2025 Alvis National Rally - Canberra

 First stop today, collect our hire car (a VW T-Roc), generously, Don and Jill rose to the occasion and drove us ove to the Hertz depot in Queenbeyan.  The offto the Deep Space Tracking Station at Tidbinbilla where a very interesting talk on their work and also the universe and is there life out there.(Apparently we haven't found it yet but it's more than likely although it may not be "life as we know it".   The on to "Cuppacomalong" for lun ch and a look at the gardens. We finished the day with a tour of Lanyan Homestead, a historic home set up to display what life was like in the mid 1800's and early 1900's. The house has been owned by the ACT government since the 1970's.   Outside the Deep Space Tracking Station   One of the smaller dish's   Cars with Cupaacomalong house in the background Action shot, putting the hood down Original kitchen at Lanyan Homestead Formal Dining room Drawing Room complete with games View from Lanyan Station g...

  Day 3 started with a visit to the Corrective Services Museum. I did wonder what that could possibly be about but it was absolutely fascinating and well worth the visit.  The Museum is housed in part of the old Cooma Jail, which is still in use, and occassionally one of the inmates is the tour guide. From there we went to the Snowy Hydro Discovery Centre, which houses a large collection of both historical and current information concerning the Snowy Mountains Hydro Electric scheme for a tour and lunch. From there we traveled to Canberra and the start of the Rally.   One of the displays at the Corrective Services Museum The display has a lot of historical information Every prison has it's own Firetruck, these are two from the 50's Our home for the next 5 days, very nice.  

  Day 2 saw us traveling from Corowa to Cooma via the Murray Valley and the into the Great Dividing range. Sadly, Daisy decided to disgrace herself just outside Adaminaby (we think/ hope She has done a headgasket) so we had to get her sent home.   Dasiy was rescued by NRMA and RACV and we where kindly rescued by Jill and Don Bosanquest, who took us to Cooma and then Canberra the next day.   Daisy motoring along nicely Long empty open roads And wonderful scenery Up in the high country now Daisy crossing the Great Dividing range (1500M)  

  Thanks to the excellent work of Noeline, who sadly, along with Alan, couldn't attend, a rally to the rally took place to get some of us to Canberra.   Maritta and I, being  on the eastern side of Melbourne chose to meet other ralliers in Sheparton, some from the west, traveled to Nagambie on Thursday and the Sheparton for lunch on Friday.   First stop, the magnificent MOVE Museum in Sheparton for a look at the display, then lunch before motoring on to Corowa for our first night stop.    The collection has exxpanded dramatically since our last visit. It now holds part of the Farran bicycle collection, the Thompson gown collection and also a large display of trucks and prime movers.    Defenitely worth a visit. Some of the many bicycles on display The cars are changed regularly Part of the truck display