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Highway Wanderers –
June 2010
Newsletter
Presidents
Report
Hi to all HWs from
what I've heard those who attended the Tassie
Rally had a good time. Lots to see and do in
Tassie. We have been at home since Rocky doing
a major refit on the lounge area of our
motorhome. We did have 5 days around Australia
Day and went to the river at Bingara, not much
water in the river and the temperature was
around 40, so not such a good idear. The
council has done a lot of work on the approach
to the first camp spot and made access much
better.
We had our first
frost on Mother Day and the temp was minus, so
its time to head north. We will have stopovers
in Toowoomba and Mt Morgan to visit family and
then plan to join the Mackay Mob on 18/20 June
then on to Proserpine for 23/28th and then Dam
Fine Rally staying for the V8s then to Mareeba
for Christmas in July.
Talking to a few
members it looks like we will have plenty of
company. So if you are so inclined come join us
the more the merrier.
Looking forward to
catching up with lots of members at Port
Macquarie.
Safe Travelling
Vicki
PS There may be a
change to our plans due to a little health
issue with John (the driver). We will be doing
everything we can to get up North but it all
depends on what the medicos have to say in the
next week or so.
Hi highway
Wanderers
Tom & I had a
great trip to Tassie. We enjoyed the rally and
our Happy Hours. Hope all other Highway
Wanderers enjoyed their trip also. Great place
and great scenery. Hope to see you all at Port
Macquarie, we are still in Orange sorting out a
few things but hope to be back on the road
soon.
Sandra
Vice
President
Secretary
Report
Hello to all Highway
Wanderers wherever you happen to be
wandering. I should start by apologising
for taking so long to get the minutes
from the Tassy GM and the newsletter
finally out to everyone. I suppose I
could try and come up with some BS about
how busy we have been and haven’t had
time to scratch myself but the truth is I
have just been slack and kept putting it
off until next week. But better late than
never so here we are. One advantage of
being late with the newsletter is I can
keep it short and sweet because all the
stuff that happened at the Tassy rally is
now just a blur in the old memory bank.
Just joking, Tasmania and the Tassy rally
were both memorable. We loved Tasmania
and although we were there for 3 months
or so still didn’t get to do the West
coast region. As someone once said to me
“better to leave something for next time”
and we will definitely be going back. We
came back to the mainland on the
25th March and then went
across to the Barossa Valley and onto the
Eyre Peninsula. We are currently on the
Gold Coast and gradually moving North for
all the activities up there in July and
August. (more details later in the
newsletter).
The rally at Carrick
was great fun with a big turn up of HW
members and quite a few new members to
swell the numbers at happy hour. Phil
Procter had suggested that we try to have
a pre rally get together at one of the
staging points being Westbury cricket
ground. That message obviously got
through because quite a lot of HWanderers
arrived prior to the rally. It was a good
facility and was hard to beat at $5 PVPN.
As it happened there was a CMCA member
who had been travelling with a couple of
other HW’s and he took upon himself to
help the cricket club by organising
parking and collecting fees. As soon as
we saw what a great job he was doing and
discovering that they were not members of
any chapter the membership applications
were out in a flash. Thanks to Hans and
Tina Van Dyk for a job well done. Hans
went on to take on the task of
coordinating our disc bowls entries and
did a fine job of that as well. (I’ve got
to suck up a bit because we want him to
do it again at Port Macquarie). We had
two or three teams in each category but
unfortunately not a lot of success. I
think one of the ladies triples got
through to the plate playoff. Good on
everyone who had a go and joined in the
fun. HW happy hours at the rally were
good fun as usual and we had BBQ sausage
sizzle on the Friday (I think). Thanks to
everyone who organised and cooked etc. We
got a few new members and quite a lot of
people brought their details and subs up
to date. Thanks to Tom and Sandra Sargent
for carting around the HW flag and you
will be pleased to know that we had a
very solemn and respectful raising and
lowering ceremony (pictures on the
website). The entertainment was pretty
good and the theme night was well
attended. The minutes of the General
Meeting should be attached or you can see
them on the website. We also received a
copy of the minutes from the Chapter
forum held at the rally and they have
also been put on the HW website and in
the email version of the newsletter.
Unfortunately there are too many pages
for us to include them in the mail
version of the newsletter. We now have a
new supply of HW stickers and we will be
ordering new HW clothing in the next week
or so and they should be available at the
Port Macquarie rally. We hope to have
details of a pre rally venue for HW
members attending the Port Macquarie
rally in the next newsletter and also in
the Wanderer magazine. Anyway I can’t
think of anything else to say and
apologies to or for anything that I
missed.
Safe travelling and see
you somewhere on the road.
