Xmas in July - Katoomba Falls Caravan Park

[reddo]

Hi All

I noticed "Bondy" made comment on another post that he would like to catch up with everyone on a run somewhere soon.

I have booked 15 sites at Katoomba Falls Caravan Park from Friday 3/7/2009 to sunday 5/7/2009.
http://www.visitnsw.com/town/Katoomba/K ... /info.aspx

http://www.caravanparkphotos.com.au/katoomba/index.htm

At present there is approximately 12 of those sites taken by other vintage caravan enthusiast from as far away as Victoria . If anyone is keen on the idea then could you send me a pm and i will ensure that the Caretaker is aware of the extra numbers.
Looking forward to it .

Reddo

[BONDY]

We're still keen on this one Reddo, but as mentioned once before, we're not too sure where we'll be exactly in July - but if within a reasonable distance, it would be good to catch up with the gang again, so we're still a'' maybe''
-(Mez's allready packed )
Kingy

[DC3TD]

Am very interested to attend the Katoomba meet. Pretty sure i`ll have a better tow car by then too.cheers

[Richard]

Hi Reddo.
If you still have room Linda and I would like to come along. There seems to be a few members from this forum going and it would be great to meet up with the new forum members, and hopefully catch up with a few old friends.

Richard.

[reddo]

Hi All

Just a note to let you know that there will be almost 20 vans at Katoomba. I rang the other day and got them to put my name on another 5 sites .. so if there is any late starters you will fit in.

I was thinking about throwing a cast iron camp oven in and a 10kg gas bottle with a slow burner. Thought a big pot of stew bubbling away in the annexe all day might make a nice little happy hour feast for when friends drop in. Maybe we could get a couple of them on the bubble and contribute a few vegies and meat each to add to the brew(s).

Bring beer and a bowl
Reddo

[koala400au]

You may be onto something regarding cooking something up to share. On a previous outing with another group we had a cooking competition for the men which was judged by the ladies, was a lot of fun and pulled the group together. Also gave the ladies a night off.
Ken

[reddo]

Well dudes..
The temperature is dropping and we are only just over a week off heading up to Katoomba.
I noticed that it is down to 2 degrees up there tonight.... pretty god damn mild i reckon...Hmmmppphhh.. i was hoping for minus 10 and at least a foot of snow to sort out the true vinatge vanners from the pretenders.

Dont forget the woolies and it might pay to bring a tarp '/ brattice of some sort to help block off the cold night air down in the camp kitchen.
The building is solid brick and has a good sized room inside but ... if we need a bit of elbow space we will probably need to tarp of a bit of the outside table and chairs area. Its all under cover and the caretakers have offered us a couple of "Flame thrower LPG heaters...but if we can wrap the joint up a bit it will be more snuggly for us... not being a sook... just being wise..



Cant wait , cant wait, cant wait.....
See yas there Friday.... Reddo

[Richard]

Hey Reddo.
Do you realise that there is supposed to be a cold snap on Thursday through to Sunday, so the temperature is going to plumit at Katoomba !!!!!
Packing my hot water bottle and long johns as we speak.

Cheers.
Richard.

P.S. Do I need to start the fridge to pre cool it or will it be cold enough just to leave our food outside ?

[Richard]

Well Linda and I have just arrived home from Reddo's Christmas in July Festivities.
We arrived late on Friday afternoon and there was about 9 of the 11 caravans set up already. It was a bit late in the afternoon so everyone headed for the camp kitchen for dinner and a drink or two.

Considering that it would be one of the coldest caravan runs that has been held before, well in NSW anyway, it was a really great turn up with six ourtouringpast forum members turning up to brave the cold.

ourtouringpast forum members were,
Jennison


Col


Dave


Koala400au


Richard and Linda.


Unfortunately I did not get a photo of Mauries (mrfj55) FJ and caravan.



With members from the VC site also braving the cold were.
Andrew


Spider


Geoff and Jude


Humpty


A couple of photos of the Christmas theme on Saturday early in the afternoon before dinner got underway and with a very special visit from Santa later in the night that brought the house down. ( unfortunately I didnt have the camera.)





To top off the weekend is a photo of Reddos "Matilda" decorated with tinsel and Christmas lights, who I would also like to thank for a great weekend away.



Cheers.
Richard and Linda.

[donricardo]

Hi Richard,

That's a great lot of shots from the Katoomba get together last weekend. Thanks for posting them. Some beautifully presented vans there. I particularly like the shot of Reddo's van all lit up. Reddo took some really effective dusk shots of a couple of vans earlier in the year. Looks like we should try that technique more often!

I presume everybody survived the cold? No frostbitten fingers or toes? You're a brave lot, but a van heats up pretty quickly with a little fan heater or similar so hopefully you were warm enough inside.

Don Ricardo