Hi All.... its me... No i didnt Ö.D"over christmas ... but came very close on exploding due to being full of Christmas pudding and ham etc...
Thought i better dust of the "2017 Autumn Gold Fever Tour" folder...
Just a subtle reminder that....THE TOUR IS ONLY ABOUT 11 WEEKS AWAY NOW
I have sorta lost track of exactly how many are coming along ??
I think its something like 14 or 15.
If you havent already done so you need to go back over the previuos posts and check on the parks that need to be contacted .. and phone them and book your site with the vintage van group.
Obviuosly at this late stage ya cant be too choosey about what site you get allocated .
So dont get stroppy with the park managers... they have done a great job keeping us all in the same area at their parks.. The last thing they need is someone blowing up because they arent camped in or very close to their best mates annexe.
Ya have to remember that we are all your best mates .. if not so at the start of the rally .. definitely by the end of it.
I recievd a text message last night from a very well respected.. dare i say famous on the vintage van scene ..... "Richard".. who has asked if it would be OK if he and his wife Glynis drop in for a few days with us at Yackandandah.
I goes without saying that i replied to Don aaaaaaaaahhh.. uuuuuuummm... no names mentioned stating that we are all looking forward to catching up with him and his lovely wife at The Yack van park.
As usual i will be putting together a bit of tour info for each person/couple coming along.
Basic stuff like what parks / free camps we are staying at each night and a rough guide on how to get there. Contact numbers for the parks etc...
I would like to ask each of you that have indicated that you are coming on the tour to forward the following to my email address ( not here on the forum ... 2 reasons . privacy and the second being the difficulty some people have actually logging on here)
1. Names .. first name and surname
2. Forum name
3. Contact number - mobile . This is handy if someone is missing at the end or the day or the "missing party" has broken down and trying to contact us.
4. What tow car and type of van you are bringing??.....If you have just asked yourself the same question
then you probably arent very well organised at this stage of you preperations
Obviuosly if you choose not to send me the above info , i fully understand... but by doing so you may ifnd yourself at risk and in difficulties if we cant contact you.
The info will not be used anywhere else but the Tour info sheets.
my email address is
reddo952@bigpond.net.au.
I will be phoning around the parks in the next few days to get a better handle on numbers and see if i can haggle a cheaper group booking rate for our stays....
It wont be as cheap as free camping , but every buck saved is a buck that can be spent in their town.
Only other thing that we still havent discussed is who would be interested in staying at Cowra van park after Grong Grong free camp on the way home. Some may have had enough of the road trip by then and want to gallop off home.??? some may want to extend the touring pleasure and have a nice shower at Cowra ( after free camping the night before in Grong Grong ) and then a night out at the el cheapo meal pub across the road from the van park??
Your thoughts?
Dont forget to get that info to me so i can start nailing the tour info sheets together. !!
Regards
Reddo... did i mention 11 weeks to go???