australian campertrailers national meet at wellington 2012

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Wellington national meet 2012

Australian CamperTrailers
national meet at Wellington 2012

friday

caravan walkabout

The Australian CamperTrailers Group is now eleven years old & with that members who once owned a camper trailer have stepped up to a caravan. Kevin Phillips hosted a caravan walkabout. Members gave a brief talk on what they liked about their caravan, points they didn't like & modifications they have done or they would like to do to make camping all that more enjoyable.

finger knitting with wool for the kids

Alex & Jill Benham held a workshop to show the kids how to do knitting with their fingers using wool.

babyQ cooking demo

Carolyn Davis presented a workshop cooking with the Weber Baby Q bbq which uses gas as a heat source. A pizza stone was placed on the grill as a platform to hold the heat & to cook on. Samples on the cooking were shared around the members present.

writing for magazines

David Thorndike presented a workshop with the insights of what was needed if you intended writing for magazines. Dave was editor of 4WD Camping magazine before moving on to the new Holidays with Kids magazine. He suggested to plan your trip by making points of interest you wish to see which would help in taking notes to write around. He then spoke about the quality of photos, the format & also subject matter.

closing ceremony

Friday afternoon saw the closing ceremony. Kevin thanked everyone for their attendance & for the fantastic time we had over the week, the friendships formed & the positive feeling of the event. He went on to thank the Wellington Shire Council & the Wellington Lions whose work behind the scenes provided the platform of another successful national meet.

The Wellington Shire Mayor Cr Rod Buhr was on hand to thank once again the Australian CamperTrailers Group for choosing Wellington & hoped we all had a great time, not only within the showground, but also exploring the surrounding area.

Lions Club president Duncan Chapman expressed his pleasure in dealing with such a great group of people. He said he had fun attending the trivia night & also was on hand over the day on the Wednesday cooking breakfast & other activities during the day. Duncan then presented certificates of appreciation thanking the group.

On behalf of the Australian CamperTrailers Group Rob then handed a sum of $2,281 which was the proceeds of several fund raising activities held over the week. While he was at it, Rob also presented the Wellington Lions a certificate of appreciation.

Rob thanked Wellington Council Tourism, Promotions and Media Liaison officer Sharon Toynton for her hard work behind the scenes & also for the Wellington treasure hunt she had put together. Sharon announced Darryl & Barb Walker as the winner of this activity which helped everyone browse the sights of Wellington.

Rob then thanked those who had presented workshops or activities during the week & personally gave them a certificate of appreciation.

Next was the raffle ticket draw. A big thanks once again to Alan & Amanda Haworth for donating the four engraved locks & plastic coated lanyards as prizes. The tickets were drawn by Davis Haworth. The winners were Chris Rogers, Mal Currey, Ed & Trish & Shane Worth.

Spirit of the Group is awarded to a person who is brought to the attention of the CamperTrailers Group co-owners for a good hearted deed or his generosity in helping others during the week long meet. Jenny Peisley was nominated several times for comforting Brenda at the hospital after Ian had a heart attack & organizing for their camper to be packed up & taken to her place. This is one of many times Jenny has shown her generosity since joining the group several years ago. Unfortunately Jenny could not be in attendance at the closing as she was looking after her grandson who had a broken leg. Rob dropped in on her at home in Dubbo & presented her with the perpetual trophy.

Wellington Wallys is awarded to the funniest or most embarrassing moment over the week. This years award goes to Narelle Bretherton who enjoyed taking photos first thing in the morning of fellow campers defrosting around the fire on her new Ipad. Later when sharing her wonderful technology it was discovered she had neglected to remove the cover from in front of the camera resulting in lots of wonderful red photos to share, much to the enjoyment of nearby campers.

Jason then announced that we had been in consultation with the town of Batlow in the NSW Southern Highlands & the Ausstralian CamperTrailers Groups' 9th national meet would be held in the Batlow Showground over the week from Monday 30th September 2013.

With that Kevin declared the 8th national meet closed & hoped to see everyone again next year.