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posted on March 28th, 2003 at 10:17 PM
Nation VW Bug In
Hey who's planning to go the Nation VW Bug In at Hawksbury Valley .. Never heard of it and have not seen much about it?
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posted on March 29th, 2003 at 02:03 PM
Did you get this email?
I am still thinking about it, there is a couple of good things on..Here's email:
Dear VW enthusiast
Hawkesbury Valley Bug-In, N.S.W. (34th. NATIONAL VW BUG-IN. )
18th/21st April Easter 2003.
The 1st. VW Bug-In was organized by the then Volkswagen Australasia Pty.
Ltd. in Albury, N.S.W. on the Australia Day week-end, 1970. The Bug-In
consisted of a race meeting at Hume Weir race circuit, a grass motorkhana on
the banks of the Murray River, a car trial and a social trip to Falls Creek
snowfields in northern Victoria . This has been the one and only Bug-In
which has featured snow !
The Bug-In has been conducted by the relevant State-based VW Clubs over the
Easter week-end ever since, travelling from State to State in an
anti-clockwise direction.
This year the Bug-In will be hosted by New South Wales and will be known as
the “Hawkesbury Valley Bug-In”. This will be held in the Macquarie towns of
Windsor, Richmond and Wilberforce, situated 50 km. north-west of Sydney.
To celebrate the Bug-In, we have for sale a classic polo shirt and cap
bearing this years logo. These can be ordered on the attached registration
form.
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Good Friday, 18th. April, 2003.
WELCOME BBQ DINNER
VENUE: A-Vina Van Village Conference Centre. (Bug-in Head Quarters)
No. 217 Commercial Rd, Vineyard NSW, 2765 Ph. (02) 9627 1847. Ph/Fax (02)
9838 3046. e-mail: avina@bigpond.com.au TIME: from 6:30 p.m.
Evening get-together to welcome all visitors for a BBQ dinner. The theme of
the evening will be “Nostalgia”. So bring out all those old T-shirts,
photos, trophies, badges, stickers, battered hats and anything else from
past Bug-Ins. Prizes for the most interesting nostalgia to be awarded on the
night. Lucky door prizes, Easter raffles and many more. Registration
Committee will accept entries for people who wish to enter all or any of the
events planned for the weekend.
Easter Saturday 19th. April.
VW SUPER CRUISE.
VENUE: Old Government House, Parramatta Park. Parramatta. Start: 8:30 a.m.
finishing at the Bugin HQ Butterfly Farm Wilberforce where the Car Display,
swap meet and the “Bug Push” will be contested.
CAR EVENT
VENUE: Butterfly Farm / Indy 800, 446 Wilberforce Rd, Wilberforce. 2756.
Start: 9:30 a.m. Finish 1:30 p.m. All VWs,(including Audis, non-VW powered
cars, component and kit cars but having some VW parts) entering the venue
are invited to park in the display amphitheatre. There is a free swap meet
for private individuals and $50 for businesses.
OBSERVATION RUN
Venue: Macquarie Towns and district. Time: from Good Friday lunchtime to
2:00 p.m. Easter Sunday. Entry details available at Bug-in HQ. Observation
run may be completed anytime Sat or by 2pm Sun
Bug Push
VENUE: Butterfly Farm / Indy 800, Wilberforce
The Bug Push is a 30 metre dash with teams of 3 people (2 pushing, 1
steering)
Other activities at the Butterfly Farm: All Day Indy 800 Go-Karts. Outdoor
800m track. Single and double seat go-karts available for hire. Water-Ski
racing on the Hawkesbury River adjacent the Butterfly Farm. Butterfly
museum
COACH TOUR
VENUE: Depart Bug-in HQ (A-Vina Van Village), Start at 2:00 p.m. to approx.
10:00 p.m. Cost $15 p.p. Tour will consist of a visit to the Homebush Bay
2000 Olympic Games venue then onto the City of Sydney. Sights will include
the look-out platform on the top of centerpoint Tower, a trip on Sydney
Harbour on a Manly or other ferry rides, The Rocks, the Sydney Opera House
and foreshore, etc. Depart Circular Quay at 9:00p.m.
Easter Sunday 20th. April.
MOTORKHANA & KHANACROSS (Motorsport events).
