HOG Picnic Day just keeps getting better!
Last modified on the 13 Sep 2009 12:00pm
Over 350 people enjoyed the fun, food, friendship and thrills provided by members of the Harley Owners Group at Warragamba Dam.
For lots of great photos of the day check out
picasaweb.google.com.au/mdnsw.org.au.
Zorba (Todd Le-Grand, Secretary of HOG NSW) reports…
As one of the key organisers for the annual MD-HOG Picnic Day it gives me great pleasure to be able to give the MD community an insight of what it means for the HOG members.
It was in the year 2007 that I first attended this day out at Warragamba as a fairly new member of the New South Wales HOG Chapter, the day was explained to the members as just a fun day to help raise money in support of MD NSW. This was for my partner and I a real eye opener as to how important a day like this really is. Although this day was attended by only about 50 people including MD and HOG members alike it was still a very touching day.
The following year was the first for me as the Activities Officer for the NSW HOG Chapter which meant that I could add a little something to all the chapter events including the MD Picnic Day.
The HOG committee really wanted to bring new life to the MD day and worked in conjunction with MDNSW to find out what sort of day they wanted this event to be, and after a number of discussions the new format was born. This format would include the starting convoy from Fraser Motorcycles to Warragamba which allowed for a longer journey on the back of the Harley for anyone that was up to the trip as well as give everybody the feeling of being a part of something pretty awesome as they travelled down the M4 motorway.
The 2008 day saw the numbers rise from 50 in total to over 200 which were made up of about 80 from MD and 120 from HOG chapters around the Sydney area. This gave those involved in putting this day together a feeling of success and let them know that we were back on the right track to organising a great day out for all those who attend.
This brings me to this year’s event, which again was very well co-ordinated by both MDNSW and NSW HOG Chapter, and which saw attendance grow to over 350 people made up of 160 from MD and about 200 HOG members from around NSW.
We again had the convoy leaving from Fraser’s at Concord which saw 163 Harley’s and 7 Trikes ready to take pillions and make their way to Warragamba in what would only be described as one “hell of a convoy” down the M4.
Once the convoy arrived at Warragamba they were entertained for the day by the boys from Servinitup Australia (check out their work at www.servinitup.com) doing their amazing stunts on those motorbikes as well as Airbrush Tattooing for anybody who wanted some “tuff stickers” for the day, and of course the culinary delights of spit roast beef with salads and cold drinks all laid out for everyone to enjoy. There were also rides provided on the back of a Harley or a Trike as well as plenty of prizes up for grabs in the raffle.
Due to the success of this year’s event I can tell you that it gives us great pleasure to be able to share our passion with the folks from MD whilst at the same time give support both monetary as well as socially. Whilst a lot of hard work and planning goes into this day it is made worthy by the attendance of everyone on the day.
I am also happy to be able to inform the members of MD that we have already been working towards an even bigger day for 2010, and I would like to encourage any type of feedback from those that attended this year’s event so as to improve the day next year.
If you would like to comment on the day please forward those comments to me (the Secretary) via our website www.nswhog.com.au and we will do our very best to implement those things.
Todd Le-Grand (Zorba)
Secretary, New South Wales Chapter
Harley Owners Group (HOG)
