Xmas dinner at Maleeya's Cafe Porongurups 7th Dec 13

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Re: Xmas dinner at Maleeya's Cafe Porongurups 7th Dec 13

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wightman wrote:Hallo Swampy/Bill Leony and I are in the Village Inn 98531110. I will have imbibed so much extract of grape, I will be unable to abuse el capitano John :roll:
That's terrific John, But where the hell is the "VILLAGE INN" please???....................OK DON"T WORRY, FOUND IT

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Swampy, just to confirm that I have booked into Porongurup Range Tourist Park. Hopefully this is the one that you and others are referring to. :lol: Ed
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The One and Only Ed...........See you there mate 8)

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Just to remind people so they aren't embarrassed when they are sitting having fun at the Xmas party when Santa comes out ho ho hoing etc and they have forgotten :oops: to donate a Xmas pressie for Santa to hand out. Make sure you bring something down to the occasion. Something with a bit of humour, it doesn't have to be expensive. We are going to have a fun night so help to make it that. Hand in the loot to Swampy when he picks you up to take you to the wine tasting at Dukes. Don't bother wrapping the pressie so Santa can hand out to the best of his ability whatever he feels is the appropriate gift for the appropriate recipient. Don't complain if you get back what you provided it is solely Santa's prerogative and no discussion or whinging will be tolerated ( you mightn't get anything)

It is noted also from some of the threads posted recently, that some members haven't been following the content of this thread . It appears from some of the questions that they have raised regarding some of the logistics associated with the event they haven't been reading the event progression from what was originally an idea which has now progressed to the happening of the event function itself( don't some members NOT READ THE FORUM ). :roll: Just so everyone is on the sane page please take note of the following:

Timings:
Cats 8am for a 9am departure
Meet at Albany Hwy Cranbrook turn-off. Those riding dirt thru Stirling range drive ( loose gravel, about 100 Kms.) head to Cranbrook , others keep going down Albany Hwy.
Make your way to your accomodation which you have previously let Swampy know your whereabouts
Be ready from 4.30 onwards for your pickup to the wine tasting at Dukes
Wine tasting 5pm- 6.45 pm then short walk to restaurant and be seated no later than 7 pm. Those that can't walk May get a lift from Swampy if he is in the mood and not too grumpy. Make sure to have your supply of alcohol if you intend drinking as Maleeyas is BYO :P . They will probably charge corkage on this thou
Meal is a buffet and we have arranged 3 long tables , so find a seat and get some food. We intend to have various events happening thru the night including Santa making an appearance, pass the parcel, auctions, door prizes, quiz,and other things. Special thanks go to AutoClasic who are donating a number of substantial items to the event
It would have been a big day so we estimate people would be ready to crash at 10ish so Swampy will start then start taking people home. Swampy will have been drinking water all night so expect some grumpiness so just ignore this and be nice to him.
We will organise a group departure and maybe breakfast and departure point during the next morning
As quite a few are staying at the caravan park let's lock in a 10.30 meet at this location for the group ride home with breakfast on the way yet to be determined

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Hello All and in Particular to all those intending to travel in the "SWAMP MOBILE",

At this point in time I have 16 passengers booked to travel with me too Dukes for the beginning of the evenings festivities.

I have formatted a plan of action to transport you to the venue but of course I will require some cooperation on your part.

This includes people at the PERONGURUP VILLAGE INN being prepared for me to pick them up at 1630hrs (4.30pm) sharp.
Those passengers are John Whiteman plus 3 friends and Kim Crofts, which totals 5

I will then drive to the PERONGURUP VILLAGE CARAVAN PARK and pick up JP and DENISE (Organisers) total 7 which is my vehicles limit.

I will deliver them to DUKES WINERY and then deliver all the Christmas Goodies and Decorations etc. to PAPEEYA"S CAFE so BILL, DORIS and company can commence doing their thing.

Next port of call for me is to travel SOUTH to pick up STEVE and JANE LAWS from their HOLIDAY HOME and deliver them to DUKES.

