NSW "Xmas in July 2010"

[MRFJ55]

YOU LITTLE PISSER !

GREAT NEWS , SNOOOOOOW !

FANTASTIC PHOTO OPORTUNITY !

I WOULD LOVE A PHOTO OF MY FJ UTE AND TEARDROP SURROUNDED WITH SNOW !

BRING IT ON I SAY !

LET IT SNOW , LET IT SNOW , LET IT SNOW !

8-)MAURIE & THE HOT WATERBOTTLE (KATE) .

[Geoff & Jude]

w-w-w-w-w-well w-w-w-w-w-we're o-o-o-o-o-off t-t-t-t-t-to k-k-k-k-k-katoomba.

s-s-s-s-s-see y-y-y-y-y-yuo a-a-a-a-a-all u-u-u-u-u-up t-t-t-t-t-there. ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

g-g-g-g-g-geoff 'n j-j-j-j-j-jude

[bindilou]

:oHope you all have a great time it has been very chilly on the willy here so rug up!!! Would have loved to have popped in but headin to Mudgee for a few daze, now thats gunna be cold Hot toddys all round!!

[Geoff & Jude]

hi all

just got back from katoomba, the van's packed away and the car's in the garage so it's time to show you some photos.

it was a great weekend, cold as buggary with almost snow and a good frost to wake up to this morning, but everyone had a good time.

cliff and ingrid invited us to their christmas dinner with roast pork, baked vegies, gravy and apple sauce followed by christmas pudding (yummy).

reddo provided fresh prawns he won at the rsl and we all provided good friendship, humour and alcohol.

here's some pics, others will contribute theirs.

talking garbage friday night. (click to play)


judy getting warm


cliff and ingrid out of the cold


a couple of the cars and vans


morrie with power for the first time ever




and it worked after he discovered the light bulb was loose


(by the way, we never saw morrie and kate again until it was pack-up time. they were having too good a time.

spider with long pants on


sandra with her unique way of warming up


sunday morning frost at 8:00am


geoff 'n jude

[sutcac]

Looks like another great Katoomba get together.........................

video was good ....Reddo being the "pick"

...hope our SEQ trip to Crows nest won't be quite so cold !!!!!!!!!!

[cobber]

Thanks Geoff 'n Jude.... looks cold .... must have been to get Spyder in long'uns.

Pleased to hear Morrie & Kate did a lot of bush walking

Cobber.

[Deleted]

That was a "staged pick "sutcac

The one thing i can say about Katoomba is it is consistantly cold.
We all honestly thought it was going to snow on friday night. It felt heaps colder than last year.
It started drizzling rain as we pulled up on our sites.... but alas... no snow.
Got up on saturday morning and the skies had cleared.. sunshine and a blistering 4 degrees.

Had brekky..

Started the Holden .. and... yup..... you guessed it... Missing, farting , wouldnt idle even after warm up... The FB Hoo doos had paid me another visit.
drove around to auto one to get a gasket set ... sorry dont stck em anymore. Went across the road to Katoomba fuel injection.
found a few old gaskets... sorry can't help you. He followed me out to the car and had a look/listen. Whipped the air cleaner off.
leaned on the throttle linkage and wound her up to 3 grand and then stuck his hand over the carb,,, cough , fart.. Bingo.... problem solved.. idling at 800rpm.

Off to Leuralla the Model railway and toy museum. What a brilliant collection of gear. Brought back a lot of memorys of toys i had as a kid. Sorry no photos allowed inside the museum...

Back to Katoomba main street for a look at all the antique shops....the rest of the street appears to be eaterys.
found these two toy vans at one shop...


$29.95 ea
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Next stop was the Hotel Gearin.. Jack Thompsons Pub. Had a bit of a stroll around inside. Built 1895 and named after Mrs Gearin. Been through the hands of a few other Gearins since old MR gearin .
Got yarnin with Dennis .. One of the barman who was enjoying a few beers. Use to race a Honda 4 at Castleraigh drags,,,, yakked about cars and bikes for an hour or two...couple of free beers ..better get out oif here... getting a bit of a glow up.

Back to camp by 3oclock.... Jennison, Me and Lazza hitched a ride to the RSL with Chippy and Nola. Caught up with spyder and Carol, Jeff and Jude, My 35B raffle ticket won a nice prawn tray... best $2 i have ever spent...

Everyone ( except Maurie and Kate .. now where are they meet up down the camp kitchen and enjoyed another evening of giggling and yarning...

We also celebrated Judes "21st"which was actually just a short while back. ;D... but that didnt stop us from having a drink.

