10th Nats Bulletin 06 - Join the OnLion Convoy

[Tailshaft_Tim]

Welcome FE-FC Fans to the 6th Bulletin  

http://www.fefcholden.org.au/nats/onlionconvoy.html

Join the OnLion Convoy!

The great news for everyone is that it looks like we’re on target for a record number of entrants for the 10th FE-FC Holden Nationals to be held in Jindabyne NSW during Easter 2005 with expressions of interest growing to over 80 vehicles.

For the 10th Nats, there has been talk of three interstate convoys to sweep together all the FE-FC’s cruising towards Jindabyne from the north, west & south of Australia.  This highway cruise should be HUGE, we can’t wait to see you all arrive in the Snowies!  We’ll talk to all FE-FC Clubs soon to work out some arrangements for getting those interested together.  
 
In the meantime, to get everyone revved up, we’re inviting all FE-FC Holden owners to join what we’ve called the “OnLion Convoy”.  This involves you sending us a photo of your FE or FC & submitting the details (as per below), so that everyone can preview from just how far & wide our interstate participants are coming from to join us all at the 10th Nats.

This information will be gathered for inclusion in the Official 10th Nats Program, which will be distributed to all entrants several weeks prior to the Nationals.  On the 10th Nats website, we'll display a shortened version (which will only include name, vehicle photo & town of origin) on each entrant, so everyone can check out who else is coming along.

So whether you have submitted your formal entry as yet or not, please email your details ASAP.  The sooner we get this information, the better the website & official program will be, providing readers with the history & interesting details on each vehicle that not everyone gets an opportunity to discover with so many cars and people at each Nationals.
 
Of course, we appreciate that a few entrants would like to surprise their interstate mates by unveiling a brand new or unusual car at the 10th Nats.  So, please still feel free to submit your details & town of origin but put a “to be announced” under the vehicle details.

Email one vehicle photo & your details as per below to: tim.miller@dotars.gov.au

Name: Tim Miller  
Origin: Canberra ACT  
Vehicle: Stock 1959 FC Holden Special Sedan  
Rego & Colours: ACT Historic 058 - Ice Green & Forester Green  
Club: FE-HR Holden Owners Club ACT Inc (member since 1993)  
History: Purchased in 1993 from Thornleigh NSW, maintained as original with later inclusion of various NASCO accessories ie wheel spats, taxi-rail, rear venetians, weather shields, etc.  Last major restoration was back in 1981.  Since my first Nats in 1995, I’ve only missed the 6th Nats in Adelaide (1999) as my fiancé and I spent ’98-99 cruising in a Kombi from Alaska to Europe.  

“See you in the Snowies”  
Cheers, Tim.  

[Tailshaft_Tim]

Here's some info previously posted relating to "Travel Directions" for those travelling to Jindabyne from all States:  
 
VIC & TAS entrants:  
Wodonga-Tallangatta-Walwa-Corryong-Jindabyne (315kms approx 4hrs)  
 
SA & WA entrants:  
Wagga-Hume Highway-Tumut-Kiandra-Cooma-Jindabyne (355kms-approx 4 hrs)  
 
NSW & QLD (& NZ) entrants:  
Goulburn-Sutton-Queanbeyan-Cooma-Jindabyne (280kms-approx 3 hrs)  
 
Those entrants approaching Jindabyne through Kosciuszko National Park will be treated to spectular alpine views.  Whilst southerners travelling thru Khancoban to Thredbo will find the roads quite twisty at times, all the once gravel roads have now been sealed (not all maps will show this).  

GP: If you like corners (like me) you'll love the drive from Khancoban to Jindabyne. Awesome road, awesome views, what more could you ask for?  The road from Tumut thru Kiandra to Adaminaby is also an excellent drive!

Kathy: For those of you who have to use a map to drive anywhere, I live by a website called "travelmate.com.au"

This site has lots of great stuff on accommodation, car hire, town info etc etc.  Two of the best resources on this site is "Smart Trip" and "Map Maker".  You can put in your start Town and your destination Town and it will give you the directions, mileage, time in hours/minutes etc.  You can ask it for a list of attractions on the way, food & drink outlets, accommodation, etc etc.  You can also ask it to give you the 'fastest' route and/or the 'shortest' route.  You can also put in a third or fourth town that you wish to travel thru on your way.   I'm pretty sure you can also find out where you can get petrol from during your trip.

I think its a great resource - check it out.  It may be helpful for planning your trip.

[HAD 708]

Thanks for all the info Tim, what a nice change it is!!! The info for the convoy is fine but i do not have access to a digital camera or any idea at all how to send it via email?
What do i do  next? Sorry for being such a dumb arse!
Brett

[Tailshaft_Tim]

G'day Brett

No such thing as dumb-arses when it comes to computers, if we accepted otherwise, the worlds' 12 year olds would be the digital geniuses (or is that genii?)...  and hey, at least you're on email.  I'm yet to get a lot of 10th Nats info out to people that only have snail mail addresses.

Two options: Find someone in your club/street/work that has a scanner and get them to email a photo to us; or, post it and we'll scan it and give it back to you in your goodies bag:

FE-HR Holden Owners Club ACT Inc
PO Box 867
Civic Square  ACT  2608

Cheers, Tim.

[Tailshaft_Tim]

Thanks to the early contributors to the onLion Convoy, we’ll be providing RET with some 10th FE-FC Nats website updates soon.  Until then, I've posted a new thread titled "Updated OnLion Convoy Photos", so you can check out the FE's & FC's that will be cruising into Jindabyne next Easter.  There’s quite a few more entrants not pictured yet, so please get your photo & details to us.  Once the 10th Nats website has been updated, we’ll move these photo’s & more into the new onLion Convoy section, so you can all see who else is coming along.  See you in the Snowies.