The day looked like it was going to be nice and sunny...
Fairly familiar looking shadow there!!
Plane coming in to land as Damian headed up the Gateway Bridge...
It's not every day you see Captain America on a motorcycle!!
Nearly there... the Gold Coast is in the distance...
Always time for a selfie!!
Past the athletes village for the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games... the road will be considerably busier when that's on!!
Upon arrival, Damian was greeted with a chorus of "Where's the green car??" After explaining that Booger Mobile had been retired, and this year Damian would be taking Retro Rock-It on the esCarpade, people were still unconvinced... Damian wondered whether he should have just persisted with the epic vehicle that is Booger Mobile, then he remembered the little luxuries like power steering and fuel economy, and was feeling marginally better again!
This year, Damian was parked on the opposite side of the path amongst the other hangers on... Conveniently there was a tree that Damian could tie the Camp Quality banner to!!
Stare off between Retro Rock-It and a couple of Corvettes...
There was a live band this year... here they are doing a sound check...
As always, many trophies for a variety of categories, generally split into C1 to C7 (major versions of Corvettes), with each type split into original and modified...
There were some good under bonnet murals on display...
Not a bad turnout... there were 80 Corvettes, plus a variety of other vehicles...
Bob doing the MC duties as per usual...
Retro Rock-It looking cool...
A couple of drag cars on display... sadly the picture does not include the sound as they had a rev-off between themselves!!
Some of the non-Corvettes on display...
This spectacular vehicle is a pristine example of a 1956 C1 Corvette... Much to the owner's disappointment, a seagull decided to use it for target practice during the day!! Luckily it wasn't a pelican!!
Damian practicing his selfie skills, with Retro Rock-It in the background...
Relaxing and looking after the face-painter's table while she went for a short walk...
This was an interesting mix of older style Stingray, with a very large, new engine in it!!
Retro Rock-It stretching... Giggle peering through the driver's side window!!
The Gold Coast Meter Maids where walking around posing with the show cars, so why wouldn't they want to pose with Retro Rock-It!!
These Corvettes are in order from C1 to C7, for people to see the difference in a single line of cars!!
This car reminded Damian of Booger Mobile... the photo doesn't do it justice, but it was a very similar colour...
Damian had a good laugh at this number plate... BOLOKS...
A rat rod Studebaker...
Honesty in a number plate? A HOON...
The band playing beneath the American flag...
Of course, Damian and Retro Rock-It were guests of the Queensland Corvette Club Inc, who have been supporting Camp Quality for many, many years...
The band singing up a storm just before trophy presentations...
Elaine reading out the winners with the help of Bob...
Brad S picked up one of the trophies...
Heading home, Dmaian noticed that the numbers on the tripmeter had lined up...
Heading home... there was some stop/start traffic earlier, but it cleared up to be a pretty good run back up the highway...
Heading up the Gateway Bridge on the way home...
A plane coming in to land... again!!
In the distance, something was on fire... Damian would later learn that it was a large fire in a factory at Virginia...
After a successful day of fundraising at the Corvettes on the Coast event, Damian counted up the donations in his tin... Bob's urging people in the Corvette Club to give generously obviously paid off, as at the end of the show, there was an impressive amount in the tin...
$153.25
An awesome day was had by all, with the weather remaining dry and hot... Perfect conditions for a car show!! Thanks again to the Queensland Corvette Club for inviting Damian to their annual concourse again... hopefully in time they will come to love Retro Rock-It as much as they loved Booger Mobile!!
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