Townsville Rock N Rodz Weekend

We were very very blessed to be allowed to camp at the Townsville Turf Club, the site of the above festival. Thanks to the wonderful staff who couldnt do enough for us.   We asked if we could camp and they said YES..   Asked us not to mention to anyone as the Council give them grief  if they are seen to be allowing overnight camping at the Racecourse. We arrived on Friday afternoon, Michael the manager, parked us up on lush green lawn hidden behind a  screen of trees, ,inside the racecourse,  insisted we plug into power and water and also came along with beers and a bottle of sav blanc.  The grog was for us to share a happy hour with him when he finished work for the night.   Unfortunately a mechanical problem with one of the forklifts had him working till dark and he ran out of time to have a drink.

The Festival was only on Saturday from 10am to 10pm.    Hot Rods, Market Stalls, Food Vans and Rock Bands dominated the day.     The day is run by the Townsville Rock N Roll club so its all about cars of course, plus fashions of the 50s and rock dancing.    We had 4 bands playing thru the day, a big bar,  lots of dancing, a Mummy & Me  fashion parade, a miss Kitty Pinup Parade, a Burlesque Show, Cake baking comp. and an  Icecream eating comp.Not sure what those two had to do with rock n roll or hot rods but it was a lot of fun.  We lasted till about 9pm and then went back to the bus.     We were able to wander back and forward to the bus all day as we were on site but tucked away.    Fantastic day.     We could have stayed a week if we wanted to, but having done Townsville already, we decided to leave Sunday.   The alcohol came with us, we tried to give it back and they insisted we enjoy.   !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 We want one of this little caravans to tow behind the Chevvie when its finished.   So cute, so expensive, so in demand now.

This lovely couple are both blind and rock n rolled effortlessly, even when others tired out and sat a few songs out, they danced for the whole of one bands set.  A full 55 mins.

Mummy and Me Fashion Parade







Miss Kitty Kat Parade.   The girls had a number of outfits they modelled and went thru various routines to impress the judges.   A few were great, the rest were forgettable.