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HMCCQ
Kingaroy Area
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Postal Address:
The Secretary
PO Box 971
Kingaroy 4610
E-mail:
Geoff Hosking |
THE 19TH
ANNUAL BUNYA MOUNTAINS RALLY
Kumbia showgrounds
3, 4 & 5 MAY, 2003
Trophy
winners for the 19th Annual HMCCQ Bunya Mountains Rally
1st
Outright - Ian Kefford
2nd Outright - Les Allan
3rd Outright - Des Leach
1st
unplaced Veteran - Ray Gauld
1st unplaced Vintage - Jim McCulloch
1st unplaced Post Vintage - Harvey Robinson
1st unplaced Post War - George Minto
1st unplaced Historical - Ian Foote
Gordon Trophy - John Wellings
Gordon
Trophy
Entrant 1 - John
Wellings, 1926 AJS
Entrant 2 - Robert
Pound, 1928 BSA.
2003
Gordon Trophy
Last
presentation at the Kingaroy Bunya Rally
2003 winner - John
Wellings. Trophy presented by Dave Dittmar |
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Gordon
Trophy
The Gordon Trophy was donated many years ago by Bill
Gordon to encourage the restoration of motorcycles. For
some years now, the Trophy has been awarded during the
Bunya Mountains Rally. The trophy is a reference set of
motorcycling and restoration books.
Here are a couple of
the simple rules (the secretary for each area will be
able to provide the full rules) for the Gordon Trophy -
Restoration
completed in previous 12 months (since last
trophy award)·
Bike must be
ridden to the judging area
The
restoration is of your own undertaking
If you intend to
enter your bike for the Gordon Trophy judging, keep an
accurate record of the work completed during restoration.
Bring the record with you for display (and for the judges
to review) during the judging. As the Gordon Trophy is a
'Restorers' Trophy, what you start with and what you then
do to restore the bike is probably more important than
shiny painted up and finished product. Dropping the bike
off at a commercial restoration shop (with a blank cheque
attached) will never win this trophy. That is not to say
you have to be an expert painter, engine builder or metal
machinist etc. Just you working to the best of your
abilities restoring the bike is all that is required.
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2003 Bunya
Mountains Rally
Saturday 3rd - Day 1
The afternoon was split into 2 active's -
a social ride to the top of the mountain and a bus trip to the
Peanut Museum. 13 riders took the opportunity for a run to the
top of the mountain while a further 11 people learned quite a bit
about peanuts.
Kingaroy Peanut Museum:
We watched a 15 minute move showing the history of growing and
harvesting peanuts in the Kingaroy area. The movie traced
production from early 'hands on' planting and harvesting
producing about 2000 tons to modern era mechanical planters and
harvesters yielding about 50000 tons.
After the movie we split into 2 groups. One group looked at the
museum displays while the second group were taken for a tour
through the Peanut silos. With all the workplace regulations now
in place, tourist visits through the silos were stopped in 1985.
The members who took this opportunity got a rare view of a
working peanut storage and processing facility.
We took the elevator to the workroom on
the top level. For those who are nervous about heights, the
elevator is the same model used on the Titanic. From here we made
our way back down the different level by way of the internal
stairs. On the top levels the stairs are like steel ladders with
hand-rails looking out into an empty void. On level 2 we had a
very close look at the machine that sorts the peanuts from any
shell or stones or discoloured nuts. From the movie at the museum
we knew that in the past 3 shifts a day of 100 women 'picked' all
the rubbish out by hand. A maximum of 10000 tons annually could
be processed this way, but now 50,000 tons a year can be process
by 5 electronic sorters. The peanuts supplied from Kingaroy
represents only about 75% of Australian consumption.
In all, each group had about an hour in
the museum with afternoon-tea, then 30 minutes in the silos
before we had to return to the campsite to prepare for the
evening meal.
Sunday 4th - Day 2
9:01 - first three were out and on their
way. 3 at a time on one minute intervals and all were away. Both
routes go different ways but meet again for morning tea and again
for lunch. I didn't ride this year so I went for a quick run into
morning tea to watch the first checkpoint.
The first short route riders began
arriving about 10:00 so most were in, had their cuppa, 30 minute
stop and were on the road before the long route ridders began
arriving.
Morningtea stop in Kingaroy
Had one small issue on the second leg for
the short route ridders - a secret check-point was hidden just
round the corner from a T junction. I had chosen the location so
it would be an easy stop but not noticed until they came round
the corner. A couple of Veterans without clutches couldn't
restart going uphill. Note for next year - no traffic lights
(remembered that one) and check-points on the flat or down hill.
All riders arrived back under their own power so the sweepers had
a quite run in the country. Only anxious moment was with an early
AJS that got a little hot and nipped up. A short wait and he was
on his way unassisted.
By the comments during lunch, I think everyone enjoyed the runs
this year. A little different to past years but some interesting
roads and not too many navigation problems - nobody missed
morning tea or lunch so the instructions weren't too bad.
Final checkpoint and lunch. |
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Trophies were awarded after lunch and the
points lost on each section were handed out. First place was
awarded with zero points lost to Ian Kefford on the long route.
1st Outright - Ian Kefford, 1972
Yamaha, Long Route, 0 points lost
2nd Outright - Les Allan, 1914 BSA, short Route, 1 point lost
3rd Outright - Des Leach, 1926 Douglas,
Short Route, 1 point lost.
Next year will be the 20th running of the Bunya Rally (the date
has been given over to other combined area events twice in the
history of the rally) so we are looking forward to some more and
interesting tours of the area. If you would like to make
suggestion on what is in or out of the Rally, drop the Secretary
a line at the above address.
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