2006 spring tour

[will and Lyn]

Gidday to all you lucky east coasters
from us super lucky west coasters

I mean this with all sincerety
any one that does not make a super special effort to make Reddos east coast vintage Van spectacular
will miss out on the most awsome fun and mate shipping one could ever expect
Snails west coast vintage Caravan springtour was more than just fun from the time we kicked off to the time we finished
beautiful people
beautiful vans
beautiful cars
and beautiful scenery
oh yeah and beautiful food all the way there and back

of course the never ending photo shoots and camera shoots from the hundreds of people that held the sight of the Vans in awe rolling through their towns and provinces (that includes prince Leonard of the hutt River province ) gave us a wrap
and a Royal invitation to the 40 th anniversary of the Hutt River province
snail and Karen have excelled them selves again and are already planning next years adventure with input from all of the vintage Vanners who attended
how can you beat two of the best runs 2005 and 2006 springtours
amazingly successfull and adventure filled weeks for all of us who were lucky enough to experience them
heres the happy Campers
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HillBilly won the best effort to get there van ready
the Grand pooh bah made a small speech and said that hillbilly deserved an award because he worked night and day to get it ready
after the speech poohbah took a picture off the wall in the dining room IN THE TAVERN and presented Hillbilly with it after a lot of laughter we handed out the nutrigrain and coco pop awards to other well deserving Vintage Vanners who thought they deserved an award
celebrating the awards


(yes we did leave the pictures at the tavern)
We have to welcome Bert and Jan friends of Snail and Daggy who attended the bridge town dress up and music show l8 months ago
they were a blast and fit in perfectly with what we are about and now are hooked on vintage Vanning and Fraternising with other fun and good time people with similiar interests
they towed one of Snails vans with there spectacular hot pink 58 chevy
Billy and Pat Corke brought there little 66 franklin with the mailbox and doorbell
after three years of work Billy drove his magnificent black 1950 chevy
snail drove his new aqquisition a beautiful rebuilt ap3 valiant in a magic aqua colour with his matching van
(sounds like a spring mix and match fashion parade )
I have to tell you they acheived as much attention as a fashion parade
where else do you get to enjoy the best company and the truly great tourist spots that Australia can offer all that with people giving you the thumbs up and memories that will last forever
heres bert and Jans car
and heres a hitchhiker we picked up

some of the amazing scenery along the way lyn and I at the Pinnacles

I will post more photos tonight
thanks a lot to all of the great people on this site and to the amazing people we have met
a couple of minor hiccups with a couple of cars and everyone pitched in and did there little bit to achieve good outcomes both cars running better than before
and you know what we like no clubs
no Bitching
no purple circles and
and no personal agendas
stuff like my van and car is better than yours
vans on our tour cost any where from $350.dollars up to Brad and Gemmas super teardrop that they have painstakingly built over the last three years
just wait until you see PLAYTIME the ultimate in teardrop technology
until later
thanks a lot to all you like minded Vintage Vanners for the ride of our lives
Lyn and I just love it

[guest]

opps, the one that got away Will
sounds like you had a great time

[cobber]

Good on you Will,
Thanks for the great report...the great photos.
No better way to see the country than at the leisurely pace set by vintage car and caravan...and when it’s done in the company of like-minded people it just enhances the experience eh?

Real pleased to hear that the trophies for “best whatever” didn’t amount to anything worth having ...that’s one of the things that set us apart from “clubs”...no petty jealousy over things like “he got a trophy and I didn’t & mine’s better than his” crap.
Looks like you had good weather, so when you and Lyn come over for the East Coast event bring it with you...although there are no complaints about the weather here right now, it is superb in fact. ;D

Cobber.

P.S. Will, your not allowed to call it “Reddo’s East Coast tour” anymore...he’s gone all shy and modest on us...you don’t believe that? nor do I but we should humour him.....a bit......I suppose
(see under “Kingy's before and after progress shots”)

[Jim]

G'day Will

Thanks for the report on your great trip, you had a fab time.
You have some wonderful country on the west coast and isn’t the ‘Rock Garden’ at the Pinnacles such an interesting place..

Could you give us a run down on the route you took and a summary of your ‘Audience’ with Prince Leonard?
And pictures of the vans, cars and people of course.

The scan below is from one of your papers in the west a few weeks ago, but the ‘Northerners and Mexicans’ over here might like to read about the planning of the trip.

Jim

[will and lyn]

;D
Back again as promised more from the west coast spring tour
hi there Cobber and Jim

The destinations were first day Lancelin on the coast north of Perth around 130ks
Jurien bay another 120 ks north coast
then to horrocks beach outside of Geraldton then we Day tripped to Kalbarri
then down to Hutt River Province to meet prince Leonard a larger than life real person
100% passionate about his journey in life challenged the system and won
Although the gst has got him stumped
he reckons he spoke to John howard on the phone last week about 22 million he thinks the commonwealth owes him(he is probably right
But John says he is not going to pay
so Lenny is going to annexe all the areas outside of perth and Fremantle seeing only those two areas were proclaimed by britain
and here is prince Leonard himself in person (in Casual dress)



all I know is if he can get two black classic cars to travel 500 ks into the country then 60 ks on a gravel road plus busloads of tourists to see his run down farm every day of the week and then get them to buy monopoly money WHAT A MAN
yes your right I am jealous

I want him to market my business to the world and we are
on a bitumen road and in the centre of the city
then Lyn saw prince Lenny on the nextday at northcliffe depositing the royal takings in a bank (he cant have one in his principality)

heres a photo of the worlds grooviest and biggest teardrop


you can stand in it and has a big bed no tight fits here

here is my new bonnet emblem do you like that Reddo

We are getting some good exposure in the west The Wanneroo times has done an article on the group I will see if Mark can post some of it
I am not sure of the date or mag but there is a big feature in a caravan and motorhome mag
mark can fill you in on that
Aussie ute magazine is doing an article on the F100 and the Kennedy possibly in January edition




thanks to Snail and Karen for a great run on behalf of all of us Will and Lyn

[Deleted]

well the 2006 West Coast Spring Tour has been run & won ;D for another year...............

It was a great event enjoyed by us all........and many thanks to Gary & Karen for organising such a great event ......

Mark

ps .....sorry .....I didn't take the camera

[Daggsey]

Some of my pics of the great Spring Tour of 2006. Culmination for me was a visit to "the tree" at Gidgegannup....RIP Brocky.



Lancelin WA


Lancelin


Cervantes


On the road again


Gidgegannup


Gidgegannup

[Daggsey]

Some more photos of the great West Coast Spring Tour of 2006.....bring on the next one!!


Daggsey and Snail, Jurien Bay WA


Geraldton WA


having a nosh up.....Horrocks Beach Caravan Park


The biggest attraction at the Carnamah Show