Natmeet - 2008 - Victoria

ASE05 · Postby **ASE05** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 9:26 pm

Arrrghh!!

Just found out they have water restrictions down that way. Is anyone going to bring along a high pressure washer? Apparently the HP washer is OK or a bucket. I'm a mobile car detailer and I'd prefer to get the bulk of the crap off my paint with the HP washer rather than a bucket and sponge. I didn't spend most of Saturday poilishing ASE05 to fook it up with a bucket wash. Call me anal but......

If not, is there any chance a yocal could bring one with 'em for the concours?

Postby **Okibi** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 11:06 pm

After being dropped off on Wednesday and being delayed by a derailment .. the WA cars are on they way! They left at 7.15 this morning and we are on track to pick them up at about 10.00am Thursday.

National Rail expects no delays with travel time.

Keep us in your prayers.

Wotsa · Postby **Wotsa** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 12:05 am

I was sitting in Perth Airport Wednesday pm and Dave called me to say that the WA cars had been shunted off the line and were now expected in Adelaide on Friday. Friday being a public Holiday the depot will not be open. They now expect to arrive in Beechworth on Saturday afternoon/evening!

rain902 · Postby **rain902** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 12:17 am

Okibi wrote:National Rail expects no delays with travel time.

Keep us in your prayers.

national rail went broke and dematerialised overnight in victoria, they prefer to stay in the UK and make all services late with the possible exception of the ones that they cancel :shock:

The collective prayers and blessings of the Vic club are with you - you're gonna need em :frown:

NewSig= Paint. It's overrated.

Juffa · Postby **Juffa** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 3:38 pm

Wotsa wrote:I was sitting in Perth Airport Wednesday pm and Dave called me to say that the WA cars had been shunted off the line and were now expected in Adelaide on Friday. Friday being a public Holiday the depot will not be open. They now expect to arrive in Beechworth on Saturday afternoon/evening!

Bummer. Lets hope there are no more delays.

J

Postby **Okibi** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 5:42 pm

Good news, seems someone at National Rail must love us.

Cars are getting collected tomorrow morning some time, guess we'll get into Beechworth LATE Friday night so save me some steak!

At least we'll get to attend concours, but we won't have a chance to clean the cars.

Keep your fingers crossed for us!!! :mrgreen:

Fatty · Postby **Fatty** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 6:13 pm

Okibi wrote:Good news, seems someone at National Rail must love us.

Cars are getting collected tomorrow morning some time, guess we'll get into Beechworth LATE Friday night so save me some steak!

At least we'll get to attend concours, but we won't have a chance to clean the cars.

Keep your fingers crossed for us!!!

that's great to hear!

Juffa · Postby **Juffa** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 7:00 pm

Okibi wrote:Keep your fingers crossed for us!!!

J

Postby **Okibi** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 9:07 pm

Yup went to Birdwood car museum today then Glenelg, have been keeping our spirits up ... well drinking plenty :mrgreen:

SPy vs. SPy · Postby **SPy vs. SPy** » Fri Mar 21, 2008 1:31 am

With the dawning of the day it begins, you kiddies play safe in the sandpit over the next few days and take lots of piccies.

Postby **Okibi** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 6:43 pm

Natmeet is over and it was great to meet old friends and make some new ones.

The Victorian club had put in a massive effort to run a fantastic event that ran very smoothly had had excellent drives, venues and meals.

It was a great time and it seems a lot of the ideas people discussed here had been implemented. While we're not playing for sheep stations seems some of the usual issues still linger.

We need to put the control of Natmeet back into the hands of all the National Clubs so that the clubs can standardise items like concourse and members have a proper understanding of how points are allocated before they commit/attend the event.

The benefit will be that clubs car run events under the National rules so that members can \"practise\" what is expected at Natmeet.

The great news is the South Australian club (this years Natmeet winners) have offered to run the next Natmeet. It sounds like it will be a great event.

Thank you to everyone who helped the W.A. team attend especially Lynn and Roger who kindly gave us their house and 2 cars to use while we waited for our cars to arrive in Adelaide.

Wotsa · Postby **Wotsa** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 7:02 pm

Natmeet is run and done. Thanks to the MX5 Club of Victoria and the Natmeet Committee for conducting a marvellous event. It was great to meet some of the regulars on here as well as folk from all over the country.
For participants, I trust your journey home was as good as mine, through the Snowy Mountains!

Postby **Okibi** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 11:31 am

W.A. would love to run a Natmeet but last time we tried we only had 2 non W.A. bookings, Jean and someone overseas. (updated Okibi)

We will develop a survey to get serious expressions of interest, it should give an indication of the costs that we've paid this time around.

Given the event would be in four years time we realise how hard it is for anyone to commit to such an event (a lot can happen in 4 years!). But it would also give you a long time to save up the money.

Its the only way we can seriously consider holding a Natmeet.

Surveys will go to all the state clubs (as you have to be a member of a state club to attend), but i'm also keen to get the opinions from our forum members because if you're not a member of a state club then as clubs we possibly need to change to help accommodate different agendas.

All feedback is constructive.

Given Mazda spends some serious cash sponsoring the event ($12,500?? this year) I think it's important that the event is as inclusive as possible and caters for different budgets and age groups as much as possible. There was no way to be competitive at Natmeet unless you'd been to previous Natmeets and i'd like to do my best to change that.

I will provide a link to the survey once i'm back in W.A. and our committee has discussed it.

Tom · Postby **Tom** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 1:53 pm

What a great weekend! Everything was so well organised, from the meals to the runs. Congratulations to the Victorian Club and the NatMeet Committee!

This was our first NatMeet and we are now looking forward to the next one in South Australia.

A few photos below....

The \"garage queens\" at the Concours

The racers at Winton

Morning tea at Bright

Tom