NSW Xmas in July -Blackheath??

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Hi all
Its not that far off July. Time to start planning for our annual Vintage van weekend up the mountains.
Traditionally we head up there the first weekend in July to dodge the school hols which commence the following week.
That would mean Friday 1st, sat 2nd, sund 3rd this year.

There was discussion last year about heading to Blackheath this year??
Is that still the concensus ??

Anyone keen on organising this years event...?
More to the point .. is anyone still keen on going

Check out the rates.. are dogs allowed..ammenities.. camp kitchen.. discount for group bookings?...fireplaces...anybody.. anyone???


Cheers
Reddo

[Jennison]

I'll be coming Reddo, we gotta get snow one year sooner or later. Make for some great photos anyway!
Its/they have all been top weekends so far, so where's the rest of the usual crowd?
New site will give us a chance to hit some different op shops
jennison

[MRFJ55]

YEP , COUNT US IN . I RECKON SNOW THIS YEAR FOR SURE .

WHAT A GREAT PHOTO OPPORTUNITY IT WILL MAKE,ESPECIALLY WITH THE V V HOOKED UP TO A VINTAGE CAR .

GREAT CALENDAR FODDER FOR NEXT YEAR !

SEE YA IN BLACKHEATH .

REGARDS ,
8-)MAURIE

[Koala]

Thanks for stepping up to organise this one again Reddo
We will be there if I can drive by then.

Koala

[Deleted]

Ummmmmmmmmmm.. i only suggested it.. ..sorta sittin back wandering if anyone has actually rang the park and told em we are coming ... asked about the fires.. dogs.. rates .. etc

I guess its only a phone call..... leave it with me.....i will get back to you all shortly.

Reddorganiser

[Deleted]

Ok Sub zero heros...
Heres the mail.....
I spoke with Annita today
I have put www.vintagecaravans.com name on a dozen sites at Blackheath'
1. We get a group discount for 10 or more vans on site Friday and saturday night..
$30 per night...
2. After a bit of persuading.....Small mutts are allowed 8-)providing they are kept under control and you scoop your poop.... ( and the dogs).
3. There is a brick fireplace we can use... nothing flash but we can at least get warm near it.
4. There is an open camp kitchen.... no enclosed late model flash indoor kitchen... ( bring tarps.. bring thermal underwear... bring rum.... bring port...bring a hot waterbottle ( Maurie will probably bring the blonde waterbottle again)
5. We are all grouped together..
6. check out time is 10.00am so we can arrive there any time after that and swing onto your site. sites are near the ammenities .. camp kitchen aint much of a walk from our sites.

Ok ... here is the link to the park with a few happy snaps on it...
also has a link to the parks phone number.
www.caravanparkphotos.com.au/blackheath/

Sorta looks like Katoombas twin sister don't it...
Ring em... tell em ya comin and sort out payment with them.

Thats about it from me.... stick ya name here if ya coming.
See ya there.
Reddo

[Jennison]

Booked in and paid for...see ya there Reddo and the regulars ;D

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Megalong Valley.. Jenolan Caves... The model car and rail joint at Mt Victoria.... A beer at Jack Thompsons pub ( The Hotel Geering) at Katoomba saturday arvo.. Hartly Courthouse /Jail......a train ride from Blackheath to Lithgow for lunch....
Happy hour up to your nuts in snow drinkin vodka.. Gin... Rum.. scotch.. Burbon.. Plonk...or whatever it takes to stop.. "The family Jewels "dropping off in the snow. ......

And that is before i google Blackheath tourist attractions....
So... as Lara once said just before she flushed the engagement ring...
Where the bloody hell are ya's???

Reddo

[Geoff & Jude]

hi reddo

we just booked so we're in for it.

(trying to find a couple of those snugglies to keep us warm.)

see you at blacksmiths first though.

geoff 'n jude

[glow=green,2,300]newsflash[/glow]
[glow=red,2,300]red snugglies are being delivered as we type.[/glow] ;D ;D ;D

[MRFJ55]

SUB-ZERO HERO'S , I LIKE THAT !

BOOKED AND PAYED FOR TWO ADULTS FOR THE WEEKEND .
BRING IT ON , SHOULD BE A GREAT COLD WEEKEND AWAY .

MIGHT HAVE TO DISAPPEAR LIKE WE DID LAST YEAR TO Mt VIC FLICKS (HEATED THEATRE) AT Mt VICTORIA AND SEE A FEW DAGGEY MOVIES AGAIN , THEY ONLY SHOW NEW RELEASE B GRADE .

REGARDS ,
8-)MAURIE

p.s SPOKE TO WAYNE & SHARON TODAY AND MENTIONED THIS RUN TO THEM , THEY MIGHT JOIN US .

[Deleted]

Hiya Alpine Loonies....
Been thinkin about what we can do about keeping warm on saturday night at Blackheath.
While The idea of a team hug in the open air camp kitchen with everyone downing variuos forms of "steam"to keep warm seems like a reasonable way of seeing in our first snow dump while vintage vanning.... i have been googling around the old town and come up with this joint as an alternative venue to eat and celebrate..... well at least until 9.00pm when the doors close and they toss us out on the street....
Does this look like a good place to take refuge for a few hours...
www.blackheathgolf.com.au/restaurant.html

Will leave it open for discussion .. then if its a goa i will ring and reserve a table or two for us

Friday night will probably be the usual party on at camp or we could head for the pub up on the main drag and clean up on the meat raffles...

gardnersinn.com.au/home.html

plenty of time ta mull it over.. just take your time and check the links i have thrown up here... waddya reckon???

