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22 Members enjoyed a pleasant drive to Tilba on a sunny Autumn morning, with Kevin’s Mini having a “BMC” day and losing a cylinder en-route. Kevin decided to turn back to try and locate the missing cylinder, and hopefully all went well! The Tilba winery is an excellent venue for Club lunches which members enjoyed. A number decided to return via the coast road via Bermagui and a few cars were noted blowing some cobwebs out the back. A most enjoyable day for all who participated.

On Easter Saturday some 50 VW Kombis and over one hundred enthusiasts showed up at the club for a meet and tour of our premises followed by tea and snacks. The visitors enjoyed the display of our cars and the most enlightening and entertaining presentations by our tour guides. Just listening to Neville Leech giving a history of Peter Learmont and his cars was very entertaining, excellent job Neville. Thanks to all the helpers, especially the catering team and organizers and tour guides, a special thanks to Alec Percival. As one can see, it was quite a remarkable sight with all sorts of weird and wonderful VW people carriers and campers on display.

On Sunday 17 March a group of 18 ventured up Brown Mountain to the Cooma Car Club for lunch and a look around their museum. Thanks to Charles Hodsdon for being the master of ceremony and taking care of the formalities CongratulaƟons to the Cooma Car Club for providing such a formidable display, some real beauties there. Should you pass through Cooma, have a look at the exhibit and enjoy a drink and bite to eat. The Motor Museum is open to the public every Tuesday 9am to 1pm, and the first Saturday of the month from 10am to 3pm

Riley Car (parts) Collect On the 11th through to the 14th March five club members and one volunteer drove to the Riley Farm outside of Parkes NSW. Some 4 tonnes of chassis frames and other car components were identified and loaded onto two trailers. Thanks to Bob Cechet and John McNair for organizing the event. Fred Silk managed to get some Oldies started, the Wolseley hasn’t been fired up for 40 years. Good fun was had by all, on the second last day we managed to visit the McFeeder Car Museum at Forbes which is well worth to see and spend time at. You may want to hurry as the building is for sale and subsequently the cars will be auctioned off – some opportunities there for interested parties? Then a visit the CSIRO radio telescope at Parkes NSW, A remarkable iconic 64-diameter structure has been in operation since 1961. Finally ended at the Bogan Gate Pub for some cold beers and dinner.

Our run started at the “Vila" for delicious Coffee and Cake at Pam and Craig's home before heading off to Candelo, Wyndham, Rocky Hall and Towamba for a pit stop and finally on to Eden. This route gave members a chance to enjoy some of the excellent drivers' roads we have in the district - ending up at the Hotel Australasia "Pikes circa 1904 Italian Restaurant". Many thanks to Pam & Craig for getting the tour off to a wonderful start with afternoon tea. Most drivers thoroughly enjoyed letting their classic cars blow some cobwebs out the exhaust, and lots of smiles were evident on arrival at the Australasia!

A great day out was had by members at the Tathra Lions Club 50th Anniversary celebrations at Taylor Square in Tathra. There was a brisk fresh off the ocean breeze when we arrived, but a nice coffee warmed us up. (thanks Gary) It was interesting mix of cars from our club and the Bega club for visitors to check out. The day quickly warmed up to a beautiful sunny day and we were most entertained by the dog high jump. Our club junior entrant failed at the first jump, so more training is required Robyn for future dog high jumps.

Visit by the Canberra BMW Club 6th Jan 2024

Seventy members were very well fed and entertained at this year's Christmas Break Up Lunch. Special Guest Mayor Russell assisted with the presentations to members - John Turbet, Dorothy & Jim Hepburn, Alex McQueen and Mark Rosenfeld. Thank you to all who helped make the day such a great success with special thanks to the Catering Team and the many members who bought along a dessert plate.

Our chicken and champagne Melbourne Cup Luncheon was attended by 36 lucky members and friends. The action started early with sweeps for races 4 & 5 which sold out quickly. This was followed by a great lunch spread of chicken, vegetable bake and various salads prepared by Pam and her helpers. Desert was lots of delicious treats including a yummy sticky date pudding. We now have two big screen TVs in the club rooms which made for much easier viewing of the races. With lunch over it was now time for Geoff to jump into action with the Calcutta. Some 52 tickets were sold for the 23 horses in the Melbourne Cup race. Those 23 winner’s horses were then auctioned up with some very spirited buying from around the room on the horses with lower odds, and those with lucky sounding names!  It was great to see Max Sinclair back up and about again, and very much involved in the calcutta bidding. There was much excitement for the start of race 7 the Melbourne Cup. But wow in 3 minutes 20 seconds they have covered the 3200m of Flemington racecourse and it was all over. It was interesting to see that the leading 3 horses for most of the race where swamped in the last 200m.    This year’s Melbourne Cup calcutta winner was Judy Stove with very smart buying of the winning horse for a mere $55. 
Many thanks to those that helped set up, decorate, cook, serve, wash up and clean up. A fun day was had by all. Put it on your calendar for next year, the cheapest Melbourne Cup Lunch you will ever attend.

Classics @ Cobargo held at the Cobargo show grounds on 4 Nov