association with the Land Rover 77th Anniversary Gathering Austral...
21/09/2024

๐™๐™ƒ๐™€ ๐™๐™Š๐˜ผ๐˜ฟ ๐™๐™Š ๐™‚๐™๐™‰๐˜ฟ๐˜ผ๐™‚๐˜ผ๐™„ ๐˜พ๐™Š๐™‰๐™‘๐™Š๐™” - ๐™’๐™Š๐™๐™‡๐˜ฟ ๐™๐™€๐˜พ๐™Š๐™๐˜ฟ ๐˜ผ๐™๐™๐™€๐™ˆ๐™‹๐™!

In association with the Land Rover 77th Anniversary Gathering Australia 2025 and the ๐™๐™ƒ๐™€ ๐™‚๐˜ผ๐™๐™ƒ๐™€๐™๐™„๐™‰๐™‚ 2025, Defenders of Australia Club will host -

๐™๐™ƒ๐™€ ๐™๐™Š๐˜ผ๐˜ฟ ๐™๐™Š ๐™‚๐™๐™‰๐˜ฟ๐˜ผ๐™‚๐˜ผ๐™„ ๐˜พ๐™Š๐™‰๐™‘๐™Š๐™” - ๐™’๐™Š๐™๐™‡๐˜ฟ ๐™๐™€๐˜พ๐™Š๐™๐˜ฟ ๐˜ผ๐™๐™๐™€๐™ˆ๐™‹๐™!

A Land Rover world record attempt of -

'๐™๐™ƒ๐™€ ๐™‡๐˜ผ๐™๐™‚๐™€๐™Ž๐™ ๐™‰๐™๐™ˆ๐˜ฝ๐™€๐™ ๐™Š๐™ ๐™‡๐˜ผ๐™‰๐˜ฟ ๐™๐™Š๐™‘๐™€๐™๐™Ž ๐™„๐™‰ ๐˜พ๐™Š๐™‰๐™‘๐™Š๐™” ๐™Š๐™‘๐™€๐™ ๐™๐™ƒ๐™€ ๐™‚๐™๐™€๐˜ผ๐™๐™€๐™Ž๐™ ๐˜ฟ๐™„๐™Ž๐™๐˜ผ๐™‰๐˜พ๐™€.'

The convoy will leave Yass, NSW on the morning of the 25th of September 2025, and roll into the Land Rover 77th Anniversary Gathering Australia 2025 event in a spectacular show of Land Rover history, community and pride.

Details will follow, please follow this event page for updates and information going forward.

Convoy Registrations will open in February 2025 - Along with the announcement of the Land Rover 77th Anniversary Gathering event and camping tickets.

NOTE: IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED YOU BOOK YOUR ACCOMMODATION IN YASS, NSW, ASAP FOR THE EVENING OF THE 24TH OF SEPTEMBER!

BOOK YOUR ACCOMMODATION AND JOIN THE FUN - WE NEED YOU TO MAKE IT HAPPEN!

Event link - https://www.facebook.com/share/eFAFWwfYZZUXVBna/?mibextid=9l3rBW

๐™๐‘ฏ๐‘ฌ ๐‘ซ๐‘ฌ๐‘ญ๐‘ฌ๐‘ต๐‘ซ๐‘ฌ๐‘น๐‘บ ๐‘ถ๐‘ญ ๐‘จ๐‘ผ๐‘บ๐‘ป๐‘น๐‘จ๐‘ณ๐‘ฐ๐‘จ ๐‘ช๐‘ณ๐‘ผ๐‘ฉ ๐‘ฎ๐‘จ๐‘ป๐‘ฏ๐‘ฌ๐‘น๐‘ฐ๐‘ต๐‘ฎ๐™๐™๐™ž๐™จ ๐™š๐™ซ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐™ฅ๐™–๐™œ๐™š ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ฌ ๐™™๐™š๐™™๐™ž๐™˜๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐˜ฟ๐™š๐™›๐™š๐™ฃ๐™™๐™š๐™ง๐™จ ๐™ค๐™› ๐˜ผ๐™ช๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™–๐™ก๐™ž๐™– ๐˜พ๐™ก๐™ช๐™— ๐˜ผ๐™ฃ๐™ฃ๐™ช๐™–๐™ก ๐™‚๐™–๐™ฉ๐™...
13/09/2024

