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Wise move

I have put up a proposal on the D3 site to hold a do at or about Wilpeena Pound in May 08. Any RRS site members are welcome to join us and this info will also be posted on FFRR, Fl2 & Def2 sites. It started as a D3 thing but has blown up to include All Land Rover/ Range Rover breeds & types .

Nothing defo on exact dates as I am going to try to tie in with similar events being held in UK with live sat or whatever feeds between the events. At the moment we are waiting on which long weekend (theirs. UK) in May it will be. ( They have 2 long weekends in May). A sign up with details of events (ranging from easy trips off road to "OMG I'm not doing that in My baby" trips), accommodation options & prices, and defo dates will be along shortly.

Here is the link to the D3 thread on the same:
http://www.disco3.co.uk/forum/topic10401.html

Cheers,
David.

All, registration for Cooma is now open. When you register you can also book the awards dinner (recommended as seats will be limited) as well as camping. Polo shirts and other stuff is also available.

http://www.landrover60.com.au


PS Currently touring Kangaroo Island in the RRS. Both the Island and the RRS are wonderful. RRS TDV6 MY07 gone.
RRS TDV6 MY10 just arrived!

Still doing the Wilpeena thing. I'm doing a reccie to Wilpeena next week. I'll post details of types, cost, etc of accommodation after I get back.  --------------------------------------------------------
I love Boobies, Tits, Blackbirds & Sparrows.

09 MY10 Santorini Black TDV6
05 Disco3 S (gone) (Red Disco)
08 Disco3 HSE (gone) (White Disco)
07 RRS Umbrella.(one of only 3 in the Country)
09 Volkswagen Golf Tdi(SWMBO's)
04 Datsun Insult (SWTSMBOBIO20SHOMSAH)

An update on Cooma.

Steve


LAND ROVER AUSTRALIA IS NOW THE MAJOR SPONSOR

Land Rover Australia is now the Major Sponsor for the Land Rover 60th
celebrations to be held at Cooma over Easter this year. Apart from
providing financial support, they are also donating several prizes,
including the main one for Best Vehicle, consisting of the use of one of
their vehicles for 7 days plus 5 nights accommodation at Novotel Lake
Crackenback, near Canberra. They will also be putting on a display
consisting of a new Defender, a Freelander 2, a Discovery 3, a Range
Rover Sport, a Range Rover Vogue, two Military Vehicles and a "Special"
vehicle (which is expected to be the Australian premiere of it).

The various categories have still to be finalised, but will include Best
restored and Best un-restored for the older vehicles, Best ex-Military
and Best set-up for Outback Travel.

The Event has also received great support from Cooma residents. The
Mayor, Roger Norton, has been of great help, as has the local Service
and Car Clubs who will be providing a lot of the logistic support during
the Grand Parade, as well as Bar Service at hotel prices during the BBQ
and Awards dinner.

It is hoped that there will be a number of Trade displays at the
Showgrounds on the Saturday and Sunday. It is also expected that there
will be an `unofficial' Swap Meet at the Showground as well as a
display of Working Landies on the Sunday.

At the Polo Flat campgrounds before the Grand Parade gets under way on
the Sunday morning, an Ecumenical Church Service will be held to
celebrate Easter, led by the Reverend Neil Flower of the Land Rover Club
of Sydney.

Arrangements have been made for the professional filming of an official
DVD of the Event by a member of the Land Rover Club of Victoria. This
will be able to be ordered at the Registration Desk at the Multi
Function Centre at the Showgrounds during the whole of the weekend.

Also available will be the official Memorabilia. This is proving very
popular and it is suggested that people who Register should order their
requirements beforehand as there will only be a limited supply over the
Easter weekend.

The four Organising Clubs involved have agreed that any profits made
from the weekend will go to charities, both locally and through the
Clubs themselves.

Registration can be effected through the website www.landrover60.com.au
However, for those people who do not
have access to the Internet, Registration Forms can be obtained from
either the Event Co-ordinator, Graeme Walsh on (03) 9884 4101 or the
Assistant Co-ordinator, Patrick Sutcliffe on (02) 9489 3756. RRS TDV6 MY07 gone.
RRS TDV6 MY10 just arrived!

Link below to the Wilpena (Flinders Ranges) do.

http://www.disco3.co.uk/forum/topic17401.html --------------------------------------------------------
I love Boobies, Tits, Blackbirds & Sparrows.

09 MY10 Santorini Black TDV6
05 Disco3 S (gone) (Red Disco)
08 Disco3 HSE (gone) (White Disco)
07 RRS Umbrella.(one of only 3 in the Country)
09 Volkswagen Golf Tdi(SWMBO's)
04 Datsun Insult (SWTSMBOBIO20SHOMSAH)

Update on the Land Rover 60th Celebrations (from the organising committee)

Just to keep everyone up-to-date with what’s happening as we get closer to Easter – only a couple of weeks left now!

