West Coast Wags - The Pet Friendly Chapter
KOORDA MEETING 16th to 20th JUNE 2024
9 vehicles, 15 people, 10 dogs, 17 apologies
Koorda caravan park facilities were excellent.
Weather
just right - not too hot or too cold.
Shire very helpful-
supplied info on many local things to do.
Meal
on Friday night at the hotel was excellent with huge portions, with
many doggie bags taken back to vehicles and many happy wagging tails
that night.
Saturday
night meal with shared salads and sweets was another great night.
Sunday
we visited the Motor and Military museum.
This was very
interesting and full of history with many items registered with the
WA State Museum due to their uniqueness.
Sunday
night’s meal was jaffles cooked on the fire in the firepit.
Overall
weekend was excellent with many people asking me when we would be
returning to this site.
Next meeting Cadoux 6th to 10th June
GIDGEGANNUP
9th – 14 th APRIL 2024
12 Vehicles 18 People 4 visitors, 8 wagging tails
Venue
was excellent with nice green grass and parking available on the oval
edge near the change rooms and kitchen members parked up and began
socialising.
Then it fell apart -----
Sprinklers came on at
2000 hrs Thursday night and soaked everyone but worse they had a Very
high pressure and got into vehicles through open windows and doors,
Les even had all his bedding washed for him!
But worse was to
follow, at 0400 hrs Friday morning Sprinklers then came on again and
caught everyone unprepared, as we did not expect 2 sprays in one
night!!
What wasn't washed the first time was on the second
blasting of water.
The Result - Everyone moved from on the oval on Friday
choosing either the bitumen area or the gravel area for the rest of
the weekend, and the sprinklers were turned off and never came on
again.
No one was prepared to chance a second run in with the
sprinklers!!! But it meant that the chapter was split in 2.
On the Bright Side, the Weather was kind- a little warm Thursday, perhaps the sprinklers came on to cool everyone down? then absolutely perfect except for 1 rain shower on the Thursday,
Shirley also broke down at Bindoon on the way to Gidgegannup. A
mechanic came from Mandurah and got her going.
She then broke
down again right opposite the entrance to Red Hill Tip and her
Vehicle spent the night there, and got to Gidgegannup on Friday
morning.
The Mechanic then spent all day fixing it.
The Thai dinner on Friday night was excellent and a real change
from the usual meal type we find in these small country
towns.
Saturday's shared meal once again showed the excellent
skills of all the chapters cooks.
Lunch on Sunday at the Gidgegannup bakery was excellent also.
Overall a lot of disc bowls, ladder golf and cards were played
in the very nice weather.
Next meeting Brookhampton Hall April 11th to 15th where a General meeting will be held.