2012 Corowa Swim-In Year of the 6x6

[lukejohnston1965]

I'm making the annual pilgrimage again, and my son is looking forward to it. It's the event we look forward to every year.
Yeap, it's a bit wet. Probably a bit wetter than the last two years.
I've got photo's of Don's (RIP) tent at the airport which could have been called "the swamp" with 4 inches of water through it. I loved the laconic way he got over the challenge and moved on, much like the diggers who drove these wonderful machines some 70 years ago.
I'vve also got swags of photos of a kubelwagon, APC, Mack and Dodge roaring through puddles plus a Landrover getting recovered.
I guess Kokoda would have been a different story if the guys had said "Sod this, it might rain" and went home.

It's not the Hyatt and there isn't a day spa or $14.00 drinks with pink umbrellas. It's Corowa and one of the last bastions of the Australian Spirit.