๐™๐‘ฏ๐‘ฌ ๐‘ซ๐‘ฌ๐‘ญ๐‘ฌ๐‘ต๐‘ซ๐‘ฌ๐‘น๐‘บ ๐‘ถ๐‘ญ ๐‘จ๐‘ผ๐‘บ๐‘ป๐‘น๐‘จ๐‘ณ๐‘ฐ๐‘จ ๐‘ช๐‘ณ๐‘ผ๐‘ฉ ๐‘ฎ๐‘จ๐‘ป๐‘ฏ๐‘ฌ๐‘น๐‘ฐ๐‘ต๐‘ฎ

๐™๐™๐™ž๐™จ ๐™š๐™ซ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐™ฅ๐™–๐™œ๐™š ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ฌ ๐™™๐™š๐™™๐™ž๐™˜๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐˜ฟ๐™š๐™›๐™š๐™ฃ๐™™๐™š๐™ง๐™จ ๐™ค๐™› ๐˜ผ๐™ช๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™–๐™ก๐™ž๐™– ๐˜พ๐™ก๐™ช๐™— ๐˜ผ๐™ฃ๐™ฃ๐™ช๐™–๐™ก ๐™‚๐™–๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ!

๐˜ผ ๐™‚๐™–๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ค๐™› ๐˜ฟ๐™š๐™›๐™š๐™ฃ๐™™๐™š๐™ง๐™จ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ž๐™ง ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™ž๐™—๐™š, ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™– ๐™˜๐™š๐™ก๐™š๐™—๐™ง๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™–๐™ก๐™ก ๐™ฉ๐™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™จ ๐˜ฟ๐™š๐™›๐™š๐™ฃ๐™™๐™š๐™ง ๐™ž๐™ฉโ€™๐™จ ๐™˜๐™ช๐™ก๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™ง๐™š ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™ž๐™—๐™š.

๐™Š๐™ง๐™œ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™จ๐™š๐™™ ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐™—๐™ฎ ๐˜ฟ๐™š๐™›๐™š๐™ฃ๐™™๐™š๐™ง๐™จ ๐™ค๐™› ๐˜ผ๐™ช๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™–๐™ก๐™ž๐™– ๐‘ช๐’๐’–๐’ƒ (๐˜ฟ๐™Š๐˜ผ๐˜พ) ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™จ ๐™ก๐™ž๐™ ๐™š-๐™ข๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™™๐™š๐™™ ๐™ฅ๐™–๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ง๐™จ.

๐‘ป๐’‰๐’† ๐’Š๐’๐’‚๐’–๐’ˆ๐’–๐’“๐’‚๐’ ๐’†๐’—๐’†๐’๐’• ๐’Š๐’ 2023' ๐’˜๐’‚๐’” ๐’”๐’–๐’„๐’‰ ๐’‚ ๐’ˆ๐’“๐’†๐’‚๐’• ๐’˜๐’†๐’†๐’Œ๐’†๐’๐’… - ๐™๐™š๐™ก๐™™ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ƒ๐™š๐™ง๐™ซ๐™š๐™ฎ ๐˜ฝ๐™–๐™ฎ, ๐™Œ๐™ก๐’…โ€™ ๐‘จ๐’–๐’”๐’•๐’“๐’‚๐’๐’Š๐’‚...

