ok, as it says, who is in West Australia? do you folks ever meet u?
VW club of WA are organising doy of the volkswagen soon, how about a get together there? i'm sure i can get a gazeebo, make some signs etc and we can all see what or who we are, and our rides!!
please post if you are interested or not, if no-ones bothered,i wont either!!
many thanks jon
3 1959 cadillacs
1 musso
2 early notchbacks
2 split kombis
2 split panels
1 split ute
1 low light panel
1 ex-pmg bay
1 country buggy
1 beetle ute
1 14" syncro caravelle
1 16" syncro doka
1 golf cabrio
1 vw camper trailer
2 3meter bombs
Obviously i'm a west sider. We have started having our own get togethers. The first was at the como about a month ago. Check out Club Chat and Coming events, and also 2006 events for the DOVW.
We are wanting to plan another get together, so if you have any ideas and suggestions, we would appreciate it!
Ash x
1963 Single Cab Ute: "El Concreto"
1962 Baja Beetle: "Peanut"
1968 Porsche 912 SWB: "Pip"
1972 Kombi Snail: "The Snail"
2012 Skoda Octavia Scout: "Scout"
2016 Scirocco R: "Rocco"
WarrenM is another Westsider. 😎
1976 Kombi Trakka camper, "Buttercup"... driver.
1976 Beluxe Microbus, "Saphir"... resto.
1974 Kombi panelvan, "George"... shed.
1974 Superbug, "Schmeetle"... resto.
[img]http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b366/cI'm in WA, I also plan on going to the day of the VW so see you there
As part of the WA DoVW event planning this year, I say that anyone who wants to come as ADVers and form a little group is welcome. The more the merrier.
Sunday 3rd December, G O Edwards Reserve, Hawthorne Place, Victoria Park. People free, cars $5, In by 11 a.m. for judging, Gates open at 9 a.m., show from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Bring a picnic, seats and shade.
hehehe i am in W.A and we are going to the DoVW
look forward to meeting ya all
we specially driving the 800km round trip for it
😵
so far so good! please keep your posts coming, lets have a bit of an AVD party,a true meet n greet!!
if you know a WA dubber, direct them this way!! thanks dudes
3 1959 cadillacs
1 musso
2 early notchbacks
2 split kombis
2 split panels
1 split ute
1 low light panel
1 ex-pmg bay
1 country buggy
1 beetle ute
1 14" syncro caravelle
1 16" syncro doka
1 golf cabrio
1 vw camper trailer
2 3meter bombs
i wlll be at DOVW also but no ride ready at the moment now that Karmann has moved on. Be great to put more faces to names.
i started with nothing and have most of it left !
I'll be at the DOVW too.
Beach Buggy
74 L Beetle
Mk4 Golf
i will be wearing my club tshirt with miss modifiers on tyhe back lol come and say gday
hehehe
I will be there , with out the Dragon........ as its in bits
I may bring the Mistres down
Looking for that special lady : PM me for coffee & cake
hey 64VWMARK are you going to bring the bouncy chick? i'll look after her while you go look at VW's
Seriously, i'll sort a gazeebo and some signs, heres an idea, how about we wear name badges? our forum names, not real names, unless ur about 5yrs old and ur lost!!
3 1959 cadillacs
1 musso
2 early notchbacks
2 split kombis
2 split panels
1 split ute
1 low light panel
1 ex-pmg bay
1 country buggy
1 beetle ute
1 14" syncro caravelle
1 16" syncro doka
1 golf cabrio
1 vw camper trailer
2 3meter bombs
I'm in WA! I'll be going to Day of the VW, hopefully in the splitty if its fixed 😉
This will be my first Aussie show and I can't say I'm impressed at the lack of advertising about it... most people I know hadn't got a clue when/where it is.
Am I missing something?
Are there any trade stands/ displays/ activities?
Sam
Samblers wrote:I'm in WA! I'll be going to Day of the VW, hopefully in the splitty if its fixed 😉
This will be my first Aussie show and I can't say I'm impressed at the lack of advertising about it... most people I know hadn't got a clue when/where it is.
Am I missing something?
Are there any trade stands/ displays/ activities?
Sam
Hey Sam,
Your not missing anything.....
I'm with you on that!! There is a big lack of motivation from the people behind the DOVW to let people know about it.. (Not that I blame them)
As a sponsor of this day and others that have been put on by the club, I would not be in any hurry to do it again as there is No benefit to a sponsor because there is a lack of advertising and promotion. If this is your first show/ VW day in Australia you will find it a big eye opener if you have been to the shows in other countries. These are a big laid back day where you park your car on an oval and walking around talking to each other, wondering what to do next. There is a huge lack of things to do which is very disappointing. I have approached the club about activities and games and the response is that they can’t run them because of the lack of people wanting to help. This is even after I said I would offer prizes and build the games like a Rocker cover race and other things. Again as I have said before, the biggest problem is the lack of people wanting to help. Its not that the people that are doing the work now are lazy, it more the fact that there are not enough of them and those that do help are run off their feet.
I remember the last DOVW rocker cover race..... it was about 1992 or 1993, when the club still held the show at the Esplanade.
