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For those who couldn’t attend, one truly
great week of fun was missed . . .
 
Most of the rally entrants arrived on Saturday 
the 7th, collected their goodies bag, met their 
fellow enthusiasts and settled in to the
  Campaspe Downs leisure resort.
   
One of the first tasks was to establish the 
"Armoury Road Bar". A mandatory institution 
in which the days events were discussed. 
 
Sunday was the official opening where our 
guest of honour Merv Cooper  with his wife 
Barbara gave a very entertaining speech on 
BSAs and the history of the club.  This was 
followed by a short local ride (a shakedown 
for the organisers for Monday).
 
Monday rolled around and at 9.30 am 150 
plus bikes left from Campaspe Downs en 
masse for Bendigo to visit the Central 
Deborah gold mine, Chinese museum and 
Bendigo’s historic streets on a talking tram. 
 
. . . Ah!  To see that number of Britain’s finest, 
all on the road at once, was truly a site not  to 
be forgotten. From Bantams to Rocket 3’s 
and  all sizes in between.
From Bendigo a leisurely ride back to base 
and, as the advert for Victoria Bitter  goes…
"A hard earned thirst  needs a big cold beer

and the best cold beer is…"

and anything else that we were serving at the
Armoury Road Bar. The bar became a
meeting point  for people at the end of the
day both before and after dinner,  when we
usually had some type of entertainment, 
ranging from a truly fabulous Celtic band 
through impromptu joke telling to talks and
videos, on of course, British motorcycles. 
Tuesday was a free ride day, where riders 
made their own way to historic Maldon 
and the bakehouse for lunch. Maps were 
issued with suggested scenic routes, so
our visitors could ride the more interesting 
roads of their choice. This style of event was 
well received.
 
Throughout the rally, there was only one 
dodgy day of weather, Wednesday. As luck 
would have it, we were all booked to travel en 
mass by bus to Sovereign Hill museum for the 
day and the night to see the Blood On The 
Southern Cross show. It was the first time 
many members had seen the sound and light 
show. Most were left with a memorable and 
graphic impression of Victoria's brush with 
revolution as a British colony.
 
Thursday seemed to roll around so quickly,
the main day. The day started at 9:30 am, with a 
  ride, en masse, to Hanging Rock where riders
assembled for our Concours d'Elegance. 
Many extra bikes turned up to swell the
numbers to well over 200, which really made
the day.
 
After the Concours it was back to base to
get slicked up for the dinner dance and
trophy presentation. The author won’t say too 
much about the dinner dance because he 
featured a little. Suffice to say, as far as most 
can recall, it was a great night and everyone
who could recall it, appeared to agree. 
 
Friday was a free ride day while the officials 
met and discussed the weeks happenings and
other things. There was however a flatness
around the rally. The  end of a fantastic week 
fast approached and Saturday would see 
us all saying goodbye.