VENUE: Ansell Park, Percival Rd. Richmond 8am to 4pm PLEASE NOTE Road tyres
only permitted on the driving wheels. Both events will be run under the
auspices of CAMS and as per the CAMS manual vehicles must comply with the
revelent regulations for more info call Rick on (02) 9639 3896. Competition
licenses available on the day. Food, drinks and amenities available at the
venue.
The Motorkhana driving tests will be conducted on a grass surface The
Khanacross will be conducted on a dirt circuit Both will commence at 10am
and conclude at 4:30pm.
CRUISE to the VW NATIONALS
VENUE: Ansell Park, Percival Rd. Richmond. Time: 10:00 a.m. Proceed to the
VW Nationals Car Show at Fairfield Showground.
PRESENTATION DINNER
VENUE: Richmond Golf Club, Bourke Rd. Richmond. Start 7pm finish 10pm, 3
course meal, buffet style service. Presentation of trophies to the winners
all events
FAREWELL CRUISE.
VENUE: A-Vina Van Village, Commercial Rd, Vineyard. Time: 10am Cruise to
Mobil Service Station at Pheasants Nest, Hume Highway (31) in the Southern
Highlands for lunch.
If you are interested in attending this great tradition and exciting
fun-packed long weekend please fill out the attached registration form.
For more details please contact us anytime on the below numbers:
Director: Chris Harper
Ph. (02) 4733 0924 M
0417 489 083
email: daffy@pnc.com.au
Co-Ordinator: Rick Feruglio
Ph. (02) 9639 3896
0418 639 207
Snail Mail
Hawkesbury Bugin
14 Robinson Place
Baulkham Hills N.S.W. 2153
P.S Anyone who wishes to be picked up at the Airport or require escort
assistance to any of the venues please notify one of the above.
Regards,Glenn>
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posted on March 29th, 2003 at 07:10 PM
Bug in
Yep got that email but I've heard nothing about it
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posted on March 29th, 2003 at 10:16 PM
Youd think someone from this forum would be in Volkswagen Club of NSW.
Regards,Glenn>
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posted on March 31st, 2003 at 01:19 PM
Sadly not.
Rick Feruglio is a nice guy and he works very hard. But unfortunately the 'Volkswagen Club of NSW' is nothing of the sort. They are a Group
7 rally club whose members own Datsun and Mazda rally cars. They began as a VW club in the 1955 but later opened membership to owners of all marques.
By the late 1970s there were almost no VW owners in the club.
That's why Club Veedub and Flat Four were started in the early '80s - to cater for VW enthusiasts only. I don't want to be critical of
NSW VW Club, it's just that they have very different interests and priorities from us. It's a free country I guess.
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posted on March 31st, 2003 at 01:23 PM
Seeing as the Nationals would have to be the biggest VW affair - certainly in Sydney.
Doesnt this sort of clash? :jesus
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posted on March 31st, 2003 at 04:13 PM
Yes Blue it does clash, but it was fixed nationally over 20 years ago... It moves around the country state by state every year.
Continues to draw good numbers in every state...
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posted on March 31st, 2003 at 04:30 PM
Longer ago than that, in fact. The first Bug-In was run in 1971 in Victoria, and involved only the NSW and VIC VW clubs of the day. The following year
the SA VW club attended, and 1973 was the first 'all states' Bug-In. You can read the old VW club magazines at the State Library of NSW -
that's where I read up the history of it. My copies only go back to 1982.
In the late '70 and early '80s, when I belonged to the NSW VW club, they were not a 'VW' club in today's sense. There were no
show n shines, no judging, no swapmeets, none of the stuff we do today. In those days, the VW club ran dirt motorkhanas, khanacrosses and other dirt
racing events. They also hosted a round of the Group 7 forest rally series.
I was one of the event directors at the 1984 Bug In in Sydney. I still have the program at home. It involved a navigation run on Saturday and a dirt
motorkhana on Sunday. There was no VW show. In fact of the 20-odd cars that came along, only three were VWs (including mine). This compared VERY
poorly with the first VW Spectacular at Nambucca Heads, which happened later that same year. It was really the first of the 'modern' VW
shows.
The poor showing of the 1984 Bug In as a 'VW' show was the cause of a split in the NSW Club the following year, when a few of us pure VW
fans set up Club Veedub. Since then, the two clubs have followed their own different paths. We have combined the Nationals with the Bug In before,
but this year it didn't happen. It doesn't matter - Sydney has over 4 million people and there is room for both events at Easter.
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