It's not Cathys birthday RET   ?

It's my 60th Birthday this year... I'm the same age as the wagon
  (18th Dec if anybody wants to send me a pressie  )

Cathy had her 60th b.day ages & ages ago


 

HOORAY
The wagon is home 😊😊😊

😎😎😎

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I think I might be picking up the wagon on the way over to Wangaratta at this rate  

We dropped it at CEVA in Sydney on the 5th April
ETA in Perth  20th April

(Anthony dropped his sedan off on the 3rd and picked it up on Friday, just in time for the Curtin Car Show)

The wagon hasn't even left the Eastern states yet 
looks like it spent 11 relaxing days at the Sydney depot





SYDNEY DEPOT  ADELAIDE DEPOT  16/04/2018 11:00am 17/04/2018 1:54pm  CMP  Road
ADELAIDE DEPOT  KILBURN(RAIL), SA  19/04/2018 8:30am 19/04/2018 8:23am  CMP  Road
KILBURN(RAIL), SA  PERTH(RAIL), WA  20/04/2018 1:37pm 23/04/2018 6:37am  PLA  Rail
PERTH(RAIL), WA  HIGH WYCOMBE (VL), WA  - -  YTM  -            YTM = YET TO MOVE
WAITING...........



WAITING...........







WAITING.....



 
 

Not knowing anything about cars and stress points etc

I got the tow bar place to fit a heavy duty tow bar on the back of the wagon
then fitted heavy duty Monroe shockies
then hitched up the (heavy) Baravan caravan and used load levelling (anti sway ??) bars

not had any problems (yet) sits level, tows OK
been there for a few (10+)years now

but I wouldn't trust my judgement Tim
at the time nobody seemed to know what the wagon could tow.
I assume from looking at some of the old photos that there were no regulations in 1958
usual response was " you'll know it's too heavy when the back comes off the wagon "   

 

It's hard to keep up with the diary over days 6,7,8 & 9 isn't it.
Driving, talking, eating, drinking, partying and sleeping seem to get in the way 

  & Cathy

Waving to all the West Aussies still out there driving home across the paddock


as we drove OVER the Nullabor


( I miss my wagon already)


Home safe & sound now 😊

Time to start planning the DRIVE to Wangaratta
😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃


😎😎😎 & Cathy

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Going home day

off to the airport to catch our flight home
(becuse we got lazy this year remember)

First stop

dropped of the  wagon for its  3 week journey home




had time to finish my map
before our new beaut jet airliner arrive to take us home







BUGGER !! 😲😲😲😲😲😲





I'VE MISSED MY FLIGHT !














.

this is going to hurt !

😎😎😎 & Cathy

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DAY 9 (??) Wednesday

Up bright and early to watch a sunrise over the ocean. Another beautiful morning, the thermometer at the surfclub shows 20°

.
( on panoramic + filter on my little camera )

LOVELY beach



SURFS UP 😃

Wish i had brought the surfboard. I would of paddled out and hung ten on a couple of the barrels
(stop laughing Lorene 😉)

went way off track...
& went walking on the moon...


it's  a bloody long line on my map !

then we hit the road heading  north to Woollygong



We stopped here for a coffee break


not sure exactly (?). we got lost and ended up in a National Park. Somehow found a town & a coffee shop ☺

then back on the road 😊😊😊😊😊



love driving through places we've  never been before. with the long straight open spaces & tight winding roads, the open paddocks changing to thick bush

Stopped somewhere else
buggered if i know where
these MIGHT be photos from there... or somewhere else




SELFIES 😀  (this is one of those "must do" photos)

got to Woollygong with no problems...
except...
could smell petrol all day 😦

overfilled at last stop so after unloading EVERYTHING i could check the rearend for any signs of leaks

it's  all good  😃





😊😀😃😄😆☺

Cathy is watching the Commonwealth Games Opening Ceremony to see if  any classic old Holdens appear


😎😎😎 & Cathy



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Catching up

Day 7
The unofficial  day 4 of the Nats

nothing official planned and we haven't put any lines on the map yet
 so we went for a bit of a drive 😃

went to Goulburn to do this photo
( it's  one of those BIG thing pics you just have to do )



then retuned via Yass
just for this





just for a 1cm line 😊😊😊

(explains why the guys at work think i'm mad)

😎😎😎 & Cathy

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Day 6
Day 3
Sunday
Cruise. Sports. Tropy night.

   
woke to a very misty morning
(but it cleared to another beautiful  day)

Followed the bunny
( a great idea having a number of cars throughout  the cruise with bunny ears for us to follow )

and helpers on corners with signs. You had to try hard to get lost.

