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Newsletter Volume 8 Number 3
February - March 2018
BCHAC A0049447S
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Bass Coast Historical Automobile Club Was established in 2005 and offers members friendship, restoration ad-vice and access to a continually expanding library. Our mid-week, week-end and annual events offer something of interest for all the fam-ily. Meetings 1st Tuesday of every month except January. BCHAC Inc, PO Box 687, Wonthaggi, 3995 [email protected]
Visitors are always welcome.
PRESIDENT Jack Moyle
0417016947: Email - [email protected]
VICE PRESIDENT Graham Talmage
SECRETARY Frank Kurrle (Minutes Bev)
H 03 5674 3318 Mob 0429 427 060: Email [email protected]
CLUB REGISTRAR Daryl Minter
0418 133 161: Email - [email protected]
TREASURER Dianne Adams
0408504828: Email - [email protected]
EDITOR Ray Watson
0408 107 914: Email - [email protected]
CLUB PERMIT SCHEME Daryl Minter – 0418133161 email as above
Graham McBain - 56724232 - 0488787544 (renewals only). Brian Davidson - 56722002 - 0429722002
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DISCLAIMER The Bass Coast Historical Automobile Club Inc., its Officers and Committee cannot be held liable for any errors and/or omissions in articles, reports, notices, advertisements, comment and advice of events that are published in this News-letter in good faith.
Cover - Who said a 1958 Beautifully restored Dodge can’t be used a a very competent workhorsetruck
PRESIDENT’S LETTER
Happy New Year to everyone! The year started well with the Clayton’s Meeting at David & Judy’s home. It was a very enjoyable evening and well-attended by BCHAC members. Thank you to the Dewars for their hospitality. Thanks to Yvonne and her Events Committee who have some interesting activities planned for 2018; and to Ann for using her home for the Events meetings. Please find the Events Calendar in the middle of the BCHAC newsletter for further details and dates. January will be a busy month and by the time this newsletter is produced the Wonthaggi Show, Australia Day picnic, Inverloch Wooden Boat Festi-val, Power Football Club’s Sunset Cruise & meal and their Show & Shine will be over. I hope members enjoyed some of the events. February 14th will be our Valentine Day’s fish & chips night at Inverloch and the 4th March will be the 150th celebration of the landing at Rhyll and, it’s Wooden Boats Festival with our cars on show. Peter has been busy and arranged for the necessary permits for our Easter Show & Shine and also a better way for cars to access Apex Park. I am looking forward to the Club Rally in Tasmania in March and, another enjoyable year with everyone. Best Wishes to not-so-well BCHAC members; looking forward to seeing you enjoying the Club outings again soon. Regards Jack
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Bass Coast Historical Automobile Club
Inc.A0049447S Minutes of General Meeting held at Wonthaggi RSL 5th. De-
cember 2017 Meeting Opened: 7.35pm Attendance: 80 as per Attendance Record. Apologies: 16 recorded. President Jack Moyle declared the meeting open and wel-comed all present including visitor Keith Lawson who has a 1986 Morris Minor. Jack also welcomed Claire Wood back after the death of John. Minutes of Previous Meeting: As Circulated It was moved by Lyn Ashman, Seconded Gail Asbury that min-utes be signed as a true and correct record. Carried. Business arising:- Result of Melbourne Cup Sweep organ-ised by Brian Davidson. Correspondence: In: Bank Statements, Newsletters and Flyers, RACV changes to signatures. Inverloch Men’s Shed Re Inverloch Jazz Festival Parade Out: Sympathy Card to Claire Wood Moved Red Rogers, Seconded Eddie Jackson, Carried. Treasurers Report: Account Balances: attached, Accounts for Payment:- Daryl Minter $131.00, Renewal of Website $342.79 - - 2 years
