Long Trips Meeting

Location: Royal Coach Hotel, 24 Dequetteville Tce, Kent Town in the Boardroom

Entrance: At rear

Parking: At rear. If there is insufficient space, additional parking is available at the (Econo Lodge car park) on the corner of Flinders St/Dequetteville Tce, directly across Flinders St.

Time: Dinner from 5.30pm (normal menu). Bookings essential! Please register through the Member Jungle app or on the club website.

If there are any last-minute bookings or cancellations, please contact Lance: lance.boagey@bigpond.com or 0409 765 144. Please do NOT contact the Royal Coach Hotel.

Meals in the Restaurant, meeting in the Boardroom 

Meeting Co-ordinator & presenter: Lance Boagey

Presentation: MARALINGA

Tour of the MARALINGA ATOMIC TESTING SITE

If you are thinking of ever visiting the site, I would strongly recommend watching this video to understand what happened there.

It is the only runway in the southern hemisphere that was able to land the American Space Shuttle when they were flying.

This is an excellent video of 42 mins showing the Maralinga Atomic Test Site, with the tour guide explaining the workings of the various sites.

Len Beadell was asked to find an area in the remote outback suitable for Atomic Bombs to be tested by the British.

It explains the various atomic bombs that were exploded, testing the effects on the military hardware used then within their range.

It includes the cleanup of the site and how it is constantly checked every year.

Important note:

The venue offers our club a dinner service from 5.30pm. Bookings are essential and must be completed through registering attendance on the Member Jungle app or on the club website - do not call the venue direct. Once you have registered, it is assumed you will be attending unless you update your registration in the app. Please contact Lance direct for late cancellations or bookings. The Long Trips Meetings Coordinator will manage all bookings with the venue, including meal bookings.

FUTURE LONG TRIPS MEETING DATES

Long Trips Meeting 17 March 2026

Note this is the 3rd Tuesday of the Month normally a M.I.G. meeting

Topic to be finalised

Long Trips Meeting 14 April 2026

Topic to be finalised

Future meeting topics:

As always, we are looking for presentations/topics that will interest our group. If you do not like the old footage of past trips, how about creating a more modern presentation in whatever format you care to choose. Please contact Lance Boagey to discuss any presentations, slideshows, talks or video ideas.

lance.boagey@bigpond.com or 0409 765 144.