Murray & Julie White’s
1967 Ford Fairlane
Compact and 1950
home built caravan
Our hosts Mad Max
& Jenny Green
By the time I arrived at Old Dadswell Town, about
sixteen other vintage vans and hot rods were already
there with a few more arriving the next day. The giggles
began as I drove down the driveway and it was obvious
that our hosts had a great sense of humour and that this
was going to be a top weekend. I rolled in to find my
camping space had been reserved with a “Lisa’s Spot”
sign right next to the outback dunny that was to be my
ensuite for the weekend.
The self-proclaimed Prime Minister of the “town”
(it says so on the front of his house!) Mad Max and his
wife Jenny greeted me warmly and said how much they
appreciated me making the effort to come down and
continued to make me feel like a member of the family
all weekend. On Friday night we had a barbeque feast
in the “Town Hall” which has retro paraphernalia and
licence plates covering every inch of the walls and had
a roaring fire blazing all weekend long. This was where
we communed in the evenings for meals, chats on the
lounges by the fire. On Saturday night we were treated to
live music by Neil Higgins who, in amongst a selection of
Aussie classics had also written and sang for us a catchy
little ditty about vintage caravans. It was awesome!
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