๐˜ผ๐™ฃ ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ซ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™œ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ง ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™ค๐™จ๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™ก๐™ž๐™ซ๐™š ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™—๐™ง๐™š๐™–๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐˜ฟ๐™š๐™›๐™š๐™ฃ๐™™๐™š๐™ง ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™จ ๐™ก๐™ž๐™›๐™š๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ฎ๐™ก๐™š.

๐™๐™๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ฅ๐™–๐™œ๐™š ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ก๐™ก ๐™—๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ƒ๐™Œ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ฃ๐™ช๐™–๐™ก ๐™‚๐™–๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™š๐™ซ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™—๐™š ๐™๐™š๐™ก๐™™ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™ข๐™š๐™ข๐™—๐™š๐™ง๐™จ, ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ซ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™–๐™ก๐™ก ๐™‡๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™๐™ค๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง ๐™˜๐™ก๐™ช๐™—๐™จ ๐™–๐™˜๐™ง๐™ค๐™จ๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™ฎ.

๐™‹๐™ก๐™š๐™–๐™จ๐™š ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™ž๐™™๐™š๐™ง ๐™Ÿ๐™ค๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™˜๐™ก๐™ช๐™— ๐™–๐™ฉ - www.defendersofaustralia.club

๐Ÿ“ฃSTATEMENT๐Ÿ“ฃThank you to all who supported our event by buying tickets early, we so very much appreciated your support. O...
06/09/2024

๐Ÿ“ฃSTATEMENT๐Ÿ“ฃ

Thank you to all who supported our event by buying tickets early, we so very much appreciated your support.

Obviously, your support has allowed us to set the groundwork for the associated costs of planning and development of The Gathering Event, and we so very much appreciate your support.

We have chosen to do our best to refund sponsorship/raffle gifts and would appreciate your patience in doing so.

We have now refunded over 50% of tickets/merch orders, and sponsorship. Please allow a week or so for these payments to trickle through before contacting us.

Unfortunately, we are unable to refund Show'N'Shine and Sponsor the entertainment tickets (as stated in the refund policy) - these tickets go straight to Charity and booking costs.

Once again, thank you for your support

Cheers

02/09/2024

๐Ÿ“ฃSTATEMENT ๐Ÿ“ฃ

Well, what a difference 24 hours makes in trying to create events that could endure.
The Gathering is an event that I (Matt Glenn) created as an extension of Defenders Of Australia, a group dedicated to the preservation and enjoyment of the iconic Land Rover Defender, its lineage, its culture & its tribe!

We found, after the event in 2023, whilst 90% of participants were of Defender lineage, we welcomed all Land Rover to come along, and a great weekend it was.

It was expressed that we should make it clear all Land Rovers were welcome, and that we did for 2024.

I wear my heart on my sleeve, and sometimes, to my detriment, my desire to please all can be its own demon.
Needless to say, this is a love job. I've spent time building relationships and connecting with solid personalities who have nothing but good intentions for our community (tribe) along with connecting in good faith with stakeholders in my community - and to let them down is personal. My apologies.

All events are only as good as the community that drives them, and unfortunately - for whatever reasons personal to them - some in the community do not see the work one puts in for it (the community) in good faith and choose to actively undermine its success. This is very sad indeed, and when it comes down to it, lessens the trust one has in the broader community going forward.

This is a LOVE job!
- Contrary to belief, I do not seek to make money for my efforts
- I have built relationships with stakeholders that in most cases have shared a desire and belief in our community and offered their products, services and hospitality in most cases for free or very low cost to us as a community
- The cost for exhibitors to participate is very low, virtually non-existent
- The faith of sponsors is only forwarded in the belief of our community
- Raising money for those who help others is only a reflection of our community

Times are tough, we concede. But at the end of the day, there is only a limited amount of personal cost as the founder/coordinator I can bear without the support of the community participating.
- There is no huge budget
- No high flyers are underwriting the event
- It's an event solely dependent on community involvement

Yes, we could have done this - We could have done that - You should have done this - and you should have done that. As expressed by many messages and emails in the past 24 hours.
At the end of the day, I so look forward to seeing and even attending your efforts in the future - thank you for the feedback.

GOING FORWARD - I started the Defenders of Australia group in 2019 with a desire to connect with like-minded Defender owners - I love our community - and we as a community have grown - we are now moving forward in an attempt to strengthen our community by the formation of the defendersofaustralia.club - all events I may have the pleasure of being involved in going forward, will be directly focused on our community (all Land Rovers will be welcome to join our community at any event going forward) but my efforts will be focused on the Defenders of Australia tribe!

I thank the great friends Iโ€™ve made in the process of organising this year's event, their efforts are truly appreciated, and I look forward to working with them on future projects.

This event page will be left open - but going forward unfortunately The Gathering will be replaced with smaller events dedicated to the success of Defenders of Australia.

Defenders of Australia Club would love to connect and work with other Clubs that have similar objectives going forward - weโ€™d love to hear from you - [email protected]

BIG ๐Ÿซฐ

๐Ÿ“ฃIMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT๐Ÿ“ฃWe regret to inform  that we have made the difficult decision to CANCEL THE LAND ROVER GATHERING...
01/09/2024

๐Ÿ“ฃIMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT๐Ÿ“ฃ

We regret to inform that we have made the difficult decision to CANCEL THE LAND ROVER GATHERING WEEKEND 2024โ€™

Due to a significant number of committed exhibitors indicating they are unable to attend the event, low registration and ticket sales - sadly means we are unable to provide continuity across our planned event weekend.

We will work to refund all ticket buyers via your original method of payment - Inc. tickets, patron tokens, and merch orders - unfortunately we are unable to refund Showโ€™Nโ€™Shine tickets. We would appreciate your patience with us as we work to get everyone their money back. Please contact us at [email protected] with any concerns.

Sadly this means those who have booked campsites at Trinity Islands Holiday Park will need to contact Nora or Dan directly, to initiate a booking refund - Unfortunately, we are unable to refund these cancellations.

We wish to thank Nora and Dan for all their support and hope we can open up the park for them to secure peak holiday bookings. If you and the family are still wanting to get away for the weekend, Trinity is a great place to do so.

Please accept our apologies - but we needed to make this regrettable decision today, rather than later.

Thank you to all who have supported the event, we love being part of the tribe and wish you well.

Our sincere apologies and regret ๐Ÿซถ

Cheers to all the Land Rover pages and groups that have graciously shared and promoted ๐‘ป๐‘ฏ๐‘ฌ ๐‘ณ๐‘จ๐‘ต๐‘ซ ๐‘น๐‘ถ๐‘ฝ๐‘ฌ๐‘น ๐‘ฎ๐‘จ๐‘ป๐‘ฏ๐‘ฌ๐‘น๐‘ฐ๐‘ต๐‘ฎ ๐‘พ๐‘ฌ๐‘ฌ๐‘ฒ๐‘ฌ๐‘ต๐‘ซ ...
29/08/2024

Cheers to all the Land Rover pages and groups that have graciously shared and promoted ๐‘ป๐‘ฏ๐‘ฌ ๐‘ณ๐‘จ๐‘ต๐‘ซ ๐‘น๐‘ถ๐‘ฝ๐‘ฌ๐‘น ๐‘ฎ๐‘จ๐‘ป๐‘ฏ๐‘ฌ๐‘น๐‘ฐ๐‘ต๐‘ฎ ๐‘พ๐‘ฌ๐‘ฌ๐‘ฒ๐‘ฌ๐‘ต๐‘ซ - This is a nfp event designed to bring together our community (tribe) in a celebration of all that is Land Rover, and to give a little back to those that help others!

In no way is this event mega-budgeted.. if anything, organisers are draining their Defender resto budget! Itโ€™s all in the name of good old old-fashioned love!

We look forward to seeing you all for a great weekend!

