July - Mazda MX-5 Club of Victoria & Tasmania

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Chapter chatter ...Jingellic run ...17/6/12 | North-Eastern Victoria■ Words: Stuart James ■ Photos: Karen Bradshaw &Mark Gillick ■ Run organisers: Ron & Marg Gillick“What’s that ya’ say Ron?Lunch at the Jingellic Pub?-- Yeah, what a good idea!Let’s do it!”At least that’s how I recall it all started ... thoughtwe might get six or so cars for a winter’s day run!So we rocked up to Maccas in Wodonga – nextto Supercheap Auto – but they don’t do coffee ...and lo and behold 18 cars turned up, including acouple of new members – welcome!Hardy bunch these MX-5ers! Beaming facesmore than made up for the less than gloriousweather. Fantastic to see so many Western/Central members making the big effortto support our run – we really appreciateeveryone’s support.Anyway, off we set – all with roofs down if Irecall correctly? But then again that mightbe just my “no rain, no roof” mantra cloudingmy recollection. My “navigator” did mumblesomething along the lines of being reasonableabout the roof before we left home, so we didarrive at the start “roof up” – don’t think anyonegot a photo?!First leg took us out to the Hume Weir whichis near full at the start of winter and verypicturesque with the morning light and lowcloud that we experienced. Then over theBethanga Bridge and up to Granya for the greatrun over the Granya Gap to the Murray ValleyHighway.At this point the advance guard took the shortcut to the pub – to secure a seat by the fireI expect! Hook left, and on up to Shelley, theformer site of the highest railway station inVictoria when the Wodonga-Cudgewa line wasin operation.We flashed by the Koetong pub – another goodstop when time permits. At this point there is ashort cut back to Walwa – on the Victorian sideof the Murray from Jingellic. A great run but stillunsealed – all things come to those who wait ...one day.Next left to Cudgewa and Tintaldra where weagain joined the Murray River. A quick stop atCudgewa (the southern railhead used to cartsupplies into the Snowy Scheme during the postwarconstruction) to regroup and inspect publicconveniences, then downstream to Walwa andacross into NSW to the Bridge Hotel at Jingellic.›Into the Twilight Zone ...16
›Who needs a roof? Stuart James›L-R: Phil Gibson, Val Bruce, Cindy & Roger Valkenburg (potential new members),Ian Bruce, Ellie & Gerry Engwerder.What a great pub! It has a lot of localhistory but caters well for travellerstoo. A very leisurely lunch was enjoyedby everyone. The car park did look abit odd though – 4WDs and MX-5severywhere. Someone was heard to passthe remark that we looked like a bus loadof pensioners out for lunch but had todo a “take two” when we hopped into18topless MX-5s and roared off down theriver!A few cars left us at this point to headoff in various directions, including theWymah Ferry – but the road on the otherside is unsealed. The rest headed to theHume dam for a look around the walland power station. And then it happened– rain! Bugger ... up goes the roof – oh,well, some toughed it out. When youwear shorts and a furry hat all things arepossible – I’ll let you work this one out foryourselves. What happens on the run ...No wonder these are such popular roadswith the car and bike mobs, but giventhe weather, few bikes, caravans or truckswere encountered: the North-East isheaven on earth!Thank you to all the hearty souls thatcame along and helped to make the day agreat success. From the attendance sheetthey were Marg and Ron, Karen and Ian,Marge and Andrew, Patrice and Chris,Maria and Noel, Ellen and Gerry, Elaineand Bill, Val and Ian, Cindy and Roger,Neal, Gwenda, Beau, Noellene and John,Sue and Stuart, Dawn and Alan, Bronwynand Geoff, Brenda and Phil, and Brett.Special thanks to Marg and Ron foranother great day out – their efforts aregreatly appreciated by all concerned. ■17
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