Chris and Barryne
Wilson
Rally
Report:
Arrived at
Carrick, Tasmania rally site. What a sight.
100's of motorhomers all shapes, sizes &
colours. We were soon shown to our site and set
up for the week ahead.The program was so full
of information that we wondered if it could all
fit into the week. Time to get our priorities
right so off to find out where the HWW flag
will be for Happy Hour then meet up with
friends around the site. Entertainment was up
to a good standard & a treat to hear Hank
& Donna again. Disc bowls drew over 100
teams & there were lots of good games to
watch. HWW's enjoyed their games but were out
played in the end. The photo competition was ok
and well done to all who entered but the
general feeling seemed to be there should be
more categories. Lots of fun at the ball. Who
were those old cronies? Something about them
was familiar.
Cheers
Maureen
Kennedy
Tassie
Rally
Off we went to Wonderful
Tassie
To see the sights – it was
FAN-tassie!
Picturesque lakes, mountains
and rivers abound
Yummy wine, salmon, cheeses
and chocolates truly did
astound!
But the best of all was the
Rally to see our Highway Wanderer
Friends
Sit around, laugh, and with
many stories to amend.
We met new members with big
buses and small
And our old friends were
reacquainted-one and all.
Chris flew his model planes
and Phil his kite
While the girls sang to YMCA
–Barryne on keyboard played with all her
might!
Maureen modeling the hats
supplied by Norma were so
cute
While the bowls teams –quite
a few winners they did
shoot!
We dressed up for the
convict dance
All looked great -???- all
ready for a prance!
Cheryl was the “tart” of the
night
While Helene, Barryne and
Carol were - ?????-What a
sight!?
Steve was famous on
TV
But some of the bowls boys
couldn’t even count to 3!
Hans was in his parking
jacket trying to do his
best
But somehow we weren’t
allowed to park with the
rest-
Because CMCA thought we had
Diptheria…..
So they banished us off, way
down to Siberia!
Even so-much laughter and
good times were had
Games and jokes told with
some good-and some bad.
Unfortunately two very
special friends were dearly
missed
They were unable to come-so
we send them both a great big kiss
xxxxx
So till next time one and
all, we bid you a fond
farewell
From Max and Carol-we wish
you all safe travel.
Thanks for the
fun-2010
Hi
Everybody
Just a few lines
to say thank you to all the Highway Wanderers
& CMCA members who sent cards, get well
wishes & flowers. These things really do
brighten up ones stay in
hospital.
I can now report
that I have had my first good report from the
surgeon.
Hope to see you
all soon.
Keryn Wood
On the road
again:
Movin Movin Movin
Get that motorhome movin
Up North Up
North
Don't dilly dally
Get to the Dam Fine Rally
Up North Up
North
Then get to the Mareeba rodeo
and watch the cowboys put on a show
Up North Up
North
Movin Movin Movin
Get that motorhome movin
Up North Up
North
The Far North Nomads do
it right
With Christmas in July
a hoot at night
Up North Up
North
Take a drive to
Chillagoe
Or spend a few days at
Ravenshoe
Up North Up
North
Movin Movin Movin
Get that motorhome movin
Up North Up
North
Cooktown’s not far up
the track
You can visit the
Daintree on the way
back
Up North Up
North
A week at Lake Tinaroo
is great
Especially with a feed
of red claw on the
plate
Up North Up
North
Movin Movin Movin
Get that motorhome movin
Up North Up
North
By early September
after so much fun
It’s time to head south
and keep chasing the
sun
Highway Wanderers
Calendar
Friday, 18 June
2010 – Sunday, 1 August
2010
Details
Friday,
18 June 2010 Time 18/06/2010 11:00 AM –
20/06/2010 4:30
PM
Subject Chapter
Rally
Location
Mackay Mackay Sugarloafers Chapter
Rally. O’Connell river approx 72 k north of
Mackay. Bush camping. Phone Carole
0429050381
Friday,
25 June 2010 Time 25/06/2010 11:00 AM –
27/06/2010 4:30
PM
Subject Proserpine
Rally
Location
Proserpine
Proserpine rally.
Sports ground just North of Proserpine. Contact
Reg Frost (Whitsunday Coast Wanderers) on 07
49590286 for details or see him at the Mackay
chapter meeting week prior.
Tuesday,
29 June 2010 Time 29/06/2010 10:30 AM –
1/07/2010 9:30
AM
Subject HW
gathering
Location Giru
QLD
Highway Wanderers
get together pre the Dam Fine Rally. Phone
Chris Wilson for info 0408565760
Thursday,
1 July 2010 Time 1/07/2010 12:00 AM – 5/07/2010
12:30 PM
Subject Dam Fine
Rally
Location
Townsville
Tropical Coast
Wanderers annual Dam Fine Rally. Ross Dam Park,
RiverwayDrive Townsville. Can stay on until
11th July if you wish. Bookings are essential.
