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entrepreneurs, the Wagner family, was hosting<br />
the landing of its first Cathay Pacific 747 Cargo<br />
flight after 12 months of operation. The Cathay<br />
Pacific flight is the first of a planned regular<br />
service that will transport regional freight and<br />
produce direct to Hong Kong.<br />
This was certainly a milestone for the new<br />
airport and an opportunity for the DD Chapter<br />
to schedule a run to see the event first hand.<br />
Participants were Brian & June Phillips, Gary &<br />
Janis Lawrence, Rod & Aud Pugh with Phoebe<br />
the dog.<br />
west. The call eventually went up that it might be<br />
prudent to make a move and sadly our last day<br />
run for the year came to a close. In hindsight, it<br />
was a very good call, as the Warwick members<br />
made it home safely before a very destructive<br />
storm hit their area.<br />
Participants were Ron & Judy Gillis, John &<br />
Marg Boland, Gary & Janis Lawrence, Helen<br />
Goodfellow, Rob & Narelle Fraser, Delia Morey &<br />
Judith Morey, Tony & Leigh Wright, Gene & Fay<br />
Lucas, Brian & June Phillips, Jim Carstens, Guy<br />
& Pam West.<br />
Monthly Run 29 November 2015<br />
Our last day run for 2015 was a breakfast run<br />
which began at the City Golf Club, Toowoomba.<br />
In the pleasant restaurant, with views over<br />
the fairways, most members opted for the<br />
sumptuous Buffet Breakfast that was on offer.<br />
It was a great venue to sit back, relax & swap<br />
travel stories for those catching up after an<br />
extended absence.<br />
After breakfast, with run sheets at the ready, we<br />
headed off on the short, scenic drive through<br />
Darling Heights & Top Camp to our morning<br />
tea venue at Preston Range Park, to the south<br />
of Toowoomba. Only one car followed the run<br />
sheet. The rest followed the organiser who<br />
unintentionally did an extra block. The last part<br />
of the run was very steep & wound through a<br />
housing estate which literally clings to the side of<br />
the range. You wouldn’t want to live there & be<br />
prone to sleep walking.<br />
The view from the park was spectacular and<br />
had the local members, many of whom had<br />
never been there, trying to get their bearings.<br />
That sorted, the men got down to the business<br />
of doing what they do best - looking under<br />
the bonnets of cars, while the women set out<br />
a Christmas themed morning tea, not that<br />
anyone was particularly hungry after such a big<br />
breakfast.<br />
Although we had a chance to walk it off along<br />
a scenic walking path that skirted the top of the<br />
range, there were no takers, everyone preferring<br />
to continue lively conversations & keep an eye<br />
on the sky and some on the BOM weather site.<br />
Yes, you guessed it; severe storms were once<br />
again building and moving in from the south<br />
Breakfast Run 09 December 2015<br />
The second Wednesday of the month is usually<br />
our mid-week lunch run…but something a little<br />
different for a lunch run ....it morphed into a<br />
breakfast run.<br />
To mark the last get together for the year we<br />
decided on an early start to enjoy breakfast in<br />
Lions Park at Hodgsonvale in the cool of the<br />
morning.<br />
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The <strong>Octagon</strong> - November 2015
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