Weekend in Walcha

Xmas in July
Date
Sat 22 July 2017
Duration
2 days (22 July - 23 July)
Meet
McDonald's Thornton, Thornton Road (just off New England Highway) **Please park outside Pet Quarters building**
Time
7:30am for an 8:00am start
Organiser
Helen Green & Grant Webber, 0434 961 109, gbwebber@hotmail.com

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Come and join the Hunter Chapter for a Christmas in July getaway!

Well it's that time of year again when sunscreen is replaced by beanies and Grant continues to wear shorts!

So, it's a roof-down, tinsel flying run chasing Rudolf to Walcha, heading off on Saturday 22nd July for the roads-less-travelled. Grant knows the way of course!

Stay at the Walcha Motel (the rooms have been saved for us so grab yours, call 02 6777 2599 & say you're from the MX-5 club)

Pricing for Dinner, Bed & Breakfast is $87.50 per person
Single supplement is $30.00
 
They have the following rooms:
 
Deluxe queen $15 supplement per room
Queen
Double & 2 singles
Queen & bunk
Queen & single
Twin rooms

 

Sunday will be a relaxed run home, expecting to be home early to mid-afternoon. (Itinerary below)
 

Dress your car up &/or wear a crazy hat!

Prize for the most outrageous and longest lasting (though safe) car decorations will be awarded on Saturday.

On the back of last years impromptu wearing of ridiculous and bizarre head-wear to keep warm, this years run also doubles as a "Crazy Hat Run". Prize for the most outlandish crazy hat!

Come be Merry with us!

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Meet Location Map: https://goo.gl/maps/Jrii8TcK2712 

Walcha Motel Map: https://goo.gl/maps/3wWBE3iM3gu


The weekends itinerary:

Saturday:

  • Meet at McDonalds Thornton at 0730 for an 0800 leave.
  • Drive to Gloucester via Clarence Town, Dungog and Stroud Hill. 125 kms.
  • Arrive Gloucester at ~1000 for quick morning tea and car refuel. Leave Gloucester at 1030
  • Drive to Nundle, via Thunderbolts Way. 191 kms. Should arrive at ~1300.
  • Lunch at Gold Mine Guesthouse in Nundle.
  • Leave Nundle at ~1400 and drive to Walcha via Thunderbolts Way. 140 kms.
  • Should arrive at ~1600.
  • Party!!

Sunday:

  • Leave Walcha at ~0900.
  • Drive down Oxley Hwy to Gingers Creek Roadhouse. ~81 kms.
  • Morning tea at Roadhouse. Leave at 1030.
  • Drive to Harrington via Oxley Hwy to Wauchope, Bago Rd to Pacific Hwy, then on to Harrington. 140 kms. Arrive ~1230.
  • Lunch at Club Harrington.
  • After Harrington members are free to make their own way home. It is ~2 hrs from Harrington to Newcastle down the Pacific Highway. We are likely to do at least Wootton Way (Nurbushring) adding ~15 minutes, and possibly Booral Rd adding a further 20 minutes. People are free to follow or not.

 

 http://www.walchamotel.com.au/