... strange things that they are. Not that we're any less strange, but I digress...
Howard may have a point ref timing; but I also understand Keith's reference to KVE's only indirect involvement with the swap meet. If the organizers aren't willing to change their day (for instance to the Friday before), we have to approach this from another angle.
While we can't do anything about people who insist on coming in late (Howard,
), what if the parade were to be held in the
afternoon instead of the morning? That way the Corowa lot could shop to their hearts' content in the morning, then show off in the afternoon? It would seem that a change like that MAY be possible given KVE's direct control over official events. I know this would require liaison with local officials (through bribery or the threat of dangling them over the crocs, or better still, being chained up to the back of a Blitz and... oh, never mind).
Still, might this be the easiest answer?