Book online at HYPERLINK "
http://www.damfinerally.com
"
www.damfinerally.com
or
phone Jeff on 0439966393 or BJ on
0427173100
Saturday,
17 July 2010 Time 17/07/2010 9:30 AM –
18/07/2010 4:30
PM
Subject Mareeba
Rodeo
Location
Mareeba
In 2010 the 61st
Mareeba Rodeo will be held at Kerribee Park
HYPERLINK "
http://www.mareebarodeo.com.au/location.html
" Mareeba on
Saturday 17 July and Sunday 18 July.
Friday,
23 July 2010 Time All
Day
Subject Chillagoe Country
Music Festival
Location
Chillagoe
Chillagoe Country
Music Festival – 23-24 July 2010
A very
entertaining event! Arts & Crafts
exhibition opens on Friday night at the Town
Hall with complimentary wine & cheese.
Saturday markets showcase local food, produce,
handicrafts and more with Bush poetry as the
morning’s entertainment. Then from noon till
midnight, the Country Music is on! Great local
talent and invited artists. Contact Dawn: 0403
603 983 A very entertaining event! Arts &
Crafts exhibition opens on Friday night at the
Town Hall with complimentary wine & cheese.
Saturday markets showcase local food, produce,
handicrafts and more with Bush poetry as the
morning’s entertainment. Then from noon till
midnight, the Country Music is on! Great local
talent and invited artists. Contact Dawn: 0403
603 983
Thursday,
29 July 2010 Time 29/07/2010 9:00 AM –
1/08/2010 4:00
PM
Subject Christmas in
July
Location
Mareeba
Far North Nomads
putting on Christmas in July Davies Park
Mareeba. Ph Mal 07 40580196 or Alan 07
40923053
Rallies
25th National Rally:
Port Macquarie,
NSW
Dates: 11 October - 17
October 2010
Rally Manager: Kay
Small N19243
Maintenance
Levy
Levies are due on the
1st July for 2010. If you have not
already posted your remittance for
previous years would you please enclose
it along with your 2010 remittance?
Levies are $10.00 per
membership.
You can send a cheque
made out to Highway Wanderers
to:
Highway Wanderers
Treasurer PO Box 110 BEAUDESERT Qld
4285
Or you can do a Bank Transfer
via Internet banking.
Contact
treasurer@highwaywanderers.com for bank
details.
Remember the Maintenance
Levy covers the costs of maintaining the
Chapter resources and the compilation and
distribution of the Newsletter. If you
would like to know if you are paid up to
date send an email
to
secretary@highwaywanderers.com
If you choose not to
pay the levy you will no longer receive
the newsletter.
Thank
you to
those wonderful
peoplewho support the
Chapter.
HAPPY
BIRTHDAY
In no particular order
and no one more than 100
Philip Procter, Robin
Wood, Don Kennedy, Lawrence James, Peter
Callinan, Andrew Verschaeren, Max
Congram, Doug Brown, Steve Crowther, Jeff
Grace, Sid Waara, Merv Whiting, John
Agustin, Barbara Denholm, Maureen
Kennedy, Sandra Sargent Coral Gearing,
Julie Callinan, Glennys Costello, Lois
Willetts, Cheryl Hall, Doris Forsyth,
Linda Roach, Iris Saggers, Jo Nolan, Tina
Van Dyk, Pauline
Crowther
If you would like to
tell us about specific special events
like milestone birthdays
(the big 0’s), anniversaries,
marriages (only 3rd or
4th ones) please email details
to
secretary@highwaywanderers.com
and we will let other
members know via newsletter
and website
From the
webmaster
Did you know that we
have our own web
site?
www.highwaywanderers.com
Now I know that not
everyone is “internet savvy” but you
don’t have to have your own computer to
get on the web. Maybe you know someone
who is hooked up to the Internet or maybe
ask someone in an Internet café to show
you how to get onto the HW website. It’s
a great way to keep up to date when you
are on the road or at
home.
