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Issue 25
August 2014
Branch donation of $350 to Bega Valley
Meals on Wheels Plus will buy much needed
Wheelie Walkers for Day Centre.
This month at a
glance.
Sun 3rd -Train Café,
Cobargo
Sun 3rd - Nelligen ride
Sun 10th - Top Lake Café,
Merimbula
Wed 13th - Wyndham ride
Wed 13th - Branch Dinner
Sat 16th - Narooma ride
Sun 17th - Cheeky Mango,
Merimbula
Thur 21st - Bermi Pub dinner
Sun 24th - Train Café,
Cobargo
Tue 26th - Penelopes, Tura
Beach Golf Club
Wed 27th - Cann River
ride
Sun 31st - Eden Wharf cafe
Inside this issue:
Christmas in July
Wyndham to Wyndham trip
Café review
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2
2
Member profile
Home visits
Funnies (I hope!)
3
3
3
Ramblings
5
Branch contacts
2014 Toy Run update
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$350 worth of raffle tickets were sold to be in the
running for the Yamaha
swag which was kindly
donated by Mick Cole
Motorcycles of Bega.
Fiona Scott, was extremely grateful for the
donation and was happy
to say that the purchase
of several wheelie walkers, for use in the day
centre, can now be
ticked off their wish list.
Many thanks to members Kerrin Dow, Bruce
Bearman and Catherine
D’Arnay for selling the
raffle tickets on behalf
of the branch, and to
Mick Cole for supplying
the raffle prize.
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Ride Calendar
A spritely 87-year-old Isolbel hops on Ruby, whilst Meals on Wheels manager Fiona holds the cheque.
As I will be on the road
when the September
issue is due, please forward any contributions
for the next All Torque
before 21st of August.
Cheers, Kate
Manager of Bega Valley
Meals on Wheels Plus,
Mallacoota Madness By Peter Faulks
‘I’m gonna regret this’, I
thought as we pulled out
of Eden wharf, ‘It’s gonna
be cold, wet, and windy…’
Well it was cold, it was a
bit windy, and as Les,
Bruce and I crossed the
border it did get wet. But
at least the wind had died
down by then.
It’s been a while since I’d
been on the Mallacoota
road… I’d forgotten how
nice it was. The conditions
dictated taking it very
easy, and the subsequent
lack of airflow caused my
visor to fog up. Opening it
up a crack helped with the
fog, but now I had rain getting in… C'est la vie.
Well, we got there, and like
three half drowned rats we
made a bee-line for the fire
in the bistro at the pub.
The ride back was slightly
less wet, and while still a
bit chilly, it was not bad.
Well I enjoyed it anyway.
I do, however, need a decent helmet; and I guess I
should invest in some wet
weather gear one of these
days.
As to regretting it, well no,
I didn’t.