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a new chapter will be formed that may be called the Whitsunday Chapter. After morning tea Gary & Julie Kunst and Sandra Armstrong had to leave the group to spend the day with visiting family while the rest of the group headed via the scenic highway to Byfield where Garth & Leslie Barnes joined the group as did Phil Henry after recently arriving home from the American tour he and his wife Margaret took. We then toured through Yeppoon beach front to Farnborough then over the small range on the Browns lane road to Byfield. On arrival Trevor Andersen found that a New South Wales couple had spotted him in his Daimler Dart in Yeppoon and followed him to Byfield to allow them to have a chat with Trevor as they too are the proud owners of the same model. We were also greeted by new owners of the Byfield store and found the quality of the meals etc still the same. It was here that the Poker run winners were announced with Stuart & Ada Clark winning for the Coastal group with a pair of threes and Ian Wilhelmsen winning for central with two pair. GREAT NORTHERN TOUR, June 13 - 20 by Ian Wilhelmsen ………. Assistant Coordinator The GNT as it shall henceforth be known, began under grey skies and light rain. Gathering at the Kershaw Gardens were Stuart and Ada Clark, Terry Dwyer and Anne Burbidge, Robbie and Gary Galloway, Gary and Julie Kunst, Ian Carleton, Phil White and Ian Wilhelmsen, all resplendent in their T shirts especially made for the occasion thanks to Terry. The other party of Ron Atwell and his son-inlaw Phillip would join us in Blackwater for morning tea. We then hit the road with a tour to Lake Maraboon and the Fairbairn Dam, travelling over the dam wall and back to Emerald. The next leg saw us heading to Clermont for our first overnight stay. A tour around Clermont started the next day and we visited Hoods Lagoon, a grotto marking Mary MacKillop’s Sisters of St Joseph activity in the area, a memorial to Billy Sing “The Crack Sniper of the ANZACS” and the piano in a tree. Thus began the most daunting part of our trip, the long lonely drive to Charters Towers with only a stop at Belyando Crossing for lunch. Wednesday was explore Charters Towers day and with so much history and a council promoting it excellently, there was no shortage of things to see and do. It’s now Thursday and time to pack up and drive to Townsville but before we get there, Phil White has arranged for us to visit Lansdown CSIRO Research Station at Woodstock. On the road again, we took a detour to Mt Stuart to have an elevated view of Townsville and surrounds and everyone remarked what a good hill climb track it would make. Arrival in Townsville saw us checking in to our motel and then afternoonsies on the deck overlooking the Coral Sea. Friday was the day for everyone to do their own thing with Robbie, Gary G, Ada, Stuart, Gary K, Julie, Phil, and the two Ians deciding to go to Magnetic Island. In the morning we gathered for the leg to Bowen. We met Cathie Meredith from Mackay in her yellow 1978 MGB and Graham Hoyle from Bowen in his MGB GT and had lunch at the café on Flagstaff Hill. Cathie then lead the troops to our accommodation for the night in Mackay. I would like to thank everyone for the great spirit in which the adventure was undertaken and we certainly have many stories to tell of the Great Northern Tour of 2016. New members Jack and Ray Cowie at Tanby Gardens, Neville and Barbara Funch at Byfield and Car Line up Tanby Gardens. 48 The Octagon - July 2016 A large collection of photos from this major trip can be viewed at https://1drv.ms/f/ s!AvkQV9Nvi9aNnltQHujR39OGkuCH - space allows for publication of only a small selection of them.
(Top photo) At Rockhampton (Second line) Blackwater; Clermont (Third line) Road between Clermont and Charters Towers; At Charters Towers (Fourth line) Lansdown Station; Townsville (Bottom photo) Bowen The Octagon - July 2016 49
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