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| Kris Healey - she has been working behind the scenes for nearly 20 years to help organize Shepparton's anuall GV Swap meet. |
Kris and her husband Lloyd has been members of the Goulburn Valley Motor Vehicles Driver’s Club (GVMVDC) for about 27 years and naturally
moved into having key roles in the event’s organization.
The meet began in Numurkah in 1971 and has been to Congupna,
Shepparton’s DECA and the trotting track on Melbourne Rd before settling at its
present home at the Shepparton Show Grounds.
It is, however, not a complete stranger to the showgrounds
as it had first been there, but relocated while the whole facility was restructured,
reshaped and, finally reopened as fresh public facility ideal for such events
as the annual swap meet.
The swap meet is the major public event held each year by
the club.
Saturday before the Sunday swap meet and the showgrounds are
alive with people busily preparing for the rush to come later in the day when
the sites are opened to those planning to show their wares.
Kris said the sites, of which there are more than 600 for exhibitors
with an amazing array of goods for sale and swap, sell for just $20, which
includes to passes at $5 each.
Kris had seen the meet go from an intense day out for the
blokes with its seemingly endless collection car and motorcycle bits and pieces,
to an event with an increasing emphasis on goods that interest women and
children.
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