Cowra was our first Nationals and we had a great time, it's surprising when I go through the photos how many vans and cars I didn't get, but as the numbers got bigger it was often hard to get a good photo, but I've added a few here that took my fancy one way or another. It was nice to catch up and put a few faces to forum names, not that I'm likely to remember as time goes by. With all the vans going and coming from Cowra it was surprising that we only encountered one on the road, on the way home near Yass. I thought I might sit behind and enjoy the view for a while but it turns out that an FC with a bondwood travels far slower than a not so well Velox with a Debonair so it soon disappeared in the rear view mirror.
There was lots to keep us amused, trips to Canowindra, Forbes and Parkes plus a bit of tripping about locally, our first visit to Wyangla Dam, which was a really fun drive, and
another visit to the Cowra Fun Museums, a good place to take the wife to show her you really have no collection of anything
That was a 'Superb' mannequin in the doorway of your van Richard, so lifelike, I certainly never found anything near as exciting, unless you count our 2m tall giraffe garden ornament we dragged back from Canowindra.
As good a time as it was Barbara put the dampeners on the trip a few days after getting home when she had a minor stroke and spent a few days in hospital. Thankfully all seems to be well and she has fully recovered and looking forward to the next trip.
This is the first time I've seen an Aerolite, a very interesting van and only new to the owners.
Our old MG TC made it from Muswellbrook with a tear drop in tow.
This replica MG TD would have made the towing a lot easier.
What more can I say, Vauxhall Vagabond and Clipper.
My dad always wanted a Murrumba Star, this was the first I'd seen in the flesh and I quite liked the layout, looks a bit like an escape pod from the USS Enterprise, "Beam me up Scottie."
I didn't get to talk to the people with this one, I really like the style, just need one about 2/3 the size, great looking van.
Olympics must have been a close second to Sunliners in popularity, but there were only two Debonairs, ours on the left with a slightly older one on the right.
There were a couple of Roadhavens, I've quite taken a liking to them.
"Marvin" has had a good polish since the last time I saw him and would have been a grand sight on the road.
This van made an appearance on Friday morning and caused a bit of a stir among the natives, an unusual style with no window on either side and quite small.
Maybe too much excitement in the presence of the 'King' for Barbara.
Cheers
George