The issues with DOVW have a lot to do with the club - its actually relatively small, and not overly visible to the average Joe - although the big turnouts at the DOVW (not as big as they used to be though) would belie the numbers of ppl that are around. I'm not criticising though - I've seen a bit of what it takes to run a club like this and I personally wouldnt be able to fit that committment into my life.
when is it after all that ? NExt weekend at burswood ?
Doug Sweetman wrote:when is it after all that ? NExt weekend at burswood ?
Sunday 3rd December At G'O Edwards Park over the road from Burswood
Anyone up for a Cruise from north of the river.....
I'm sure the boys from NoH2o will still do one from freo for the southerners.
But us Northern folk should get together as well.......
I was thinking meet up at 8am, and on the road by 8.45am.
We could meet up in Malaga then drive down to the day via Read and Tonkin Hwy's then on to Great Eastern Hwy to G'O Edwards Park. Then we should get there by 9.30am
sounds like some of you are getting it together!! good on ya, i support you 100%.
The VWCofWA lack enthusiasm because they are scared of being sued or being called hoons because god forbid should anything go wrong!!!!
the more the merrier i say and to hell with the consequences!! you only live once, make the most of it,i dont want to die with any regrets!
3 1959 cadillacs
1 musso
2 early notchbacks
2 split kombis
2 split panels
1 split ute
1 low light panel
1 ex-pmg bay
1 country buggy
1 beetle ute
1 14" syncro caravelle
1 16" syncro doka
1 golf cabrio
1 vw camper trailer
2 3meter bombs
Desert Moose wrote:Anyone up for a Cruise from north of the river.....
I'm sure the boys from NoH2o will still do one from freo for the southerners.
But us Northern folk should get together as well.......
I was thinking meet up at 8am, and on the road by 8.45am.
We could meet up in Malaga then drive down to the day via Read and Tonkin Hwy's then on to Great Eastern Hwy to G'O Edwards Park. Then we should get there by 9.30am
sounds like a plan , we,ll be comin down the day bfore and staying in midland u2u us if its a goer
Sharon and Kim
I'll be there too! Not sure if I'll have a VW tho...might have to bum a ride with the cats from NoH20.
W
I may be wrong, but the VW Club of WA doesn't seem to do anything but produce meeting minutes... the website is crap, doesn't have any info on events... nobody i know belongs to it because they don't seem very approachable - its all a bit disappointing.
If there's nothing to 'do' at the show then nobody will come... especially if its not been advertised very well. We don't need to call it a 'show' to sit in a car park and look at each others cars 🤪
[steps down from soapbox]
OK. Some responses.
The VW Club has two club runs every month. Very few people attend and then its usually the committee.
The recent Kruize got 5 cars to complete the run which ended with free tickets to the Zoo. If you don't like what we organise, then tell us, be prepared to help us to organise it and also guarantee that you will attend.
Maybe the website is crap. I don't think that it is. We had a very good webmaster who recently resigned. We need a new web master. I know nothing of such things, so I can't do it. Instead of slinging off at the website how about volunteering to be our webmaster? My attitude is, if you are prepared to suggest that somethng be done, then be prepared to be the person who does it. If you know anyone who is willing to be our webmaster, then get them to contact us.
How are we unapproachable? We have a web site, a magazine, a contact phone number and email addresses. I have never refused to talk about the VW Club to anyone who has approached me.
We advertise the DoVW all over the city. At every VW dealer and repair shop, in the newspaper, on radio, in local newspapers, on the Saturday before in the Westaustralian, with Access 31's Cruizin, on this forum and other VW related ones. Make other suggestions, be prepared to help us and I will see that it is done.
I'm open to ideas, so contact me here or by U2U, or email or telephone.
BTW. So you want entertainment on the day? I don't see it as my role in life to entertain people, especially when the committee and I are run off our feet all day organising a car show. The last big car how that I attended in the Burswood Dome, was exactly that, a car show, not an entertainment festival. There is no entertainment at the Classic Car Show at Whiteman Park.
Please don't flame me for this respnse. Contact me and give the committee and I a hand to make the club better.
Richard Hines aka shaihulud
President VW Club WA
9342 8703
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See, thats what I was trying to say..... theres always more to it than meets the eye.
fenrayer wrote:hehehe i am in W.A and we are going to the DoVW
look forward to meeting ya all
we specially driving the 800km round trip for it
😵
:cry i dont think i will be coming now , due to unforseen circunstances ,
OK, It wasn't my intention to criticise ... i'm sure that its a lot of work on top of everyone's 'real life jobs'. I guess we've been spoilt in the UK because shows are so big that its usually somebodies JOB to sort these things out. I know i couldn't, so ONYA for that 😉
Having said that, I was just musing over what will be happening on the day... Will there be any traders? Will there be a hot-dog van or some stupid fun stuff like engine swops? I dont know, cos i've never been before but speaking to those that have it sounds like it might be a bit of a car park in which not much happens... I hope i'm pleasantly surprised 😉 I wasn't expecting 'entertainment'... like i'm not bothered if U2 don't turn up. But i expected to see fliers attached to lamposts and the windscreens of cars around town, and a big discussion thread on the forums (is this it?).
I'll be going - I hope its a good day
No time no time!
On Sundays I usually get up late, go have a short black at Ginos , check the value of my house has rissen yet again in the sunday papers and complain about the cost of bananas
:jesus
count us in. the more the merrier!
chris, we will join the cruise with you.
cheers, dave.