Highway Wanderers
Chatroom
If you have access to
the Internet and want to start chatting
with other HW members all you need to do
is go to the HW website
www.highwaywanderers.com
and click on the link "My Stuff". The
chatroom is exclusive to HW members and
if you want to participate I will make
sure you are a HW member and then give
you the info to enable you to start
chatting with other HW members in the
chatroom. As well as allowing you to chat
(typing and talking) online it is a great
way let other people know what you are
doing and where you are doing it. (Not
sure what IT means but whatever IT is we
all hope you are enjoying doing IT.) You
can use the chatroom to get all sorts of
info from other members, where to go,
where not to go, who is travelling where
and enabling people to get together if
they are going to be in the same area. If
you need info on stuff in general an
email to the mail list will most likely
get a reply from someone who can help and
because everyone on the list will see the
questions and answers then the rest of us
will benefit as well. It's a win win
really and we need as many fellow chapter
members to be involved as possible. The
chatroom is a closed group and only HW
members can participate so don’t worry
about getting junk mail etc. Do yourself
a favour and take a
look.
Robin Wood –
Webmaster
webmaster@highwaywanderers.com
Email
addresses
If you want your own
email addy like IE:
john.julie@highwaywanders.com send
an email with your requests in order of
priority to
mynewemail@highwaywanderers.com .
Talking about emails it
would be great if members that have an
email address could take a moment to send
us an email which will confirm your
current e/address and let us know whether
you want to receive the newsletter by
email or simply be advised when it is on
the website.
Chapter
Contacts
President Vicki
Samin
0427275487
president@highwaywanderers.com
V/President Sandra
Sargent 0428270671
vicepresident@highwaywanderers.com
Secretary Chris Wilson
0408565760
secretary@highwaywanderers.com
Treasurer Chris Wilson
0408565760
treasurer@highwaywanderers.com
Webmaster Robin
Wood
webmaster@highwaywanderers.com
General stuff
info@highwaywanderers.com
Got something to
sell!
Let us know and maybe we can
put details on the website or in the
newsletter. Send details by email
(preferable)
info@highwaywanderers.comor send to Highway Wanderers
PO Box 110 BEAUDESERT Qld
4285
Recipes
We need more
recipes. I’ve cooked up all the offerings that
were in the last news and they were delicious
but unless we get some more yummy recipes from
you lot I’m likely to fade away to an SFS. (see
if you can work out what that
means)
Upcoming
event:
Information
as follows received from the organizers
of the Canberra Country Music
Festival
I am pleased to advise that
the Canberra Country Music Festival is
being held at Exhibition Park in Canberra
(EPIC) during the second weekend of
November this year.
With the large 70
hectare site comes quality camping
sites and a huge program across 5
stages. We therefore invite members
of the Highway Wanderers to the festival
for a fun 3-Day
weekend! Whilst we
can't give away free tickets or camp
sites (both of which very reasonably
priced), we can offer special services
such as a shared Rally
Marquee for
caravanners and exclusive times to
"Meet and
Greet" performers
for your club members at the
Festival.
Performers from Australia,
New Zealand, Germany, Ireland, Scotland,
Canada and the United States make
this a truly international country music
festival. We've invited various
media including Macca's "Australia All
Over", Spida's "The Great Australian
Doorstep" and Country
Music Channel for live
broadcasts. Artists and
sponsors will be announced progressively
from the end of
May.
In the interim,
comprehensive Festival information can be
downloaded by right click and save on the
hyperlink www.wintersong.com.au/pdf/CCMF10-Overview.pdf and from the
website www.canberracountry.com Festival
tickets and camp sites can be secure
online from Ticketek
@ http://premier.ticketek.com.au/shows/show.aspx?sh=CANBERRA10
We know that not all
your members may visit the festival
this year. By inviting
your club, providing special
services and outlining the festival
attractions early enough we hope to
attract some of your members this
November and in future
years. May I suggest
those that do attend this year's Festival
bring the Club banner for some memorable
photos.
I trust this
information will be passed on to members
and welcome your
feedback.
Cheers and kind
regards,
Kelvin
Fahey
Director
Canberra Country Music
Festival
Chapter Forum Tassy
rally:
NOTES ARISING FROM THE CHAPTER FORUM MEETING
HELD AT
TASMANIAN RALLY –
17
th
March, 2010.
The Meeting opened at 10.30
am.
In attendance were 120
representatives of 45 Chapters, all Club Board
Members and John Osborne, the Club
CEO.
Vincent Moran
addressed those present, thanked them for their
presence and did request that in future their
RSVPs would be appreciated, as the catering
volunteers needed advance
information.
Vincent then spoke to the
following subjects:-
Statistics
He read the latest Club
Statistics, the main features of which
are:-
Present Membership –
57,000
New Members per month –
700
Member vehicles –
26,500
Chapters – 93
SIGs – 5
RVFTs – 107
RVF Locations –
12
RVF Destinations –
14
LNT accredited vehicles –
5,200
CMCA/KEA Dump Points –
174
CMCA/Qld Govt Dump Points – 23
(approx 40% of all national dump
points).