LAST PICKUP will be from the PERONGURUP CARAVAN PARK again to pick up .........JONO plus 3 FRIENDS, ED LEE, BRIAN BOLTON and my own beloved MARY, Total 7 for transportation to DUKES.

If all these good people can be prepared for pickup when I arrive at their lodgings there should be little delay in moving them reasonably smoothly to Dukes.

At the close of festivities, I will then attempt to deliver you all safely back home............If I can find my way in the dark??

It may be a little disorganised seeing as people are staying at 3 different locations however I will do my best and I also promise NOT to get grumpy.
Also please be understanding that seeing as I am not drinking..............I may NOT be able to understand what you are saying to me :lol:

So patience please and hopefully we will all have "A GREAT NIGHT"

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I hope the 17 cub members and partners have a great night at the club Xmas party.
Hopefully next year the committee will consider the other 100 odd club members that didn't get a
the opportunity to attend

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We are unable to attend the function, if anyone wants to take up the slack, send money!
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old betsy wrote:I hope the 17 cub members and partners have a great night at the club Xmas party.
Hopefully next year the committee will consider the other 100 odd club members that didn't get a
the opportunity to attend

Ahab



ahem, no reply :shock:


I generally work till 12 so no chance for me to get away, be nice to attend one soon.

weekends are generally precious to me so to get away really takes some serious planning, a workshop day is planned several months in advance, so a weekend away really needs to be justified.

Maybe next year.
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Still have 3 spots available at resturant if any last minute takers are interested. Great weather for the ride there and back.
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A great weekend a big thanks to the organisers and santa,s little helpers for making a truly fun evening
Myself Steve the navigator and patisserie Pat who has a uncanny nack of finding cafes,s in country towns ,headed off Saturday morning on a combination of gravel and country lanes arriving at our digs at Dukes winery just in time to get the tents up and start the wine tasting ,followed by a short ride in the swamp mobile to Melitas cafe for a top meal
After a great night that went all to fast ,we were awake early packed payed our respects to duke and hilde and were off with a quick sprint along the mt barker Porongurup road we headed north into the Stirling ranges over red gum pass and more or less stayed on the dirt till Arther river where time was getting scarce ,and the decision was made to slab it home
Home by 2 45 and 1093 km on the clock
Once again thanks to all that made this a fun and memorable weekend

By the way I would like to know who gave me the Kawasaki kx 450 f (very funny)
My poor wife just about fell off the chair when I told her of the new bike. :mrgreen:
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Sorry Jamie that was me. Sick sense of humour.
We stayed an extra day down there and Doris and myself spent the Sunday heading into the mountains on the Redgum pass and the Stirling range drive gravel tracks . We spent most of the day exploring this great place mainly on the dirt thru the mountains and came out near Kendenup.
Doris mentioned on a number of occasions that riding on loose gravel is something that she can't understand why people would want to , I don't think she was sold on the idea, but anyway she also enjoyed the great scenery and didn't suffer overly from the extreme corrugations and the odd slide which was a little stressful for her I guess.
We came back this morning in time for my first appointment at 2pm.
I agree with Jamie and reckon everyone that attended had a memorable Xmas party that will be remembered by all .
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That's great to hear you enjoyed the evening jls - well done Bill and Doris on getting everything in place to make it a great event. Denise and I really enjoyed helping out and we are already scheming on how to make it more fun in 2014.

Well done to Auto classic and Colgate for the prizes.

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Thanks to Bill and everyone involved in getting this event up and running .
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Yep, I like to add my thanks too to Bill and everyone else that organised the event an also to swampy for taking us to dukes and delivering us all safely home to our respective abodes. Met some good blokes and gals and my humblest apologies for calling colin (it is colin right?) noël and also to Kim for helping me get the RT off its side stand :lol: unfortunately the damage was done. Is there a masseuse in this club? BTW, Albany hwy proved to be very benign this morning. I had a really good run despite a lot of trucks on the road mostly heading south. Armadale rd is to be avoided. Cheers, Ed

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Heres a link for the happy snaps I took over the W/E
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