Club president Michael Adam said about 120 people, including 30 from outside Dunedin, attended the ‘‘very successful’’ two-day event in the city.
He had received "very positive reports" from participants, some of whom had come from as far afield as Wellington and Blenheim.
On Saturday, from about 9am to 3pm, 42 vehicles from the club took part in a trip to Maungatua and the Horse Hoof Station, near Outram.
The Dunedin-based 4WD club was celebrating half a century ‘‘in the mud’’ and there were moving moments during speeches at a social event at the Chisholm Park Golf Club on Saturday night.
Some members of the public without much experience of four-wheel-drive vehicles felt they were "10 feet tall and bullet-proof", but the club always emphasised safety and the need for good judgement, and regular training sessions were held at the club-owned land at Waitati, he said.
One of the celebration’s highlights was the chance to reconnect with some past members, including some who had not been at the club for 20 years. About 50 vehicles were in action for a "drive in the mud" at the club’s Waitati land.
Yesterday, a barbecue was held and a club photo taken.
Club members were known to undertake volunteer work, such as transporting nurses to hospitals and rest-homes on snow days, and also provided support for the national volunteer search and rescue organisation, LandSAR, he said.