Saw lots of Canberra sites.
Went to the Ainslie lookout where you get this magnificent  view to Parliament  house (es)


you can see the morning mist clearing

SELFIE 😊😆


Sports day & lunch


😊😊😊


hubcap toss

Lorene shows the boys how it's  done

??





egg & spoon

& tug of war were some of the games



The ladies team


I'm not too sure this is the right technique 


Trophy presentation evening was a really posh affair. The Canberra guys kept the location a secret












another great event
Congrats to all the winners






the view  ot of the back door


another busy Nats day
( which means i go to bed and fall asleep instead of updating a diary 😴😴😴)


😎😎😎 & Cathy

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SORRY
Tapatalk !!!
I'll figure it out one day  (maybe)
2 pics that weren't  meant to be here.

the rear end of an echidna at Alivio Park (Nats HQ)
and my rear end. (Sat night fun included a scavenger  hunt, a photo of a plumbers crack being one of the items needed)

😎😎😎

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Don't  have  many  Show & Shine pics
   

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WHOOPS..
Looks like i missed a bit 😕
to many late nights & busy days
i'll try and catch up

Day 5 (Nats day 2) Sat

Show & Shine day.
It's  going to be  in a Hall ?

and our first day that we wake up to find the wagon covered in morning dew 😯




bugger. i had to wipe over the wagon for the show & shine

All set up. time to go find a shady spot as the sun is out and getting very warm again.

wandered around the village of Hall.
here's the  hall in Hall



The doctor came to check out the vars


(will do my few show pics later)

Sat night is dinner & fun night
we dressed up to represent our home states, had birthday cake And the highlight of a terrific rendition of The man from Snowy River




West Aussie FIFOs


buggered if i know what these represent 😉😊😕😦😲


Another GREAT (and tiring) day at the Nats

😎😎😎 & Cathy

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😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆

got talking about cars (as we all do) wth the motel owner and he gave us a couple of feebie souvenirs

DAY 8
Going home diary starts today.
Hope you all enjoyed the Nats weekend as much as we did.
Got to sleep in this morning 😊 before a lazy breakfast. A few last goodbyes before we hit the road.
Heading east towards the beach 😃

love being out on the road. one minute it's  wide open roads and paddocks, then the winding roads through thick bush


then sometimes its ...


lovely drive to Batemans bay for lunch


they have a bridge that must be important because  it is  on the souvenir  hat badge i just bought.

it moves 😊
heres a still photo of the bridge moving


we then cruised Northwards  up the coast.

This seemed  an appropriate  place for us to stop for the night



Goodnight everyone
off to Woòollloonngongg (?) tommorow


😎😎😎 & Cathy

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DAY 4
( or Day 1 proper for the Nats)
Friday ìs registration day where everybody gets to catch up with their  mates that they  haven't  seen  for 2 years. ( i just need a better memory so i can  put  the  right  names  to the  right  faces )



and we get to pick up our goodie bags full of stuff ( and important  information  apparently 😊)

for the early birds there is the optional  lunch & cruise around town. GREAT cruise seeing lots of tourist spots and views over Canberra.
Cruised up ( & down) a big hill



they must have known there was a lot of Grey motored Holdens coming



lovely lunch by the lake, looking across to parliament  house. And the usual photo opportunity for a Nats carpark shot



Back to Nats HQ for some more chin wagging  ( or a nanna nap) before heading out for posh dinner




It's FISH & CHIPS night 😃😃😃



Got to go now
its time to wash & polish the wagon fo tommorows Show & Shine


😎😎😎 & Cathy

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DAY 3


woke up to a beautiful  clear  blue sky.
had a lovely breakfast At Alivio and did some more colouring-in  😊



Cathy helped



HAPPY EASTER EVERYBODY

Visited the usual tourist spots




John M1 & John VDH did some spare parts shopping

Thurs evening, the early arrivals cruised down the hwy for burgers  at the G Spot van.



we followed the easter bunnies
(but i still managed to take a wrong turn 😕



another really nice day finished
time for bed, ready for the Nats starting tomorrow

😎😎😎 & Cathy

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Whoops
Who was that Nats entrant caught sneaking out of that shop ?
What kind of souvenirs is he buying ?

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day 3

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