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Dixon Long Point 26,27 & 28 July 2002

  The trip through Dixon Long Point was tragically missed by the entire 4wd Club, with the exception of a select band of hardy travellers. Richard Pugh and Sharyn Martin, my wife and I, Colin and Stella Crowther, David and Sandie Parlour, Gary and Wendy Williams, Peter, Margaret and Paul Morgan and the legendary Clouts showed remarkable insight, wisdom and faith by undertaking the Power tour.

  A great many highlights emerged throughout the trip which won't be recounted here, but certain occurrences cannot be ignored. Most of the touring party faithfully followed Steve’s G.P.S. to a late night campsite, which was able to evade us if only for a short time. After a cold night, the Morgans' and Williams' arrived and our exploration began. By the time we arrived at our Saturday camp sight we had seen some great stuff including the tiny townships of Sofala and Hill End. Two main priorities emerged once camp had been made, some of us felt that a good supply of firewood was needed, due to the already fast dropping temperatures, whilst others (Richard and Steve) believed that wetting a line in the river should top the billing. Firewood wasn't hard to find and along the way young Paul shared with me some of his budding driving skills, we returned in time to see Steve headed for the river to retrieve his wayward lure from the icy depths. That night, an excellent campfire was enjoyed by all. before lights out after which the temperature plummeted to -7 degrees. The next day we broke camp and followed Snoopy the Troopie through even more spectacular country, stopping at the Macquarie River (Dixon’s Long Point) for lunch and eventually driving through Orange and Bathurst (including a slow lap of the race track), then continuing east through Lithgow and home. Many miles for one weekend admittedly, but very much worth the effort.

  Most of the people that took this trip I have had the good fortune of knowing quite well and others I got to meet during the trip, which got me thinking that the people is what makes the trip great. So here, in order of convoy, is my analysis of the Dixon Long Point trip.

• Steve Power -Undisputed heavyweight champ of pebble skimming in the club (if you think your pretty good your dreaming), thinks political correctness is an ailment.
• Katya Power -Undisputed heavyweight champ of being nice (if you know someone nice she can out nice them}, predestined before time to bring balance to Steve
• Richard Pugh -capable of driving feats beyond mortal men limited only by skill and. Sharyn Martin -probably the only woman alive intelligent enough to manipulate Richards mind
• into some degree of compliance and sanity .
• Mick Heinke -outrageously talented and good-looking legend.
• Kim Heinke -able stop her own heartbeat at the hint of an interesting sidetrack
• Colin Crowther -budding inspector gadget, I expect him to have more gizmos than SP. or DP . within months.
• Stella Crowther- owner of an amazing collection of jumpers, beanies and scarves.
• David Parlour -no longer able to afford to run a petrol cruiser having bought a brand new diesel Sandie Parlour -victim of a terrible phobia (Hoffnaphobia) relating to setting up camp in the dark
• Garry Williams -not ashamed to be a petrol prado owner, can handle a footy for a soccer player . Wendy Williams -cuts a mean Christmas carol harmony.
• Peter Morgan -wears shorts at -7 degrees, says it isn't cold and means it, not bad with a footy either.
• Margaret Morgan -able to organise the most raucous bunch into time for a chrissy carol, usually an excellent parent but allows very bad influences to give guidance to her offspring.
• Paul Morgan -has a car called muffy, would like to try surfing but doesn't like the beach.
• Dave Clout -a hardcore approach to his offroading, knows how to set up a vehicle but complains about paint colour?
• Kerry Clout -usually, can get running water with the touch of a button, knows how to get mileage out of a broken collarbone.

  So there it is Dixon Long Point at a glance, if you had gone most of this would make a lot more sense and you would know what a great trip it was.

  Mick Heinke

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