He then read two notes from
Colin Thompson, Club Member Services
Manager:-
“
Maybe the committee members of
the Chapters might care to take notice of the
expiry date on the membership card, when
completing the “Attendance Sheet” at their
meetings, and remind Members if they a falling
due shortly. We might not have so many to
follow up with a phone call.”
This suggestion follows on the
very successful efforts of Colin’s staff in
conducting follow up phone calls to expired
Members.
His second note (from Colin, The
Peacemaker) is self
explanatory:-
“The main topic I consider
important is the politics that sneak into
Chapters and SIGs.
It would be much nicer for the
members (and everybody involved) if the
personal disputes / grievances were left at
home.
The representatives at the forum
need to take back to the Chapters the need to
enjoy the Club lifestyle and abide by the
Wanderers Pledge; “To unite the chapters in
bond of friendship, good fellowship and mutual
understanding”.
There have been, on a number of
occasions, instances where personality clashes
cause grief to those having the squabble, the
committee members, the Chapter members and
staff at NHQ. If these people left their egos
at home and took part in the meetings to only
have a good time and not get into any he
said/she said feuds, they might enjoy the
outings a little more. The “drink wine and tell
a few lies” philosophy could be practiced more
often and the Laugh More Live Longer theory can
be firmly implanted into the behavioural
patterns of the few who seem determined to make
the get-togethers some political platform to
voice their opinion and ignore the views of
others.
It is good to note that there is
only a very small minority in the Club who
upset others, but those present at the forum
should be made aware of the few problems
lurking out there and, hopefully, will control
any flare-ups as they rear their ugly
head.”
These matters are very important
to the ongoing enjoyment of our lifestyle and
petty (not always, of course) issues should not
be allowed to interfere with our Chapter
enjoyment.
There followed discussion on
just how Chapters might promote new
memberships.
Some of the ideas canvassed
were
:-
Prepare and publish an Agenda of
Activities at Meetings; to emphasise that each
meeting is aimed at having fun and camaraderie;
that Chapters might canvass other Club Members
in their post code areas.
Contrary to some expectations,
the Club numbers continued to grow very
rapidly. It is also obvious that as the Baby
Boomers and those who had delayed retirement
because of the recent detrimental effect on
Superannuation will soon retire; many of them
will join our ranks and take to the
road.
Volunteers:-
There have been major moves to
re-organize the Volunteer structure to provide
a more effective Representation of the Club’s
objectives.
State Representatives now
are:-
QLD Gary Rebgetz and Ken
Kipping
NSW Diana Worner and
me
VIC Keith
Moxham
TAS Graeme
King
SA Don Eldred
WA Phil Chadd
Two new State Co-ordinators have
joined the Member Benefits
Team:-
QLD Noel
Roberts
WA Bevan
Martin
All those present were invited
to attend the Member Benefits Team presentation
later that day.
LNT:-
Vincent particularly appealed to
all present to either join the Leave No
Trace
®
Scheme or to encourage others to
do so – as a matter of great
importance.
Councils and other government
bodies, when approached for RVFT status, dump
point installation or other favours, like short
term, low cost parking, are always impressed by
the implications of the LNT Scheme. In some
locations it is even being considered that
special areas will be dedicated to LNT
certified vehicles only.
Publicity:-
Publicising the Club is an
ongoing endeavour from NHQ.
The appropriate staff is
continually issuing Press Releases, contacting
Councils and others and trying to keep our
supporters up to date with all Club
developments.
However, the point must again be
made that NO ONE has the authority to speak on
behalf of the Club unless they are authorised
to do so in writing.
Suggestions:-
In response to our request, a
number of suggestions have been put forward by
Members.
That “Happenings” should be
reduced? Overwhelming NO!
That Chapters might have their
own pages within the Club web
site.
That the Club should run safaris
in addition to its support for The Charity
Safari. An investigation into this proposal is
already under way.
A new idea for “low cost”
parking has been a Coin Operated Water (COW)
Stop Spot device, which has been developed and
is currently being tested by Member, Bruce
Reimers.
Particular thanks to Clarence
Valley Ramblers and Leisure Coast Wanderers for
their contributions; but more,
please.
Finally Vincent asked all
Members to be sure that they are aware of the
importance of the CMCA Club Insurance
Scheme.
The continuing success of the
Scheme is vital to the prosperity of the Club
and all Members should make themselves familiar
with the unique features of CMCA Assist and of
the extraordinary level of service that is
provided by Ken Tame, Gary Hughes and their
team.
Ken Kipping
took the floor and he began by echoing
Vincent’s remarks in regard to the Club’s
Insurance. He said that he had previously been
an Insurance Agent and he assured all that the
bottom line is always in the treatment of
claims, when the fine print is brought into
play.
