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.

Disc bowls were only played on Friday morning due to heat, but the Scores were still carefully checked
It was very hot Friday and got even HOTTER on Saturday and Sunday.

The Goomalling Community Club put on great meal Friday night which resulted in everyone eating too much

Caravan Park is between caretakers, Kathy the previous caretaker, known to all Chapter members, had passed away a few weeks ago and no replacement had yet been found.

Saturday at 10:00am several adventurous members went to Community Club to play social lawn bowls but returned after about an hour as just too hot.
The heat meant that most members stayed in their vans all day Saturday under the air conditioning
until it cooled a bit allowing members to emerge for the Saturday night BBQ with great meat, salads and sweets. Again everyone ate too much.

Sunday morning started very windy and hot, once again much time was spent in vehicles with air conditioning in full use.
Weather conditions resulted in 3 members postponed their leaving on Sunday due to the high winds.

Overall a great weekend only dampened by the heat. Hopefully cooler at Nyabing in February.

PS: As the Scribe could not make it this weekend thanks to President Lin for the information and photos.

12 members-7 Homes on Wheels-5 wagging tails

Whilst some members had arrived on Thursday, by Friday we were all gathered on the hall verandah to enjoy our Happy Hour catch-up busily chatting about how we had all been spending our time during the last few weeks. We also discussed the possibility of enjoying a nice Sunday lunch at the Jenna Tavern but when Leanne produced the taverns menu we decided $52 for steak & salad was just a touch too expensive for a bush tavern lunch.

The sun was shining and we were all looking forward to our usual WAGS fun and games time together.

As the committee were providing supper for us, a 5 o'clock 'Kitchen Conference' was held to decide how long and at what temperature Pizza's are cooked. UUUUMMMM!! Our delicious pizza's were served at 6'ish at varying shades of brown, from quite dark to light brown. We all thoroughly enjoyed every flavoursome bite !

Saturday morning tea saw us sinking our teeth into Shirley’s very yummy scones covered in jam and cream. Being Remembrance Day Lin told us we were invited to attend the 11am Memorial Service followed by tea & biscuits at the local CWA and many did and those that didn't wished they had ! It was a moving Service complete with an ex-serviceman riding his grey horse in respect for the 10th Light Horse Brigade and all the Anzacs that gave their lives for our freedom.

As the tavern was closed we all had our lunch in our HOWs.

It was a mellow afternoon in the hall with Maria and Gary practising their much loved ballroom dancing until Lin's Ladder Golf Competition took place. It was hilarious with the 'golf balls' bouncing on the wooden floor back up to the ladder rungs or gaining a neat position in the chairs and carpet pulled up to protect the walls from the deadly flying balls !!!

Our Saturday night was another hoot when we sauntered into the hall at 6pm for our Op-Shop Glamour dinner. All the ladies certainly did look very glammed up except one in a bright red baggy Mu-Mu dress adorned with clashing turquoise jewellery!

The two men who did pluck up their courage and dressed for the occasion were something very special. Cross Dressing Gary had us in stitches of laughter as he went the 'Full 9 Yards ' in a close fitting leopardskin dress, gold necklace, a fascinator hat perched saucily on the side of his head and black thongs footwear! He won the 'Fashion Show'

Tony P came a close second with his 'what the heck AM I wearing' outfit of a swish Italian style brown jacket over a bright red shirt, Hawaiian shorts, multi coloured striped socks , chunky sandals and op-shop price tickets just to complete his all over un-saviour fair look.

Lin would have completed the Triumphant Trio but he forgot his outfit (well that's what he told us LOL)

Our dinner was once again delicious with roast beef and pork cooked by the kitchen crew, salads and desserts brought by the members to share. After our meal Pat and Gary as the Ladder Golf winners were presented with Tiny Trophies to place on their 'shelves for trophies' at home. Lin also presented Gary with what can only be described as a Politically Correct Rainbow Wiggler which did get wiggled when appropriately placed on his body !!

Stormy Sunday – a committee meeting was held to discuss and plan next years venues followed by morning tea at which some lucky munchers had the remaining Shirley's scones and chocolate eclairs ! Some people went home after we ate left over food bits and pieces for lunch but everyone was a little concerned about the on coming storm. There had been rain and thunder in the night and one or two people changed their plans in case of weather difficulties. The afternoon thunder and rain had some of us a bit wary and others snuggled in their HOWs. It was quiet evening of chat, games and simple socialising with an early morning clear-up and heading home after another great WAGs weekend.