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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2012 15:00:53 GMT 10
 Awwww Yeah... I havce read all about W.A.... Ocean is on your left instead of your right....  Sun goes down over the water instead of coming up over it..  The Ocean belongs to India ( says Indian Ocean on the map)... Nup.... sounds like a pretty mixed up place. Hope everyone has a trouble free tour .. and a safe trouble free trip back home .. where ever home may be   Regards Reddo.. from the far side  
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Post by Gabriel on Oct 25, 2012 15:34:25 GMT 10
We wanted to say a Big Thank You to Wendy, Brian and Mark for organising the Spring Tour, we have never really visited country towns, through our journeys and you have openned our eyes to what our big state has to offer. We are looking forward to our next caravanning trip already.
Thanks everyone who joined us and made it an Awesome Spring Tour, we all had a Wonderful time. Thank you all for making us feel so welcome. Lucy enjoyed making new friends with you all. We hope you have many more laughs as you continue on without us.
We miss you all already and hopefully meet again soon.
Lots of Love
Gabriel, Carey and Little Lucy x x x
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Post by cobber on Oct 25, 2012 18:31:20 GMT 10
G'day Gabriel, We are sorry you had to leave the tour a couple of days early, you certainly brightened each day while you were with us ..... and thank you for doing the photo shoot with the old swamp van It was nice to meet little daughter Lucy and husband Carey....I can see another 50s girl in the making there. For those of you who don't know Gabriel she is a 50s girl from the tip of her toes to the top of her head  Cobber & Yvonne. Sent from my shoe phone. |
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Post by hknut on Oct 26, 2012 18:52:13 GMT 10
Hi All,
Sorry I haven't had a chance to post until now, but I wanted to say a big thank you to all that arranged the spring tour, also a thank you to Mark, Wendy and Brian ( Noblesgarage ) for the BBQ saturday night at the Beverly shed.
Unfortunately both Robyn and myself had to leave Monday to return to work, as we would have liked to spend more time enjoying the sights and company of our fellow VV enthusiasts.
It was great meeting up again with those from over east who we met last year Ralph and Di, and also being able to put a face to the name of others who made the trip over.
We really enjoyed all your company and hope to make a trip over east at sometime to catch up and say hello and meet other VVers.
Enjoy the rest of your time over here and travel safely.
Best regards
Hknut and Robyn.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 29, 2012 23:21:42 GMT 10
Well folks returned today from the WA spring tour.
Our Eastern States guests had a ball touring the beautiful WA countryside as well as viewing several collections of cars and collectable stuff, followed by late nights on the red and port.
Many thanks to our WA members who attended.
Many thanks to Brad & Gem for Bridgetown's best wood fired pizzas, and
Snail & Karen for hosting a bbq at their home.
.....and thanks to Wendy for the Beverley bbq on the opening night.
.....and to Brian & Wendy for their efforts organising the tour.
Pics to come.
Safe trip home to all
Mark
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Post by cobber on Oct 30, 2012 20:23:52 GMT 10
G'day Mark and all forum members :-*n Mate.........I always admired the travel logs Dagsey & Kingy put up for us, and now I admire them even more.....it's plurry hard to do, especially when you're on the move and then.......,when you're having a good time when you're not moving ..... and then when all you've got is a plural iPad and posting photos is a challenge (is for me anyway ) Had a great time crossing the Nullarbor with Ian & Robyn and finding as many "free camp sites" as we could.....looking forward to doing it again but sadly on our pat malone this time. The seven day tour around the lush WA countryside....that was not the usual tourist route.... With a great friendly bunch of vintage caravanners was all we could have hoped for. Full credit to all those you have mentioned above Mark, there were almost too many good times to be able to mention them all. The memento you presented to all the East Coasters was something special, and I will try to post photos of it when I succeed in letting this iPad know who's boss Don't anybody miss the point.... This tour was celebrating the tenth anniversary of the web site that led to the vintage caravan movement as we know it today .....I'm looking forward to celebrating the tenth anniversary of the forum in two years time. Cobber. OK....finally showed it. This medallion, is not made of chocolate.......but was especially minted by the Perth mint and presented to us during the last days of the tour by Mark.......how good is that ;D    Thanks Mark, I'll show it off at every opportunity, it was a great surprise and much appreciated  Cobber. |
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Post by seeshell on Oct 31, 2012 5:45:15 GMT 10
Hi Cobber
Doesn't that coin look lovely - thought it's ironic that the most reproduced caravan "Driftwood" is not on it! Surely that's the only time she's missed out lately?
Sounds like a wonderful trip, and we'll look forward to hearing more and seeing more photos when you're home on your computer, ol' faithful.