Special thanks to all those who are coming along to connect with their stakeholders - assisting with sponsorship - and or graciously providing products and or services to our charity party. You are part of what makes our community (tribe ) worth being part of.

Cheers to our major sponsors - Nothing happens in a vacuum, and times are tough! We appreciate you and your support ๐Ÿซถ

KINGPIN DESIGN and Fab
British Off Road
Fraser Coast Regional Council
Fraser Coast Events
New Defender Mods
Defenders of Australia
Wholesale Paint Group
Bushwakka Adventure Gear
Bronco Jensen The Sandman
Insurance for Motoring Enthusiasts - Wide Bay Qld.
Trinity Islands Holiday Park
Exmoor Trim
LOF Clutches - Heavy Duty 4x4 Clutches
Primal Threads

We are so pumped to have our tribe on the speakers' stage at ๐‘ป๐‘ฏ๐‘ฌ ๐‘ณ๐‘จ๐‘ต๐‘ซ ๐‘น๐‘ถ๐‘ฝ๐‘ฌ๐‘น ๐‘ฎ๐‘จ๐‘ป๐‘ฏ๐‘ฌ๐‘น๐‘ฐ๐‘ต๐‘ฎ ๐‘ญ๐‘ฐ๐‘ฌ๐‘ณ๐‘ซ ๐‘ซ๐‘จ๐’€ 24'So excited is Lady in...
16/08/2024

We are so pumped to have our tribe on the speakers' stage at ๐‘ป๐‘ฏ๐‘ฌ ๐‘ณ๐‘จ๐‘ต๐‘ซ ๐‘น๐‘ถ๐‘ฝ๐‘ฌ๐‘น ๐‘ฎ๐‘จ๐‘ป๐‘ฏ๐‘ฌ๐‘น๐‘ฐ๐‘ต๐‘ฎ ๐‘ญ๐‘ฐ๐‘ฌ๐‘ณ๐‘ซ ๐‘ซ๐‘จ๐’€ 24'

So excited is Lady in a Landy that she beat me to my next post!..

Lady in a Landy
Next Meridian Expedition
Jamie Hazelden
Bronco Jensen The Sandman
Airbag Man
Drive Queensland

All looking forward to meeting you all, and have a few good yarns!

Have you got in your calendar? ๐Ÿš™

I'm so excited (and nervous!) to be presenting alongside Next Meridian Expedition, Jamie Hazelden, Drive Queensland, TuffAnt, and Bronco Jensen The Sandman at the event.

๐Ÿ—“ 27-30th September 2024
๐Ÿ“ Hervey Bay, Queensland

Comment below if you'll be there, or something you'd like to hear me talk about at the event! ๐Ÿ‘‡

Mark and Anja (two of our Land Rover Gathering volunteers - Huskyrover) catching up with Nick and Mathilde from Next Mer...
16/08/2024

Mark and Anja (two of our Land Rover Gathering volunteers - Huskyrover) catching up with Nick and Mathilde from Next Meridian Expedition ahead of catching them on the Speakers Stage at ๐‘ป๐‘ฏ๐‘ฌ ๐‘ณ๐‘จ๐‘ต๐‘ซ ๐‘น๐‘ถ๐‘ฝ๐‘ฌ๐‘น ๐‘ฎ๐‘จ๐‘ป๐‘ฏ๐‘ฌ๐‘น๐‘ฐ๐‘ต๐‘ฎ ๐‘ญ๐‘ฐ๐‘ฌ๐‘ณ๐‘ซ ๐‘ซ๐‘จ๐’€ 24'

Can't wait to hear the stories they can tell, and to check out both their top rigs!

๐Ÿ“ฃ IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT ๐Ÿ“ฃ(Update: 1st Aug 24' - 09:20)THE LAND ROVER GATHERING CAMP.The "BIG AUSSIE BBQ" scheduled for ...
31/07/2024

๐Ÿ“ฃ IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT ๐Ÿ“ฃ
(Update: 1st Aug 24' - 09:20)

THE LAND ROVER GATHERING CAMP.

