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  GOOLGOWI PUB/ MOTORKHANA DAY
  SUNDAY 24TH MAY 2009 STARTED OFF TO BE A VERY COOL MORNING,  ABOUT 26 CARS ROLLED UP AT THE AIRPLANE MONUMENT FROM THREE CLUBS .WE CRUISED OFF  AROUND 10.45 IN A CONVOY FOR THE BIG TOWN OF GOOLGOWI.
  THE WINDS WERE FEROCIOUS ON THE WAY OUT WITH A VERY POWERFULL CROSS WIND GIVING THE BIG CAR DRIVERS  A JOB TO STAY ON THE TAR,AND IF THAT WASN'T ENOUGH AS WE APPROACHED  GOOLGOWI MOTHER NATURE DECIDED TO SUFFOCATE US WITH 45,000 TONS OF DUST FROM THE NEIGHBOURING PADDOCKS WITH AT ONE TIME LEAVING  A VISIBILITY OF ONLY 10 METRES , LUCKILY IT ALL BLEW OVER AND FINED UP TO BE A BEAUTIFUL DAY.

THE OTHER CLUBS FROM  THE AREA, HAY ,LEETON,& A COUPLE OF THE DETONATORS CAR CLUB ROLLED IN ALSO TO MAKE A PPROXIMATELY 64 CARS AND A FEW BIKES JOINED IN ALSO. WE HAD  TIME TO STROLL AROUND AND TALK TO EVERYBODY BEFORE LUNCH WAS ON IN THE ROYAL  MAIL HOTEL.THIS HAD THE STAFF ON THEIR TOES WITH OVER 100 PEOPLE FRONTING UP   FOR A FEED .
  AFTER LUNCH WAS OVER ,JOHN GARDINER SET UP A MINI COMPETITION RUN FOR WHOEVER WANTED TO TEST THEIR SKILLS AT DRIVING.ONLY  ABOUT 8 OR SO DARED HAVE A GO FOR FEAR OF HUMILIATION,IT WAS A TIMED EVENT WITH PEOPLE HAVING A CO- DRIVER/NAVIGATOR  HAVING TO REVERSE PARK,BALANCE A BUCKET OF WATER & THEN DRIVING ON TO A BALANCING BEAM AND AFTER A COUPLE OF ATTEMPTS EACH GREG  SALVESTRO & CO-DRIVER KEN CHEERS IN YE "OL-38" WERE THE WINNERS DOING THE COURSE IN A RECORD 58 SECONDS..DESERT WAS PUT ON ALSO FOR THE PEOPLE AS WELL. AS THE BEER FLOWED AND THE BULLSHIT STORIES DRIBBLED WE ALL HAD  A GOOD DAY OUT
  AND CRUISED BACK HOME AT OUR LEISURE................GREG..

 

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