Spring Tour 2009 WA

[lilypad]

Hi all these are the dates and basic itinerary for the 2009 Spring Tour in WA
Commencing from Collie 12/9/09 to watch the vintage sports car racing .Leaving for Kojonup on Monday staying at Kojonup caravan park Monday night then off to Stirling Range Retreat for Tuesday and Wednesday night and a short drive to Mount Barker for Thursday night . From there we travel to Boyup Brook for Friday Night and then to Boddington on Saturday heading for home on Sunday.
If you Plane on coming you need to book your spot at the appropriate caravan parks, as it is wild flower season and spots are limited especially at Stirling Range Retreat .
The phone numbers for the parks are
Collie 97345088 Kojonup 98311127 Stirling Range Retreat 982799229 Boyup Brook 97651136 Boddington 98838018
Look forward to seeing you there.
Greg

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maaaaaate ........its going to be friggin' freezin' down that way in September .......but I'll be there ......

Much to the ticker specialists disgust, I'll take myself off asprin for a week .....thicken the blood a bit ;D ;D

and ......I'll have to have a scrounge 'round in the Beverley shed .....see if I c'n find a tow car in there with a heater would be good .....or shall just take to the FX's firewall with an oxy .....

Haven't missed a WA spring tour yet ......should be fun

Mark

[bradngem]

Sounds great. We should be there, will look into booking sites.
So long as Ashleighs baby is on time. Will be good to catch up with you.
Gem

[bradngem]

Please note that the phone number for the Stirling ranges is
98279229...
Gem

[rubyrose]

felling pretty good. i have just booked the caravan parks for the spring tour. yeahhhh. madam (caravan park lady) asked me to let everyone else know that there has been a fee increase for this new financial year. bboooooo. $22.50 for v.anners. i'm still going. that is for boddington c.park.she also said i am the third person to book??? is that right??? isn't anyone else going to be there??? i will be joining anyone who is there at stirling ranges on tuesday morning. as long as the wheels don't fall off my caravan! warm regards to you all, rubyrose.

[Deleted]

hi rubyrose ......yeah, I reckon you'd be feeling pretty good too ;D

Did you book the caravan parks for me as well ..... ;D ;D

Mark

[Daggsey]

Hi rubyrose & other wassies,

If you paying anything under 25 bucks for a powered site nowadays, you're probably doing pretty well

Just paid $21 for an un-powered site at Wonga Beach north of Cairns..........a real rip-off when you could actually come into the same park and have a shower for two bucks

Daggsey from the far side

[alaskanozziemum]

Hello there! I am new to this and may not be posting in the right forum. I have a vintage 60's van for sale in Albany WA and was wondering if anyone in the state would be interested in it. It is an Aristavan and is an extremely cute little thing around about 10' ,that is in fantastic condition inside and out. I will post pictures if there is any interest ( and if I can work out how !)

[Deleted]

Hi alaskanozziemum,
I'll move your post to the "for sale" section

If you like, you can email the photos to "[e-mail]" and I'll post them for you,

cheers

Mark

[alaskanozziemum]

Thanks Mark, I found the for sale section just after I posted here. And will get some pics on there by tomorrow night. I am having problems with the way they are formatted so it's no use sending them to you but thanks very much for your kind offer to post them for me. The van is such a lovely little thing and I am sad to be selling it but mortgage payments must be made! I'll definately get another vintage van one day in the future.

[rubyrose]

mr T, you are such a ' gonna man'. i will book you in today. consider it done. anyone else need a hand?

[lovshack]

hi y'all

just contacted the boddington c/park and was informed by owner dot, that those attending should book, as tourist sites are limited cause of the mining going on in the town ;D

phone [phone] to confirm your booking with the vv mob

cheers

loooooveshack

[lilypad]

Appears I did no ;)t put the phone number for Mt Barker Caravan Park So those wishing to make their booking need to phone [phone]
Greg

[shiloh]

I'm comin too. See ya's there
Ron

[rubyrose]

now i'm really looking forward to this little event. i will bring my bioculars too shilo.

[bradngem]

Looking forward to catching up on the weekend. Brad will come on Saturday but I won't be there till Sunday avo.
Roll on spring tour....
Gem

[Deleted]

well the 2009 WA Spring Tour has been run .......

