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static1800
30-03-2007, 09:50 PM
My Parents and there local VW club have there yearly event coming up on the 6th of may at Berry on the south coast. All funds go to the Shoalhaven Patient Transport Service, so its a good course. Pretty much an aircooled event but all of us are welcome to show up and enter our cars. About a 1 and a half to 2 hour drive down from the city but its an easy drive and Berry is a nice little town with plenty to see and do. Hope to see some of you there :)

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2007/03/scan0008-2.jpg

blackgti1.8
30-03-2007, 10:28 PM
We'll have to see if we can't get some folkes to this - sounds good:)

brackie
31-03-2007, 06:51 AM
As someone who'll probably need this sort of thing in not-too-many years, it's worth supporting ;)
Anyway, we watercoolers should be showing our flag at every possible opportunity so if you can get there please do.

Thanks for the heads-up, Matt.

static1800
31-03-2007, 08:36 AM
no probs, The club is real easygoing, just there to have a laugh, meet friends and enjoy VW's whatever they may be. It's been going for a few years now and is always a good day.

fuzion
04-04-2007, 12:04 AM
might try make that, if im off that is!

gpk_gti
04-04-2007, 07:59 AM
hmm,,sounds good! Ill try to make it with the kids.ill know for sure when we ger closer to the date.talk to you on sunday.:)

static1800
23-04-2007, 09:03 AM
This is fast approaching, just curious to get some numbers so i can relay them back to the club.

gpk_gti
23-04-2007, 09:04 AM
Im In!!:D !!

static1800
24-04-2007, 08:05 AM
anyone else :? i don't wanna be stuck with George all day :D

gpk_gti
24-04-2007, 08:07 AM
har har har har,,,:D

DubSteve
24-04-2007, 09:36 AM
anyone else :? i don't wanna be stuck with George all day :D

HAHAHHAAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHA lol, wish I could come guys going to a wedding and I'm a groomsmen.

static1800
30-04-2007, 06:34 PM
It's this weekend guys, so who is coming?

gpk_gti
30-04-2007, 06:41 PM
yep!!! just double check with wife tonight,but im 99% sure,,and hopefully my cousin will have his new r32 as well. will post up tomorrow....:D

Golf Loon
01-05-2007, 07:30 PM
I`ll be there too. Taking the family away for a weekend break down the coast, will be conveniently driving back past Berry on Sunday ;)

Trying to convince the Mrs to let me take the Rocco for a run, but will probably be in the Tolly.

It says cars need to be there by 9.30am. Will they let us in later??

gpk_gti
01-05-2007, 07:33 PM
hey yeah!! 930! how many hours drive from syd is it??

static1800
01-05-2007, 07:44 PM
1 and a half hours - 2 hours, all depends where your coming from. It gets insanely busy in berry on the fair day weekends, would need to get there early. come on guys, i come up to sydney early :D

gpk_gti
01-05-2007, 07:50 PM
insanely busy from 9am??? is there picnic /grassed area?? ,food available?? give us some details static!!

got ok from wife so the four of us are heading down.:)

static1800
01-05-2007, 07:57 PM
yeh they're are parks and area's to sit, a big market fair on and heaps of shops to keep the wife busy for hours. until you see it George you have no idea, its almost like walking down george st at lunch time.

gpk_gti
01-05-2007, 08:08 PM
heaps of shops to keep the wife busy for hours. ooohhhhh great!:mad: !! ill forget to bring the plastic with me then!!!hehe,,thanks matt!! hope the weather is good!!
will there be traffic from early on you think??

static1800
01-05-2007, 09:35 PM
traffic won't be bad until you get into town, in the morning it should be fine though. if you guys didnt know, its the pub with all the hubcaps and surf boats on the roof lol. It's always a good day, all the club members are very easy going.

gpk_gti
05-05-2007, 07:29 AM
hey guys its this weekend:cool: !!! anyone else coming?????:?

static1800
05-05-2007, 08:49 AM
im washing the car up this arvo quickly for it, so its only only Loon, George and myself.... oh please no.. someone help me :D

gpk_gti
05-05-2007, 08:57 AM
haha,very funny,you nearly didnt have me.my dip stick guider exploded yesterday and lucky I found a vw parts open and in stock(bloody useless buggers,thread coming soon):idea: .
there is also a brand new mk5 r32 coming....:)

Trunch
05-05-2007, 09:46 AM
I'll wave as I drive past on my way to batemans bay for lunch.

static1800
05-05-2007, 10:39 PM
not sure if i can make it guys, i'm feeling crook as and have a ton of work to finish off by monday which helps :P

will see how it goes in the morning

gpk_gti
05-05-2007, 11:01 PM
cheeky bugger!!!! whats your home address??? so I can come past and fix u up!! :D

gpk_gti
06-05-2007, 06:53 PM
well,,,, what can i say???? hmmmmmmm ,,, if we were welcomed like the way we(ok only 3 of us) were welcomed today at the nats,I dont think we would be even considering a next year nats.First of all it was $15 entry to get into the pub carpark.then apart from the basic hello at the gate ,I didnt get one hello from anyone else(ok spoke to dave birchall from club veedub).
If you guys saw the raffle and awards im sure there would have been riots!!! it looked like 4 ppl bought most of the raffle tickets because 4-6 people won all of the 15 or so prizes.those people just happened to be all mates or associated with all of the flatfour crew.
Door prize of 4 people away for 2 days in some resort was won by another of their mates.
Major prize was won by the head guy?? im not sure but he was the one doing all the announcing and he was the founding member of the club.his small son got the only kids award for his vw scooter and then his kid son gave the kids award for fav car from the kids !:? .peoples choice was won by another of their mates.
would I go again,,um no ,would I recommend anyone from here going,no I wouldnt.If it was free,well it might have made the day a little more appetising,but paying $15 each for prizes which seemed like it was all setup.no thanks.

im not trying to start any arguements ,just pointing out how we felt and what we saw.
sorry static.


here are the photos
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static1800
07-05-2007, 08:15 AM
for starters all money goes to charity, the venue is used for free because the club is good mates with the pub owner and all the prizes are donated from various businesses, so no its a not a setup in the past years nearly $1000 has been donated each year.

As for friendly? did you go up and say hello to people george? because i know if you started talking about vw's you would have got a conversation going with just about anyone member there.

gpk_gti
07-05-2007, 08:22 AM
my mistake about the money,,sorry. just was venting yesterday,should have looked at your front page.
still stunk though.

Golf Loon
09-05-2007, 07:18 AM
I did a guest appearance too, on our way back from down the coast. Mine was the SEAT with mud up to the roof :D

Couldnt find the entrance so the Mrs lifted the Police tape and we drove in. Entrance price via that route was fair I thought :)

Our cars were looked at like spaceships, I think lots of people even walked past the SEAT, unaware of the VW heritage.

Had a couple of good chats with Statics Dad, at least he managed to turn up ;) and a couple of other folk and managed almost a whole beer with George before the Mrs dragged me away.

Nice venue and Berry is a nice town. Glaad I left before the prizes. I reckon we could organize a watercooled cruise to a nice pub pretty easily.