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Moved Dianne Adams, Seconded Judy Dewar, Carried, Reports: Past Events: The visit to Rose Lodge cancelled due to lack of numbers, Ladies Xmas Lunch at Newhaven Hall or-ganised by Joan Davies, very successful and great had by all who attended. Christmas Lunch, names and payment at his meeting, Thanks to all who donated goods for hampers. 2nd. January “Claytons Meeting” at home of Judy and David Dewar 84 McDonald Rd Korrine 5pm. Details of Wonthaggi Show and Wonthaggi Show and Shine are in lat-est Newsletter, Sheets for these events available to sign tonight. Saturday 27th. January Inverloch Wooden Boat Regatta would like Club cars shown in the Glade between 10am & 3pm. Brian Asbury gave update on Disaster Plan used for our Events. Disaster Plan will be printed in next Newsletter. Membership, Permit Officer etc : Regrettably Allan Prentice for family reasons is unable to continue signing applications and renewals for CPS registrations, and at the moment signato-ries are Graham McBain and Daryl Minter. Any Vehicles to be transferred from deceased Estate, please see Daryl. Editor: Ray Watson – Closing date for next Issue is 22nd. January, any items of interest and photos please forward to Club Email Address. The Website is now being organised by Tony Cuzzupi, any in-formation for Website to go to Tony. Further information in re-gard to this available later.
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General Business: Thanks to Graeme Talmage for the update of Honour Board. Rally Badge Board is up to date thanks to David Dewar. Claire Wood thanked everyone for the cards sent and assistance from Club Members following John’s death. Working with Children Certificate Certificates, Several Club members have these , please give names to Secretary so that a register of names is available for when they are required for Club Events. Cars and parts for sale:- Several Members had various cars and parts for sale details in next Newsletter Raffle Next Meeting: Tuesday 6th. February 2018 Meeting Closed: 8.25 pm
Christmas Break Up Sunday 10th December 2017 A very enjoyable day. Michael, Sue and their staff at the Cape Tavern did a wonderful job as usual. There were 61 of us to serve with a 3 course Christmas Dinner. Everyone thoroughly enjoyed their meal and judging by the noise level, they also enjoyed each other’s company. It was great to see several people who in the past, for various reasons, had been unable to attend the breakups managed to come this year. Hopefully they also enjoyed themselves and it will not be the last time they can attend. The raffle prizes were very gratefully re-ceived and once again, thank you to all those who donated to them. It is very pleasing to be able to make up so many prizes due to your generosity. I hope you all had a safe and happy Christmas and that celebrated the New Year. See you all next year.
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Brainteaser Last solution The missing number is 29. Multiply the top two numbers, add the top two numbers and combine the two results.
Major prize winners Christmas Competition 1st Prize Marj Wagland 2nd Irene Adams 3rd Mary Membrey 4th Myra Smith 5th Thelma Churchill
Take the given words, and by moving a single let-ter from one word to the other, make a pair of synonyms, or near synonyms. For example, given: Boast - Hip, move the 's' from 'Boast' to 'Hip' creat-ing two synonyms: Boat - Ship. 1. Pain - Nil 2. War - Zoned 3. Routing - Tip 4. Shot - Teaming 5. Right - Blight
What kind of cars do cats drive? Catillacs.
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CALENDAR
February 2018
Date Event Contact
3rd Berwick Swap Meet Akoonah Park, Princes Highway Berwick
NOT A CLUB EVENT
6TH General Meeting 7.30pm PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS NOT A DIN-NER MEETING
14TH Valentine Day – Sunset Saunter Meet at Rainbow Park, Inverloch 5pm Bring Chairs, table & drinks BYO food or buy
Yvonne Thompson 0414 590 632
25th RACV – AOMC Classic Showcase Yarra Glen Race Course Armstrong Avenue Yarra Glen Concour : Elegance for the MG Car Club of Victoria Meet at Grantville @ 9am Lunch at Venue or BYO Admission $8.00 RACV Card Holder $6.00
Peter Evans 5678 7744
27th Committee Meeting
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March 2018
Date Event Contact 4th Rhyll Wooden Boat Festival. Part of the 150
Year celebration of settlement on Phillip Is-land. Cars to be in situ at Rhyll Park,(Entry via McIllwraith St), by 9am. Lots of stalls and activities. Food available or BYO.
