Goulburn has never quite seen this before...

Tuesday 13th September - 2022

Hello Everybody,

Already, l am behind the 8 ball. If you don’t keep on the money & stay on top of every day’s activities there is no way that l can present a flowing blog presentation to keep you all in the loop. 

Arrived safely here at the South Goulburn Caravan Park & Rally Head Quarters in Goulburn after a very pleasant two & a half drive from the Shire in Sydney NSW where I reside.

(Above) Eighty-four Model A Fords gathered for a group photo shoot opportunity at the Waterworks on the Wollondilly River in Goulburn. Photo: Steve Core

l enjoyed a relative lazy Saturday afternoon settling in to my very cozy ‘Merino Suite’ fully self contained cabin accommodation. (see photo).

Later that afternoon a couple of my Model A Ford friends (Keith & Anne Smith) ventured out to the Goulburn Workers Club to off load our free dinner vouchers that were included in the Model A Ford Rally pack & to down a few cool ones just to start off the weeks proceeding on the right foot.

(Above) Me, after marshalling eighty-four Model A Fords in a tight parking formation at the Waterworks for the assembled group photo shoot. Photo: Steve Core

By the way the food at the Goulburn Workers Club is so good, you would leave home for it, it was absolutely delightful. Not to mention how good the Peroni beers were to wash the tucker down.

Day 1: 27th Model A Ford National Rally. Goulburn. Sunday 11th September’22.

3pm. Registration commences. It is a great joy to see so many Model A Fords (150) and their owners from all the Australian states and territories, as well as visitors from New Zealand and the U.S.A. This is a wonderful show of support and camaraderie for everybody.

(Above) Rally Secretary, Rob Taylor, welcoming car owners to Goulburn.

Later in the afternoon we all gathered at Rally H.Q. to be greeted and welcomed to Goulburn for our introduction to the 27th National A Ford Rally by Rob Taylor our fearless Rally Secretary (see photo).

Day 2. Monday 12th September ‘22.

My good mate Steve Core arrived here in Goulburn to join me for 3 days to share his first Model A Ford Rally. Steve is my right hand man when we present our annual Sylvanvale Pre WWII Vintage Car Show to raise much need funds for my preferred charity the Sylvanvale foundation.

(Above) The old shearer's shed accommodation at our Qantas Fishing Club on a rural property near Crookwell. Photo: Steve Core

Once Steve settled in we enjoyed a cuppa together then decided our movements of activities for the day. I had purposely left today open, I had not pre-booked any other events because I had other plans for the day to share with Steve.

Other official events for Day 1 of the Rally.
* Optional Runs
* Cavalcade of fashion, morning tea
* Tech talk ‘Carburettors’ presented by Mal Bradley
* National Trust Riverside Homestead Tour
* Welcome event in the Veolia Stadium

Because Steve was asked to be the photographer at the Goulburn Historic Waterworks Museum, (see opening photo) and I had raised my hand to be one of the parking attendants for this event l decided that we needed to check this place out so that we were on top of our game when (150) Model A Fords start arriving from 9:00am first thing Tuesday morning.

(Above) Cars arriving for the Rally's major photo shoot at the Waterworks and all patiently waiting in turn to be allocated a parking position by me. Photo: Steve Core

Once we had that all sorted l suggested that we take a 1-hour drive out to Crookwell, the coldest and windiest place in Australia where l go Trout fishing every year with a bunch of my old buddies from the Qantas Fishing Club, and also to show him the property and the Shearer’s shed that is our accommodation (see photo) when we venture to this part of the world.

Not only that l also wanted to show Steve the notorious cattle grid
(see photo) that l had an argument with three years ago. l am sure that you all remember my horrific injuries and photos that l received when l accidentally fell into that grid when l was taking photographs of my ‘57 Chevy 2 door using the back drop of those horrible windmills in the background.

(Above) The one & only famous cattle grid on the Crookwell fishing property. Photo: Steve Core

Mission accomplished, by now it was time for lunch so we then drove onto Crookwell for lunch. After an enjoyable lunch it was now time to return to Goulburn and prepare ourselves for the evenings welcome event in the Veolia Stadium from 6-8:30pm.

Day 3: Tuesday 13th September ‘22.

All roads lead to the Goulburn Historic Waterworks Museum today for the display of Model A Fords for Steve and myself this morning. l am really looking forward to seeing Steve’s photographs of all the vintage vehicles at the Museum this morning all of them. Should be a sight for sore eyes.

(Above) My car at the historic Waterworks building in Goulburn. Photo: Steve Core

That’s all from me for now, gotta go and prepare for my parking duties at the Waterworks Museum today and fit my Hi-Viz vest, while Steve prepares all of his photographic equipment for today’s historic event here in the first inland city in Australia.

Stay tuned for more updates from the 27th Model A Ford Rally.

Cheers

Warbo