Thanks to Greg and Toni for being such great hosts for the 2018 National Gathering.
Most attendee's arrived early (2 -3 days early) and we made the most of the Hot then cold, dry then wet weather.
It was disappointing that the number of attendee's was at an all time low, all up only 22 people and 2 dogs attended, after close to 50 people expressed an interest.
Those who attended had many a tale to tell around the hotly contested Horse Shoe throwing competition each day, and evening raffles and small campfire of a night.
Kilcowera Station was
well and truly explored by attendee's with a self guided drive to the eastern boundary undertaken by several vehicles. Greg did a tag a long "Water Run" on the Tuesday afternoon, with the tour covering both
Kilcowera Station and Zeonie Station.
In true EO style, Member Sweet Will, AKA Billy, made himself at
home in the Shearers Quarters and set about reviving 5 riding saddles he found in the Shearing shed, something Greg was still scratching his head over on Saturday morning (we were the 1st guests to actually assist with daily running's of the property).
We also assisted Greg unload, then move and cover 50 bales of donated
hay that were delivered Wednesday morning.
As we were having a small campfire every night, we also assisted Greg cut firewood (again something other guests never did), we left Kilcowera with a large tandem trailer loaded, a 6x4 trailer loaded and a large pile of cut firewood to assist Greg over the coming weeks with supplying firewood.
We had a great night Wednesday night with Toni and a band of EO helpers putting on a hearty dinner in the Shearers Quarters. We even made it RAIN with 9.5mm falling at the
Homestead.
Having found a
dam that was reported to have yabby's in it, on the "Water Run. we set a few yabby pots and had an attempt to run yabby races. I think, we needed EO Member Scrubby to be there to again show us how to do it as the races quickly came washed out ;)
As the week began to wind down and some attendee's started to head
home due to other commitments, we decided that the main raffle would be continued for a period online so as to allow other EO folk to purchase tickets (more details to follow).
In all we had a great week and was good to meet up with old friends and also to make new friends. The main reason for the Gatherings are to allow people to meet and talk to other members rather than only seeing the
forum side.
Stay tuned for a prospective future EO National Gathering once a few suggested destinations have been researched.
Once again thanks to Greg and Toni for hosting the Gathering and also to all who attended and made the week thoroughly entertaining and memorable.
For those who attended feel free to add additional details of the event and also photos.
Cheers Kev
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