Yvonne 0414590632
5th Events Committee 2pm 16 Longstaff Street Wonthaggi
Yvonne 0414590632
6th General Meeting – Wonthaggi RSL – 7.30pm.
9th - 12th
Inverloch Jazz Festival. Parade starts at 10am Saturday 10th March. Cars to be in place on the esplalnde, near the Bowling Club no later them 9.30am.
Peter 56787744
9th – 19th
Taste of Tassie Tour
11th Yarra Glen Swap - Yarra Glen Race Course. Cars to enter between 8.30 – 10am. Not a Club Event
18th Korumburra Working Horse Festival – Nyora. Meet at venue 10am
Peter 56787744
18th Scott’s on the Swamp. Harewood House – Tooradin. Celebrating the end of WW1. 10am – 3pm. Entry $10 Adults $8 Seniors. Free in classic cars. Food available or BYO
Peter 56787744
18th - 24th
RACV – Fly the Flag. Keilor to Yarra Glen FYI
27th Committee Meeting Wonthaggi RSL – 7pm 31st Easter Show and Shine. Apex Park
Wonthaggi. Cars to be in situ no later than 8.30am. Follow parking attendant’s instruc-tions on arrival.
Peter 56787744
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April 2018
Date Event Contact 3rd
General Meeting – Wonthaggi RSL – 7.30pm.
4th Coffee and Cruise to Yarragon. Meet at Fincher Street 9.30am. Morning tea at Black Stump café, Darnum. Food available or BYO.
Yvonne 0414590632
18th Coffee and Criuse to Wilson’s Prom. Meet at Fincher Street 9.30am. Morning tea at Fish Creek. Food available or BYO.
Yvonne 0414590632
24th Committee Meeting Wonthaggi RSL – 7pm
BCHAC has an
INCLUSIVE LIBRARY containing car books and manuals
with useful information and articles.
It may be accessed by asking a committee member. If a book is borrowed please write your name in
the book supplied when you take it out and when you return it.
If someone says “I always lie”, are they telling the truth? Or are they lying?
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GERMAN MINES IN BASS STRAIT Did you know that the first American naval casualty in the second war happened in Bass Strait? Late in 1940 a German raider laid a field of approximately 100 mines in Bass Strait with the intention of sinking Australian and New Zealand troop ships leaving for the Middle East. On the 8th November 1940 the American ship MS ‘City of Rayville’ carrying a cargo of lead from Port Pirie, SA, hit one of the mines at 7.47 pm. and sank bow first in 38 minutes. While thirty-eight ship-mates escaped into life-boats after the collision one sailor lost his life when he went back to his cabin to collect his belong-ings. The light-house keeper at Cape Otway raised the alarm and the life-boats were towed to Apollo Bay, arriving there at dawn the next morning. The loss of the MS ‘City of Rayville’ preceded the attack on Pearl Harbour by the Japanese and was the first US na-val vessel lost in the second war. Less than 24 hours previously the SS ‘Cambridge’ was sailing to Sydney when she hit one of the German mines two and half miles SE of Wilson’s Promontory. The ‘Cambridge’ sank stern first and 45 crew members escaped in 3 life-boats. They were taken to Port Welshpool by the auxiliary mine sweeper HMAS Orara. The ship’s carpenter lost his life when he returned to his cabin for his money. His crew mates tried unsuccessfully to save him. The SS Cambridge was a twin screw steel steamer built in Ger-many in 1916 and was surrendered to Britain as war reparations following WW1. This German activity right on our doorstep in 1940 caused Wonthaggi citizens to set up a plane spotter’s look-out site at the top end of McBride Avenue. In recent years a memorial honouring the local people who acted as plane spotters during WW2 has been erected in the park near the site. Barbara Moyle
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Introduction to our clubs Road Trip - Hazard Identification - Risk As-sessment Worksheet. For members who have missed the meetings where the Road Trip - Hazard Iden-tification - Risk Assessment Worksheet (here on in referred to as ‘the work-sheet’). The following is an explanation as to why ‘the worksheet’ has been in-troduced by the committee. Approximately 12 months ago a simple half page Disaster Management Plan was developed and trailed by Event Coordinators with limited success. Jack Moyle attended a Federation Meeting in April this year. Federation ad-vised clubs they should prepare a Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment / Management