BEGIN:VCALENDAR METHOD:PUBLISH VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//hacksw/handcal//NONSGML v1.0//EN X-WR-TIMEZONE:Australia/Sydney CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20261010T084500 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20261010T170000 UID:069C5D25D9A51E5392469591419657700069C5D25D9A53240540740815971149 DTSTAMP:20260616T061723 LOCATION:Adelaide DESCRIPTION: SAPPHIRE COAST HISTORIC VEHICLE CLUB     2026 \"Adelaide or Bust\" Rally 10th – 25th October, 2026 · 16 Days · 2,750+ km     Dear Fellow Member,   The Club\'s 15th biennial long distance tour/rall y will be the 2026 \"Adelaide or Bust\' Rally\". Over sixteen wonderful da ys in October, we will travel from the Sapphire Coast through the Victoria n Alps and High Country, across the Victorian Wimmera and into South Austr alia, with three days at Adelaide, before looping back through outback New South Wales via Broken Hill, the Darling River Run, along the Murray Rive r, the wide-open Hay Plains and the Riverina. There is the option to join and leave the Rally at any time to better suit your travel arrangements. This is a Rally that has something for everyone - spectacular mountain s cenery, world-class wine regions, historic inland cities, paddle steamer c ruises, Aboriginal heritage sites, and some of the most remarkable collect ions of historic vehicles, art and industrial heritage you will find anywh ere in Australia. And, of course, the centrepiece event: the iconic Bay t o Birdwood historic vehicle run up through the Adelaide Hills.   THE ROU TE AT A GLANCE 🏔 Day 1 - Bright Victorian Alps via Omeo, Mt Hoth am & Harrietville 🎖 Day 2 - Echuca Yackandandah, the Australian Army Museum, Bandiana and Rutherglen. ⚓ Day 3 - Echuca Free day - paddle steamers, port history & local wineries 🔧 Day 4 - Horsh am Spanner sculptures at Boort, silo art & the Murtoa Stick Shed Day 5 - Robe SA Balmoral, Harrow, Edenhope & Father Woods Sculpture Park and Penola 🦞 Day 6 - Adelaide The Coorong, Kingston SE\'s Big Lobster & Strathalbyn 🏏 Days 7–8 - Adelaide Two free days - Tours of the R M Williams factory, the historic Penfolds Winery at Magi ll, and Coopers Brewery the Adelaide Hills, Barossa, Hahndorf, Adelaide ri ver cruise, Adelaide Oval, and free time to explore Adelaide 🚗 Da y 9 - Adelaide Bay to Birdwood Historic Vehicle Event ⛏ Day 10 - Peterborough Burra copper mines, Terowie & Goyder\'s Line 🚂 Da y 11–12 - Broken Hill Peterborough Steamtown. Broken Hill – the RFDS Museum, Line of Lode Miners Museum, Pro Hart Gallery & Living Desert scul ptures 🌊 Day 13 - Mildura Darling River Run, Menindee Lakes & M ungo National Park 🛶 Day 14 - Hay Murray paddle steamers, Balra nald & the vast Hay Plains 🐑 Day 15 - Wagga Wagga Shear Outback Museum & the final night dinner celebration at Wagga Wagga 🏠 Day 16 - Home Snowy Mountains Highway return home via Tumut   HIGHLIGHT S › Bay to Birdwood - one of the world\'s great historic motoring events , with tens of thousands of spectators lining the 67 km route up to the Na tional Motor Museum at Birdwood › In Adelaide, organised tours of the R M Williams factory, Penfold\'s Magill Winery and historic homestead, found ed in 1845, and a tour of Coopers Brewery › Piccoli\'s Spanner Sculpture s, Boort - two acres of extraordinary spanner art sculptures in a beautifu l country garden (tour included in your Rally fee) › The Murtoa Stick Sh ed - a heritage-listed wartime grain store and a rare piece of living indu strial history (entry included in the Rally fee) › Australian Army Museu m, Bandiana - a comprehensive collection in a remarkable WWII-era warehous e  › Steamtown Railway Museum and the Motor Cycle Museum at Peterbough. › Broken Hill - the RFDS Outback Heritage Experience, Line of Lode Mine rs Museum, Pro Hart Gallery, Trades Hall, Silverton and the legendary Pala ce Hotel › Mungo National Park - UNESCO World Heritage, ancient lake bed s and the famous Walls of China › Daily lucky cash draw, Happy Hours, BB Qs and our themed final night dinner: \'Mad Hats & Masks\'   KEY DETAILS Departure Saturday, 10 October 2026 - SCHVC Clubrooms Return Su nday, 25 October 2026 Duration 16 days / 15 nights Distance   A ccommodations   Accommodation Costs Approximately 2,750 km   Caravan P ark Cabins and Motels   Average $155 per night, double, room only Ral ly Committee Tony Stove (Rally Director), Ken Coates, Roger Budd, Rod & Liz Macdougall           Places are limited. Please n ote: We have reserved a specific number of rooms/cabins at a discount acco mmodation rates which at some towns can only be retained till 30 May. We l ook forward to having you as a participant on the is event   Tony Stove Rally Director, SCHVC                 URL;VALUE=URI:http://schvc.com.au/events/view.php?id=069C5D25D9A51E5392469 591419657700069C5D25D9A53240540740815971149 SUMMARY:2026 Rally - “Adelaide or Bust END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR