NSW Central Coast Gathering - OZ Day 2008 weekend

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Hi Vintvanarians ;D

Been sittin' here drawin circles and figure 8's in the dirt. Just thunkin away to myself.
Not getting into... not getting out of it... just sittin thinkin .

Sorta bit depressed :(that i wont be at NRMA Motorfest with my east coast NSW vintage vanning buddies next January .
After several long sighs and the occassional shedding of a tear. I said to myself.... Self I said "Cheer up.. Things could be worse" so I cheered up, and sure enough "Things got worse"

I could go and buy a box of beer and go sit on a beach somewhere , consume the entire contents and get Blotto... but that would only give me a headache.

I could just sit at home and goof off... I am really, really good at goofin off.... done it since i started school.... I actually wrote a book about the subject...Took me 40 years to write 10 pages...( I kept goofing off )

No ... self said "No". Ydontcha put up a post suggestion a "Git together" of old bent, busted, rotted, corroded , mouldy caravans

Somewhere nice near the water... maybe a lake , river or beach. Somewhere down around Gosford or the entrance or maybe up Newy way... stockton, Hawks Nest........ Just need 3 days to recharge the batterys.

All of a sudden i started to cheer up. Birds began to sing, Angels playing harps,
descended from the heavens on shafts of brilliant sunlight, a choir was heard singing " The hills are alive with the sound of....... ummmmmm...... vintage caravans "... you might remember Doris Day singin a butchered up version a long time ago.

I could feel myself being lifted up and carried away by some mystical powers. The world was at peace.......
A voice rang down from the clouds...
"Oiy you... yeah you , you idgit ... why not pack the missus in the 'olden and bugger orf for da weegend someplace. Bung a post on that caravan discussion board that you make an ars@ of yourself on and see if there is any other decipals willing to follow you to the water. Dont worry about the river crossings ... i will go before you and fart .... oooops part the waters"...... It sounded just like the lord.... mind you i aint never met him , but i reckon it was 'im.
Pretty bloody thoughtfull too the old bugger....wantin ta split the creeks in halves for us and all.

So...waddya reckon Foolowers ......um followers of the vintagevan faith. we gunna make a pilgrimage somewhere next January and worship our eskys or wot.
We can leave the poseing and showin' orf Hollywood style to those in Macqaurie street on OZ Day.
It'll be a good chance to try out those new annexes that ya got off Santa at Xmas time. Ya can cremate a few snags on ya new Barbies to break em in for Mt Gambier. Ya dont wanna turn up down there with a heap of new poofy pots, pans and eating irons now do ya

Flathead and Whiting season around about that time of year too.
Might see how many cows and sheep they want as a deposit on a mainger at Tuggerah Lakes van Park?


Struth Ruth ... Just had a 'orrible thought... "Where are we gunna find 3 wise men to follow the star" .... Oh bugger it we will find our own way there aye.

So.... are ewe lot gunna save me from depression or what .

Reddo... bring beer.. bring bait...bring ;D ;D ;D sss
Footnote: Virgins will be optional ( they are bit thin on the ground up my way)

[wildmanaus]

Hello Reado
Are you talking about lake munmora I will make sure we will be there in 08
are there any more trips this year
Wildmanus

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Naa wildy
Munmorah is in May.
I am talkin about January 24th to 26th auistralia day long weekend.
Somewhere just over from Munmorah on the lake..
Idea is doomed to fail due to every van park being full up with school holiday campers.

Reddo

[aussietanker]

Reddo ...

i gotta check it with mrs tanker and her infamous " whiteboard organizer"... but i think that we would be interested ...

as you know, we went to motorfest last year, and both mrs tanker & the kids had a great time there - i would have liked to have taken the 150 Don and have been part of the VV "display" in 2008, but i don't have a 'period" tow car for her (and am unlikely to as my kombi will only be suitable to tow the 120 Don - i am fairly certain that the 150 will be too heavy for a Kombi at 1100 + kg) ...

however, the kids may still want to go and have a look at all the cars, kombi's and v vans ... and i would like to call by and say hi to those that do attend ...

but if we decide not to go to motorfest we will definitely be in for a run .... it would probably work out to be a great chance for the 150s maiden run ....

will keep an eye on this post and let you know as soon as we get a firm decision ... any further details on what, where, when, how long etc

i gather that it's still school holidays then - i guess that means that we would need to book something asap ... and not just leave it to the 'whim of the day"

regards
A|T

[jan]

Hiya Reddo,

This sounds like a bonza idea an I know hubby would like the fishing. I had to go to 'whereis' to find the place but it is there! Seems there is a park 'Freemans Campground which is the Munmorah State Rec Area 23k north of Wyong but it has limited sites. (no dogs unfortunately)

Another thing worth thinkin' of, is that since it IS Aus. WE and likely harder to get bookings on the coast have you thought of heading inland to a river.

There is a great little c'van park at Clarence Town on the river.. nice an spacious (and they take dogs!) the park is actually two parks now married and doing well. Powered sites are on one side of a creek, unpowered (doggie area) on the other side which also has better access to the river and a bit of a bat population as well as being quite spacious. We stayed there recently on our run back from Coledale and very much enjoyed the experience.

On the powered side of the creek (which flows into the river) is the amenities block so it is a walk but the whole area has its own charm. The powered side is also much smaller than the unpowered spots but we would be chosing the unpowered area (dogs) and more than likely toting our 2 man kayak for fun. (no objection to others from the group borrowing it btw)

Worth thinkin' on for a holiday period. We'll be watching this thread 'cause if hubby can get time off it would be a nice break.

jan & naum

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Hi Jan

I think the Freemans Park you are refering to is actually at freemans waterholes"
If it is the same one then it is a bit of a dive. Its only 10 minutes from my place. on the road through to the vineyards.
No where near water an on a busy stretch of the road with semi trailers coming past all day and night.

On the other hand Clarencetown is good. I doubt if it would get overly crowded on the Australia Day weekend.
Not sure what fish they catch in that neck of the woods nor do i know if that stretch of river is fresh or salt water.

As you know it doesnt bother me if i camp with or without power and i am happy to camp in the non powered dog friendly area. Might even bring my old cattledog bill along with us. I say us because i dont know wether Trish will want to come along with me. Never know one minute to the next what she will do.
I am sure she will be glad to se me out of the house again by then anyway.


There is a good park about 5ks north of Hawks nest called "Primitive Camping Grounds" . No power and its is just that... Primitive.. but well kept grounds with good swimming, boating and fishing in the Myall river. Giant Goannas clean up any scraps you leave laying around during the day and the possums clean up at night.
I doubt if it is dog friendly but. If it was then the goannas and possums wouldnt be so friendly

I will leave the final decision on where to go, for a few more weeks
as someone else might chime in with a good spot. I dont want to do too much travelling that weekend as it is a double demerits weekend and the roads will be chockers with toursit traffic too.

Cheers all.