Today was the annual ACT German Car show. I try to head down to Canberra each year, as I always enjoy going. It is a show that punches above its weight, has a nice variety of cars and is usually very well organized. As with last year, I drove down on Saturday afternoon to attend the pre-concours dinner. It is a good way to...
Today was the annual British Car Show. This was the second year it was held at the new location at Hawkesbury Showground. I think the new location is great and the show was a big success. There is plenty of room for each of the clubs to have as many cars as they wish. There is plenty of room for vendors to come to...
After a year of miserable weather, today was one of the nicest days I can remember for a long time. While I hadn’t originally planned to head to St Ives, I was up early and the day was so nice, it would have been a crime not to. I took my 560SEC and headed over there. I think many people had the same idea...
The annual Eastern Creek car show is an event I always try to get to. At once point it was probably the largest car show each year in Sydney, although it has been scaled back in recent years. While that is a bit disappointing, it is a very family friendly event, that my kids always enjoy going to. We’ve had terrible weather the last...
Today I attended the 61st annual June Jamboree, held by the Northern New Jersey section of the MBCA. The Northern New Jersey section was the founding section of the Mercedes-Benz Club of America, all the way back in 1956. The June Jamboree is their annual concours event and car show. I am current in New Jersey for work, and when I saw this event...
Today I attended the Centennial Park cars and coffee event. Last time I went was almost exactly a year ago – the May 2024 meet. Since the constant rain seems finally over in Sydney it as a good opportunity go get one of the cars out. I was originally going to take my Citroen DS, but I had left the ignition on, so the...
Today was National Motoring Heritage Day. There are always a lot of car related events to choose from. Originally I had planned to go to the big display in Berry with the Mercedes-Benz club. Then a friend told me that the Rolls Royce club were holding a display for the final day of their Federal Rally. I attended their 2022 display in Queanbeyan and...
Today was the monthly St Ives Auto Brunch cars and coffee event. It had rained consistently throughout the week here in Sydney, so the main oval was closed. Thankfully the origanizers did not cancel the event due to wet fields. Instead, around a third of the cars spread around the edge of the oval, and the rest went back to the areas near the...
Today I attended the monthly Machines & Macchiatos event in Terrey Hills. This is one of the regular cars and coffee events in Sydney. While it is in a similar area to the St Ives event, it attracts a fairly different crowd so there is not too much overlap. While both events are open to anybody, Machines & Macchiatos seems to attract more of...
Today I went to the Auto Brunch Event in St Ives. It is still by far Sydney’s premier cars and coffee event. There isn’t anywhere else where you can see WO Bentleys lined up next to old Mitsubishi Sigmas. The Variety is immense and there is always something really interesting on display. I last went in December in my Citroen DS. Today I took...
Today the Mercedes-Benz, Rolls Royce and Maserati clubs had a joint cars and coffee event. It was held in the parking lot of St George Sailing club which turned out to be a good venue. There was enough room for all three clubs to park their cars together. I think these events are a good idea, as it brings a combination of cars together...
Today was the monthly Auto Brunch event in St Ives. I’ve always regarded it as the best cars and coffee event in Sydney, and when a friend contacted me the day before saying he would have his D Special on display, I decided to go along. I last went in September. The car has been a project for the last year or so and...
This Sunday in November presents some what of a feast for classic car enthusiast, with many car clubs holding their annual Concours event. The AOMC website notes ten events for Sunday 17th, including Jaguar Concours & Display Day, Day of the Volkswagen, Maserati Days, 32nd Rob Roy Historic & Classic Hillclimb and Aston Martin & Rolls Royce Concours d’Elegance. This year I had a...
The Annual German Auto show is always a great event and this year was no different. The event was organized by the Mercedes-Benz Club and includes the other German car clubs including BMW, Porsche, Audi, VW and the micro cars. This year there was a big improvement in that the cars were not just randomly parked, and they attempted to park cars in sections. ...
Today I attended the Australian National Show and Shine, at Euroa. This is part of a multi-day Classic Mercedes road trip I am doing with a group of friends. The Euroa Show and Shine was the anchor event of our trip, which we dubbed the Long Way Euround. Our trip was really more about the drive than the show, but we were still keen...
Today was the 2024 ACT German Car Show. I always enjoy this event, so was keen to go again this year. I had originally planned to bring my 1977 450SLC. However, it wasn’t back from the workshop due to a leak from the A/C. In its place, I took my 1987 560SEC, same as last year. Unlike last year, there was a fairly...
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