Come join us again!
 
16-17 October 2008.
 
An invitation to all members of the Australian Army Aviation Association, and Members of the 161 Recce Flight Association, their families and friends...
 

Following the success of the informal, select gathering of former Army Aviators at Marcoola last year run by Ron Smith, your Committee has decided to make this year’s Annual General Meeting a social event. It will be a chance to meet up with old friends and colleagues, enjoy some fine food and wine, and even find out a bit of what is happening in today’s modern Army Aviation, all in the delightful setting of Queensland’s incomparable Sunshine Coast.

The event will be known as The Foray and will be held at the Wyndham Vacation Resort, formerly known as the Surfair at Marcoola Beach, just opposite the Maroochydore Airport. The website for the resort is:

www.wyndhamvacationresorts.com.au/hotel/overview/property/63

Download Registration Form

 
 

The Foray will be held over two nights and one day, 16-17 October 2008.

 
 

There will be a cocktail party welcome and informal dinner on the Thursday evening, 16 Oct, and the AGM will kick off in one of the resort meeting rooms on Friday morning. The AGM will be followed by a series of presentations and briefings that should be of wide interest. We will have the Commander of 16 Brigade (Aviation) to tell us of what the current Army Aviation force is doing along with the Head of Helicopter Systems Division, Major General Fraser, or his representative to tell us how all the new acquisitions are progressing. We also hope to have someone from the Department of Veterans Affairs to speak on recent developments in the ex-service community, and perhaps an historical presentation or two.

It is expected that there will be a static display of current Army aircraft at the Maroochydore airport on the Friday afternoon.

Friday evening will be the Foray Dinner, a coat and tie affair, and a chance to tell all the stories about your time in the Army that you thought you had forgotten. We are hoping that we might be able to have the two new Regimental Guidons on display at that dinner.

The dinner concludes The Foray, but the locals and those from out of town might consider hiring a car or an aeroplane the next day and foraying up to Oakey where on the Saturday and Sunday the Museum of Australian Army Flying will be holding their “Rotors, Wings ‘n Wheels” Fly In. Details are available on the MAAF website at:

www.161recceflt.org.au/MAAF/homepage.htm

 
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Accommodation for the Foray will be an individual responsibility, however, the Association has arranged for discounted accommodation at the Resort for members and their guests.

The Wyndham Vacation Resort phone number for accommodation bookings is:

(07) 5412 0100.

Ensure you tell the person taking the booking that you will be attending the Army Aviation Foray or quote 51041 tol get a great deal. Accommodation rates will include an American style full buffet breakfast.

Note: 6 April 2008: According to the Wyndham Resort, they have a "computer glitch" - so it's important to quote the following to ensure your booking is valid.

"Army Aviation Foray booking ref no. 51041 of 16 - 17 October 08"

Of course, there are also plenty of Association members at the Sunshine Coast who would be delighted to have old friends to stay.

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Registration - You must Register!

The Association will be organising the AGM and the social activities and it is important that we get the numbers right.

There will be a registration fee of $25 per member to cover the costs of hiring the meeting room, morning tea on Friday and other minor expenses. If a couple are attending The Foray, only one registration fee is required.

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Event Cost
Registration Fee (per member) $25.00
Welcome cocktail party and dinner (Thur 16 Oct 08) (per head) $45.00
The Foray Dinner $50.00
 
 
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Download the Registration Form

DEADLINE for Registrations extended to 26th September

Those planning to attend The Foray are required to register and a Registration Form is available:

Click here to Download the Registration Form

The Form can be downloaded, either opened and filled out as a word document, or printed out and completed. It should then be mailed BY POST along with your cheque, or credit card details, as indicated on the form, to the Secretary of the Association, Gallipoli Barracks.

Members using DEFCREDIT or DIRECT TRANSFER, can email the completed form as an electronic attachment to the email address shown on the form.

Unfortunately we do not yet have the facility to process credit card information securely so, unless you are paying by direct deposit or Defcredit Transfer, you will then need to print and sign the completed form and send it by mail to the Association Secretary at the address shown on the form.

If "snail mailing" the form and you haven't yet advised us you're coming, please email the secretary and let us know.

secretary@fourays.org

We hope to see as many members and their spouses, partners and guests at The Foray. If last year’s gathering of the “old and bold” is any guide, a good time will be had by all.

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Need more Information?

Contact our FOO...

Blair Weaver

The Association’s man on the ground on the Sunshine Coast is Blair Weaver. If you have any questions or require further information, please don’t hesitate to contact him at (click to email)

theforay@fourays.org

 
 
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