The Road To Nowhere
May. 19th, 2008 09:58 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
waitingmanI think I was an unwitting participant in a FlashMob yesterday...
The Father-Figure & I were told about a vintage car show in Bowral & thought it was as good an excuse as any to get the Jeepster out & about for the day, see the Southern Highlands & wander around the small town after seeing what other cars turned up. A nice, semi-planned way to spend a Sunday.
As noted in this journal before, you know what happens to best-laid plans...
The location for the car show was the playing fields of a Catholic College about 3km from Bowral & there was a sign at the entrance stating that the event was not open to the public, which doesn't make it much of a 'car show' if the only people looking are other car owners. Go figure... So a hundred or so vintage vehicles (& an alarming number of modern BMWs?!) gathered in a field in the middle of nowhere for a few hours, with nothing but a small 'Espresso' stand for sustenance, before gradually leaving the place either for home or other destinations...
Sounds like a FlashMob to me.
It was decided that our 'other destination' should be the 'Lion Rampant' pub in Mittagong... a typical country town pub in most respects ~ bugger-all beer on tap unless you like Tooheys New or VB, local yokels... you know the deal, but a nice enough place to fortify ourselves for the journey home ~ the Jeepster's not exactly airtight... or air-conditioned (except by the air that rushes in from outside).
One of the problems with Mother Nature's air-conditioning... Mother Nature's hitch-hikers
Back to town too late to attend the final RockChikz rehearsal, or to catch up with RonBassBeast before matters medical today. Hope all goes well...
And now, today.
The Father-Figure & I were told about a vintage car show in Bowral & thought it was as good an excuse as any to get the Jeepster out & about for the day, see the Southern Highlands & wander around the small town after seeing what other cars turned up. A nice, semi-planned way to spend a Sunday.
As noted in this journal before, you know what happens to best-laid plans...
The location for the car show was the playing fields of a Catholic College about 3km from Bowral & there was a sign at the entrance stating that the event was not open to the public, which doesn't make it much of a 'car show' if the only people looking are other car owners. Go figure... So a hundred or so vintage vehicles (& an alarming number of modern BMWs?!) gathered in a field in the middle of nowhere for a few hours, with nothing but a small 'Espresso' stand for sustenance, before gradually leaving the place either for home or other destinations...
Sounds like a FlashMob to me.
It was decided that our 'other destination' should be the 'Lion Rampant' pub in Mittagong... a typical country town pub in most respects ~ bugger-all beer on tap unless you like Tooheys New or VB, local yokels... you know the deal, but a nice enough place to fortify ourselves for the journey home ~ the Jeepster's not exactly airtight... or air-conditioned (except by the air that rushes in from outside).
One of the problems with Mother Nature's air-conditioning... Mother Nature's hitch-hikers
Back to town too late to attend the final RockChikz rehearsal, or to catch up with RonBassBeast before matters medical today. Hope all goes well...
And now, today.
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Date: 2008-05-19 09:29 am (UTC)I guess I better take some manual driving lessons and start saving my pennies...