2026 Club Rally - “Adelaide or Bust"

SAPPHIRE COAST HISTORIC VEHICLE CLUB

2026 "Adelaide or Bust" Rally

10^th – 25^th October, 2026 · 16 Days · 2,750+ km

Dear Fellow Member,

The Club's 15^th biennial long distance tour/rally will be the 2026 "Adelaide or Bust' Rally". Over sixteen wonderful days in October, we will travel from the Sapphire Coast through the Victorian Alps and High Country, across the Victorian Wimmera and into South Australia, with three days at Adelaide, before looping back through outback New South Wales via Broken Hill, the Darling River Run, along the Murray River, 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 scenery, world-class wine regions, historic inland cities, paddle steamer cruises, Aboriginal heritage sites, and some of the most remarkable collections of historic vehicles, art and industrial heritage you will find anywhere in Australia. And, of course, the centrepiece event: the iconic Bay to Birdwood historic vehicle run up through the Adelaide Hills.

THE ROUTE AT A GLANCE

HIGHLIGHTS

› 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 National Motor Museum at Birdwood

› In Adelaide, organised tours of the R M Williams factory, Penfold's Magill Winery and historic homestead, founded in 1845, and a tour of Coopers Brewery

› Piccoli's Spanner Sculptures, Boort - two acres of extraordinary spanner art sculptures in a beautiful country garden (tour included in your Rally fee)

› The Murtoa Stick Shed - a heritage-listed wartime grain store and a rare piece of living industrial history (entry included in the Rally fee)

› Australian Army Museum, Bandiana - a comprehensive collection in a remarkable WWII-era warehouse 

› Steamtown Railway Museum and the Motor Cycle Museum at Peterbough.

› Broken Hill - the RFDS Outback Heritage Experience, Line of Lode Miners Museum, Pro Hart Gallery, Trades Hall, Silverton and the legendary Palace Hotel

› Mungo National Park - UNESCO World Heritage, ancient lake beds and the famous Walls of China

› Daily lucky cash draw, Happy Hours, BBQs and our themed final night dinner: 'Mad Hats & Masks'

KEY DETAILS

Places are limited.

Please note: We have reserved a specific number of rooms/cabins at a discount accommodation rates which at some towns can only be retained till 30 May.

We look forward to having you as a participant on this event

Tony Stove

Rally Director, SCHVC