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PROMOTIONAL SHOOT<br />
FOR CHANNEL 7<br />
By David Hall and Lyn Hayward - pictured<br />
with Kay McGrath in their TC. Photos<br />
supplied by Kay McGrath and Channel 7<br />
It was on Tuesday the 20th of September<br />
<strong>2016</strong> that we received a phone call from<br />
Elaine stating that Channel 7 wanted to do<br />
a photo shoot with a Red MG Roadster in<br />
the Gayndah or Goomeri area for 7.00am on<br />
Thursday the 22nd - two days time!<br />
We decided to take our TC and so hooked the<br />
trailer to the back of the Motorhome and, after<br />
lashing the TC down, we headed for the South<br />
Burnett on the Wednesday afternoon setting<br />
up camp at the Goomeri Showgrounds for an<br />
overnight stop.<br />
Well, you guessed it - during the night the<br />
heavens opened up and down came the rain<br />
and the little MG just had only its Full Tonneau<br />
cover in place! It kept most of the water out<br />
of the interior; however, we still had to dry<br />
her out before Channel 7 Royalty was about<br />
to drive her. A quick chamois off and Lyn and<br />
I had to be outside the Grand Hotel by 7.00<br />
am to meet up with the Film Crew and Kay<br />
McGrath. It was pretty special after watching<br />
her on the news for many years and finally<br />
meeting her was a great pleasure.<br />
With Kay behind the wheel of the TC we<br />
headed out towards Gayndah where the film<br />
crew found this beautiful little spot of curvy<br />
bitumen road bounded by paddocks filled with<br />
crops, cattle and wildflowers in abundance.<br />
There was a lovely windmill blowing in the<br />
wind creating a perfect spot for this little<br />
MG TC to show off her beauty. After some<br />
instructions on how to drive the TC, Kay took<br />
to it like a pro and after a lot of stationary<br />
shots and “take two’s” a drone was launched<br />
to film Kay driving the along the winding road.<br />
It proved difficult to get a shot of the car on its<br />
own as the traffic on this highway never stops<br />
and on many occasions there was a truck or a<br />
car right on her tail.<br />
Finally all the filming was finished and Kay<br />
Photos from top:<br />
Kay in the car, David<br />
lends a hand with the<br />
lighting, Kay heads<br />
off with David, Kay<br />
with Lyn and David.<br />
handed back the keys saying just how much<br />
she had enjoyed driving the MG! We then<br />
drove back to Goomeri, loaded the TC onto<br />
the trailer and headed back to Hervey Bay<br />
with the job done. Thanks Elaine for the<br />
chance to showcase our car. Apparently a<br />
Promotional film is to be produced which<br />
we will receive a copy of after it has been<br />
completed.<br />
The <strong>Octagon</strong> - <strong>November</strong> <strong>2016</strong> 15
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