DOZENS of recreational vehicles (RV’s) will descend on Maleny Showgrounds this week when the ‘Ulysses members RV group’ national rally comes to town.
Consisting of older Ulysses club motorcycle riders with an interest in the RV lifestyle, around 140 members from across Australia will attend the annual week-long event that will have 76 RV’s travelling up the range and setting up camp at the Maleny Showgrounds from October 16-23.
The club has organised a packed itinerary of activities including a Rotary welcome BBQ, Apex Club Poets Breakfast, tennis and croquet matches and Men’s Shed visit.
Queensland coordinators, Blip and Di Hendriks and Gordon and Judy Crosswell, have spent well over a year locking in the logistics in collaboration with Maleny community organisations and businesses in the lead up to the event. Working closely with representatives of the Maleny Show Society, Maleny Chamber of Commerce, Maleny Apex and Rotary clubs amongst others, organisers have spoken highly of the town’s welcoming attitude.
Speaking with GC&M News, Gordon Crosswell said support from community members and organisations had been outstanding, and the rally team had worked hard to engage local community groups and business buy-in to ensure both a memorable event for attendees, while also tapping into local knowledge to enable best support for local organisations and economy.
The group have organised ‘welcome packs’, featuring local information, and plan to donate lap rugs knitted by club members to BlueCare Maleny and also will support the Maleny Education Student Fund with event raffle proceeds.
“This is the first time we’ve held the national rally in the Sunshine Coast Hinterland. We were all blown away by the beauty of Maleny and surrounding areas and the showgrounds are perfect as we can park up the vans and walk to coffee and most of our planned activities for the week,” Gordon said.
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