Re: [VIC] Motorcaders (was: V set transfer)

[Michael Kurkowski <mk@netstra.com.au>]

James Brook <ajmbrook@ozemail.com.au> said:

>I agree with this. The level of motorcading is at a ridiculous level and
>many of these people never book on a tour. These people should at least
>donate some money because they are currently getting the benefits of
>seeing steam locos and historic diesels in action but they hardly
>contribute anything to the maintenece and organisational costs of these
>tours. Of course some of these people say that $90 is way too much for a
>trip, but you don't have to book on all of them. So far this year I have
>travelled on the Steamrail S class trip to Echuca, the parallel run to
>Wodonga, the 38 trip to Ararat and the "Bendigo Rattler". I have
>motorcaded the R700 transfer, a SteamRail and sail tour, the J515
>Seymour - Geelong trip, the Essendon shuttles and various NSWRTM tours I
>couldn't go on anyway.

Admittedly my attitude used to be different on motorcading. BUT, I only 
started motorcading after that attitude changed. This year, I have 
motorcaded two fan specials (and taxi-train-caded another). The only reason 
I have done this is because there are times when I myself am short of money 
(someone has to pay all the bills when they arrive in one huge cluster in 
the PO Box) and motorcading has worked out to be a far cheaper option (i.e. 
paying for a bit of the petrol, or my parents doing it as a favour to be 
returned at a later date). I have so far been on this year, the S class 
trip, the Y+T+WAL+V set transfer, the Blackburn shuttles, and the Essendon 
shuttles. As for Wakool, I had already filled out the app form and written 
out a cheque, but it looks like I may not be able to catch OR 'cade it for 
a number of reasons. It looked to be a promising trip (other than the 
B***dy K and Alright K (BK & AK) cars).

Just a question... Will donations to non profit organisations still be tax 
deductible after Howards new tax comes into effect on July 1?

Regards

Michael