Marques in the Park

21st November 2004

	Groupshot		Bretts A9X		Matt's Hatch
	Phil's SS Hatch		Matts Hatch		Jeremy's SL/R 5000
	Mark's LX		Mike's LC 2 Door		Rod's SL/R 5000
	Pat's SL/R 5000		Steve's LJ 327		Kevin's LJ
	Deans LH		Gerry's SL/R 5000		Laurie's SS Hatch

Apparently we were only going to have 6 six cars coming along. Well, we proved that rumor wrong with no fewer than 10 cars leaving from the rendezvous point, another 3 cars that met us as Old Parliament House, and other stragglers that joined us throughout the day due to different commitments. At the end of the day, we smashed the previous biggest run with 20 cars in total, 15 Toranas. The morning started off fairly fresh at KFC on Canberra Avenue , where we drove on to Old Parliament House. It wasn't long before we got there, and we were off again. Jeremy failed to join the bunch due to a dead battery. A poor police officer sitting on the Cotter Road thought all his Christmas's came at once when a trail of Toranas, and FJ's approached. I've never seen one move so fast to set up his radar. Alas, we were all within the posted limit, what a waist of donut based energy. The rest of the trip was pretty uneventful, all arriving at John Knight Memorial Park at around 10:00am. We got our usual spot, which, as per last year, meant that we saw very little of the kids on the day, who quickly vanished amongst the play equipment. What was also startling was the lack of accidents and crying kids returning from the playground. There was great many a car on display, and a most perfect day for it, not too hot, and not to cold, although an intermittent fresh wind was present now and then. We settled down for lunch, bit of a natter, and headed off home. Very, very relaxing, with the cars, as usual, attracting a great deal of attention. Thanks for the enjoyable day, a total of 38 people, including 13 kids, a point that was commented on by some of the Council of ACT Motor Club committee members. Laurie and Trevor sent their apologies for the day due to work and other family commitments (it could have been 21 cars). A special thankyou to Laurie for letting us use his car to tow the club trailer and BBQ (I went easy on it!), ensuring that the gang didn't go hungry, and to Jan for organizing the food for the BBQ. Well done. Attendance:- Phil – LX Pat – Laurie's LX SS Hatch + Trailer Gerry, Belinda, Melanie & Jamie – LX Dean & Greg – LX Kevin – LJ Steve & Casey – LJ Jeremy – LH Robyn, Madeline, Emily & Ainslie – LH Rod & Michael – LH Mike, Amanda & Nathan – LC Mark, Maree, Jacob & Luke – LX Matt – LX 350 Chev Hatch Brett – LX Hatch John – LH Guest – Blue LJ with pink engine bay Jan – Falcon Maree, James, Michelle & Eve – VK Commodore Marty & Lisa – Daily Driver Rose – Quickfit Tyre Centre Belconnen VY Ute Sam – Dropped off Run Report by : Pat