The Friday afternoon closing ceremony was held on the lawn next to the pavilion. Kevin Phillips thanked everyone for their attendance, the fantastic time had, the friendships formed or renewed & the positive feedback from members. He went on to also thank the Eugowra community for the hospitality shown during the week & in particular Kevin Townsend for looking after the amenities.

Rob Sanderson then thanked those who had presented workshops or activities during the week & gave each a certificate of appreciation. It was the last time Dave & Jan Cook along with Dave & Joy Wilkinson would be hosting the popular trivia night since it began at the Nyngan national meet in 2009, so a special thank you went to them. 

Lindsay Baker read a poem he had written about the national meet closing.

Until Next Time There was movement in the showground For our stay is nearly done It’s almost time to say goodbye Before the homeward run These campers are a strange lot It might just take a while They’re very easily side tracked Got something to do with lifestyle Some didn’t just come straight here They stopped along the way To find some new adventure Meet old friends and say “G’day” We had a great time here together Sat around the fire and had a few ales We’ve had a little quiet time And listened to quite a few tales But now it’s time to hit the road More camping to be done Because Kevin, Rob and Jason’s work Has only just begun They have a little secret A well-kept one for sure The town where we will meet next year In 2024 Lindsay Baker

Spirit of the Group Award is awarded to a person who is brought to the attention of the CamperTrailers Group co-owners for a good hearted deed or generosity helping others during the week long meet. This year the award was presented to Jan Cook who was always there to help others. Jason Cox presented her with the perpetual Spirit of the Group Award.

The Eugowra Wallys Award is for the funniest or most embarrassing moment during the week. This year there were two awards & the first time a member of the community was nominated.

A big thank you goes to Peter for watering the gravel road with the water truck to keep dust down owing to the large volume of harness racing traffic coming into the showground on the Sunday for the trials. Sunday evening Rob was sitting at his camper trailer & looked up, only to see a wall of water coming towards him. There was no time to move & he copped the full stream from the chest down. Apparently Peter flicked his lights on & accidently hit the switch next to the lights, or so he said. Some said he had been paid to wet Rob down.

The CamperTrailers Group Eugowra Wallys Award went to Craig Quin. Craig offered to help Carol Brown set up Keith's chair. After four or five attempts he left it & walked away. Kim walked up & fixed it in no time.     

Eugowra Show Society President Sean Haynes & committee was on hand to receive the camping fees & thanked everyone for choosing Eugowra as the venue for the groups 17th national meet.

Kevin handed over $9,385 to Sean Haynes who represented the Eugowra Flood Appeal. This was the total of the $7,672 raised at the auction night, $543 trivia night gold coin entry, $469 from the raffle, $210 from the pizza profits, $139 knife sharpening from Roger Duck, $62 Mal & Ros's secondhand book sales, plus $500 donations from members. 

Sean drew the four winning tickets of the raffle.  First out was Barry Pierce followed by Richelle Roberts & Keith Brown.

George Mavros presented $500 on behalf of the Ross Hutchison Foundation to Bozena Goleziowsk representing the Eugowra Country Womens Association. The Foundation has donated five truck loads of household goods to the town since the flood.  Bozena presented George with a jam, pickle & cookbook hamper to thank him for the foundations support. George decided to draw another raffle ticket for the hamper which was won by Barry Pierce. 

Ray Halgath could not attend & donated $300 to the Eugowra Hospital Auxiliary.    

Rob told the story of how members Lindsay & Sandra had taken home a large firewood log from the 2012 Wellington national meet & then took it along to the members Flinders South Australian week long meet hosted by Mike Fretwell in May 2013.  After the log was burnt, affectionately known as 'Big Bertha', it was decided the ashes should be taken to the Batlow national meet where it would be presented to the Groups co-owners at the opening ceremony. In the meantime Phil Reid had turned an 'ashes' replica urn on his lathe to hold the remains. Since then ashes from all national meets have been added. Rob then added the ashes of the Eugowra campfires to the urn.

Jason then announced to those present that Mendooran in Central New South Wales would be the venue of the Australian CamperTrailers Group's 18th national meet from Monday 30th September to Friday 4th October 2024. 

With that Kevin declared the 17th national meet closed & hoped to see everyone again next year at Mendooran NSW.