document for their club activities. Federation further advised that should a club experience an incident that required the involvement of an Insur-ance company their Insurance cover could be void in part or in full if the club could not verify the development and use of a Hazard Identification - Risk As-sessment document. Jack reported and discussed the advice from Federation at committee. Brian As-bury was nominated to prepare a draft Road Trip - Hazard Identification - Risk Assessment Worksheet. After a number of months the draft worksheet was pre-sented to committee where it was agreed to be trailed at the Mornington Penin-sula Revisited Tour. Comments were requested from participants on the tour and at the following General Meeting. Three comments were received and the worksheet amended to include those comments. Following the conclusion of the December General Meeting Jack Moyle signed the completed worksheet and is now a requirement of all Event Coordinators to use the worksheet. The worksheet is flexible in that it allows for additional information to be added for a particular event. The worksheet is required to be reviewed annually ena-bling further improvement if required. All members are invited to make comments and direct them to Brian Asbury. Next two pages contain a reduced size (sorry a little hard to read) copy of the worksheet as signed by Jack.
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For Sale Chev 327 crankshaft 20/20 small journal Trevor Underwood 0400 215 664 $100
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Clayton’s Meeting 2nd January 2018 Happy New Year. Welcome to 2018. We celebrated the begin-ning of a new year with the Clayton’s meeting. Judy and David Dewar very kindly opened their home to us all. David did an ex-cellent job getting us all parked safely and off the road. Judy as always was a considerate hostess making sure we were all com-fortable. Although the weather turned a little cold later on no one was in a hurry to go home. There was lots to eat (as usual) with plenty of different salads and luscious desserts and everyone did their own thing in regards to either barbeque or cold meats etc. We also took this opportunity to wish Jim Beal a very happy birthday and to share in his birthday cake.
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MEMBERSHIP REPORT January 2018
The Club welcomes the following new members:
Mark & Leanne Pryor ‐ Drouin Phil & Julie Coleman ‐ Glen Alvie Vic & Sandy Spunner ‐ Inverloch Colin & Juanita Carter ‐ Tarwin Lower
As is usual at the beginning of a new year there is little to report because little has happened at clublevel. Our January ‘clayton’s’ meeting barbecue at David& Judy’s Lance Creek property was a great success with 53 members attending and by the time we read this newsletter Australia Day and Inverloch festivities would have been enjoyed. There has been a change to the CPS authorised signatories with Allan Prentice relinquishing his position for personal reasons. Allan has been responsible for the indexing and application processes of the scheme for some time and his services will be missed. Well done and thanks Allan. Thanks too to Brian Davidson who has volunteered his ser‐vices to the CPS and will become a VicRoads authorised ap‐plication and renewal signatory. Club Permit Scheme details may be found on the inside of the front cover of our newsletter. The next AOMC meeting is scheduled for 26 February and a report will be presented in our April newsletter.
Daryl Minter Club Registrar.
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Want to get a message out? Need to improve your market?
Advertising in this magazine is not expensive and helps the club to keep costs down. For example, a half page internal advertise-ment for one year can be obtained for $50. Back cover and other sizes by negotiation.
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Calendar
February - July 2018
Apr Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
Jun Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
Feb Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
Mar Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
May Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
Jul Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
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