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REMLR General => Events => Topic started by: Diana Alan on March 24, 2014, 03:07:51 PM

Title: Lithgow Ironfest
Post by: Diana Alan on March 24, 2014, 03:07:51 PM

The Australian Armoured Vehicles Association is planning to attend the Lithgow Ironfest to be held in the Lithgow Showgrounds from ANZAC Day through Sunday 27th April 2014.  The event is a festival of iron with displays of blacksmithing, medieval armour and reinactor groups for various periods including WWII (Allied and German).

AAVA Vehicles intending to be present:

• M3 Stuart light tank
• M5A1 Halftrack (IHI)
• FV701 Ferret scout car (Daimler)
• FV603 Saracen Armoured personnel carrier (Alvis)
• FV601 Saladin Armoured Car (Alvis)
• FV102 Striker CVR(T) Swingfire Anti-tank missile launcher (Alvis)
• Land Rover 90 FFR (ex UK MoD)
• land Rover 109 SIII FFR

Also likely to be present Matilda II infantry tank
LP2a Universal carrier.

Title: Re: Lithgow Ironfest
Post by: Minikeg on March 24, 2014, 09:41:19 PM

I love Ironfest, however I have another camping trip scheduled for the ANZAC long weekend :-(

Notes:
Its cold
Its colder than you estimate
Still colder than that
Woolworths sells out of helpful stay-warm stuff

Heres some pics from last year

Axe-throwing
(http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa81/minikeg/IMAG3541.jpg)

Truck..?
(http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa81/minikeg/IMAG3547.jpg)

Steam .. thing
(http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa81/minikeg/IMAG3548.jpg)

Real Working Stargate
(http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa81/minikeg/IMAG3569b-1.jpg)

Some ye olde cannon warfare
(http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa81/minikeg/IMAG3571.jpg)

Trained Birds
(http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa81/minikeg/IMAG3577.jpg)

Ye olde.. stuff
(http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa81/minikeg/IMAG3593.jpg)

'Kubb' a brilliantly time-consuming knock-your-opponents-wooden-pegs-over game
(http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa81/minikeg/IMAG3626.jpg)

Crowd watching cannon/battle thing
(http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa81/minikeg/IMAG3632.jpg)

Some archery
(http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa81/minikeg/IMAG3654.jpg)

Jousting!
(http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa81/minikeg/IMAG3659.jpg)
(http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa81/minikeg/IMAG3667.jpg)
(http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa81/minikeg/IMAG3669.jpg)

Title: Re: Lithgow Ironfest
Post by: Cliffy on March 24, 2014, 11:52:40 PM

God Lithow is cold.
Froze my butt off on the range behind The factory a few years ago.
The sun went down and so did the mercury!
Still had fun and would love to go back!
Yes, make sure you bring your best arctic wear!

Title: Re: Lithgow Ironfest
Post by: Phoenix on March 25, 2014, 10:52:24 AM

Looks like a great event!  Oh, and the truck is a WW2 studebaker I think.