A total of 10 vintage caravans towed by mostly old cars went on tour of WA's sou'west for a week commencing in Collie.

The vintage vanners had a great week despite cold blustery weather with some periods of rain.
Walks, mountain climbing, happy hours and pub dinners, private collection viewing & wineries were the order of the week.

Sadly, missing on tour this year were Will & Lyn, who had car troubles preventing them from making the tour. I believe its the first tour they have missed since we started the Spring Tours in 2005.

Jo & Greg (lilypad) assisted by Pat (loveshack) organised the tour, and did a fantastic job ......you should've seen our tour "goody" bag .....I'll do a seperate post later on the "goody" bag.

The week started last weekend at Collie, where we watched vintage motor racing at the Collie Motorplex:




On tour were:





Raina was accompanied by her mum Fran




Jill & Greg




Jo & Greg




Noelene & Greg




Karen & Snail




Ron ...... without Elaine




Gemma & Brad




Pat & Dave




Sandra & Brian




yours truly ...........




We travelled far & wide ..........

on gravel roads:




and thru floods ......WA has had excellent rainfall this year, and water is everywhere in the sou'west:
















to be continued ...............

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Megan & Richard from Bridgetown joined us at Boyup Brook, with the teardrop and FC ute:





the Boyup Brook caravan park is ideal for vintage vanners ....we got the "under cover" section of the park

[bobt]

Mark

Thank you..

Glad to hear you all had a great time

hmmmm note: must look at "Runs & Events" a bit more often...

Bobt

[Surf Tragic]

Hi Mark

:)Looking at all those VV's together makes me think I'm living life over again ;D, I can remember being surrounded with vans & vehicles like that in our many adventures in the Don, can't wait to get my project on the road now.

Thanks for that.

Surf Tragic

[Daggsey]

Thanks for the photos Mark..............looks like everyone enjoyed themselves on this year's tour.

Good to see water about and that it didn't dampen spirits.......

Daggsey

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One farm we visited in Cranbrook had some really interesting collections .....cars, tractors, stationary engines, trucks, radios, washing machines ......you name it, they collected it .....an amazing collection indeed ......and all on a private farm not easily accessable to the public, and not advertised .....a private collection.











mmm ......I have a caravan in Beverley that has a stove same as the alladin on the left ..........












tractors as far as the eyes could see




Pottsey on his way back from the oil depot ;D




what collection doesn't have these .......answer ....mine ....can't afford signs as well as caravans




the F O R D boys (and me ;D) got all excited over this exceptionally original Ford Landau




Bullnose Morris




Mark

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another interesting place we visited during the Spring Tour was Harvey Dickson's Country Music Centre in Boyup Brook.

Harvey Dickson is a local legend, and has been progressively building the music centre since 1979.

He has an amazing collection of ......well .....er ......um ....stuff ......plus the world's best collection of all things country & western .....and a collection of Elvis stuff supposedly 2nd only to Graceland ;D ;D



stuff hanging from the roof in the entertainment arena

















a huge country & western & Elvis collection












Ron in the Bullshit Pit ;D




and on stage .....the reason whe put him in the Bullshit Pit

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speaking of Bullshit , I must tell you the pacesetter on the tour was the .....
"bog stock as a rock grey powered" mightyX, easily keeping up with the V8's during the tour .......
it was clocked by Pottsey at 70 mph on the straights (with the lil bondy in tow ), and again by Brian in the late model Ford ute at 110 kmh .....the reason .....a broken speedo needle

The FX went sooooo fast down one hill, the speedo needle went up to 120 mph, had a seizure ..... broke off, and headed south .......just as the FX clocked a genuine 40000 miles from new



roof cam ............




....... the needle sitting at the bottom of the dial



;D ;D ;D ;D


Lady Madonna maybe speed limited to 70 kph, .......mightyX and its lil bondy are speed limited to 70 mph ;D ;D

[bobt]

Hi Mark

Love the photos.

Congratulations on achieving the 40,000 ks in the car. Not a bad feat for car so young


As for the speedo... well..
I have seen the needle hit the stopper on speedos. But never ever in my life have I ever heard of a car going so fast that it broke the needle..

And with a caravan in tow....


;D ;D ;D ;D

bobt