3rd & 4th December 2016
TRIP REPORT 2016 OXFAM Christmas Tree Deliveries
3rd & 4th December 2016
Participant Name Member Number Vehicle Details
Trip Leader ( TL ) Peter & Nancy Miller 182 NP Pajero Russell Chatfield 1256 NT Pajero Graham Haliburton 1740 Triton Gordon Ainslie 1664 Pajero Ken Patterson 1395 NS Pajero Stewart King 1578 Pajero Damien De Rozario 498 Nissan Patrol Peter Catherall 1817 Challenger
While not as good as previous years , a reasonable sized group of Pajero 4WD Club members volunteered to deliver the presold Christmas trees on behalf of OXFAM . The following are comments from participants :
Peter & Nancy Miller
As the delivery addresses we had were emailed to us prior to the activity , firstly we were very surprised to find we only had 10 trees to deliver in the Brunswick and Preston areas , but also and as we are old school , and still used the Melways , we were able to plan out our deliveries the night before .
With a somewhat warm day forecast on Sunday , Nancy and I headed down to Carlton early , leaving Heathcote about 6:30am arriving at the Princes Hill primary school shortly after 8:00am . The trees for delivery were quickly loaded by the Oxfam band of helpers and after checking for changes , we headed off . With so few trees to deliver , we were finished surprisingly early ! There is still great joy hearing children shouting down hallways “ Our Christmas tree has arrived !”
Gordon & Margaret Ainslie
We did Saturday and did two runs – Nunawading / Forest Hill with a side delivery to Canterbury then Bayswater / Bayswater North in all 16 trees and just over 100km started @ 7.00am finished about midday .
Ken & Helen Patterson We delivered on the Saturday . We were assigned 15 trees scattered across the Glen Iris area .
All went pretty smoothly until the last delivery , where it turned out that the street extended across a main road and we had to phone the customer to find out where she actually lived . Not that big a drama .
Graham Halliburton
Having spent Saturday night in Mornington and needing to pick up my navigator I did not arrive at the pick-up point of Princess Hill Primary until 10a . m .
We quickly loaded the 8 trees to be delivered between Princess Hill and Preston and set out . With navigator Annie Finnegan using a combination of Melways and phone app delivery ran pretty smooth with only one address causing some concern and requiring a phone call .
We finished about midday adjacent to what turned out to be a very good cafe on Nicholson St . where we took the opportunity to enjoy lunch and a glass of wine .
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