The Coromal and Friends Caravan Club began life as
the Coromal Caravan Club Inc. in March 2005, when the then President of the NSW State Association approached Coromal executive staff to see if Coromal were interested in taking the initial steps to help set up a club in NSW.
By mid March Coromal dealers were sent an initial email to seek expressions of interest from their clients and businesses. An inaugural meeting was called at Del Rio Caravan Park, Wiseman’s Ferry on the 9th & 10th of April, 2005.
Six couples attended, and an initial committee was established at this time with the positions of President, Treasurer and Rally Marshall put forward and accepted at this meeting. The club’s colours and initial slogan of “Experience the Club’s lifestyle, Discover the freedom” was also adopted.
The club’s first organised rally was conducted on the 28th & 29th of May at the Valley Vineyard Tourist Park at Pokolbin in the Hunter Valley. The Coromal Caravan Club Inc., a NSW based club, had been founded and was now ready to conduct monthly rallies.
Our first Annual General Meeting was conducted on the 11th November 2006. The members present elected a new committee and adopted a new logo: “Experience the Club’s lifestyle, Discover the freedom & friendship”.
Over the past two decades, the club has expanded and contracted and valuable friendships have become cemented in time. Now, our weekend rallies sometimes go for a week, and there is an appetite to "run away in the caravan" for a Tag-Along maybe once or twice a year!
Every year there is a State Rally where affiliated clubs gather. Every three years, a National Rally of Caravan Clubs; the next one being 2025 in Mudgee, NSW.
There are some "off the grid" adventures in these travels to give members experience in the joys of "free camping". Needless to say, there are long discussions in the tips and tricks of all aspects of caravanning at happy hour time. Days are spent exploring, visiting tourist attractions, or even sitting under awnings solving the problems of the world. In the evenings, there can be card or other board games to enjoy.
As the number of makes of caravan makes has exploded over the past years, so has members' desires to have more choice in makes of vans they enjoy. We now welcome other makes to be part of this club to share our love of the lifestyle, freedom and friendship that we cherish.
In November 2024, the Club voted to change the name to the Coromal and Friends Caravan Club. We now have 36 members in our club. Should you want to find out more about the club, please click on the link below.
If you have read this article to this point, you are definitely interested in, and informed just enough about our club to want to contact us - so go ahead - do it!
Full membership is open to anyone who owns
or has regular access to a caravan, camper or RV.
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