Who & What is Navrun.com.au!

Navrun 4WD Events is a tax paying, ABN registered business with $10M Public Liability Insurance cover. Navrun is a registered trade mark, totally runand owned by Rudi Paoletti {right side of pic}(of the very popular Adventurer Map series, providing maps, books and mine tours) and Steve Hobbs {left side of pic}whom is involved with the Cliffhanger. When Steve is not working on Cliffhanger he is either selling and installing pool solar systems www.heatmypool.com.au or enjoying time with his friends and family.

Rudi Paoletti and Steve Hobbs teamed up way back in the days of the Yarraman Midnight Pursuit (which later became the Simex Pursuit)and in 2002 they formed an events company and we saw the birth of the Navrun series of navigational events. In 2006 they ran their first Cliffhanger, inspired by Steve's involvement in 8 Outback Challenges. Between them they ran 80 Navrun, Nav-Nite, Amazing Race and Cliffhanger events all told throughout Vic, Tas and NSW before Steve stepped away from the Navrun scene in 2009 for family and work commitments. Since then Rudi has flown solo with a further 20 Navrun and other events but he and Steve remain a steadfast team still jointly owning and running Cliffhanger 4WD Events. In 2012 Navrun has it's 10th Birthday and the dynamic duo shall once again team up to put on a special 10th anniversay event.

The Cliffhanger is a part time job for Rudi and Steve. One day every week for the entire year they meet and make arrangements and plans for Cliffhanger. It takes this sort of commitment to reach the highest possible level of professionalism and making it the most successful and ejoyable event of its type in Australia.

Everyone's needs are catered for. The Amazing Race is ideal for the families in basic cross terrain vehicles and Navrun weekends are a bit more adventurous mixing the keen teams with the family teams in daily driver rigs. Pursuit is getting more competetive with entry level battle trucks in a 24 hour enduro with timed stages. Cliffhanger is serious stuff with dedicated machines battling the elements for a week in an outback location. Navrun After Dark is similair to the Navrun event, except it is a day and night event. The new High Country Challenge is a mix of hard navigation and challenging but moderate 4wd driving. This event caters for your first timers, beginners and the experts.

Allan Matthews and Clinton "Macca" McDonald are also part of the extended family of Navrun. They contribute in the field work set up, and in putting togther the competition notes.

Allan has been involved with 4wd's for over 20 years. He has been working in the 4wd industry for over 15years. He currently works for Don Kyatt Spares / Terrain Tamer 4wd products at out Moorabbin (Vic) branch.
He has competed in a number of 4wd events including various Mudruns, Boho bounce/s, Ramsey/Simex/Piranha Pursuits and Cruiserkhana/s amongst others over the years. He has also officialled at many other events including 4wd winch challenges, Navruns, car rallies and hillclimb/sprints.
His other pursuits include (bush) camping, historical area investigation and various kayak disciplines including touring, white water and Marathon.

Allan can be contacted on alan@navrun.com.au

Clinton......Clinton has been around 4wd's since he was a kid, after a trip with an Uncle into the High Country piqued his interest. He has competed in numerous Pajero Challenges and been a competitor in various Navruns before stepping up to the challenge of setting up our events. Being in IT for a job, he took to OziExplorer like a duck to water. Clinton also gets out on both mountain and motor bikes for fun, having been involved in MTB racing, and track days on the motorbike.

Clinton can be contacted on macca@navrun.com.au

Please enjoy browsing through our site. We really do enjoy what we do and you will see this in what we have produced. Click on the above links for more info, dates, prices and entry forms for that particular event.

 

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