Newsletter 7/2009

Presidents Report.

G'day everyone. What a great success the Christmas Rally was. Good weather, good food and great company. Doesn't get much better than that. ( See report below from Ron and Lyn Castle our rally Leaders). Great work Ron and Lyn.
The Annual General Meeting was held in conjunction with the Rally and our new Committee is :-

President. John Lenihan.
Vice President. Warwick Laney.
Secretary. Patricia Godfrey.
Treasurer. Frank Godfrey.
Committee Members. Ron Castle. Don Lewis. Don Sykes.

Thanks to all the team for stepping up.

A big thank you to our outgoing committee members, Colleen our Secretary, well done Colleen, Lesley, our treasurer, well balanced, John Crowley, thanks John. And particularly Ron Howard our outgoing President. Thank you Ron for all your time and effort over the last four years.
Ron was presented with a certificate of appreciation at the Happy Hour on Sunday afternoon and is reproduced below for all those that for various reasons were unable to attend.

A big thanks to all those that decorated their vans. Congratulations to the winners. 1st Ken and Bev Putland, 2nd Richard and Margaret Brady, 3rd Ron and Lyn Castle.

Ros and I wish you all a happy and safe Christmas and a healthy and prosperous New Year and hope to see plenty of members at the Rallies and Safaries in 2010.

Cheers. John.

Keep those wheels turning.

Merry Christmas Everyone.

Copy of certificate Presented to Ron Howard

Rally Leaders Ron and Lyn Castle

Christmas Party Report.

It was gratifing to see that 32 members turned up for our Christmas Rally this year at South West Rocks, with several members coming early and others staying longer to add to their break. The venue was large and very suitable with seating of 6 or 8 to a table.The meal this year was a Spit Roast of Pork, Lamb and Chicken and a large range of salads (home made) and most appetising, followed by lemon meringue and/or chocolate mudcake dessert. ( Good choice President John). We would like to thank all those good sports who paticipated in the Caravan Decorating and congratulate the winners. We also had a lot of fun with the Christmas Presents this year with lots of exchanges going on and Liz demonstrating how NOT to wear a very brief pair of Ladies knickers.
We had a lot of fun with our Happy Hours where many problems of the World and others were solved. All the animals were on their best behaviour (four legged that is).
Our AGM was held on Sunday morning and I would like to thank the Godfrey's for making a special effort to attend. The President's report will have details for you to read.
Unfortunately we had a couple of late withdrawals, Don and Rhonda Sykes due to medical problems and we hope that everything is ok with Don's eye. The Laneys because of family commitments. We missed you all.
We wish everyone a Very Happy Christmas and a Wonderful New Year.
The Castles.

It was a great party

What can one say ????

The Winning Van

Doug and his 'new best friend'

Ron and his ' new best friend'

Belmont Rally Oct/Nov 2009

A big congratulations to Don and Rhonda Sykes for organizing the Belmont Trip. With fourteen vans in attendance it was a great success. The bar has been raised for future trips. About half of the attendees opted to stay for the full week. New members, Astrid and her sister Lorraine and Keith and Annette were welcomed. We also welcomed 'Amber' , Ron and Lyn Castle's new little Chihuahua. The Sunday morning breakfast was a big hit. Thanks to Rhonda and Colleen for organizing the food and a big thank you to Don Sykes, Don Lewis and Bob Jolly for their efforts with the cooking, I also hung around and turned a bit of bacon. Thanks to Keith and Annette for the use of their slide out BBQ and help with the cooking ( you may have set some sort of precedent here, be careful ). This was a great venue and I am sure we will return sometime in the future. John.

Rally Leaders Rhonda and Don Sykes

Spaceman ????

FOR SALE

Proform Cargo Liner for 100 Series Landcruiser with extra seat configuration. As new.Cost $169 Sell $80. A Bargain. Phone Don or Rhonda Sykes. 0404 136 730 or 0407 703 807.

"Miss. Patricia" Godfrey Reaches another Milestone

Happy Birthday Patricia. Celebrating her birthday at a luncheon with some of the other "girls" from the Caravan Club recently. Many happy returns Patricia. May you have many more.

Southern Safari

Only four couples attended the Southern Safari 12th to 27th September. However, by all accounts, everyone had a great time. Some pictures from the trip follow.