OKA Rally Coonamble Oct 2007

The parsons have done it again....a brilliant long weekend at their farm in western NSW. A very big THANK YOU to our fantastic hosts. The weather was perfect, although everyone there wished that rain would fall. The country looks very dry and dusty. Lloyd informed us that many farmers are leaving the land as it is heart breaking to see the conditions. The last rain that they have received was early in June and nothing since.
Another great feature this weekend was that the Gyro club had a rally at the Parsons as well and the integration between the Oka owners and Gyro club members was fantastic. Both groups mixed quite freely and it was fantastic and I hope that more venues like this can be organised in the future.
OKA group attendees were;

• Marg & Lloyd Parsons
• Michael & Virginia Hession
• Norm & Lyneve Burrell
• Jim & Julie Curtin & family
• Paul & Sue Crompton
• Eric & Sylvia Yeo
• Paul Knott
• Darren Visser & family
• Owen Jones
• Chauky White
• Peter Davis & family
• Chris Deed & family
• Michael Faber & family
• Ray & Robin Quigley
• Ron & Lynette Quigley
• John & Maree Hendriks

During the day we all went and watched the gyro's fly and some OKA members have become quite keen in pursuing this fascinating form of flying. Darren Visser and Jim Curtin in particular have shown a great interest after been taken up in the air by Sam. It certainly was of great interest.
Of other great interest was the arrival of Jim & Julie Curtin in their new Unimog 5000. This machine is huge and Jim is going to build a camper for this. He only registered it last Thursday, as it is a new vehicle. We all showed a great interest and had many questions for Jim, who happily answered them all.

Of other interest on the weekend was the arrival of a unique landrover. This unit was used by the army and the owner just dropped by after picking it up. It was a petrol unit with a LPG conversion. The owner is not know by me and did not stay very long. The truck was certainly of interest and we all had a good look over it.

After dinner each night, Lloyd started a big fire in the center of his yard and we all sat around this chatting well into the night. Of course the gyro boys and the OKA boys mixed and had heaps of stories to tell. It was just great to meet different people and I am sure many new friendships were made.