He was delighted to be able to
announce that, as a result of his and Gary
Rebgetz’s efforts, the Queensland Government
had just announced that they will provide CMCA
with another $150,000 (in addition to the
$100,000 already granted) to provide dump
points throughout Queensland.
Ken’s background is in the area
of consumer services and he was well on the way
of combining our 57,000 Members with several
other similar sized national organizations (one
being defence personnel) so as to be able to
procure some really worthwhile consumer
benefits for Members. He and John Osborne had
held advanced discussions with several major
national companies and were expecting to be
able to make an announcement in the near
future.
Ken’s present position on the
Prime Minister’s Veterans Affairs Compensation
Commission was of great help to him in this
regard.
Ken is a Fellow of the AICD and
as such is championing the cause of appropriate
commercial education for Board Members and
relevant Club staff. Already this process was
well in hand and can only serve to enhance the
prospects of the Club into the
future.
Another project that he is
promoting is to do with developing a special
deal with phones and communications that will
hopefully be of benefit to all Club
Members.
Karen Griffin
took the floor to discuss the Banner Parade in
its new format. She was congratulated by the
forum on the introduction of the various
Chapter Logos. Karen asked that those Chapters
who had not yet participated might do so as
soon as they can.
Karen asked Chrissy
Eustace to explain the Banner Quilt
Project. In 2004, all Chapters were invited to
submit their Logos in the form that could be
suitably included in a Quilt Project. Of the
then 80 chapters, 61 did so and these were made
into the Banner Quilt that graces one of the
walls at NHQ.
Chrissy asked that all the rest,
including the newer Chapters might contact her
so that the project might be brought up to
date. John Osborne assured the meeting that the
Banner will be displayed at Major Rallies
whenever a clean and dust free environment can
be assured,
It was suggested to Karen that
the Chapter Banners with their Logos run as a
Power Point presentation during the morning tea
sessions. Karen was enthusiastic with this idea
and will investigate.
John Osborne
took the floor.
He spoke of the continuing and
projected growth of the Club and the need to
plan for the future. As the membership grows,
so does the need for staff to service their
needs and benefits. The Wanderer, The
Wanderer’s Mate, the Web Site, GeoWiki, the
various member benefits, the growth in Member
Benefits Team members, the continuing marketing
of Club activities and representation at Local,
State and even Federal Government levels all
required constant and increased effort and
support from NHQ, which was fast approaching
full capacity.
The provision of adequate and
competent staff and executives who were
conversant with the Club’s particular and often
peculiar requirements were all issues for which
the Club must plan its path
forward.
The various surveys that the
Club conducted from time to time gave a picture
into the future and it was incumbent on the
Board and Management to plan
accordingly.
He asked that Members be mindful
of the Great Aussie Campout, that was planned
for 17
th
April and that we all should
support this initiative to promote camping as a
national activity.
He then asked David
Mowat to update the meeting on the
suggestion that the Club develop an Antennae Up
WARNING Device for use by RVers. David
described a brightly coloured plastic beer
coaster size disc with the word “CAUTION”
written across its face in large red writing.
On the other side were a number of pieces of
essential advice – such as “put your antennae
down, close your hatches, etc”. The idea was
applauded and the discs will be issued FREE to
each Membership via The
Wanderer.
John then asked for a show of
hands of those chapters who were using “Chapter
Chat” and updating their information on line.
Many members need help in this regard and John
assured them that help was available at NHQ by
phone – ask for Kerry or
Rachel.
He then distributed some
explanatory leaflets and it was made known that
Arthur Bugden would conduct a
session later in the day to instruct Members on
how to update The Wanderer’s
Mate and GeoWiki.
Vincent
addressed a number of questions from the floor,
thanked everyone for their attendance and asked
Diana to please close the
meeting.
Diana Worner
addressed the meeting and re-iterated the
necessity for Members to be vigilant as to the
conduct that they displayed to the public and,
in particular, to report to NHQ any Member they
witnessed doing things that might discredit the
Club. However, there is no point in making a
complaint that is not in writing and does not
identify the offending
vehicle.
A prime example of such conduct
is the dreadful practice of allowing grey water
to trickle onto the road whilst
driving.
It was suggested from the floor
that “staging areas” might in future be signed
as such. John will look into
that.
Diana also emphasised that CMCA
does not advocate that councils levy a charge
for overnight parking, but that in lots of
circumstances it is not prudent for us to
oppose it.
In answer to a question about
non-current data in The Wanderer’s Mate, Diana
pointed out that the new version will be
published and distributed shortly, but that
GeoWiki should always be up to date if Members
played their part.
