Octagon November, 2017

CHAPTER Chatter
CAPRICORN CHAPTER
by Gurney T Clamp
Sept 17 - Mt. MORGAN - WESTWOOD
What a beautiful day to be out touring around in
an open cab MG sports car! And that was how the
day started out with the coastal group meeting
at the Oaks on Yeppoon road then calling into
the Headricks Lane coffee shop in East Street
Rockhampton on their way to meet up with the
Central Group at the Southside Tourist Information
Centre.
After the usual chatter it was off to Mt. Morgan via
the popular range road with Gurney’s 72 MG B not
taking well to the challenge of going up the steep
climb of the range road as it started to cough and
splutter but nevertheless made it to the top lookout
car park where it came to halt only to find that
Stuart and Ada Clark had a similar type of problem
but only made it half way up the range.
Laurie Chetter came to the rescue and discovered
that Gurneys’ MG B had no spark from the
recently fitted Electronic distributor. As Gurney had
experienced this problem before he had brought
along the old distributer which allowed Laurie - with
a large selection of tools provided by a number of
members - to make the change over. Laure and
Phil Henry then returned back down the range
to get Stuart and Ada back on the road while the
remainder enjoyed morning tea in their absence.
After a short time Stuart, Ada, Laurie and Phil made
it to the top and joined the group. Shortly after it
was off to Westwood via Mt. Morgan and then onto
Dululu where it was noticed Gurney & Gloria were
missing. A phone call from Phil Henry found that
they were still in Mt. Morgan at an RACQ garage as
their car had continued to play up.
After a short break at Dululu the group headed off
to the Westwood pub for lunch and once contact
with Gurney was made to find out where he was, it
was discovered that he was back on the road and
planned to meet them at the Westwood pub where
members expressed their delight at the meals of
good value.
While there the hotel management took some of us
back a few years when she brought out the large
black and white photograph of our cars parked
outside the hotel when our club visited there several
years ago.
After a bit of confusion Ian Carleton took home
Gloria’s $10 poker run voucher with 3 sevens.
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