Evans Head 27th - 31st Jan 2016

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Hi all

People at our November event at Bangalow said they were interested in a weekend at Evans Head for early 2016. Rob & I reconnoitered the Caravan Park a couple of weeks ago. It’s the biggest caravan park in NSW with room for 500 sites in busy times. It’s bordered by the beach, river, Bowls Club, & large RSL club. Perhaps it’s a possible venue for another NATS? Just recently they have made 2 areas of the park dog friendly in Off Peak & Shoulder periods. So the Park has reserved us a bunch of sites near the Evans River for the weekend after NSW school returns, Friday 29 & Saturday 30 January. There’s no Australia Day Long weekend in 2016.

Evans Head is a fantastic spot that ticks most boxes!

Small seaside town with food, fish shops, pub & grog shops just 200m from Park;
Beautiful walkways to patrolled beach along the edge of Evans River;
Fishing fleet with prawn boats a short distance from Park;
Kiosk next to sites with great coffee, ice creams & lunch menu;
Bright blue crystal clear Evans River enjoyed by fisher folk & kayakers.

On Tuesday I emailed a few people & the uptake has been brilliant.
Currently these people are booked in for various times from 27/1-1/2:
635 Terry & Vicki
640 John & Annie
642 Jean & Kev
643 Rod & Nettie
644 Kim & Graeme
648 Lawrence & Petra
650 John & Julie
652 Rob & Cathie
654 Dennis & Sue
655 Paul & Allie

If anyone else is interested, please contact the Park & book your site ASAP as the Park is only holding extra sites for us for 5-7 days. It’s a pretty popular Park (now its dog-friendly & so close to beach & shops) so we will have a few mainstream caravanners scattered amongst us but we’re a tolerant bunch! There are plenty of sites for smaller vans; unpowered riverfront; & powered sites 1 row back from the river. The managers Casey & Adrian have offered us a free meat tray (rissoles & snags) provided by the local butcher, and there are free BBQ’s just out the front of our sites right on the River. So looks like Friday night dinner is sorted!!
Please let me know which site you've booked.

Some details:

Evans Head Holiday Park, phone [phone]
Say you’re with the Vintage Vanners

www.northcoastholidayparks.com.au/park/info/evans-head

www.northcoastholidayparks.com.au/park/map/evans-head
Just click to download site map before you book

Powered sites $33/night, Unpowered riverfront sites $30
Deposit is $50
There are no pensioner discounts.
Group discount (for over 10 sites) is a spare site for a camp kitchen.
If booking is cancelled 7 days before, then deposit can be transferred to another date with no penalty or refund can be taken minus a $30 admin charge.

There’s plenty to do around Evans Head. Here are some highlights:

Evans Head Memorial Aerodrome Museum has tours for $5/head. I’m happy to book 10.00am Saturday morning for a tour by the group if people let me know they’re interested. Some people may want to shell out $35/head for an authentic 20 minutes spent in the cockpit of the F111 (no jokes please gentlemen, there are ladies present).
www.ehmahaa.org.au

New Italy Museum & Café
10km south of Woodburn, this museum showcases the story of a group of Italian immigrants in the 1880’s.

Bundjalung & Broadwater National Parks where you can see groups of coastal emus & other amazing wildlife. Salty Lagoon Walk passes through undisturbed salt marsh, swamp forest & 60,000 year old dunes.

Coastal scenic drives to Ballina, Lennox Head & Byron Bay.

thanks

smiles

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OK
We are booked in  so where are all our SE Qld members  ?? You do not need to have an old caravan to join us, we have had camper trailers and modern vans come along to these weekends away. You could even book a cabin if you wished and go in style

But don't think about it for to long as they is only so many sites in the area we are going to and you wouldn't want to end up on the other side of the van park now.

So how many more sleeps

[Mustang]

As a SE Qld member we will still be in Tasmania. Bugger again.

[bobt]

Good on you 'smiles' for making this happen. This sounds like a great place to be.

We will be heading north again next year but much much later so sorry we will not be able to attend.

[vanmad]

If you don't mind a noob with a shabby, thus far virtually untouched van joining you and asking lots of questions (and there are still sites left) I think the family an I could be up for this!

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Dec 10, 2015 23:06:33 GMT 10 vanmad said:

If you don't mind a noob with a shabby, thus far virtually untouched van joining you and asking lots of questions (and there are still sites left) I think the family an I could be up for this!

Hey vanmad, did you book a site ??

Giving this a bump only 3 weeks away, I cannot believe how quick the days are going. I think I read that we have 10+ caravans going and the weather is looking good so far.

[bobt]

I expect to see photos of the event posted on here.

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Update from Cathie on the VV forum.

Hi all

Friday night is our BBQ night with free snags/rissoles donated by Park Managers.

However, we also want to celebrate Dennis & Sue's 40 years of life together, as its their 40th wedding anniversary in about a months time. So we've made a booking for dinner at the Chinese restaurant at Evans Head Bowls Club for Saturday night, 30 January, at 6.30pm.

www.evansheadbowls.com.au/kamhingchinese/

It's within walking distance of the Park, along the river to the Heads & next to the Surf Club. Should be a lovely opportunity to let Dennis & Sue know how much we appreciate your company. Who would have thought that fixing up some old caravans would have led to such great friendships?

I've also booked us in for a personal tour of the Air Museum at 9.30am Sat 30/1. If you can squat & stand, you can have 15-20mins inside the genuine F-111 cockpit for $35, otherwise it's just $5 for the tour.

Let me know if you DONT want dinner at Bowls Club or if you DO want to go on Aviation Tour.

Cheers

Cathie

Read more: vintagecaravans.proboards.com/thread/15047/evans-head-event-jan-2016?page=2#ixzz3x6s8pd8K

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Well only a few more sleeps(for me)to go

We have 22 caravans attending and over 40 members/guests

Just need the weather to play nice....please

[Mustang]

Some light rain forcast for Friday, but you will still enjoy. Send some rain down to baked up Tassy.

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[bobt]

Looks like some people had fun..

[Mustang]

Wow great array of different models, seems the weather held up.

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Nice camping really love it.