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| Yes, just what is 'Corowa', beyond being the premier ex-military vehicle gathering in Australia? Let's talk about that first. The Event has become much more than 'just another (albeit larger) military vehicle show'... Corowa has evolved into what is truly an annual family gathering, where the wives and children of vehicle owners and enthusiasts are equally welcome, and indeed, have become an integral part of the Corowa experience every year! | |
| No longer is Corowa just an outing where 'the blokes' get together every year for anywhere from a couple of days to a week in order to show their vehicles, swap parts and tell lies with each other... perhaps this is best shown by the following poem submitted by a lady whose obvious enthusiasm for Corowa knows no bounds! | |
 Carol and Jeannie, two sisters, we are keen; We left for Corowa in our green machine. Six hundred kilometres we had to go But we knew our jeep would go steady and slow. Three hours on, our bums were sore and stiff, So we pulled up at Cowra for a coffee and a piss. The clouds came across and we prayed "Oh no.... please" But it was such an adventure, we were like 'Thelma and Louise'. We stopped at Kapooka for a photo shoot, But they thought we were terrorists and gave us the boot! With the sun on our skin and the wind in our hair, Our caps kept blowing off so, army helmets we had to wear. On we continued 'til we got to Junee Where we had a well-earned beer and, of course, another pee. Breakfast in a truck stop on the morning of day two, Many heads were turning "I think he's looking at you...." As we walked inside, their eyes stayed on the jeep. Dream on! It wasn't at us that they were taking a peek. Through a hot 37 and road works galore, We drove into Corowa, very stiff and sore. After pitching our tent we had a wine at 'Section 8', After much fun and laughter, we went to bed late. The 'Encouragement Award', it should be ours with praise; Two middle-aged ladies drove a Willys for days! -- Jeannie Littlewood, Wellington NSW |
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 Well done, Jeannie & Carol!Clearly, these two resourceful ladies have adopted Corowa as their own - and there are many more like them. Whole families have now made the Corowa week a significant part of their annual vacation schedules, and as the Event grows further, we would like to encourage more such participation! Please click on Jeannie & Carol's photograph for more information about families at Corowa... |
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| ... so where is Corowa? | |
| Having established our family connection, unusual in itself for a military vehicle event, just how do you find Corowa, to become part of all this magic? We could repeat that Corowa is a town on the Murray River, west of Albury in New South Wales and near the border with Victoria, but here we'd rather show you! | |
Accordingly, we are developing an interactive map which will show you how to find Corowa by road from anywhere in Australia, listing routes, times and distances. In addition, we will shortly have a distance chart available to show you relative distances from anywhere in the Western World! Our maps, these distances, and much more detail, will be found on this link: |
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Bay Kelly, of Boorowa NSW, sits behind the wheel of his Ford 60cwt Blitz ahead of a mixed column of Blitzes and Jeeps, awaiting the move order for the Saturday parade in 2002. |
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