[Lynn Eades]

Hi guys, We, the New Zealand military Vehicle Club (NZMVC) has a national rally each year at Easter.
Waiouru military camp is one of the major military training camps in NZ where foreign forces also come to train. It is Defence land and as such access is not normally allowed to civilians.
There is a charitable trust called “Off Limits” that raises funds for disabled veterans. Off Limits runs events on the Waiouru training ground. Each year they hold a motor cycle event with approx. 1500 entries. (the largest motorsport event in the southern hemisphere) They also run 4wd, horse trekking and Canam car (side by side) events.
Anyhow Because of the “nut job” who killed all those people in ChristChurch our event was nearly cancelled.
It only went ahead because of the work done by our organisers, the military personnel in our club, in conjunction with the Off Limits volunteer crew who are comprised of (mostly) ex-service people. The event went ahead because of the hard yards done by those people.
The result was that we had 250 people and 100 privately owned M.Vs being bunked and fed in the camp, with (guided) access to 63,000 hectares of amazing real estate. The weather was gloriously fine for the two days, with rain on Sunday night and to travel home in.
All in all, a very successful and memorable weekend.
Thanks to all.

I encourage others with photos, to post as well.
Pictures:
1. my Bren MkI (NZR6) with Mount Ruapehu in the back ground.
2. Some of the tracked vehicle group "out the back" somewhere.