NZMCA Rallies

The Grand Opening

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And  even Gary the Mayor was there too!

Click on an image to see Hi Res

It was a great occasion and the Central Bay of Plenty crew did a fantastic job getting it all across the line.

Nice tidy parking

Fiona had work on Monday so wasn’t keen on a flog down there from Auckland and back for 2 days so I was on my own. So fighting a worsening cold, I jumped into Rafe and off I went.

Lots of white behind the water feature at the gate!

As I came around the last bend before the camp, all I could see was lots of white from Caravans and Motorhomes.. was there going to be room! There were 68 vehicles in the park and it was chocker.

I arrived just in time for a drink in the tent with many others which was perfect timing. It was nice to see so many old friends there too.

The park is looking good and the CBOP team had all hands on deck making sure that everything was covered.

Click on the Gallery below to see a slide show

Planting those trees
Are you there Ross
Everyone is ready for the Rugby tonight
The extended grandstand for the opening.
Happy Hour
Audrey planting her tree with Ken the Secretary
Ken with Gary the Mayor
Board member Ross planting a tree with Ken the Secretary
Secretary Ken with Peter from the council.

Early on the Saturday, it was all hands on deck for a mass tree planting of all the bunds around the park. It was great to see the party atmosphere that came with it. This was followed by a nice bbq’d sausage lunch which went down a treat.

The 2pm opening came around just inside the entrance to the park and lots dragged their deckchairs out for a ringside seat.

The grand opening by the gate

Guest of honour was Audrey who is number 164 and is now in her 90’s. She was planting a tree along with Gary the Mayor and Ross Hamilton from the board. There was also a tree planted by a senior parks manager from the council, Peter.

Audrey, Gary the Mayor, Peter from the council and Ross from the board.

After the ribbon cutting performed by Audrey and Gary the Mayor, it was back to the tent for the cutting of the cake and some refreshments.

Audrey and Gary the Mayor curting the ribbon.

Earlier in the day, I managed to get a pic of Audrey (164) with one of the NZMCA’s newer members and first timers at a Rally, Bill and Colleen. (81847)

New members Bill and Colleen (81847) with board member Ross and Audrey (164)

A nice afternoon and lots of fun.. and my cold is much better now too 🙂

Rafe’s Track to the NZMCA park

5 thoughts on “The Grand Opening”

  1. Hi there, I like reading your email/blogs, but nowhere do you say where you are!

    Hint is in the map at the very bottom, Just an observation Sue

    On Wed, Aug 22, 2018 at 11:26 PM Bugger It, we are off – http://www.buggeritweareoff.com wrote:

    > Chris Miller – Buggeritweareoff.com posted: “And even Gary the Mayor was > there too! Click on an image to see Hi Res It was a great occasion and the > Central Bay of Plenty crew did a fantastic job getting it all across the > line. Fiona had work on Monday so wasn’t keen on a flog down ther” >

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