Cheers
Seeshell
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Post by sportsman 1 on Oct 31, 2012 7:33:56 GMT 10
Hey Mark, I think we qualify for at least one side of that medallion. We crossed the Nullabor in 2012 in a vintage caravan (and Vauxhall) Shall we expect a medallion by express post shortly Well done on a terrific event I am sure. Just could not justify coming over there twice in a year, especially having also fitted in Tanunda, Cowra and Tathra this year and an equally busy outlook for next year. (come on retirement.) Cheers to all travellers, Leigh. |
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Post by redmr2red on Oct 31, 2012 8:03:44 GMT 10
Me too Leigh, I crossed the Nullabor over easter 2012 in a '59 FC Holden ute towing a Tear Drop.
With the lack of photos I'm not sure there was a 10th anniversary event, just a medallion.
Red
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Post by cobber on Oct 31, 2012 20:19:00 GMT 10
A few photos.... We left home on the 10th October so I won't bore you with all the memories we have of the trip but here are a few. This photo was taken at our first free camp beside the river at Jugiong...just after I discovered I'd lost a hubcap of the van  From there we took a run up to Harden and were talking to a couple of old locals...I told 'em about my lost hubcap.....they said "why don't you go and see Wally the Wombat hub cap man" .....so we did. Wally had three of the exact same only better, Wally's got lots of hub caps  Third night away from home and our second free camp, entrance to it right beside the first rest stop out of Wagga Wagga, highly recommend .  On to Good old Mildura where we met up with our travelling companions for the rest of the trip....lot's of good memories for us as we traveled across the Nullabor and beyond. This looks like another free camp site for me on the return journey  When we got to Kalgoorlie  We were pleasantly surprised to find they have a free camp site right on the edge of the town  Lots of good memories for us as we travelled across the Nullarbor and beyond but we better get on with the 10th Anniversary tour aye? With a bit of luck somebody else has some photos 'cause like I said...this is plurry slow work on an iPad Cobber. |
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Post by tucky29 on Oct 31, 2012 23:01:46 GMT 10
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Post by retro64 on Nov 1, 2012 9:19:39 GMT 10
Hi there all you tourers, What a great adventure , crossing the country with your lovely vintage vans (regardless as to what's towing them ), the photos look great, so thankyou for posting them. Particularly liked Wallys hub cap collection, the tree climbing and the free camp sites, gotta love those! Your tour medallion is absolutely beautiful, what a lovely thing to be presented with, and a treasure to be enjoyed for years to come. We hope that you all had a hastle free trip both there and back and enjoyed every minute of your adventure and each others company. cheers to you all, retro64 |
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Post by Surf Tragic on Nov 1, 2012 18:48:51 GMT 10
This medallion, is not made of chocolate.......but was especially minted by the Perth mint and presented to us during the last days of the tour by Mark.......how good is that ;D Cobber. What a very special gesture, you can't put a price on that, & look what brand of van is inscribed Thanks for the pics & good reading, can only imagine your trip of a lifetime, well done.  ST |
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Post by Gabriel on Nov 3, 2012 11:28:13 GMT 10
Wow, the coin is beautiful, I'm sure all you Eastern staters will treasure it Cobber, I'm impressed you climbed the Glouster tree, nice effort. If I was still there I would have joined you. I love climbing the tree, but I would have had to bring more appropriate footwear but the dress would still been the same, I would just have to wear some fun undergarments to keep it interesting The photos look great, Im so jealous we couldnt finish with you. Looks like you all had a awesome time. Till next time Gabriel |
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Post by cobber on Nov 4, 2012 13:29:19 GMT 10
G'day Gabriel, I wish you had of been there...as it was only two of us made the climb ..Ron ( Shiloh ) and myself. With you leading the way maybe a few other blokes would have had a go.....good advice when starting the climb is.......don't look down, look up  Anyway........ When we got to the top I took a photo of the vintage caravans.com flag that was 61 metres below   The flag featured in a couple of other places too.... Just to show we were there.  I like to get a photo of the swamp van in front of the most impressive building in a country town, often the pub. Not many towns have more than one really impressive pub but Wagin is the exception    Wagin would also have one of the most interesting "Historic Village" complexes I have seen.... I'll post photos of it later unless somebody beats me to it ( I hope). But here's a sample... Shed built using Mallee tree roots  Made a mess of his pants I can tell you  I'm still on holidays ......see ya. Cobber. |
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Post by firefighter on Nov 10, 2012 15:46:53 GMT 10
