Monthly Archives: September 2018

National Meet – the Bay to Birdwood

The night before the B2B we all stayed close to Glenelg. Des, Daz, Tania, Cooks and Horgans all stayed in the awesome Oaks Plaza right on the beach. Glamorous. We checked in (Des arrived later) , stowed the cars in … Continue reading

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National Meet – the Trip day 8

Our last day of The Trip. Tania, Darryl, Des, Brett, Richard, Paul, Coral, Reg, Sue, Peter and Kaye all stayed at Kaye’s sisters farm in the Clare valley last night. A beautiful property with stone cottages and stunning views. The … Continue reading

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National Meet – the Trip day 7

Peter and Kay shot off early to take Neville to the Whyalla airport. Sadly there is a family emergency and Nev is flying home. Sue will continue on and now has Paul as copilot. Brett says he paid her to … Continue reading

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National Meet – the Trip day 6

It seems Brett’s reliance on Corals scones and cooking is a farce as he’s made his own lamb shanks, roast shoulder and all the vege at 4 in the morning in some else’s campfire.  We left early and arrived at … Continue reading

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National Meet – the Trip day 5

Not such a windy night as expected, but lord it was cold. Very difficult to pry ourselves (okay, myself) out of bed this morning.  This was after we discovered an airstrip ran not 50m from our tent and a plane … Continue reading

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National Meet – the Trip day 4

An early start from Madura Pass after a quiet night. Refills at Belladonia and Caiguna and…  well everywhere to be honest.  Wilson is paying particular attention as the price skyrockets. We are getting regular progress reports from Brett and crew … Continue reading

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Millman: Mannum to Loxton

Hi we left Mannum yesterday destination unknown, went to Walker Flat and met up with the Murray Mallee car club – they were having Coffee and Car day. They invited us to join them for coffee and lunch and we … Continue reading

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National Meet – the Trip day 3

Today was driving Fraser Range to Madura. Overnight saw some unexpected lightening and rain, but all was dry and comfortable again come morning. Many of the travellers decided to get going early and had left by 7.30. Cooks and Horgans … Continue reading

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National Meet – the Trip day 2

Early start with the road trains in Southern Cross today. Camp breakfast and then down to the local foodland for the essentials we left at home. (Salt and pepper). Even without these, we had a great steak and veg dinner … Continue reading

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National Meet – the Trip day 1

Left right on time for our meetup with Mahony’s in Northam. It was approximately 15 minutes out from our gate when I realised I’d left the iPod at home. It was going to be a long 2700km without tunes and … Continue reading

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