Day 21
The morning started with bright sunshine streaming through our curtains. We had lost daylight savings the weekend before but it did make the mornings brighter. Todays outing was a little complicated due to the strict guidelines
for visiting the Bandiana Army Museum which is located on the army barracks.
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| 4.3 litre off to Bandiana, got some photo's with the banner at last |
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| 1935 3 1/2 liter heads out |
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| David and Kay in the Speed 20 Special head off. |
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| Alan and Noeline in the TE 12/50 head off |
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| A 12/50 takes the chance to head off. |
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| A 1938 TH Silver Crest on its first National Rally - a very welcome addition to the gathering. |
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| We are a friendly bunch even welcoming a Mercedes ring in! |
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| Norman and Sally's lovely Speed 25 |
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| Doug in another pseudo Alvi ... E-Type Jaguar |
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| 12/50 |
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| TA21 pursuing Mike and Jan in the MGB |
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| Speed 20 |
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| 12/50 |
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| Tony and Benny in the always well presented Firebird |
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| 1963 TD21 series 2 |
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| 1929 Speed 25 |
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| Jon and Margaret in their "Alvis Cooper" |
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| 1954 TC21/100 makes a dash for it |
We are visiting a fully operational Army Base
and they naturally have very strict rules concerning access, not sure why they don’t section
off the Museum but that’s the way it is. So, first a drive out to
Bonegilla Migrant integration centre to park the cars.
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| Old Smokey arrives at Bonnegilla. |
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| Club seems to be going to @@@ in a handbag...Chester and Don have their bags at the ready. |
From here we pile onto two buses, and we must make sure we get on the
correct bus then a drive back down the road about 5Km to the Army base (had to have
photo ID although we weren’t asked for them). It was worth the effort though as
this is a spectacular display of all things associated with the Army. With
displays of all corps (catering, medical, engineering) and from all the
theatres of conflict which Australia has been involved in starting from the Boer War through to
Afghanistan. It is the largest collection outside the Australian War Memorial
and as it has more room as the display is quite extensive, if not quite as “theatrical”
as the War Memorial.
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| Alvis Saracen |
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| Line up of Army Motorcycles |
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| Small gun in front was loaded with 50Kg 0f Ammonium Nitrate when the TNT ran out and was said to be "risky", Big Bertha is in the background |
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| I could use the machine shop at home! |
We could easily have spent more time there than we had as time was not on our side we were ushered back onto the buses and headed back to Bonegilla for a short explanation of
the function of the centre, followed by lunch, and then the afternoon to walk
around the various historical buildings.
Even though only a small proportion of
the original camp still exists it is considered to be so significant it has
World Heritage Status.
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| Iron used to heat a cup of tea at Bonegilla imigration centre |
Another short drive took us to the Uiver Memorial
Restoration Project via Hume Weir and the remains of the Hume Weir Racing
Circuit.
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| Alvi on the road near Hume Weir |
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| View down to the dam wall. |
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| Hume Weir |
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| Is Doug ashamed of the Jaguar XK or maybe just seeking some shade! |
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| Street parking at a premium. |
The Uiver Memorial Project is bringing back to life a DC2 aircraft
(for static display only) in commemoration of the London to Melbourne Air Race in
1934. The DC2 landed in Albury aided by flares and car
headlights provided by the residents. In spite of being stuck in the mud of the
racing track, the next morning the residents managed to free the aircraft and
it got airborne and finished the race, coming in second overall and first by
handicap.
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| Incredible DC2 restoration project |
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