Vincent Moran N14036
(Director)
May, 2010.
Warning Warning
Warning Warning
If you are the
slightest bit offended by rude, politically
incorrect, sexist or just plain stupid jokes
then please move ahead to the section headed
Thoughts. However if you like a bit of a
chuckle and don’t take things too seriously
then read on.
RETARDED
GRANDPARENTS
(This was actually
reported by a teacher)
After Christmas, a teacher asked her young
pupils how they spent their holiday away from
school. One child wrote the following:
We always used to spend the holidays with
Grandma and Grandpa.They used to live in a
lovely big 2 storeyed house but they got
retarded and they moved to a retirement village
near Melbourne. Now they live in a box sort of
house and have rocks painted green to look like
grass. They ride around on their bicycles and
wear name tags because they don't know who they
are anymore. They go to a building called a
wreck center, but they must have got it fixed
because it is all okay now, they do exercises
there, but they don't do them very well.
Sometimes they sneak out to golf but their bits
are getting stiff. Also they need operations to
fix some of their parts. Especially poor old
Grandma. There is a swimming pool too, but they
all jump up and down in it with hats on. At
their gate, there is a doll house with a little
old man sitting in it.. He watches all day so
nobody can escape. Sometimes they sneak out,
and go cruising in their golf carts. Nobody
there cooks, they just eat out. And, they eat
the same thing every night --- early birds.
Some of the people can't get out past the man
in the doll house.The ones who do get out,
bring food back to the wrecked center for pot
luck.My Grandma says that Grandpa worked all
his life and so did she to earn their
retardment and says I should work hard so I can
be retarded someday too. When I earn my
retardment, I want to be the man in the doll
house. Then I will let people out, so they can
visit their grandchildren.
................................................................
A
driver is stuck in a traffic jam on the
motorway. Nothing is
moving.
Suddenly a man knocks on the
window. The driver rolls down his window
and
asks, "What's going
on?"
"Terrorists have kidnapped
Kevin Rudd, Wayne Swan,Anna Bligh??and
Julia
Gillard.They're asking for a
$310 million ransom.
Otherwise they're going to
douse them with petrol and set them on
fire.
We're going from car to car,
taking up a
collection."
The
driver asks, "How much is everyone giving, on
average?"
"About a
litre."
................................................................
For several years, a married man was having an
affair with an Italian woman. One night, she
confided in him that she was pregnant. Not
wanting to ruin his reputation or his marriage,
he paid her a large sum of money if she would
go to Italy to secretly have the child. If she
stayed in Italy to raise the child, he would
also provide child support until the child
turned 18. She agreed, but asked how he would
know when the baby was born. To keep it
discreet, he told her to simply mail him a post
card, and write "Spaghetti" on the back. He
would then arrange for the child support
payments to begin. One day, about 9 months
later, he came home to his confused wife. "
Honey," she said, "you received a very strange
post card today." "Oh, just give it to me and
I'll explain it later," he said. The wife
watched as her husband read the card, turned
white and fainted. On the card was written:
"Spaghetti, Spaghetti, Spaghetti, Spaghetti,
Spaghetti. Three with meatballs, two
without."
"SEND EXTRA SAUCE".
................................................................
The Young Mexican
Maid
A
young Mexican maid asked for a pay
increase.
The wife among the couple she worked for was
very upset about this anddecided to talk to her
about the raise. She asked: 'Now Maria, why do
youwant a pay increase?'
Maria: 'Well, Senora, there are three reasons
why I want an increase.The first is that I iron
better than you.'
Wife: 'Who said you iron better than me?'
Maria: 'Your husband said so.'
Wife: 'Oh.'
Maria: 'The second reason is that I am a better
cook than you.'
Wife: 'Nonsense, who said you were a better
cook than me?'
Maria: 'Your husband did.'
Wife: 'Oh.'
Maria: 'My third reason is that I am a better
lover than you.'
Wife: (really furious now) 'Did my husband say
that as well?'
Maria: 'No Senora...the gardener did.'
Wife: 'So how
much do you
want?'
................................................................
DISNEYLAND
Two blondes were going to Disneyland . They
were driving on the Interstate when they saw
the sign that said Disneyland LEFT. They
started crying and turned around and went
home.
FLORIDA OR MOON
Two blondes living in Oklahoma were sitting on
a bench talking, and one blonde says to the
other, 'Which do you think is farther away...
Florida or the moon?' The other blonde turns
and says 'Helloooooooooo, can you see Florida
?????'
CAR TROUBLE
A blonde pushes her BMW into a gas station. She
tells the
mechanic it died. After he works on it for a
few minutes, it is idling smoothly.>
She says, 'What's the story?'
