Champ Camp Tasmania 2011

[Richard Coutts-Smith]

Annual Champ Camp is being held in Tasmania this year, so on Wednesday next, Champs (and a Humber) from Victoria and NSW, with drivers from the UK, Hawaii as well as more local,will be converging at Port Melbourne for the Ferry ride.
Based in the Swansea area on the West Coast for most of the time, then Sheffield and back to the boat.
I know our Tassy contingent here on MLU is only small, but keep an eye out for us.
Now its back to the logistics of packing for four with camping gear, it is possible apparantly...
Rich.

[Ganmain Tony]

and God Speed Richard. Plenty of photo's and updates if you're able. Tassie should be brilliant at this time of year.
Just remember to wind your watch back 50 years....

[Richard Coutts-Smith]

50 years?
That means I will be driving a brand new Champ! SWEET.
Hope the petrol price dates back as well.
Rich.

[aj.lec]

Hope you have a good trouble free trip

[Mike K]

mY NEIGHBOURS JUST MOVED TO bruny iSLAND .......

[Richard Coutts-Smith]

Another Champ Camp successfully completed.
15 Champs, 1 Humber FV1601, 1 Land Rover 101 took part, and as one can imagine with this amount of British Engineering covering these sort of distances (we did 1200 miles in 10 days in ours) the list of mechanical faults would be to big to list, but I will do my best: one flat tyre, one stuffed battery, two loose wheels. Might I add I am not the only Champ owner
that was impressed (shall we say Surprised?) by the brevity of the list.
Along the way we had a good look at an M151 Mutt, did some road miles in a Sabre, drove a Steam Traction Engine, found the first dam that the Tasmanians failed to finish (circa 1845), watched wombats gambol, got tangled up in the Targa Rally,and feasted at every Local Bakery we passed by.
Rich.