WA 2011 Spring Tour

[noblesgarage]

;D Well were does one begin






Open the boot, wind down the landing legs chock the wheels, and roll out the silage pipe

OH Yeah and the Foorr-- Brrroookkk---- Dooowww-----





















New fuel pump. and back on the road Monday and managed to catch up with the others at Lake Yearling. Couldn't take photos when a blokes concentrating on driving even if i'm at the end of a tow rope behind a Mitzi Sunny and all Hope no got a photo






:Ah little bit of sport in the snail camp before settling in for the nightly session
























Then it was up next morning then out to look at some vintage tin or sort of






Huummm that the only Pommy tow car here Think I'll give it a miss Snail You can have it





A little bit of drizzle to start the Day of what turned out the be a good tour TBC. Brian

[jamieson]

Took the FJ for a spin over to beverley on Saturday. Was running late as she was a little hard to wake up. All was good after we got under way though. Still managed to catch Cathy in her 65 galaxy, had a quick chat. Then trundled back to northam via York where I spotted the FJ panno and bondy van I had passed earlier in the day. I hope you guys are enjoying your time in the west and sorry we didn't get to meet. Your rig is very inspiring and gave me a few pointers for my bondy. Also sorry about the drool I may have left behind around your rig. Safe travels to you hopefully will catch up in the future.

[Deleted]

Hi Noblesgarage...
Thanks for the pix.
May i suggest that rope quoits need to be played at a distance so that peoples feetare at least 12 feet from the pin

You guys are spoilt rotten with all that lush sand growth under your feet in the van parks.. us NSWelshmen are "Green"with envy.. we have to make do with crappy old Couch or similar to loll about on.
Good to see everything is running better now.

Cant wait for the next installment of the west coast tour...

Happy Trails
Reddo.. from the far side.

[noblesgarage]

;D ;D Youh Reddo that was just the snail's feet cause he actually got one on He couldn't believe it either.

Anyway a bit more of a look around the junk yard Still drizzling and spent quite a bit of time here as others kept finding little treasures hidden in all sorts of places





















;D ;D I think it was at this stage the tatteries in the camera died ;D ;D

So from here it was back to Lake Yearling Ford and Sunny covered in mud A regroup and of to Merredin. So if any of you'se shutter bugs in the group can fill in the gaps before Merredin go for it.






Tatteries now with power thanks to the snails charging devise it was out of Merredin to our next stop Nungarin
Here we stopped for a cuppa
Most of the others headed to our next stop, while Snail, Kate ,MrT and myself took in the military museums interesting exhibits.















;D ;D And of course no museum would be complete without a couple of Landys in the picture

;D Lots of cool stuff in this joint including a period port-a-loo for Lazza,s newly acquired "Morticia" and even managed to sneak a copy of a December 1960 calendar for the Sunny.






























Even a couple of bits of vintage tin Chevy and a Dodge






From here it was back on the road Plug in the usb stick for some music Check the rear view mirrow






;D ;D Yep the Sunny's still there so its of to Mukinbudin ;D ;D

[Deleted]

The WA Spring Tour finished a coupla weeks ago, but so far I have'nt got 'round to sharing my pics due to computer dramas , ......
Thanks to Brian (noblesgarage) for uploading his pics

The start of the tour at Boddington.
This would've been a near perfect period shot, had a missabitchi not stuck its nose in ;D ;D




First stop was a few kms outta Boddington, at Wayne's place, where he had an interesting collection of vintage tin:




























Next, we hit the road:




until a morning tea stop about 50 kms out of Cuballing




next stop was lunch at the Cuballing pub, with a beer to quench our thirst following long miles on the dusty road ;D




the iceman, pissed off that we lined our rigs up bumper to bumper outside the pub, and blocked access from his ice truck parked accross the road to the front door of the pub, worked around us, and then later was happy to join us in the photo shoot (iceman on the far left)




To be continued ...............



Mark

[CanAm]

That Looked like a fun trip!

Some awesome tin collections there - I've got a long way to go to get to that level - but I am trying hard LOL. Digging that custom fender job on the jail bar truck.

Hope that Chev Luv's not for sale or I might have to track it down

[Deleted]

Brian (noblesgarage) caught up with us at Lake Yearling after having fuel pump problems the day before, and spending and overnight stop in Dwellingup whilst waiting for the part.

An overnight stop at Lake Yearling saw plenty of fun & frovolity around the fire ........wood fired marshmallows proved popular












these guys were THAT blind, they had to use their miners lights to see
from left Gary, Roger and Greg




next morn, we headed out to a large car dump on a private property (thanks to a lead from the pub's cleaning lady)
Noble had a small problem with his wipers on the way out








Is this why F O R D stands for "Found On Rubbish Dump" ;D




Snail was happy chappy we he found a morry horn button suitable for his current Vauxhaul project:

[hknut]

Hi all,

Just thought i would say a quick thanks to Dave, Pat and Noblesgarage for the 2011 Spring Tour, although we could only stay for 2 nights due to other commitments and a planned holiday to Phuket we enjoyed the time away. Now the youngest has completed year 12 and the oldest is at Uni, we will be on next years tour for the duration. Compliments on the route as I have not been on these roads and we were treated to some wonderful scenery. Looking forward to 2012.

regards
HKnut and wife

[noblesgarage]

;D Thanks Mr T Thats a great photo you've taken in the passenger seat of the F O R D

Didn't want to get the Chevy muddy ah ! Who needs wipers anyway when you've got rainex on the screen.

