IN RECOGNITION OF LIFE

MEMBERSHIP

MR JOHN WOOD SENIOR

JOHN’S BUSINESS ACUMEN AND

ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT BEGUN AT

AN EARLY AGE

HE STARTED OFF BUYING,

REFURBISHING AND SELLING SECOND

HAND CARAVANS

IN 1964 , FLEETWOOD CARAVANS WAS B ORN

FLEETWOOD STORES, ALSO KNOWN AS

WOODSTOCK LEISURE INDUSTRIES

JOHN OWNED THE LARGEST NUMBER OF

RETAIL OUTLETS IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

HIS MARKETING ABILITIES AND WORK

ETHIC ARE A HALLMARK OF HIS

BUSINESS.

AS THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF

FLEETWOOD, JOHN WAS DETERMINED TO

SET THE COMPANY APART FROM OTHERS.

JOHN SET INDUSTRY BENCHMARKS AND

WAS DETERMINED TO NEVER

COMPROMISE

ON QUALITY OR INTEGRITY.

PAST PRESIDENT OF THE CIAWA,

FORMALLY KNOWN AS

THE CARAVAN TRADES & INDUSTRIES

ASSOCIATION ( INC. ) OF W.A .

JOHN FOUNDED THE SIR DAVID BRAND AWARD IN

1972

“ I RECALL AN EXCITED SIR DAVID BRAND,

WA’S F IRST MINISTER FOR TOURISM,

SAYING THE AWARD WOULD COME TO

SYMB OLISE THE P INNACLE ACHIEVEMENT IN WA

TOURISM.

HOW INSIGHTFUL HIS V IS ION!”

JOHN A WOOD.

SIR DAVID BRAND AWARD

RECOGNISING EXCELLENCE IN TOURISM

T O U R I S M AWA R D S :

J O H N W O O D, L A D Y B R A N D & S I R D AV I D B R A N D

1979 S IR DAVID BRAND AWARD NIGHT:

JUNE 25 T H 1980

1979 S IR DAVID BRAND AWARD NIGHT:

JUNE 25 T H 1980

FLEETWOOD –

FOUNDER OF THE SIR DAVID BRAND AWARD IN

1972

“S IR DAVID BRAND AND FLEETWOOD INTENDED

FOR THE AWARDS TO GO ON IN PERPETUITY.

I THANK SUCCESSIVE WA GOVERNMENTS,

INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS AND IMPORTANTLY

MANY UNSUNG INDUSTRY STALWARTS FOR

HAVING THE BELIEF TO ENSURE THAT V ISION

CONTINUES.”

JOHN A WOOD.

IN 1987 , FLEETWOOD EXPANDED INTO CARAVAN

PARKS AND THE MANUFACTURE OF PARK HOMES

JOHN CREATED AN INDUSTRY SPECIFIC

INSURANCE BROKING COMPANY.

THIS BECAME THE DRIVING FORCE

BEHIND THE FIRST CARAVAN, CAMPING

AND PARK HOME

SHOW IN 1975.

FLEETWOOD WAS ALWAYS INVOLVED WITH

THE CARAVAN & CAMPING SHOWS

JOHN HAS ALWAYS BEEN A MAN WHO GAVE

HIS OWN TIME AND PERSONAL RESOURCES

WILLINGLY.

IN 1974 WHEN CYCLONE TRACY HIT DARWIN,

JOHN SENT TENTS TO HELP THOSE AFFECTED.

TODAY, FLEETWOOD CARAVANS IS NOW KNOWN AS

FLEETWOOD CORPORATION

JOHN HAS NOW RETIRED FROM THE INDUSTRY

BUT HIS LEGACY STILL CONTINUES TO THIS DAY

PLEASE THANK JOHN

FOR HIS INVALUABLE

CONTRIBUTION TO THE

CARAVAN & CAMPING

INDUSTRY

IN RECOGNITION OF LIFE

MEMBERSHIP

MR RICHARD RAVEN

RAVEN CARAVANS – COMMENCED EARLY 1950 ’S BY

RICHARD'S FATHER & GRANDFATHER

RICHARD JOINED THE FAMILY BUSINESS

- RAVENS CARAVANS,

AT THE YOUNG AGE OF 17

RICHARD AND HIS FATHER STARTED UP THE

COROMAL CARAVAN DEALERSHIP IN 1978

THE COROMAL FACTORY

W H E R E T H E D R E A M WA S

B R O U G H T T O L I F E

THE COROMAL FACTORY

THE COROMAL FACTORY

PARTICIPATION AT CARAVAN & CAMPING

SHOWS

- COROMAL CARAVANS -

IT WAS NEVER ‘ JUST ANOTHER SHOW’.

IT WAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHOWCASE

THE COROMAL BRAND

PARTICIPATION AT CARAVAN & CAMPING

SHOWS

- COROMAL CARAVANS -

LEADING THE INDUSTRY INTO THE FUTURE!

RICHARD, WITH RON GADEKE FROM

CIL INSURANCE, RECEIVING THE AWARD FOR

BEST STAND AT THE CARAVAN AND CAMPING

SHOW

THE 2012 PERTH CARAVAN & CAMPING SHOW

LONG STANDING BOARD MEMBER OF THE

CARAVAN INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION W.A.• C H A I R M A N O F T H E S H O W

C O M M I T T E E …

• C H A I R M A N O F T H E

P R O M O T I O N S

C O M M I T T E E …

• V I C E P R E S I D E N T –

T R A D E S …

• P R E S I D E N T …

A LONG STANDING MEMBER OF RVM AUSTRALIA

( I N E XC E SS O F 2 0 C O N T I N U O U S Y E A R S )

INCLUDING:

PRESIDENT (RVMAA)

COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT MEMBER (RVMAA)

DIRECTOR OF RVM AUSTRALIA

IN 2000 , COROMAL CARAVANS RECEIVED AN

AWARD AT THE ‘CARAVANS OF THE MILLENIUM’

AWARDS

RICHARD EMBRACING HIS PASSION FOR THE

INDUSTRY

FRIENDS OF RICHARD WITH THEIR 4 T H

COROMAL

A VERY SPECIAL 40 T H BIRTHDAY PRESENT

TO ‘RICARDO THE MAGNIFICENT’!

A STRONG ADVOCATE OF

THE CARAVAN & CAMPING LIFESTYLE

RICHARD…

IS THAT A CHAIR YOU’RE STANDING ON?

QUITE THE FISHERMAN TOO!

FAMILY IS ALWAYS A PRIORITY FOR RICHARD.

A PROUD HUSBAND, DAD & GRANDFATHER

RICHARD WITH HIS WIFE, MARGARET

CARAVAN & CAMPING

- IT ’S A LIFESTYLE THING!

PLEASE THANK RICHARD

FOR HIS INVALUABLE AND

CONTINUED

CONTRIBUTION TO THE

CARAVAN & CAMPING

INDUSTRY