He replies, 'Just crap in the carburetor'
She asks, 'How often do I have to do that?'
SPEEDING TICKET
A police officer stops a blonde for speeding
and asks her very nicely if he could see her
license.
She replied in a huff, 'I wish you guys would
get your act together.
Just yesterday you take away my license and
then today you expect me to show it to
you!'
RIVER WALK
There's this blonde out for a walk. She comes
to a river and sees another blonde on the
opposite bank 'Yoo-hoo!' she shouts, 'How can I
get to the other side?'
The second blonde looks up the river then down
the river and shouts back, 'You ARE on the
other side.'
AT THE DOCTOR'S OFFICE
A gorgeous young redhead goes into the doctor's
office and said that her body hurt wherever she
touched it.
'Impossible!' says the doctor.. 'Show me.'
The redhead took her finger, pushed on her left
shoulder and screamed, then she pushed her
elbow and screamed even more. She pushed her
knee and screamed; likewise she pushed her
ankle and screamed. Everywhere she touched made
her scream.
The doctor said, 'You're not really a redhead,
are you?
'Well, no' she said, 'I'm actually a
blonde.'
'I thought so,' the doctor said, 'Your finger
is broken.'
KNITTING
A highway patrolman pulled alongside a speeding
car on the freeway. Glancing at the car, he was
astounded to see that the blonde behind the
wheel was knitting!
Realizing that she was oblivious to his
flashing lights and siren, the trooper cranked
down his window, turned on his bullhorn and
yelled, 'PULL OVER!'
'NO!' the blonde yelled back, 'IT'S A
SCARF!'
BLONDE ON THE SUN
A Russian, an American, and a Blonde were
talking one day.
The Russian said, 'We were the first in
space!'
The American said, 'We were the first on the
moon!'
The Blonde said, 'So what? We're going to be
the first on the sun!' The Russian and the
American looked at each other and shook their
heads.
'You can't land on the sun, you idiot! You'll
burn up!' said the Russian.
To which the Blonde replied, 'We're not stupid,
you know. We're going at night!'
IN A VACUUM
A blonde was playing
Trivial Pursuit one night... It was her
turn. She rolled the dice and she landed on
Science & Nature. Her question was, 'If
you are in a vacuum and someone calls your
name, can you hear it?' She thought for a
time and then asked, 'Is it on or off?'
FINALLY, THE BLONDE JOKE TO END ALL BLONDE
JOKES!
A girl was visiting her blonde friend, who had
acquired two new dogs, and asked her what their
names were. The blonde responded by saying that
one was named Rolex and one was named Timex.
Her friend said, 'Whoever heard of someone
naming dogs like that?' 'HELLLOOOOOOO......,'
answered the blonde. 'They're watch
dogs'!
................................................................
A woman sitting in
an Adelaide Pub suddenly began to cough.
After a few seconds it became apparent
that she was in real distress, and two
locals, Bluey and Bazza sitting at the
next table turned to look at her. Ken ya
swaller? asked Bluey
The woman signalled 'No!', desperately shaking
her head.
Kin ya breathe?' asked Bazza.. The woman shook
her head No!!!
With that, Bluey walked behind her, lifted up
the back of her dress, yanked
down her knickers and ran his tongue up and
down the crack of her butt.
This shocked the woman into such a violent
spasm that the obstruction flew
out of her mouth and she began to breathe
again.
Bluey swaggered back to his table and took a
deep swig of his beer.
Bazza said in admiration 'Ya know Bluey, I'd
heard of that bloody Hind Lick
Manoeuvre, but that's the first time I ever
seen somebody do it.'
................................................................
Monastic
Life
A young monk arrives at
the monastery.
He is assigned to
helping the other monks in copying the
old canons and laws of the church by
hand. He notices, however, that all of
the monks are copying from copies, not
from the original manuscript.
So, the new monk
goes to the Old Abbot to question this,
pointing out that if someone made even a
small error in the first copy, it would
never be picked up! In fact, that error
would be continued in all of the
subsequent copies.
The head monk,
says, "We have been copying from the
copies for centuries, but you make a good
point, my son."He goes down into the dark
caves underneath the
monastery
where the
original manuscripts are held as archives
in a locked vault that hasn't
been opened for hundreds of
years. Hours go by and nobody
sees the Old
Abbot.
So, the young monk
gets worried and goes down to look for
him. He sees him banging his head against
the wall and
wailing.
"We missed
the
R
!" "We missed
the
R
!" "We
missed the
R
!"
His forehead is
all bloody and bruised and he is crying
uncontrollably.
The young monk
asks the old abbot, "What's wrong,
father?"
With a choking
voice, the old abbot
replies,
"The word
was...
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