The "BIG AUSSIE BBQ" scheduled for the evening of Sunday the 29th will be moved to the Saturday evening to cater for the Charity Party.

** ALL TICKETS AVAILABLE ON THE EVENING @ $20 PER ADULT, AND $10 FOR CHILDREN UNDER 10 YEARS - **

** ALL PRE-ORDERED TICKETS PURCHASED ON EVENTBRITE ARE VALID FOR THE SAT EVENING CHARITY PARTY **

๐Ÿšจ PRE-ORDER "BIG AUSSIE BBQ" TICKETS WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE AS OF TODAY!

19/06/2024

Come chat with the crew from Airbag Man about you next setup! At ๐‘ป๐‘ฏ๐‘ฌ ๐‘ณ๐‘จ๐‘ต๐‘ซ ๐‘น๐‘ถ๐‘ฝ๐‘ฌ๐‘น ๐‘ฎ๐‘จ๐‘ป๐‘ฏ๐‘ฌ๐‘น๐‘ฐ๐‘ต๐‘ฎ ๐‘ญ๐‘ฐ๐‘ฌ๐‘ณ๐‘ซ ๐‘ซ๐‘จ๐’€ 24'

Come say hi, and get yourself a couple of Can Buddys for the next trip at ๐‘ป๐‘ฏ๐‘ฌ ๐‘ณ๐‘จ๐‘ต๐‘ซ ๐‘น๐‘ถ๐‘ฝ๐‘ฌ๐‘น ๐‘ฎ๐‘จ๐‘ป๐‘ฏ๐‘ฌ๐‘น๐‘ฐ๐‘ต๐‘ฎ ๐‘ญ๐‘ฐ๐‘ฌ๐‘ณ๐‘ซ ๐‘ซ๐‘จ๐’€ 24'
19/06/2024

Come say hi, and get yourself a couple of Can Buddys for the next trip at ๐‘ป๐‘ฏ๐‘ฌ ๐‘ณ๐‘จ๐‘ต๐‘ซ ๐‘น๐‘ถ๐‘ฝ๐‘ฌ๐‘น ๐‘ฎ๐‘จ๐‘ป๐‘ฏ๐‘ฌ๐‘น๐‘ฐ๐‘ต๐‘ฎ ๐‘ญ๐‘ฐ๐‘ฌ๐‘ณ๐‘ซ ๐‘ซ๐‘จ๐’€ 24'

19/06/2024

Will be great have the crew from Bushwakka Adventure Gear on the field at ๐‘ป๐‘ฏ๐‘ฌ ๐‘ณ๐‘จ๐‘ต๐‘ซ ๐‘น๐‘ถ๐‘ฝ๐‘ฌ๐‘น ๐‘ฎ๐‘จ๐‘ป๐‘ฏ๐‘ฌ๐‘น๐‘ฐ๐‘ต๐‘ฎ ๐‘ญ๐‘ฐ๐‘ฌ๐‘ณ๐‘ซ ๐‘ซ๐‘จ๐’€ 24'.. the team are also drawing a few draws at ๐‘ป๐‘ฏ๐‘ฌ ๐‘ฎ๐‘จ๐‘ป๐‘ฏ๐‘ฌ๐‘น๐‘ฐ๐‘ต๐‘ฎ ๐‘ช๐‘ฏ๐‘จ๐‘น๐‘ฐ๐‘ป๐’€ ๐‘บ๐‘จ๐‘ญ๐‘จ๐‘น๐‘ฐ ๐‘ท๐‘จ๐‘น๐‘ป๐’€! Win and awning !! ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿป

Come and have a chat to Jamie Hazelden about his rigs and adventures ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿป
19/06/2024

Come and have a chat to Jamie Hazelden about his rigs and adventures ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿป

Out and about on another backroad.

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