General News
9 October, 2022
Cheers for trekkers
SCORES of vintage tractors were cheered from Loddon roadsides as their toured the region for the 8th National Historical Machinery Association tractor trek. More than 140 vintage tractors came from across Australia for the trek. Wedderburn Historical...
SCORES of vintage tractors were cheered from Loddon roadsides as their toured the region for the 8th National Historical Machinery Association tractor trek.
More than 140 vintage tractors came from across Australia for the trek.
Wedderburn Historical Engine and Machinery Society finally had its chance to host the national gathering after earlier efforts were aborted by COVID restrictions.
The society was praised by participants for its organisation and welcome.
Enthusiasts had started arriving last Wednesday, some camping in tents, caravans and on the floors of buildings at Engine Park where the tractors started and finished their treks to Fentons Creek and Korong Vale on Saturday and Sunday.
For Bealiba’s Geoff McClelland, it was first national trek.
“They’re a good bunch of blokes,” he said.
One of the veterans was David McDonald from Dungog in the Hunter Valley.
His 1951 David Brown Super Cropmaster was emblazoned with “Wedderburn or Bust” on a rusty old trunk. “This has been a really well organised rally and the scenery on the treks second to none,” David said as he notched up trek number eight spending the weekend with fellow enthusiasts.