Volksclub Benders Mallee Retreat!

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Volksclub Benders Mallee Retreat!

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Over the June long weekend the club were lucky enough to spend 3 nights away in the beautiful Mallee town of Hopetoun.

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Booking out the lakeside "Bush Retreat" for the weekend was great and 52 of us enjoyed a meal together at the local community owned Pub!

The other bonus is it proximity to the desert, with the sand dunes only about 10km out of town......

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We had been working hard to get a few aircooleds up there, but with fuel issues on the Baja and brake issues on a Country Buggy, Jimmy's (freshly lifted) Fasty was the only aircooled to get out there and once he had the tyre pressures sorted it was unstoppable!

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Micka's Amarok did suprisingly well too.........

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We were also lucky enough to be invited to tour the new (private) Country Buggy museum whilst we were in the area............

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He had 12 (from memory) a few of which were nicely restored, one of which the only ever to have come factory with a PTO.
One modified as a "driver" (BJ/IRS pan)
The ex-Steve's Dad's dark green prototype
A Thing which had belonged to the prime minister of Indonesia.

He had a really nicely equipped workshop too, with another resto underway......

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Plus this Rad stereo, haha......
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Was a bloody awesome weekend!
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