Octagon July, 2016

CHAPTER Chatter
Capricorn Chapter
by Gurney T Clamp
Mt. MORGAN GOLDEN MOUNT FESTIVAL --
Saturday 30 April 2016
While some of our members headed off to Airlie
Beach for the long weekend, Roger Warne &
Phylis , Brian & Glenis Russell, Rosco James,
Neville Funch, Trevor Andersen and Gurney Clamp
decided to take up the invitation from the Golden
Mount Festival committee and travel up to Mount
Morgan to take in a view of what takes place during
the festival.
We were pleasantly surprised by the large number
of stalls in the main street of Mt. Morgan and also
got to view the quality of the entertainment by the
Rockhampton Line Dancers, Belly dancers, and
Pipe band.
At 1.15 pm we gathered along with members of
other car clubs and a huge line up of well designed
and colored floats supported by a large contingent
of individuals dressed up in all sort of period
costumes and outfits. The parade started on time
at 1.30 pm and took us along the both sides of
the main street where we were cheered on by
thousands of onlookers that lined the main street
and beyond.
After the procession Rosco James took us on a
trip up to where the Telstra Towers are located
that gave us a great view of Mt. Morgan township,
the mine and dam. A view that we will have to
take again in 2017. The Bouldercombe Pub was
a popular stop on the way home as there were
members from other clubs there also enjoying the
hospitality of the pub.
TANBY GARDENS & BYFIELD -- Sunday
26thJune 2016
Following the disappointment of having to postpone
the Tanby Gardens and Byfield tour due to rain on
Sunday 19 the tour on the new date of Sunday 26
was a very successful one. It was held in great
MG touring conditions with most hoods down. The
run started when the central group of Rodney Blair,
Terry Dwyer, Stuart & Ada Clark, Neville & Barbara
Funch, Rosco James, Gordon Kelsey, Allan & Trudy
Stacey and Ian Wilhelmsen met up with the Coastal
group of Trevor Andersen, Ian Carleton, Gurney &
Gloria Clamp, Gary & Julie Kunst at the junction
of Yeppoon and Dairy Inn roads. Here we all got
to meet new members Jack & Rae Cowie in their
1999 Silver MG F which boasted a state of origin
coloured top.
The next stop was at Tanby Garden centre on
Tanby road on the coast for morning tea and on
arrival we were greeted by Sandra Armstrong with
her granddaughter waiting for us all to arrive and to
also find that there were a husband and wife team
entertaining the public with some good music and
singing. As we were finding our seating Gurney
invited a visitor to the centre in Martine Lempire
to join us, to find she and Rae Cowie had some of
the same friends in Rockhampton. It was here that
the members who did not go on the Great Northern
tour that toured the Central Highlands, Charters
Towers, Townsville and Mackay got to hear some of
the stories of the adventures told by the members
who did go. One was about their meeting with MG
car owners from Mackay and Bowen who indicated
that they are looking forward to the All chapter
meeting in Mackay in August where they hope that
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