Highlight of the Sydney LR show?

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Originally Posted by Redback

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Originally Posted by Lotz-A-Landies

P.S. I like the camping/caravan park on the Colo River (Putty Road) but that is no good for the show itself.

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Isn't that van park closed now?? ...

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Yes and no! :confused:

The original camping ground and van park, the one with what used to be a servo, is closed, apparently for re-development but possibly now bankrupt. However there is a time-share place next door (on the Sydney side closer to the bridge) which has vans and may at times have sites available for others, at least I see people going in and out on my frequent passes of the site.

Then there are other places nearby at Upper Colo River.

Diana

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Originally Posted by LavisLane

Would also love to see the winners - any results anywhere?

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Yep will post up shortly, but the results are not near a computer... Will try & remember tomorrow.

Need to rerun the calcs to be sure, & check some wheelbases that I'm not familiar with.

Regards
Max P

I don't need any more cold weather clothing so I've not ordered any AULRO stuff.

However an AULRO name badge in a plastic cover would be good.

As camp sites go it was W>>>! For such a event, a portable shower/toilet block would have been alot better, there should have also been more food outlets, and as much as i had a nice chat with the head of LR Australia, the set up they hand was very poor. But the event was very good, just a bit too cold, but was nice to have a road trip, with fellow Land Rover owners.

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Originally Posted by jerryd

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Originally Posted by dullbird

Cal I reckon next time more of us should camp!! I think that alone will turn it into a greater event.

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Maybe then you should plan the event when the weather is warmer and we won't have to freeze our bits off :mad: and a light in the shower wouldn't go amiss either :wasntme: (angry camper)

Apart from that it was quite a good day :D, nice to meet a few folk and have a chat. Also to see a few landrovers and drool over the goodies.

My trip down was rather eventful as my clutch decided it didn't want to play after 150 kilometres, however after a call to m r automotive and following their suggestion to "hit new clutch cylinder with hammer" :eek::eek::eek: and let slipping clutch cool down, it amazingly worked and got us to the showground ( although still slipping slightly up hills )

Thanks to everyone in convoy for being patient ;)

On the return journey, after 200 kilometres the clutch stopped slipping altogether and was back to normal :) so if anybody can explain what's happened ..??

We decided to take a couple of days to get back and have a look along the coastline as we've never been to nsw. At Nambucca Heads we had an early morning walk along the beach (in the cold) and spotted four whales and three dolphins playing around in the water, but left camera in car so no pics.

All in all it turned out to be a good trip, it's the first time we've loaded up the county and done anything like this, we covered 2,140 kilometres in total. The clutch problem remains a mystery until I get it back to the garage and let them have a look, but apart from that everything went fine.

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Im soooooooo jealous of those who were there! Love to be able to make it to one of these one day. Thanks for the pics too, great stuff!

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Originally Posted by juddy

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As camp sites go it was W>>>! For such a event, a portable shower/toilet block would have been alot better,

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there should have also been more food outlets, and as much as i had a nice chat with the head of LR Australia, the set up they hand was very poor. But the event was very good, just a bit too cold, but was nice to have a road trip, with fellow Land Rover owners.

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well perhaps then we should do this next year and charge you even more for camping to cover the cost;).......would be a hugh cost between 6/9 campers:D

"For such an event" you seem to not like a lot about it:D

if I didn't know you I would almost say you sound like a whinging yorkshireman:p


Oh and you have quote me with someone elses quote...I would appreciate it if you would edit that, I don't want the organisers of that great event to think I was moaning about there voluntary efforts ;)

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Originally Posted by Redback

Isn't that van park closed now??





The only thing I found bad about camping at the showground was the wind, not much you can do about that though.

The toilets were clean and had paper, the showers were clean and had hot water, the sites were big enough and flat with power or no power if you wanted, it was cheap and close to the venue, I mean really what else do you bloody want:spudnikwhat::spudnikwhat:

Good grief people:Thump:

Baz.

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Well said Baz, considering this EXPO was at end Sept and all others were in July, those complaining of cold now wouldn't turn up if it goes back to July.

So far I've been to them all & this was the best save for the wind, & only one I was in & out of a jumper all day, because of the wind, wasn't cold in the least...hate the wind.

Well done to Greg & committee of organisers.

Thanks again for the lend of the chairs Baz.

Cheers
Bryce

I think the main problem for juddy and myself was that our better halves had never camped before :D

So to travel a thousand kilometres and then camp in freezing cold winds with very little in the way of "creature comforts" was a big ask :angel:

Maybe next time we should book them into a motel ;)

Hi All
Some great pic's I am sorry that i missed it sounds like it was a great day. I will be there next year.
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Doug

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Originally Posted by dobbo

I had come of backshift and was doubling back to arvo picked up the boys and drove 100+km each way to the expo in between shifts. I had not had a caffeine, protein or nicotine fix and was feeling a tad tetchy.

I was better that I just shut up. If he had got me 30mins later, different story. Mind you I did nearly manage to upset Mrs Ho Har.

For that I apologize.

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It would take a bit more than what you said for me to get upset;)

and if you did you would certainly have known about it:mad:

but thanks for the apology anyway:D


Mrs ho har:angel: