Who will be at Nambucca this August??

Are YOU going to Nambucca's VOLKSWAGEN SPECTACULAR on the first Weekend in August ? For those that haven't been before... IMHO .. this is AUSTRALIA's LARGEST GATHERING of VOLKSWAGENS... Will Your VW be one of those Filling the Main Street of Nambucca ? on Saturday Morning... don't try to get in there in Your Honda etc... VWs ONLY Sorry... If My 68AutoBeetle isn't ready by then.... I'll be the person wearing the Balaclava .. on 2nd thoughts , I had better leave the Balaclava at home... they tend to shoot people wearing balaclavas these days...
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YEP, can't wait to get there again. The last few have been fantastic! Thanks to the Pells and all others involved in organising such a great event.:bounce

even if I have to catch a cab!

I'll be there!!! :thumb

Divorce is too expensive
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is it best to book a tent site in advance?
good waves heaps of v dubs sounds like the place to be.
see u all down there in aug.😎

Hey LEE

wear the balaclavas will yar just for us guys n girls from Sydney.

Oh yeah we will be the ones with Crownies in one of our hands

Yep, we'll be there in our orange Baja Bus for sure. We usually book our camp sites about now to make sure we get in.
Graham


Must get a aussieveedubbers.com sticker before hand too.

Speak for yourself Dave!! I'll have 'em in both hands!! Except when Im driving in that absolutely tops cruise down to the town centre. Actually, second thoughts, the magistrate can drive...

Silver. Bring the whole family along. You simply must.

Hutcho

i have never heard about it !
doesnt suprise me though as i aint been a dubber for all that long
Tell me more about it, how long it goes for etc and how long from melbourne

cheers hguys and gilrs:bounce

Hoping to be there 🙂 Are there a number of camping sites in the area or only one that everyone goes to? What's it called and any contact details if possible please.

Vallar Park is about 6 to 7 hours north of Sydney with stops just below Coffs Harbour.

Its a Caravan Camping park.... the event has been going since 1984 and its on every 2nd year nowdays on the first weekend in August.
theres HEAPS of camping spaces. so dont panic.

you have to book with Donna Pell, i will post details in the comming events calendar next week.

We'll be there / here, 'cause we live there / here.

Don't worry Adz, we treat virgins nice and gentle up in these parts. **cue banjo music**

Just hope the Oval is finished, or at least road-worthy.

Hey 56astro

is your Dads name Max ???

No Dave, it was Bob. I don't know of a Max Ellis around here.

He was a founding member of the Nambucca VW Club along with the Pells.

You would probably remember his orange vanagon, it had a "Nambucca VW Club" bra on it. I think there is a pic of it in the general chat section under "VW family from way back"

"Nambucca" or VW Spectacular is an extended weekend affair. The diehards get there in the days prior to the weekend. The action centre's around Valla Beach Resort/Valla Park which is about 5 minutes north of nambucca heads and .. guessing 45 minutes south of coffs harbour.

Friday is the "I remember you from last time", catch up with VW friends from interstate & the forum , BS talking day.

Saturday morning all the cars line up and cruise from Valla Park and all park in the main street of Nambucca Heads which is closed off for the occasion. There's always more than 400 cars and its great to watch and even better to be in. Pity you cant do both. At 12 we leave Nambucca and either head back to Valla Park, or go to Chris Piggotts Racetrack, which is normally a go kart track but once every two years is home to crazy people in VW's and the odd "other".

Saturday night is a drinkathon for most people. At the park they have some kind of dress up theme, meal, and charity auction. The auction can be entertaining too as drunk people bid $50 for a teacup or $200 for something onsale in the trades hall for $75. When I was president of Club VW Illawarra we bought a lamp shade for $400!

Sunday is hangover day, you curse donna on the PA calling people to the show area when you are trying to rest. All the VW's park on the lawn for show and judging.

Theres always something happening at the park. rescue team demos, swap meet, dealer displays, kids colouring competitions, motorkhana etc.

Racing is on throughout weekend. I think last time there was practice friday, racing saturday and sunday.

There's always something to do. If you have non VW spouse/children you can go look at fruit bats in trees, visit hippy bellingen, walk on the beach, big banana.

I cant imagine being a VW enthusiast and NOT going to nambucca. Once you go, you will regret missing all the previous years.

There's plenty of camping sites, more than needed I spose, but cabin accomodation is limited and will book out.

I hope I get paid for this ad!

Dave

I'm guessing you could be thinking about Max Bryen, he was also a club member in the early days. He was the rotund one.

Exactly Chris!!

hey
i will be there weather qwe camp or not (live about 30 klms from there) i would love to camp and if we have the camper goin will be for sure!!!!! heard its qutie an atmosphere to camp!
cheers
rhys
p.s. who will be taking what cars?

Sounds like I now have a date to try and get 'step child' ready by.......
Hmmm, better not promise that on though, lots of work never enough beer.
Will try to be there (don't mind camping, just like work:P)
Penguin

I've always read about this event in Aussie VW magazines, but don't get them until a couple of months after the event. I'm taking at least three days off either side of that weekend. I'll be leaving Wednesday and taking an easy cruise, hoping to be there by Friday lunchtime - I won't be hurrying though. I'll be cruising with Jay, and hopefully Jen. Dean, were you planning on joining us?

We'd be happy to have anyone else along for the cruise. BYO UHF radios if you have them. :thumb

It looks as huge as people say:o

Just looking at pics in VWDCQ sites gallery
http://www.geocities.com/vwdcqinc/photogalery.html

(run mouse over pics and it tells you were events is)

Hmmm, I'll have to try and get Bel up there rather than fly. How can she miss that??🙂

I'll be there in my buggy

Last time i think 16 beach buggy's turned up hope we get more this year

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Great time to be had by all, see you there

Well I hope to be able to Meet all of Youse [country talk] nice VW people from south of the Border... [Victoria!!] See You all then... It IS a long time to Wait.... August 2003 ... but it is a good time of the year.... the nights can be COLD... and the days are usually great.. too busy to notice usually..... looking at all those thinks on the ground... in the Pavillions... everywhere.... I'm going Frothy at the mouth thinking about it....
No its NOT Beer Dave... Pepsi I think 😀😀😀😀 & I hope someone turns up in a balaclava 😀😀😀😀😀😀:thumb:bounce

and I just Love those ROUND Tail blinker lights...... nice Buggy too....:o😀:thumb:thumb:bounce:bounce:bounce

Steve

No Dave, it was Bob. I don't know of a Max Ellis around here.

Yes thats right now i remember

I'll be there for sure. If I am real bored and depending on how busy I am leading into it I might take the Baja around raliegh raceway for a laugh.

You'll have to. Otherwise we'll be calling you Wes the Wuss. Sometimes we'll call you Brad the Wuss but you know who we mean. 😀

GOD DAMN IT! 😠

Just going through my work calender and realised I'll be on shift the Sat and Sun of the VW Spectacular.

Looks like someone will be getting some overtime then!

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We will be holidaying in byron bay for the first part of the week and then is of to valla!
(if the fastie's bulkhead is fixed.....)
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Col, good call on the UHF radios.....we used them to good effect on the Beach run, much clearer than 27Mhz.

Tazzielittle, last valla we left Brisbane about midnight Thursday and arrived just as the sun came up....will probably do the same this year.

Graham

Excuse the ignorance...UHF radios? Are these same/similar to CB radios? What are the costs and essentials to b asked for if purchasing?

Sounds like you will be kruizin past byron about 2AM. Graham UHF? In the fastback?
I think i'll get a handheld.
Will talk at dub's about it.

Hi

I will be there, cruising up early Friday morning with Dave 54, Leigh (turbo 59) and Boris from VVDS. Lee, how many different colours will your balaclava be?

1302Steve

I'll be going in my 62 Bug but as usual I'll probably stay in town.

I recently bought a handheld Uniden 040 UHF radio from Disk Smith for $99. There are cheaper ones but this covers 40 channels and has a scan feature etc. I use it when I go out in my Jeep and it has a range of 3 to 5km, defiantley worth it for any sort of convoy etc.

Cheers
Steve

[Edited on 17-1-2003 by Monsterbus]

In short no a UHF is not the same as a CB. But one could now argue with teh reduced cost of UHF handhels that it is the new CB ( Citizen Band ) radio ... You can nottalk on a CB ( 27 Mhz Band ) to a UHF.

I got a Uniden handheld for Christmas... I think mine was the 042 model, which is VOX capable... very cool if you have VOX headset, you can have the headset on and just talk when you want to - no pressing buttons and hanging onto the thing either. I advise not singing along to your radio though 😎

I have only had a chance to use mine once (Apollo Bay cruise), but it was awesome. Very cool to be able to communicate with the rest of the convoy.

BTW the 042 was around $130, and the VOX headset was $99... more of an investment, but R didn't want me driving and chatting 😉


*waves from Canada*

Jay

Queen of Chat

I will be cruising up on Friday as well. Last time I did the scenic route via Tamworth, Armidale and Dorrigo, which is a great drive if you've never done it. Since I now have, it cuts down on Friday night drinking time so I'm heading straight up the coast highway this time.

Friday night in the Valla pub - be there or be square. The steaks are great. Birchall won a case of beer and I won the karaoke singing....