echuca steam rally

[anth]

Hello fellow paddleduckers,
                       Curious how many aussie pd are going to the echuca steam ralley over the Queens birthday weekend..?
Last year there were some fantatic model paddle boat's speeding accross the dam.....this year I will make sure to take some pictures to share with all......
         cheers Anthony

[michael]

Yeah I'll be there, not sure about Saturday but deffinently Sunday for the auction, will also be down the port especially if Hero is cruising!

[Roderick Smith]

Since returning from Myanmar (making May RNV late anyhow) I have had too many social and club events to complete the issue for Monday, or even Thursday: I am aiming to do the layout over the long weekend.  There will be no steam trains to Echuca for the rally this year.  Steamrail did not like the 80 km/h path offered on the expensively-rebuilt railway to Bendigo: it offered too little time in Echuca.  It is holding out for a 100 km/h path, as has been available for years on the unrebuilt railway (and my first, in June 67, was allowed 115 km/h).  I also don't have $100 000 in my cheque account.  Still, seeing Hero in action and meeting other PDers is a temptation.

Regards,
Roderick B Smith
Rail News Victoria Editor

[anth]

we might just have to twist your arm roderick :wink:
would be good to catch up!

[paddlesteamerman1]

I will most definately be at Echuca from early Saturday morning to late Tuesday night. I am working at the Port on Saturday, Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. Would love to catch up with other PDers. As I said I will be working on the boats and the steam saw mill display, but would love to catch up!
Just let me know times and places!

[steamboatmodel]

Hello fellow paddleduckers,
                       Curious how many aussie pd are going to the echuca steam ralley over the Queens birthday weekend..?
Last year there were some fantatic model paddle boat's speeding accross the dam.....this year I will make sure to take some pictures to share with all......
         cheers Anthony

Hi PDs,
Just curious as to thous members still in the Commonwealth what day do you celebrate the Queens bithday? Up here its the May 24 weekend(the Monday before the 24th.. We even had a rime about it when I was a child. "the 24th. of May is the Queens bithday, if we don't get a Holiday we will all run away" The highlight was always the fireworks in the evening, with the last thing being the burning of a model schoolhouse.
Regards
Gerald

[anth]

it's usually celebrated on the monday that being 11th of  june,every year a large steam rally is held at echuca victoria .
The towns population explodes over this weekend as steam nut's converge from all over ,as usual it's either freezing or raining, it's amazing what we will put our selves through! :wink:

cheers anthony

[Roderick Smith]

I will need to perform miracles to have May RNV completed for the printer by Saturday night to spare Sunday for a day return to Echuca.  As you can see in the Echuca News topic, I left Melbourne at 13.50 on Saturday to go aboard PS Pevensey at 17.00 for the planned 17.30 castoff for Michael's 21st birthday dinner party (don't rush the pms yet - the actual birthday is 24.7, so rush them then).  After spending the night at Echuca, I got home and back to the computer at 11.00 Sunday.

Regards,
Roderick B Smith
Rail News Victoria Editor

[derekwarner_decoy]

Hullo Michael.....is that a Schweppes or a Bundy you are holding  :?:  :arrow: .....  I didn't mean Mel... she is far  :respect2 prettier than a 1000 [times] either of the cans....enjoy your birthday & the steam weekend  

[michael]

Naturally Bundy Rum! Was a great night I'm in Melbourne this week so will do some posting of the party over the weekend while I'm not steam rallying!

[thewharfonline]

...reminds me of heritage festival and the gifts offered from Ranger to visiting celebs.

[anth]

the ranger and H charles will be up for auction over the weekend so anyone after a medium and large steam powered paddler get you cheque book ready :wink:

[paddlesteamerman1]

unfortunately my cheque book doesnt stretch that far..
i will be working the steam saw mill display tomorrow and sunday, the alexander a on monday and giving the pevensey its annual engine check up on tuesday..
so it is a full on weekend.. looooking forward to it!!

[michael]

Ok we had one of the best rally's so far with many steam exhibits.
And of cousre the model boats were out doing there thing!
Both paddle steamers sold at the auction PS Ranger $139,000 and PS Henry Charles $164,000 both going to  local residents.
The river has also came up 3ft over the past week, so we took PS Billy Tea out for a cruise for a couple of hours, PS Hero was also out on a family trip.
Camped the night onboard Billy Tea and this morning we got some things off the Ranger and tinnied them up to the onion patch to take home, even a BBQ which was a bit scary.

[anth]

great picture's taken by michael I had a few myself but there isn't any point doubling up
The auction was interesting many items up for sale but experience was needed as that "bargin" could quite easily have tuned into a nightmare
Later that afternoon we saw michael and luke blast along past us in billy tea,but our minds were caught up in conversation with the owner of the adventurous....after being showen around the vessel we had to leave.
our conversation was over heard by a stranger how for the past 3-4 years we have been wanting to build a paddler.
After meeting up again in melbourne  we have found some steam engines and boiler that didn't make it to the auctions this year! lucky us
so our project may kick off again or we will have a steam museum in the middle of garden......

cheers anthony