PS Pevensey Centenary 12 April- 20 July 2011

[michael]

I have received my little booklet of Pevensey 100 day countdown
Officially started last week, I was at school.
Pevensey has a large banner on her upper rear deck about her 100th birthday.
Alot of the days are kid based events, cooking onboard in the galley, or doing science wiz kid things!!
Others are your normal cruise to Morrisons Winery for lunch and collect a complimentry wine.
St Annes wines are doing a  Pev Port
And the port will be selling official merchandise.
Some main dates are:
Day 17 Thur 28/4 Helen Coulson, local historian onboard for questions
Day 21&48 re working bee's to paint the Pev
Numerous Nights showing "All the Rivers Run 1 & 2 onboard her back deck.
Day 54/55 Sat 4/6 Sun 5/6 Full Day Mystery Cruises... I'm presuming this is her trip to Torrumbarry and Return. Contact Port for details
Few days where there will be Art and Photography displays of the Pevensey at Star Hotel
Day 99 Tues 19/7 Release of the Echuca Historical book titled 'PS Pevensey 100 Years On'
Day 100 Wed 20/7/2011 'This is your lide' Information released on Day 50(Tues 31/5)

You can also follow daily updates at the port of echuca facebook website

[michael]

PS Pevensey Postcard with Stamps

[Roderick Smith]

I have been in Africa, and in urgent catchup.
If I had been organised earlier, I would have been on today's day 98 cruise, to a winery lunch.
With only two days left, I have chosen to be in Echuca for day 99, the book launch.  This will take place on the 13.15 standard 1 h cruise on Tues.19.7.
The secret day 100 program involves a mix & match combination of Pevensey, lunch and a ride on a horse-drawn vehicle.

Roderick B Smith
Rail News Victoria Editor

[Roderick Smith]

Today (Tues.19.7) I left home at 9.45, and was in Echuca by 12.45.
I had my Edwardian centenary gear (striped blazer & straw boater).
Pevensey had a crew of three: Michael was a deckhand today.
Most of the passengers for the 13.15 cruise were from Echuca Historical Society, and congregated on the rear deck.
The launching was conducted before casting off, by a councillor who also runs a bookshop.  He spoke very effectively about history, and the need to preserve it.
Author Helen Coulson responded, then sat at a table to autograph copies as the cruise got underway.
We rounded up, then headed downstream, and paused at a jetty serving a winery to collect passengers who had headed there on the morning cruise.
I knew many of the passengers, and exchanged gossip about recent river developments and progress on boat maintenance.
At the end, I left promptly to be back in Melbourne to work on May RNV.

Enclosed: three aspects of the day.

Roderick B Smith
Rail News Victoria Editor