ACC Welcomes Padthaway Caravan Park
The Australian Caravan Club is delighted to welcome Padthaway Caravan Park to its member benefits programme.
A picturesque drive through the vineyards of the renowned Padthaway Wine Region on the Limestone Coast, leads you to the tranquil setting of the Padthaway Caravan Park.
Nestled on a hillside overlooking historic Padthaway Homestead and township, Padthaway Caravan Park offers a relaxing and peaceful setting for its guests.
Wander through the adjacent conservation park where wild flowers, kangaroos, koalas and other native flora and fauna thrive, or play a round of golf on the adjoining golf course (season April to October). Wine enthusiasts should experience the quality of Padthaway Wines at the cellar doors. Then top off the experience with a picnic under the red gums in and around Padthaway.
Just off the Riddoch Highway, our lovingly maintained park has cabins and on site vans set amongst beautifully maintained gardens. Camping and powered sites are nestled amongst gum and native trees set on roomy lawned sites, giving you a quiet and peaceful stay.
ACC members – a 10% discount is offered OR stay for 3 nights and get the 4th night free. In addition, Padthaway Caravan Park are offering members of the Australian Caravan Club the opportunity to take advantage of our end of Spring Sale. This is the last opportunity for members to witness the end of spring flowering season as we enter Summer. Members are offered to take advantage of our stay one night and get your second night free during the month of November, 2018.
ACC Welcomes Coastal Auto Systems
The Australian Caravan Club is delighted to welcome Coastal Auto Systems to its member benefits programme.
Coastal Auto Systems is a family business based on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland. They have been in the motor vehicle industry for over 22yrs.
Coastal Auto Systems was started in 2003 to service the growing ‘electronic accessories’ market. With life getting busier and people needing their vehicles more and more, Everard started the mobile service to offer convenience to businesses and public alike. All the installations are done at your home or business so there is less down time, less pressure and less organising when you need work done. Quality and reliable service. All work is guaranteed and products are chosen for their quality and back up service from suppliers.
ACC members will receive a 10% discount on camera systems, brake controllers & selected products. The best price possible will be offered to club members. Mention you are a club member when enquiring.
ACC and Queensland Police presents to Combined Caravan Clubs of Queensland State rally on road safety issues.
Tom Smith and Terry Ryan both members of the Australian Caravan Club and are on the National Policy Team at the CCCQ State rally this week spoke on road safety initiatives for Rv's. This was in conjunction with the Qld Police.
The presentation included the issues of weights, van signage, pilot vehicles and wideloads and other related topics.
Currently there are more than 650,000 recreational vehicles registered in Australia, with up to 20,000 additional units being registered annually. Of these, it is estimated that more than 250,000 are travelling across the northern states of Australia during the winter months with an estimated 150,000 on the road at any other time during the year.
With these numbers on the road it is important that all RV travellers understand the issues to allow all road users safe travel as they move about this great country.
The ACC thanks the Qld Police and the CCCQ for the opportunity and looks forward to many more combined activities to support members and the broader RV travellers.
Historic Life Memberships awarded at ACC Annual General Meeting with 3 members acknowledged for their exemplary service to the Club
“This is another truly significant and historic occasion for the Club at this quite remarkable National Muster, with multiple Life Memberships awarded and our first female to gain our highest honour“ said National ACC Chairman Craig Humphrey.
At the Annual General Meeting held today at the National Muster in Denmark Western Australia, members voted overwhelmingly to confer Life Memberships on 3 Club stalwarts.
In a first for the Club, members voted to award a husband and wife Life Membership. Di Caterer also becomes the first female to achieve such an honour. Also awarded Life Membership was Di’s husband Cec Caterer.
As well, members voted to confer Life Membership to Victorian member Derek Hale.
“It is an honour to be recognised for the work that we have undertaken over the last 10 years within the ACC. There has been such a variety available, that we have enjoyed immensely every challenge along the way. More importantly, with our travels, we have met so many Club members and have made lifelong friends along the way“, said Di and Cec.
Derek noted ”I have been fortunate to be able to assist and develop the Club both in my beloved Victoria and on a national level over the last 10 years. I wouldn’t have been able to do this without the amazing support from Gwen. From our first involvement in branches to the 2012 National muster, and more recently the membership support role and the other facets of our involvement, we continue to enjoy and focus on the Club’s strong social roles and broader issues.”
“This Club is truly fortunate to have members such as Di and Cec, and Derek and Gwen, being so involved over such long periods of time. As I consistently say, the strength of the Club is in our members and today the Club, as a whole, acknowledge these members in the most fitting way that we can. On behalf of all members, I congratulate them and do hope that they are an inspiration to other members to become more involved in the Club” said ACC chairman Craig Humphrey.
Our 2018 National Muster Ends…but 2019 plans are already under way
Day 7 brought our 2018 National Muster at Denmark WA to a close.
First item on the agenda was the drawing of the Monster Raffle where members eagerly checked their tickets.
Following the raffle draw, the closing ceremony began. Our Chairman Craig and muster organiser Brian paid tribute to the many local businesses and members who had worked tirelessly to ensure our muster was the success that it had been. Special tribute was paid to Michael and Mandy from the Big4 Ocean Beach Caravan Park at Denmark for being such fantastic hosts.
Members were then invited by our 2019 National Muster organisers Terry and Pam, and representatives from ‘I am Warrnambool’ and the Warrnambool hosting park to come along to our 2019 National Muster at Warrnambool in Victoria in October 2019, and experience the many attractions that the Warrnambool region has to offer.
The closing ceremony ended with the traditional handing over of our Club’s muster banner and the Australian flag by our Denmark team to the Warrnambool team.
Members have already started making their homeward journeys. No doubt the Nullarbor will be fairly busy over the coming week.
The Australian Caravan Club wish everyone safe travels home.
Great Day on Day 6 for members at the National Muster
Dragon Boat Racing, Whaling Station Tour, Annual General Meeting and a dinner dance made for a great day for members at the last full day of activities at our National Muster.
While our more adventurous members took to the water for a dragon boat race, others did a bus trip to Albany where they went through a guided tour of the Whaling Station, climbed up the steep track and viewed the wind turbines at a Wind Farm observing magnificent views along the coastline, and visited the Natural Arch and The Gap where they observed remnants of the days when Australia was still linked to Antarctica. Other members enjoyed freestyling the day at the many attractions in the region.
Returning back to camp, we had our Club’s Annual General Meeting where our Chairman Craig Humphrey was re-elected for a further three years, and marketing director Deb Bott was elected for three years. Both directors were unopposed. Motions awarding Cec and Di Caterer and Derek Hale Life Memberships for their many years of dedicated service to our Club, were carried unanimously and with great cheers. Members then posed for the annual National Muster group photo.
A big day concluded with members dancing the night to the music and song of ‘Big Men Working’ at a delicious two course dinner dance where members shared friendships and their adventures of the day.
Charity Afternoon Tea, Food Tour and ACC Futures Forum
There was no slowing down in activities on Day 5 of our National Muster in Denmark WA.
Four buses departed just after 9am taking busloads of members to various food tasting locations in the Denmark region, with the buses changing venues throughout the morning to ensure no busload was in the same place as another at the same time. Members happily sampled the many tastings offered at The Toffee Factory, Denmark Chocolate Company, Bartholomews Meadery and Denmark Farmhouse Cheese Factory. Members purchased numerous items at the various venues, and enjoyed a sumptuous lunch at different venues. The food tour was very well organised, and ice-creams at The Toffee Factory were a definite hit!
Guest speaker at the Charity Afternoon Tea was Roger Seeney from Black Dog Ride. Roger spoke about the formation of the Black Dog Ride in Busselton in 2009, the decision to ride around Australia to raise awareness of depression and suicide, and to fundraise for mental health programmes. Some of the funds raised are used to provide training to provide support to depression sufferers. On behalf of our Club, our Chairman Craig presented Black Dog Ride with a cheque for $500. Members enjoyed a delicious afternoon tea.
The day finished with the ACC Futures Forum where representatives from our branches got together to discuss ideas. This has been an item at our last three National Musters.