NZMCA Rally & Levin Holiday Park–Easter 24–29 March 2016

The club had two rallies over the Easter break with three of the club attending the NZMCA Easter AGM rally at the Levin A&P showground's and the rest of the club attending the other rally at the Levin Holiday Park.

I unfortunately do not have any photos from the rally at the holiday park, so can only report that they went for a meal on the Saturday night at the Levin Cosmopolitan Club, They visited the NZMCA rally and vice versa.

The NZMCA Rally had approx 650 vans in attendance and was extremely well run, with seating for everyone for the entertainment every night, trade displays, raffles, courtesay coaches, pet parades and childrens programmes all being provided.

  Just one of our vans – we were too spread out to capture altogether.

The NZMCA rally impressed one or two other of our members they are planning to attend the next one in Nelson which will be at the end of February next year.

Our Speeders at the trade display, NZMCA Rally

Golf Cake–Lutz Farm Rally

Glenyis provided a very nice fruit cake at this rally and a number wanted to know the recipe. Well here it is:

1kg mixed dried fruit
2 cups of orange juice

Mix and leave 3 – 4 hours

Then stir in:

2 cups of S.R. flour
1tspn cinnamon

Bake 180 degrees for 1hr 20mins, then reduce to 160 degrees for 30mins

Lutz Farm, 26–28 February 2016

We had 8 vans in attendance which was a good turnout. Rally families Dennis and Glenyis, and Lorraine and Charlie, erected Dennis’s new gazebo for us to meet in. It was very welcome.

 

It was a very busy rally with Dennis arranging for us to have a milking competition, bush walks, a picnic down by the Otaki River and best of all a visit to look at Karl Lutz “Fordson” tractor collection.

Jenny winning the milking competition

Some of the bush close by

Just some of the extensive tractor collection

We also went looking for and found some glow worms and the rally was finished off on Saturday night with a discharge from an immaculate miniature cannon.

It was very loud!

A good rally at a new venue and one we will no doubt return to. Well done to the rally families.