As of today, March 4th, we have 443 Registrations, representing 859 people and 464 Land Rovers, with 30 other types of vehicles. This is good, but not as good as 1998 for the 50th. However, there appears to be a lot of people booked into Snowtels Caravan Park who have not registered. They probably expect to register when they get to Cooma, but unfortunately they may be disappointed. Practically all the seats for the Awards Dinner have gone and there will only be a limited supply of memorabilia.

On the subject of memorabilia, we have arranged for someone to be in attendance at the Showground all day on Sunday during the judging to take photos of people’s pride and joys. These will be transferred to mugs, mouse mats and key rings at a very reasonable price and brought to the Awards Night Dinner for collection.

Also, we have arranged for some very smart business shirts and some t-shirts, both with the logo on, to be available for buying at the MFC until stocks run out, when orders will be taken for posting to people. These have only just become available and cannot be ordered on the website.

Also available will be a DVD of the 50th Event in 1998. These have been created in response to a few requests and will also be on sale at the Memorabilia Desk at the MFC. A number of children’s entertainments have been booked for the Showground on the Sunday to add to the day’s enjoyment. There will be a Bouncy Castle, Mini Car rides and candy floss (although there’s nothing to stop adults eating this as well!).

Steve RRS TDV6 MY07 gone.
RRS TDV6 MY10 just arrived!

LR60th - The Stats

Land Rover 60th Anniversary 2008 - Cooma NSW Australia

There were a total of 767 Land Rovers and 1367 people registered -

Series 1 - 88
Series 2/2a - 90
Series 3 - 116
110/Countys - 34
Defenders (90/110/130) - 177
Discoverys (1, 2, 3) - 160
Range Rovers / Sports - 81
Freelanders - 6
Forward Controls - 4
101s - 5
Lightweights - 5
Bushrangers - 1

560 of those were in the Grand Parade, which is more than the 50th Anniversary celebrations in the UK! Attendees came from every State and Territory in Australia, as well as Denmark, England, New Zealand and the USA. We believe we would have done even better, if Easter had been during school holidays.

Results -
Motorkhana - Best SWB - Peter Davis, LROCS
Motorkhana - Best MWB - John Davies, LROCV
Motorkhana - Best LWB - Glen Hudson, LROCS
Best in Show - Daniel Fluckiger - LROCS
Best set up for Outback Travel - Brian Johnson, LRRSA
Best Series One restored - Bevan & John Fenner, LROCV
Best Series One unrestored - Anthony Maeder, LROCV
Best Series Two restored - Chris Klein, LROCS
Best Series Two unrestored - Len Smyth, LROCV
Best Series Three - Rayl Kahl, LROCV
Best Forward Control - Jim Eldridge
Best 110/County - Richard Asquith, RRC NSW
Best Defender - Fred Lomas, LROCS
Best Range Rover 2-door - Patrick Sutcliffe, LROCV, RRC NSW, LROCS
Best Range Rover 4-door - Richard Windham, RRCQ
BestRange Rover P38 - Ron Beckett (aka p38arover)
BestRange Rover L322 - Chris Platt, LRRSA
BestRange Rover Sport - Peter Gough (aka ivery819 )
Best Discovery 1 - Neil Matheson - RRCV
Best Discovery 2 - Toni Barnes - LROCS
Best Discovery 3 - Stan Bowshire
Best Freelander - Ben Robinson
Best Military - Wayne Ellard, LRRSA
Most Modified - Hilton Pollard, LROCS
Hard Luck Story - Ray James
Trivia Quiz - Ben Robinson
Observation Trial - John and Sally Wroe

The Range Rovers were judged by Bill Baker
BILL BAKER was a co-founder of Tread Lightly! Inc and talked about his time working for Land Rover in Solihull and North America. Bill was Director of Special Projects for Land Rover North America when he recently retired. He was one of the eight original executives who founded the Company that brought the Range Rover to America in 1986 before he moved to Solihull in 1997. There he was responsible for the global celebrations for Land Rover for the 50th, as well as the launch of the Freelander and Discovery Series 2.
He organised and accompanied expeditions on four continents. The Camel Trophy, Land Rover Adventures and Land Rover trek were among the activities he supervised.
Bill is host of OUTDOOR CHANNEL Ride to Adventure and is the Executive Producer and owner of Baker Productions and Communications of Laguna Niguel, CA. Bill is a Contributing Editor to Forbes Life, Forbesautos.com and Winding Road.com as well as Land Rover Monthly magazine. Before resuming his broadcast career in 2003, Bill spent 30-years in automotive public relations including a stint as the first PR director for Ferrari North America in 1978-80. Bill has traveled to more than 70 countries over the last 30 years producing documentaries that have been seen on major cable and broadcast networks including CBS, ESPN, espn2, INHD2, WEALTH TV, Discovery Channel, The Learning Channel and Fine Living.

Peter welcome back

Updated with Ivery's national RRS award from the Ozzie LR owners



Lucky WD and I were not around to spoil the party  Another Pommie Bar Steward down under

MY20 Defender 110 SE P400 Eiger/Ebony
MY10 3.0 RRS TDv6 Fuji/Ebony/Anigre