Vic Xmas Get Together

[firefighter]

Hi All

Once again our Xmas get together will be at Overlanda caravan factory 74 Parkhurst Dr Knoxfield on Saturday 11th December at
10.15/10.30 A M
Gerald and Wendy have kindly offered to put on a sausage sizzle
Tea/coffee etc for Lunch

If you are attending could you please bring along..... Nibbles .......
cake.....biscuits etc for morning tea ....or sweets for lunch or soft drink

Please indicate on the forum if you are attending and bring WHAT

Members from our sister forum ....classic vans ...........are most welcome to attend
f /f ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

overlanda x 2....... sausage sizzle
f/f x 2 ..... apple pie
olfart x 2....... sponge
humptyboy x 1 maybe x 2 .......ice cream

[firefighter]

Hi Dave

Should i bring the 59 Wayfarer??

Nobody bought a van along last year ......BUT .....overlanda .....is the owner of the Wayfarer name

Up to you if you would like to bring it along for us to have a look at your wayfarer......maybe overlanda would like to see it

f/f ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

ps...... I think Kaybee might have had his teardrop there

[humpyboy]

I'll be there and I may bring my wife depending on her diary,
and I think that I'll have to bring a tub of Ice cream to have with the Apple pie ;D

[Don Ricardo]

Hi Geoff, Overlanda and Wendy,

Thanks for arranging the get together.

I will be there until about 12.30 pm when I have to dash off to a 50th Wedding Anniversary (no, not mine!). Fortunately it's not all that far away. Unfortunately Dona Ricardo will be tied up with a community carols event, so she can't come.

I will bring some dips and dipping edibles for morning tea.

Don Ricardo

[overlanda]

Not many takers as yet . We will have a 48 'Fifth wheeler with 6 pullouts for people to see and there will be plenty to eat and also some photos of some early vans . So don't be shy and put your name down. ;D ;D ;D ;D
Regards Gerald

[sportsman 1]

Hi Gerald and Wendy,

Karon and I will be pleased to come along, might even drag Hilda down there as well seeing as Oldfart will be in attendance.

We will bring along some nibblies as well.

Cheers, Leigh.

[sportsman 1]

If you dont bring the Wayfarer you must bring the Clipper!

[cruzn]

We are thinking of coming up on the sat morning, we have a car club xmas do on the fri night.
Not sure if we will bring the car as its in the maffra car museum at the moment, free storage and making more room at home getting ready for a bigger shed.
If we do go it will just be in the mrs car.
Al & Kaz

[kaybee]

Hi Guys, we will be there, it was a good day last year, even though we were late

Will bring a pav, just to keep it an Aussie Christmas. ;D ;D

Col 'n Kris.

[firefighter]

Hi All

Larry the Larrikin from Wangaratta will be back from up north and is coming down to the big smoke to attend and will bring another pav
f/f ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

[dave01]

Hi guys,
we'll be there, should we bring a pav? Maybe we'll bring a plate - with something on it, not sure what just yet.
Dave hopes it's not a sponge cake. He keeps complaining that the last one I made left him thirsty for a week.
Dave and Lil

[marjie2]

Hi everyone - Gerald and Wendy,

It's just so bad - having to work that Saturday and we'll miss out on the PAVALOVAS. Hope you all have a great day - sorry we can't make it,

Marjie 2

[firefighter]

Hi All

Come on all you victorians....... 6 days to go for our xmas do
Gerald and wendy have gone out of their way to put this day on for us
f/f ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

[cruzn]

We are definitly coming on Saturday, getting there around 11am.

We will be bringing potato salad, coleslaw pasta salad & paper plates, plastic knifes forks and spoons.

See you all there Alan & Karen (bairnsdale)

[cruzn]

Unfortunitly we wont be bringing the MFP pursuit vehicle. Its in the Gippsland vehicle museum in Maffra as part of the emergency vehicle display for 3 months.



Also we need the room in the old shed to store stuff after pulling down the bungalow and garden sheds, to make way for a new Barn, heres a pic of the slab laid last week, just thought id throw a pic in. hoping to have the new shed up either before xmas or just after...

[humpyboy]

NAH sorry, I don't think it's gunna be big enough ;D or is that just the apron out front of the entrance door?

[skyline59]

G'dday all,
look forward to seeing you all Saturday morning, & i will bring an assortment of biscuits to have with our tea & coffee, hope that suits,
Kind Regards,
Brett

[rayboy]

g,day there, as i won,t be working we,ll be there also.it will be good to meet you all as we haven,t had the chance yet.
ray & sally

[ralphndi]

Hi.We will be there,and bring nibbles

Ralphndi.

[firefighter]

Hi All

Well the Vics big day has come and gone thanks to Gerald and Wendy for being our hosts for the day ..........one of Gerald workers kindly fronted up today to be our cook for the BBQ

Members and wives all bought along nibbles ,sweets etc
I don't think anybody would have gone home hungry

We had the vintagecaravans.com flag flying out on the nature strip for all to see .... out on the street was a nice line up of collector vehicles members bought along

One of our country members Rayboy from Winchelsea via Geelong
turned up for his first outing with our group

Don Ricardo was walking around taken photos so I guess Richard will put them on shortly

There was a few vans being built for members to wander around and inspect including a 48ft ......5th wheeler with 6 pull outs about 1/2 finished

Members attending
Overlanda ........Gerald & Wendy
Firefighter .........Geoff & Gay
Don Ricardo .......Richard
Kaybee ..............Col Kris
Humpyboy...........Derk
Sportsman 1 .......Leigh & Karon
Skyline ................Bret & a couple kids
Dave 01 ...............Dave & Lil.....and 1 child
Rayboy.................Ray & Sally
Ralfndi..................Ralf & Di
Cruzn2themax......Alan & Karen
Larry the larrikin....Larry
Tubbygra...............Graham
Martin & Janet .......about to become members

f/f ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

[humpyboy]

A big thank you to Gerald & Wendy (again) for opening up the workshop and putting on the BBQ today,a very pleasent and relaxed day catching up with members old and new and yes f/f if any of us went home hungry it would have only been our own fault.
The main item on display as mentioned before was a Fifth wheeler of very impressive proportions, a VV it aint but lets give it fifty or so years and we may reconsider, may! I said

[don257]

:)Hi guys.we are sorry we couldn't make it this year,last year was a great day to sit and catch up with every one .we had a family commitment in rosebud for the day ,so it wasn't possible to make it this time. MERRY XMAS to all !!!!!!! Doug&Vicki [DON257

[dave01]

Thanks Gerald and Wendy, it was a great day. Here are some pics.
First some cars:












Cassie's favourite


Some of the magnificent spread:






And VVers enjoying themselves












Merry Christmas, Dave and Lil

[Jennison]

Crikey that Larry gets around. 3 days ago he was laying back on Bribie island!!
Now he is in bloody Victoria at the xmas party!!
jennison

[Don Ricardo]

Hi all,

A few more pics from yesterday's Great Victorian V V Christmas Get Together:









At the back of the first four photos (above) you can see the 5th wheeler mentioned by Firefighter. It will weigh 14.5 tonnes when complete! We talked about the possibility of Larry towing it with his Mayflower, but decided that the chassis would be torn out from under the van with the first burst of acceleration from the Mayflower!









From the above pics it looks as if all we did was eat... Well we had to do justice to this:



Thanks once again to everyone who made the effort to come to the get together - some from a considerable distance away - and also for contributing to such a magnificent feast.

Special thanks also to Doug from the Overlanda factory who cooked the BBQ - seen here on the left with Overlanda (Gerald) himself, on the right:



Don Ricardo