Octagon November, 2017

CHAPTER Chatter
WIDE BAY CHAPTER
by David Hall and Lyn Hayward
Saturday 2nd September 2017 MGCCQ Wide
Bay Chapter display at Riverfest, River Heads
- Contributed by David Hall & Photos by Lyn
Hayward
Nine cars assembled at our home in River Heads
for 9.00am and after a welcome chat we headed
off to assemble at the Riverfest venue where a
spot was waiting for us to park and put up our
Banner to advertise our Chapter.
There were all sorts of things going on with
Market Stalls, Art displays, Bands and whatever
else you could think of. One person who took my
fancy was a Manufacturer of a musical Harp and
what’s more he knew how to play it!
Our members settled in to having a coffee and
some home made cakes which I was thankful
they shared with us. Our display was certainly
enjoyed by so many people from everywhere. I
was talking to a man who used to work in the
same department of GMH as I did before coming
to Queensland and he has kept in touch with a
lot of my old mates of 40 years ago so we had
interesting conversations and have swapped
addresses so that we can keep in touch.
From interests in our displays there were at
least two prospective members who I will follow
up - one has an MX5 and one a Cobra Replica.
I believe they will join and I have given them the
appropriate forms to fill in and also invited them
to check out the Website of MGCCQ. We will be
inviting them to the next couple runs that we are
doing this month.
A good time was had by all our members who
attended and I would like to thank them for
supporting the Chapter as they always do.
Wednesday 13th September - by David Hall
and Photos by Lyn Hayward
On Wednesday the 13th it was lucky for some!
The sun was shining and the tops were down
as eight cars set off from Pialba and out through
Hervey Bay for a lovely run through the Cane
Fields. We nearly didn’t make it past the Anglican
College when a 7 foot giant male kangaroo
hopped out right in front of our lead car. Good
job we had the later TF and the brakes worked
well - it might have been a different story if we
had been driving the TC.
We continued on to let the members catch a
glimpse of the new developments taking place
in the area - one being a new RV Village and
the other a giant Sports Complex, an interesting
sight with a lot of earth works going on. I myself
liked the cane fields better - I suppose it’s all
progress.
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The Octagon - November 2017