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The layout tour was self guided so there was no reason to arrange for everyone to meet at the start of the day. Everyone could set off at their own time to visit the layouts on the tour. The layouts included in the tour were Ron Cunningham's "Werris Creek", Ray Pilgrim's "Bylong", James McInerney's "Rurr Valley Railway", and Bill Cooper's "Fern Valley Railway". Discounted entry to the Epping Model Railway Exhibition was also offered and the NSW branch opened the clubrooms up so that the branch layouts could also be included in the tour for the interstate visitors. The branch also provided lunch for those who wanted it.
Overall, the Convention was a very successful event with 75 people participating in at least part of the Convention (not counting those who only participated on Monday). At various times through the weekend I asked various people how they were finding the Convention hoping to get a few memorable quotes to include in this article. All of the responses that I got were "great", "terrific", "couldn't be better", "well done", and other phrases conveying the same meaning so I am not going to fill several pages with quotes.
Everyone who participated in the Convention had a very enjoyable time and a few even started working out how old they would be when we hold our next Convention in 2051.
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Convention Badge/Logo designed and drawn
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