For the next few weeks we are going to be inundated with the greatest sporting spectacle the world has ever seen. Yes, Im talking about the Olympics. Now I get as patriotic as the next man (or woman) when I see the green and gold on the podium, but lets be perfectly honest most events when viewed on TV are just plain bloody boring - beach volleyball being the exception (Ill try to get this posted quickly before the wife edits that last comment).

With this in mind, I was wondering if a caravanners Olympics could be organised. There would obviously need to be a lot of discussion and I look forward to readers suggestions on the events and where it could be held. We would have to avoid places like Victoria and South Australia as the Queenslanders wouldnt turn up too cold! Mind you, it could be a winter Olympics.

To get things moving I was thinking of events such as the van levelling time trials, nearest the ball hitch and the old classic first to empty the toilet cassette without getting any splash back!

... and lets face it we all know how to use GPS so we wont have the problems they seem to be having in London.

See, there's our first Olympic event - Loudest snoring in a caravan. Perhaps we should follow London's lead and not allow married couples to sleep together.

Oh am I in sooo much trouble!

How about the snatch and grab section of the weightlifting. We could do it tensioning sway bars.

-- Edited by Grahame Readwin on Thursday 19th of July 2012 04:46:55 PM

These are my suggestions:

 

Awning folding out and in.

Annex erection  (yes! I did say annex).

Tallest tale told at a happy hour (with & without alcohol).

-- Edited by Hylda&Jon on Thursday 19th of July 2012 06:32:08 PM

gypsy rover wrote:

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Cruising Granny wrote:

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So far the Olympics looks to be a comedy of errors. Buses getting lost by GPS, not enough security provided by the over-paid security organiser, and competing couples of the hetrosexual husband and wife kind not allowed to sleep together, yet the homosexual couples can.
What's wrong with this picture?

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 ....and now they've poisoned our badminton team.

Cheers!

Chris

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 I had to laugh this morning on Ch9 the news report was the security people are low on employee's and now they have arrested some of them for being illegal imigrants 

Erecting an awning, then pulling an awning down.
Reversing to hitch up accuracy. Levelling accuracy. Leg winding speed. Leg winding noise, squeak, screech, grind - oh, you get it.
Night annexe zipping - up AND down. The time between the up and the down. That leads to the dunny marathon, quickest time over set distance.
Whizz bang decibels count. The number of whizz bangs in 24 hours.
Oooh, this is fun.

That's ok when bush camping but some parks get a bit miffed if one sets a fire if there's no fireplace.

Our local council needs a fire set under them!