Tagged: Bathurst

Bay to Birdwood – Day 0 – Sydney to Bathurst 0

Bay to Birdwood – Day 0 – Sydney to Bathurst

Our trip to Adelaide for the Bay to Birdwood starts tomorrow morning in Bathurst.  We learned very quickly the first year that starting out from Sydney is a bad idea.   The goal of day zero is for everyone to make their own way to the start point the evening before. The last few years I’ve had to work on the day, so have arrived...

MB Clubs National Rally Bathurst 2026 – Day Trip 4

MB Clubs National Rally Bathurst 2026 – Day Trip

Every two years one of the state based Mercedes-Benz clubs organizes the National Rally.  I attended the 2022 event in South Australia.   2026 is being jointly held by the NSW and ACT clubs and the location was Bathurst. I think the club made a good choice to hold the rally outside Sydney.  Sydney is no place for a car event   Terrible traffic, expensive parking...

60th Anniversary of the Jaguar E-Type 5

60th Anniversary of the Jaguar E-Type

In March 1961, the Jaguar E-Type was unveiled to the world at the Geneva Auto Show.   Few other automotive launches have captivated the public as much as the E-Type did.   Enzo Ferrari even dubbed it the most beautiful car ever made.     The E-Type would stay in production until 1975 across three different series and three major body styles.   Sixty years later, the E-Type...

Bathurst via Goulburn and Oberon 1

Bathurst via Goulburn and Oberon

The Mercedes Club have been running regular ‘pop up’ drives mid week.  These are informal drives at a couple of days notice.   I’ve been able to get to a few over the last couple of months.    Today was a really big one.   We started early at our meeting point in Pheasants Nest, just south of Sydney.    The plan was to drive down...

560SEC lap of Mount Panorama 3

560SEC lap of Mount Panorama

I recently purchased a Mercedes-Benz 560SEC at auction.   The auction was in Queensland, so the cheapest way to get the car was to have it shipped to a depot in Bathurst.   My brother and I went up to Bathurst to pick up the car in his E63 BMW 650i.   The trip presented a great opportunity to drive two v8’s around the Mount Panorama racetrack. This...