Off to bed.. turn off the bar heater and try my new opp shop electric blanket.. click1 .. click 2 .. all good.... hmmm.. put it up to number 3..... bang... blackout...Turn blanket off.....Check the van circuit breaker... all good.. so.... out the door in the undies... 0 degrees .. run up the hill .. reset the breaker. Back in bed with bar heater on... aaaaahhhhhhhh.

Got up sunday to a white dusting..





Not sure which van Maurie and Kate slept in..or .. in fact if they even come home last night ??
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or .. this one....

The real one was blocking the sun off the frost.. even defrosted where the shape of the window is on the grass.

Couple of shots of Larrys Expandavan....


and that was....


over all too quickly....
Bit of discussion about moving over to Blackheath caravan park next year... apparently its closer to where it snows....
Madness... complete and utter madness i tell ya.

A shot of the Newcastle contingent heading home ...Ingrid and cliff ( Olympic) , Massos ( Propert), The fusso bus belching diesel smoke up front and Larry as he heads to Tweed with Boblors expanda in tow....
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See yas at Blackheath next year....




Reddo

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[Geoff & Jude]

Hi Reddo,

Thanks for the "21st" birthday wishes, can't keep any secrets from you,can I?

No luck with the scratchies , still waiting for the lottery ticket to be drawn.

Also a big thank you to all for the fine rendition of Happy Birthday,complete with laser lights - loved it ;D ;D

Jude

[chippydave01]

Hi Guys,
Had a great time at Katoomba.Loved the company of the people from the forum that actually tow vans instead of just posting.

I will make sure Im not parked on the end again as I had some new jayco thing parked next to me that woke me up both mornings at 5.45am with electric pumps running and all this other crap noise.All there water must of froze or something.Ill chose vv riff raff next to me any day.

Must admit I have not posted much lately due to hardly getting on the site as I was continiously reading about what people buy on ebay and it didnt have 2 wheels.

It was great to go to Katoomba and be invovled with the people element of the site . Thanks again Mark for setting up the site and the good mates Ive made.

Im looking foward to our next NSW run whenever.
Bye the way has anyone seen M.I.A Maurie.
Cheers Dave

[kazandadam]

Brrrrrrrrrrrr..........thats all I can say I'm sitting here with my uggies on reading this & its made my toes freeze

Adam

[Don Ricardo]

G'day Katoomba-ites,

Hope you've all thawed out and are recovering from frost bite! Thanks for the pics, especially the ones with the frost which look magical.

Very "picture-scue", as they used to say in the classics.

However I don't know whether to hail you as heroes, be impressed by your fortitude, recommend you for a bravery award, or call you all totally mad! ;D ;D ;D

Don Ricardo

[Jennison]

Not all of us DonR - rumour has it that Morrrie and Kate(HWB) just parked the teardrop there for looks and booked into a heated motel for a naughty weekend ;D ;D
We only saw them for 5 mins at brekky!!!
Not a bad idea actually........... might consider it myself next year............I wonder if there was a spare single bed in their room at the motel??
regards
jennison

[MRFJ55]

HI EVERYBODY.
HERE'S A FEW PHOTOS OF THE GREAT WEEKEND KATE AND I HAD IN KATOOMBA. CONTRARY TO POPULAR BELIEF , WE WERE ACTUALLY THERE, EVEN IF WE WERE ONLY THERE FOR A CAMEO APPEARANCE ! WE WERE JUST HAVING TOO MUCH FUN SIGHT-SEEING AND HAVING A ROMANTIC WEEKEND WITH EACH OTHER; VISITING MANY PUBS, CLUBS, RESTAURANTS, CAFES, ANTIQUE SHOPS, THAT HAD OPEN FIREPLACES. ISN'T THIS WHAT THE BLUE MOUNTAINS ARE ALL ABOUT IN WINTER TIME? BASICALLY, WE HAD THE BEST TIME TOGETHER ( A SECOND HONEYMOON YOU MIGHT SAY).
THE MOTEL WE STAYED IN WAS ALSO VERY WARM AND ROMANTIC(ONLY JOKING). WE DID ACTUALLY SLEEP IN THE TEARDROP BOTH NIGHTS AND ALSO MANAGED TO STAY NICE AND WARM................. AND ROMANTIC .......... ( NUDGE-NUDGE , WINK-WINK ). AFTER ALL I DID HAVE MY HOT WATER BOTTLE WITH ME.


HERE'S A FEW MOCK-UP PHOTOS TO PROVE THAT WE DID USE THE TEARDROP.
NO SNOW BUT VERY CLOSE. 0 DEGREES - SO CERTAINLY COLD ENOUGH. MAYBE A WHITE XMAS IN JULY NEXT YEAR !

CHEERS, MAURIE AND KATE.

[cobber]

Good hear you two kept warm.... forget Katoomba next year .... this is the place for you .

Cobber.