Those bugs and all their friends are back – but due to unforeseen circumstances they will be based at the Macksville Showground and not at Valla Beach.
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They will however be in the main street of Nambucca Heads for their traditional show ‘n shine, on Saturday, August 4.
Organiser Donna Pell said the change of venue had required some nimble thinking but that accommodation had been found for all of the more than 500 cars (and their owners) set to roll in from Sunday, July 29.
It’s the 22nd year of the popular Spectacular with the added celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Country Buggy, the 1967 attempt to offer something that suited Australian conditions.
Originally, the idea was to make the Country Buggy an amphibious vehicle, however directives from VW Germany curtailed this vision.
The Country Buggy started production in July 1967, with exports to the Philippines (where they are known as Sakbayans), Singapore, New Zealand and some small Pacific nations.
Production ended in 1969 with only one thousand, nine-hundred fifty-six units built. Very few Country Buggies survive in the roads today, but Sakbayans are being restored in the Philippines following increasing interest in the original Volkswagen Beetle.
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Check out this gallery of the 2016 spectacular
Other Spectacular highlights will be night markets out at the showground on Thursday, August 2 from 5pm, and again on Saturday from 12.30pm and all day on Sunday.
There will be lanterns at the night market, as well as the creation of a special VW lantern on site all week.
There will be a fireworks finale on Sunday night.
For more details go to www.volkswagenspectacular.com or phone Donna on 0427 695 203 or email vwspectacular@gmail.com.
Ute Schulenberg
Journalism was always my plan but plans being what they are, I did not get to realise it until my early 40s ... and have loved every minute since. For me community journalism is the most intimate and honest place to be in this field - telling the stories of people I live with, side-by-side, every day. It is an honour.
Journalism was always my plan but plans being what they are, I did not get to realise it until my early 40s ... and have loved every minute since. For me community journalism is the most intimate and honest place to be in this field - telling the stories of people I live with, side-by-side, every day. It is an honour.
