Armoured Corps Museum Visit - Corowa Week 13th March 2014

[Tony Wheeler]

Originally Posted by Dianaa

Would like to know if anyone is interested so we can commence negotiations with the Museum or cancel the planning. Diana

Definitely keen to attend on my way up to Corowa (plus one passenger).

[Dianaa]

Originally Posted by Tony Wheeler

Definitely keen to attend on my way up to Corowa (plus one passenger).

Hi Tony

Victorians making a stop on the way up to Corowa currently look like a larger group than those doing the round trip!

Everyone's welcome!

Diana

[Dianaa]

A reply from the Museum:
"Hello Diana

Your planned day of visit is during our normal operating hours and your group is most welcome, 20 + will give you an entry fee of $5.00 ea.

At this stage there are no restrictions on/to visitors to the museum in Pucka, other than the normal security standards for photography and proof of ID for entry to Pucka.

Joe Linford
Curator
APS 5
Australian Army Tank Museum
0357357285

wwww.armytankmuseum.com.au"

[Dianaa]

The Tank Museum visit has been confirmed with with the museum. They are offering us the group admission price of $5 per person.

There are now people arriving direct from Melbourne and regional Victoria. They are planning to arrive at the Pukapunyal Museum around 10:30 am.

The people from Corowa, will likely not arrive before 10:30 am and more likely around 11:00 am.

BBQ facilities are available and we will likely have lunch around 1:30 pm - 2:00 pm. There willl be an optional visit to Ron Fry's place after lunch and both gorups heading off to Corowa around 3:30 pm. The route will be direct along the Hume Freeway north.

I am interested to know about numbers attending and whether people will be taking older vehicles in convoy (in case we need to arrange brake down contingencies). There is also an option of using more modern military vehicles or even modern civilian vehicles carrying groups of passengers and making it more comfortable day for what will be a long trip. (5 to 6 hours of driving)

Remember this is an active military base. Participants will need to carry photo ID and wearing of current Australian military uniforms is to be avoided.

Diana

[Jan Thompson]

All sounds good. I could put a list up on the board and encourage people to put their name down if they are planning to attend along with the vehicle they are driving if you like. The only problem is that people don't seem to commit these days.

[Dianaa]

I'm pretty sure we'll find out the the attendance numbers sometime after 7:30 am on the 13th. Most likely when a late starter catches up with us en-route.

I'm thinking of having a Jeep/Land Rover sized trailer and a truck (Mk3 Inter type) A frame on the trip.

If there's only a few participants, I'll have my civvy D4 in Corowa and there will be at least one other Disco so we could easily take 8 passengers and do the trip in 2 hours at 110kph. Otherwise I'll use the SIII FFR and do the trip at 70-80kph.

A message on the notice board will be good, but had planned to do that any way.