Nationals diary 2024

[Blacky]

Well it seems very weird starting our trip this close to kickoff but here we are - left home at 9 this morning, off to work to do some printing of things and hit the road


Off down the hill and away we go
Stopped for a coffee and to check the cruise route hasn’t been dug up with roadworks etc , found the shirt from my first ever nationals we went to way back in 2002 - before the forum was going and all !!!! God I am old …..


It’s a bit tight around the middle - must have shrunk


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[Blacky]

Pointed the old oil burner south and away we go

So far so good


Started looking a bit iffy to the south ‍



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[Blacky]

Nek minnit

Fark …….
But as I always say, it’s gonna be warm and dry in the pub



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[In the Shed]

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Stopped for a coffee and to check the cruise route hasn’t been dug up with roadworks etc , found the shirt from my first ever nationals we went to way back in 2002 - before the forum was going and all !!!! God I am old …..





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Looks like it has held up ok, not sure about the model?

[Brett027]

I reckon the model is doing very well.

[Blacky]

Yeah the model has been ridden hard and put away wet was feeling pretty shithouse with the horrid weather and all but when all the FB/EK family started rolling in it all seemed a lot better all of a sudden

Nationals love all around





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[Blacky]

View from the motel room -





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[Blacky]

Made better with old Holdens driving in



Dardy Tav was a good place to hide from the rain


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[Mick]

It’s a bit tight around the middle - must have shrunk


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on the plus side your head looks to have lost weight

[Blacky]

Day 2 - motel carpark is filling up
We did a run up to the sign on point this morning and surveyed the damage from yesterday’s storm



Shit everywhere……
Saw some trophy hunters while we were out and about



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[Blacky]

Carpark is full of Queerslanders going on about some game of footy that was on the other night - no idea what they are on about



Carpark looking as it should





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[In the Shed]

Awesome…….. so many cars to pick your favourite

Have a great weekend folks

[Errol62]

That’s not football.


FB ute fixer upper, EK van on rotisserie

[Blacky]

A bit of drizzly rain to start the day , Grosey followed us up to the kickoff point in his ute - makes 872 at the hubs on the bottle


Starting lineup at the Crooked Carrot- I was too busy to take any photos of anything else but this





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[Blacky]

Goody bag area was busy - Geoff and Anne were tireless in their efforts to ensure the nationals went off as well as they could - then it was time to head off on the cruise



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