[cruisindoug]

Thanks for putting up the photos, looks like fun was had by all despite the weather and dramas ;D ;D ;D

Gets the feet itchy

[Deleted]

and so the tour cruised on ..................

a few of us stopped at a pub in Ardath, a little one horse, one dog, one pub town in the middle of nowhere, where we had a couple of quiet ones and took in the view from the balcony:















Brian & Kath ...........




after an overnight stop at Merriden, we headed for Nungarin, where they have a fantastic military museum. Brian has already covered the museum in his pics.



one for JBJ




oh what a feeling ;D




somewhere out in the middle of endless miles of wheat farms, we (the pub crawlers as the three of us became known as : came accross this beautiful salt lake, and stopped to take some pics:












whilst standing on the edge of the lake taking this pic, I started to get that sinking feeling ......




next stop was Beacon ....the furthest point on our tour .........



whats wrong with the Chev




Brian and Ron appear concerned ;D




looks serious .......had to bring in the mobile workshop truck

[kate]

Hi all, I would like to thank the crew on the Spring Tour for all the fun, frivolity, friendships formed and also the help & advice received. Special thanks to those who waited to ensure Henrietta got her saggy bottom fixed so that we could continue on from Merredin. Most embarrassing when your tow car starts dragging your VV's A frame along the ground, makes a hell of a noise & attracts lots of bemused looks from the locals, even worse is the lack of positive steering with the "slightly" raised front end - by the way I DO HAVE PHOTOS of Brian & VV being towed away someplace east of Dwellingup & as soon as my daughter gets them out of my camera & onto the computer for me I shall email them in to be on display for the world to see
Thanks once again for making my intro to Vintage Vanning such a wonderful experience, I look forward to taking Henrietta & Harriet on many more tours with you lot, Kate

[cobber]

OK Mark ....... waiting to hear if the Chevy is going to be good enough to tow Janaway II back across the Nullarbor after Cowra..... or will you have to leave the van here..... with me

Cobber.

[ralphndi]

We would also like to thank all those on the spring tour for making us mexicans feel so welcome.It was great meeting fellow VVers in the West and going to places that we would never have gone to, especially all the unexpected stops along the way and the finale @ VV heaven.All being well we look forward to joining you next year on the 10th anniversary tour.Thanks again to all,especially Dave & Pat for all the organization.

regards Ralph and Di

[Deleted]

Cobber .....the ol' chevy only blew a flange gasket, ........apart from that she ran sweeeeeeet





The bloke under the bonnet of the Chev is the property and business tycoon of Beacon, .......that wealthy he's parked up is 78 Silver Shadow in the chookpen ;D ;D












next day, it was back on the road again:




this time, on the way to a farm in outback Bencubbin
to see this




this one has an interesting history. The story goes that waaaaaay back in 48, the farming family won tatslotto , so all farm debts were paid off, and a brand spanking new caravan was bought also from the winnings .......



Ron & Elaine were in there like a shot, and dragged out several goodies, including a coolest of the cool 1950's beach umbrella








one for Cobber ......




luv the lino




not to sure 'bout the pink roof but







the caravan has been offered to the Beverley Vintage Caravan Museum ......but the curator doesn't know where to stick it ............the Beverley shed is chock-a-block



next stop was the Koorda Motor Museum:












one for olfarts .......
















and an overnight stop in Dowerin.



happy hour in Dowerin




the sweetest rig on the tour .....Ralph & Di's FJ and lil bondy at Dowerin:





and, the final day of the tour was spent here ......most vv punters know where this is:












another great tour .........many thank to our tour organisers, Pat & Dave (loveshack).

They tell me that on the 2012 WA Spring Tour, we'll have several Eastern Staters joining us on the run ......can't wait



Mark

[griffin]

A very interesting old van, any particular make or was it a a custom built job?

Some memories in that lino, we had the same pattern on our living room floor for years before it was covered with 'Feltex'. Showing my age I fear here

George

[noblesgarage]

Well done Mr T for the photos What's this about we were the boys doing a pub crawl





Don't see Snail or me sitting outside waiting for the thing to open





Everyone parked up at beacon A nice little park and very friendly people there as well






Next day it was of to Koorda.

More of the little private motor museum















A quick trip up and down the back lane-ways










;D ;D ;D Then its of to Dowerin to meet up with a couple more intrepid V V'ers that did'nt make the full journey.
Not before stopping in Wyalkatchem for a coffee











Due to the lack of Gas being available Rodger and Lyn caught up with us at Dowerin. That's a big problem out in the sticks when you run straight Gas.
8-)Happy Hour at the Snail's place before heading to the pub for a meal






Well folks that's it for my round of photo's till the next outing

A good time was had by all and much thanks to Dave and Pat for a well organized spring tour Brian.