Update from Conway Beach Vintage/Classic Caravan Week

[Mustang]

From: Conway Beach Tourist Park

Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2017 12:43 PM

To: [e-mail]

Subject: Vintage and Retro Vans at Conway

Vintage and Retro Vans at Conway

We are excited about our inaugural event that is happening on May 5th 2017. We are delighted to give you a rundown on what will be on that weekend and some more
details.

The weekend will begin on the Friday night with a complimentary burger night for all guests that have entered a van in the show.

On Saturday morning we invite spectators to come through the gates and have a look at all the beautiful vans on show.

Spectators will judge the vans according to best van and best interior and prizes will be awarded later in the day.
Saturday night is pizza night. This is complimentary for guests. You may like to purchase a drink from the bar. There will be a rock ‘n’ roll band playing. Wear your dancing gear and have some fun.



Many people will pack up on Sunday and head off but there is no rush. Enjoy a sleep in and leave whenever you feel like it. You may take advantage of this great special and in that case you might spend the day planning some sightseeing/ adventures in the beautiful Whitsundays.

Stay a week on a powered site for $200 or stay 14 nights for $300. This rate applies to 2 people.

We have attached a poster for our show which you may like to share with your friends. You will also find details of the show on our Facebook page.

A local photographer will be here for the weekend and we’ll let you know about deals she is offering. That may be a chance to get some great photos of your van.

We have organised and hosted a Cars at Conway show for classic cars and hot rods for the past 8 years. We have 100 + cars each year and more than 500 come through the gate to have a look. We expect to see similar numbers for this event and look forward to this being a highlight in our events calendar each year.

If you have any questions, please give us a call. We look forward to meeting you soon. We will be in touch again closer to the event with some more details.
Cheers for now
George and Debbie.
Conway Beach Tourist Park.
from the team at
CONWAY BEACH TOURIST PARK, WHITSUNDAYS.
10 Daniels St, Conway Beach 4800
www.conwaybeach.com.au

Ph. 4947 3147

Check us out on facebook !!

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It would be a long run but could make a great rally run about 1200km from Brisvegus so 1500km for us   then the decision to be made is whether to go all out vintage car and van or to tow with a modern   
I am sure a convoy of VVans and classic cars would create a lot of good publicity and interest in the VVan movement however   
Much of the huge growth in interest in the section and also the increase in sales prices  has I believe been generated by the now defunct VV magazine and the publicity it recieved  so we as a combined sector need to be aware and continue this for the benefit of our chosen hobby   

What would make this even better would be if someone within a VV friendly car club put it up as a "Club" run so we could all legally run our units under the safety of a sanctioned event ?

[Mustang]

Re sanctioned events:

This came up last year, I believe the solution was to have it raised & passed at your respective car club, so its in the minutes.
The roster secretary may be able to add it to their calendar.

Qld club rego is pathetically restrictive, I dropped it as insurance company's love it, they can wrangle out of most accidents, especially if you are not on a club run.

As far as a rally, this could be a great event with a year to plan. 

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Feb 18, 2017 10:28:59 GMT 10 Mustang said:

Re sanctioned events:

This came up last year, I believe the solution was to have it raised & passed at your respective car club, so its in the minutes.
The roster secretary may be able to add it to their calendar.

Qld club rego is pathetically restrictive, I dropped it as insurance company's love it, they can wrangle out of most accidents, especially if you are not on a club run.

As far as a rally, this could be a great event with a year to plan. 

Brent IF a Qld club put it up as a invitational "Club" rally/run it would be all good just then a matter of anyone who wanted to attend giving a copy of the invitation to their own club and bingo   
For those of us in Nsw who are log book we can do something like this easier but it uses some of our 60 log book days for which we pay total rego incl 3rd party of $47 for the car or $32 for the VV   .
Not sure where you are going with the insurance as Shannon's are very accommodating re club rego and it is cheap as chips both mine combined cost under $300 with a total agreed value of over 60K .
I know of a couple of friends who have had the misfortune of having to make a claim and it was a straight forward pick a repairer and get it done thing 

[Mustang]

Feb 18, 2017 11:47:32 GMT 10 @retiredxjohn said:

Feb 18, 2017 10:28:59 GMT 10 Mustang said:

Re sanctioned events:
 do something like this easier but it uses some of our 60 log book days for which we pay total rego incl 3rd party of $47 for the car or $32 for the VV   .

Feb 18, 2017 10:28:59 GMT 10 Mustang said:

Not sure where you are going with the insurance as Shannon's are very accommodating re club rego and it is cheap as chips both mine combined cost under $300 with a total agreed value of over 60K .

I,am only quoting how Shannons treated me.
The Conway Beach week will be an ASRF sanctioned event. (As advised by the organisers)
EDIT: This event is an invitation by Conway Beach Caravan Park, nothing organised by VV or CC forums if you want more info, please contact the park.

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Sorry Brent but WTF would ASRF  have to do with a vintage van get together I have scoured their site to no avail and as far as I am aware they operate under a different banner and rules to the vintage veteran and classic car clubs framework so going to one of their events would not be recognised as a "club" event .Somewhere down the line we need the vintage van movement to come under the wing of the old car system for all travel etc as it does now in Nsw for H plate rego then the movement can move forward 

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Has there been any thought's re this event by way of making it a combined trip for a few vans ? It is always more fun when it becomes a group event .
Looking at a map I would guess it is a 3-4 day easy run each way from Brisvegus to conway each way so a 10-12 day event 

[bobandjacqui]

This reply is a bit late after the event due to being mucked around by photobucket.

These are via flickr.

Thanks to George and Debbie from Conway Beach Tourist Park for their hospitality shown to our group. We hope to be able to attend the next event there in 2019.

link

[bobt]

Nice pics folks.

Thanks for sharing