The first Muster of the new century was a great success in terms of the cars involved, the sightseeing, the socialising and the weather.
The location was Gulgong, the old gold-rush town and one time home of Henry Lawson, the great Australian Poet of the time. Gulgong offers a lot of history with the Gulgong Pioneer museum, the Red Hill history site, historic Craigmoor, the Henry Lawson centre and the Hands-on-Rock with aboriginal hand painting. All to be explored and enjoyed by the 4CV community.
What a line up
Look at this gatheringIn total there were twenty eight (28) 4CVs, making this certainly the largest gathering of these vehicles in Australia since production finished in 1961. What also made it remarkable was that the cars present were a large proportion of the roadworthy 4CVs in Australia. Entrants came from as far as Adelaide, Melbourne, and Cairns in Far North Queensland – distances comparable to the length and breadth of western Europe! There also were a Dauphine, a Floride, three R4s, and a R10.
The Friday (13th) was “arrivals” day, with plenty of socialising and car washing. On Saturday, we grouped the cars, then drove in convoy to display them at a park in Gulgong, for the public and ourselves to admire our pride and joys. The drive to Poet’s Corner Craigmoor winery allowed for another display and lunch.
That night we had our official dinner, with entertainment by the group “Lawson’s Mates”. On Sunday, the cars travelled in convoy to a picnic spot in the country (“the bush”). Finally, most people returned home on the 16th.
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