Hi All Back home after attending the vintage caravans web site's 10th annivsary tour starting from the caravan musuem at Beverely in the wheat belt area of W A with the tour finishing at Maraget River on the monday morning with a breakfast at a cafe in the main street What a beautiful part of Australia for the tour to be in ......we had not been to WA before and were rapt in the scenery We really enjoyed the company of our new forum friends ...it was good to meet them in the flesh rather than just see their names on the forum .....especially Gabriel that dressed in her 50s gear all day every day.........and drove her yellow holden with the van on every day We caught up with fellow Victorians Ralf and Di at Coolgardie (Near Kalgoorile) .....(they just about run us over) we were walking across the road from the bakery and had to wait while this vehicle passed by We spent the next 3 weeks of our 5 weeks away touring with Ralf and Di............ thanks for the company......... also great being with Cobber and Marjie 2 .......the short time we were with them about 12 days Thanks to Brian (noblesgarage) that orgainised the tour.....but could only attend the first couple days of the tour and then the last few days ( Brians boss would not let him have any more time off work) BIG thanks to Wendy that stepped in and became the tour director .......every morning at about 9.00 am all entrants receive a text reminding us the leaving time We must have visted at least 5 farms while on tour looking at huge collections of vehicles A big thank you to Mark Taylor the owner of the web site and the forum .......for coming up with the idea of a web site tour and the bbq our first night on tour at the Beverley Museum.....onya Mark & Wendy Thanks to Snail & Mrs Snail for the bbq at their place and the tour of snails sheds and the pizza night at Brad & Gemma's place yep they still have the sunliner Coming home we stopped one night at Frazer Range sheep station on the Nullarbor they have a caravan park there Gay had her first drive with a vintage caravan on ......for about 80kms on the Nullarbor (Eyre Highway) .......Coming home across the Nullabor we received a stone chip in the front window of the van ( not when Gay was driving) 9700 kms in 5 weeks 1470 members on the forum .......disappointing to have only 4 members attend form the Eastern States Cobber Firefighter Marjie 2 RalfnDi WHENS THE NEXT RALLY IN THE WEST ;D ;D ;D cheers Geoff & Gay ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Post by Gabriel on Nov 10, 2012 19:04:41 GMT 10
It was lovely meeting you too Geoff and Gay A Big Congratualtions to Gay on finally having a go towing the caravan. See its not that scary!! Its all in practice Talking about practice I am going to try to put pictures on from Photobucket. Hopefully the tips from Gay will help me Cobber, the pictures from up the Glouster Tree are great I love the Vintage Caravan Flag, its awesome! Great Job |
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Post by Gabriel on Nov 10, 2012 19:59:17 GMT 10
I’m going to start small, one picture at a time, fingers crossed this works this time.  |
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Post by Gabriel on Nov 10, 2012 20:04:15 GMT 10
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Post by woowoo on Nov 12, 2012 12:06:29 GMT 10
Hi Gabby,
Glad you enjoyed your time on the Spring Tour.
It was fun and a shame you couldn't join us for the whole trip.
Good work getting your photo's uploaded.
I have many to add but will need some tips as well.
Wendy
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Post by firefighter on Nov 12, 2012 12:24:08 GMT 10
Hi Gabby, Glad you enjoyed your time on the Spring Tour. It was fun and a shame you couldn't join us for the whole trip. Good work getting your photo's uploaded. I have many to add but will need some tips as well. Wendy Onya Wendy Good to see our stand in tour director joining the forum woowoo were did you dig that name up from Cheers Geoff & Gay ;D ;D ;D ;D |
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Post by humpyboy on Nov 12, 2012 13:27:25 GMT 10
I used to work with a lady called Wendy and we always refered to her as Wendy Woo, perhaps she being WOOWOO had the same ;D
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Post by woowoo on Nov 12, 2012 14:31:08 GMT 10
This is a start to my adding of photo's. Great pic of Gabby and Cobber. And Mark T and Tucky in the background. This was where Gabby and her Family left us after delicious coffee and cake at "The Black Cockatoo" in Kojonup.  |
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Post by woowoo on Nov 12, 2012 14:34:45 GMT 10
yes, They call me woowoo at work, so thought it would be kinda cute and cheeky ( bit like me ) !!!
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Post by cobber on Nov 13, 2012 17:03:49 GMT 10
Woowoo ..I like that photo too...woowoo Welcome to the forum Wendy....it' a busy little place We all have lots of photos I think woowoo but (being old and slow) I'm still on the road trying to find my way home ...and this iPad thing ( you did notice my iPad didn't you ? ) has lots of photos on it but (being old and slow, and not real smart) I'm finding it a bit slow getting lots of photos and text all in the right order from the iPad to photobucket to the forum and edit the mistakes and all that so.........I'll wait until I get home Cobber. |
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