Keep ya hands to yaself in the back row of the flicks a that B grade movie maurie.. ... no rollin jaffas down the aisles... no throwing pop corn in the air either.

Reddo

[Deleted]

Ok NSW....
Blacksmiths is now behind us...

Time ta start beating the drum every so often for Blackheath Xmas in July Friday 1st to Sunday 3rd July...... Ho, Ho, Ho....

Would be a great opportunity for anyone living west of the ranges ...Bathurst. Orange. Dubbo. Mudgee. Lithgow etc to head east and come up to Blackheath and join in the mayhem and madness with us Vintage Van Nutcases for the weekend... .
.

Anymore starters

Cheers
Reddnosereindeer.

[Jennison]

pub, raffles, snowboots,pub,club, pub...it all sounds good(patented jenno VVsnowchains are packed and ready to go)
regards
jennison

[vantoura]

Hi Reddo, Jenno
Long time no see. ;D ;D
Linda and I will be there with our electric blankets.
Ill see if I can muster up a couple more starters.

Cheers.
Richard.

[Don Ricardo]

Blacksmiths...

Blackheath...

Have you NSW V V'ers got a theme going here?

What about:

Black Hill
Black Mountain
Black Springs
Black Head (seriously, that's a place?)
Black Rock
Black Creek
Black Hollow
Black Range
Black Swamp
Blackalls Park
Blackbutt
Blackett
Blackmans Flat
Blackmans Point
Blacktown
Blackville
Blackwall

Still plenty of places for you to visit!

And then of course there's Blacksland... Oh, sorry that's Blaxland! ;D ;D ;D

Don Ricardo

[Jennison]

I hear Conti is responsible for providing cup a soup inci-nentally

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;D ;D ;D
Fair suck of the sauce bottle there Don Ricardo..

Give us time we will get around to caravanning at all the places you listed.

Us NSW vanners are like Vegemite... we like to spread ourselves around.

Leaving no turn unstoned....... ummmm..
No stone unturned.

Reddo

[MRFJ55]

BUMP .............................................

[Deleted]

Hi Maurie and Dave

Thanks for the ...... Bump.
I needed that.
Can those that are going to Blackheath please go back over the posts and have a look at the links to the Golf club( pardon the pun... links.. ... golf ..) and the pub...
See what yas reckon.??
If we are gunna have a session in a warm ... cosy enviro on the saturday night we might have to book a chunk of the restraunt early so we dont end up squished in the main bar eating smiths chips for dinner...
Sorta thinkin if we leave organising this until we get to the van park we might not get a leg in the door anywhere and we will end up partying in an open camp kitchen again... Brrrrrrrrr.
Lemme know soon...just give me numbers and the venue and i will do the rest...
Act now to avoid dissapointment... ya gunna be disadvantaged enough having ta eat n drink with me... let alone having to suffer in the SNOW ;D

Reddo

[Jennison]

club sounds great to me reddo, count me in
jenno

[Geoff & Jude]

yeh! the club sounds good to us.

can't wait to try out the [glow=red,2,300]new snuggies[/glow]



geoff 'n jude

[humpty2]

We came through Blackheath on the 11th May............and there was snow on the ground then ...............but you should have seen the snow between Lithgow and Bathurst. I believe it made the news.
Took a picture of Lilly in the snow at Blayney..........and you have to point her out in the picture.........she's camouflaged
I am not really a fan of snow.............or cold weather.
Enjoy Blackheath....while I put another log on the fire ;D ;D

[Deleted]

I am not really a fan of snow.............or cold weather.
Enjoy Blackheath....while I put another log on the fire

Hi Humps ..
Fosseys have a sale on .. there selling big girls blouses

[Deleted]

Hi All

Firstly let me apologise for not waiting for more input from those going to Blackheath as to where to eat on saturday night??
I have taken the liberty of phoning the Golf Club and booking 20 seats .
Keeping in mind that the sun goes down around 5 i have booked the tables for around 6.30pm dinner.

The restaraunt shuts at 9.00pm .. and i reckon the rest of the club wont be far off closing by then too...

So.. getting in early for dinner will allow us a little bit of time for a swill at the bar
The girly i spoke to at the club said that the van park is about a 3 min drive from the flog club. ..
That probably equates to a 15 min walk.
I will check it out when we get down there on the friday..
If the walk looks like it will send Geoffs pacemaker off the scale i will try and organise a mini bus / courtsey bus of some sort for the armless .. the legless .. the blind and insane ...frail and infirm ( yup .. me included)

Also touched base with the van park... They are looking forward to seeing us.. we are all in one group.....still have room for a few more if anyone is a late entry.

Cheers for now ....
Reddashingthroughthesnowinafjholdenute

[MRFJ55]

YO FELLOW SNOWMAN




A MATE AND HIS WIFE , WHO ARN'T ON THE FORUM WILL BE GOING UP ON FRIDAY LUNCH TIME .

THEIR NAMES ARE BOB(YER ANOTHER BOB) AND DOT AND THEY ARE ALL CLASS , TOWING A SMALL PLY VAN UP FROM SYDNEY BEHIND THEIR IMMACULATE STOCK FE HOLDEN SEDAN .

COBBER KNOWS THEM WELL AS THEY USE TO TOUR IN A GROUP OF V V OWNERS TOWED BY EARLY HOLDEN CLUB MEMBERS BACK IN THE EARLY TO MID 1990'S .(FRONT RUNNERS IN OUR HOBBY !)

ANYHOW LOOK OUT FOR THEM , BE GENTLE AS THIS IS THEIR FIRST RUN WITH THIS CURRENT GROUP OF V V OWNERS .

SEE YA IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS

MAURIE .