This month we returned to Palm Beach for a less intensive drive. We last did a similar drive for the 50th night drive last year. Since last month was a long drive, and so is November, I schedule a less intensive one for October. A few months ago we moved the start time one hour earlier. Overall this seems to be working quite well. ...
Yesterday was the annual German car show here in Sydney. This is organized by the Mercedes-Benz club, but generally well attended by the other major German car clubs. I normally taken my 250SE along to this show. This year I didn’t display a car, as I had a family commitment in the city. The location being close to a train station meant I could...
Last night was the September 2026 Night Drive. We revisited a route we last tried in July of 2024. The drive focused on the roads north of Wisemans Ferry. We met up at Hawkins Lookout, as with last time. Unusually, it was quite busy, being used a staging point for a roadworks crew. We left before they started. The route took us north from...
The big annual car show was on again at Eastern Creek raceway on Sunday. I always try to make a point of going if I can. Not only do you get to see some interesting cars, but my kids enjoy the double decker bus rides around the track as well as the parade lap in the car. Unfortunately this year, while the week leading...
Our June night drive was a bit different to the normal plan. Normally we would do a drive that’s about 90 minutes in Sydney’s outskirts. This time, we did a much shorter drive and went to a Dessert truck instead. The May and July drives were scheduled to be quite long, so the idea was to break that up a bit and provide some...
In 1886, Karl Benz was granted a patent for his Motorwagon. This would become the first car, and be the origins of Mercedes-Benz. 2026 is the 140 year anniversary of the company and the car. Mercedes-Benz are therefore running a promotional event to mark this occasion, as well as the launch of the new S-Class. From what I understand, the event takes the new...
Today is National Motoring Heritage Day (NMHD) for 2026. It is held each year on the 3rd Sunday in May. The idea behind it is for all the national car clubs to organize an event on the same day so the public see historic vehicles out and about. This is presumably to promote the motoring hobby and showcases the depth of interest in it....
Last night was our first night drive since January, the February and March night drives both being rained out. After a bit of rain the night before, it turned out to be a lovely evening. This was also the first drive we using a new navigation app the club has purchased called ‘Tourboss’. I was quite keen to try it as at night. I...
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...
The old Pacific Highway is an old favorite and was actually the first of these night drives, back in 2021. It had been a couple of years since we did it, so I added it back to the schedule with a slightly adjusted route. Due to the W123 event and the Australia Day long weekend, we had the drive a couple of weeks earlier...
Our final night drive for 2025 was to be a shorter one than the November Bilpin drive. Since everyone is busy around Christmas time, we moved the drive a week earlier and planned something shorter. Instead of a big drive, the focus of this one was to try a late night dessert truck in Homebush. To get at least a reasonable drive in, we...
For the last couple of years, our November night drive has taken us to Bilpin for a late night drive up Bells Line of Road for apple pie. This is a drive best done in warmer weather, so November works well before people get busy for the Christmas break. Our destination is Royal Gardenia, which is in Bilpin not far from the Blue Mountains...
In its five years of running, Youngtimer Sacco Day has emerged as one of the best events in the MBCNSW calendar. Youngtimer Sacco Day 2025 was a bit different to the previous four. The previous events had been organized around an interesting location, with great driving roads to get there and back. Previous locations included HARS and the Museum at Mt Panorama. This year...
Last year MBCNSW held an event at Linwood House for the first time. Linnwood house is a historic homestead in Guildford that has four open days per year. Each of them has various car clubs and attractions attend. The goal of the event was to try and entice out some of the interesting older cars in the club that rarely come to events. Last...
Back in 2023, I attended the MBCNSW Amazing Rally with my three kids. They really enjoyed it and had been asking me when it was going to be run again every couple of months. After a false start due to bad weather, event came back for 2025. My kids (11, 8 & 8) were keen to go. This year, the event was held in...
After last month’s long drive, October’s night drive was planned to be a shorter one. Our meeting point was McDonalds Mt Colah. Despite having a few people withdraw on the day, we still had a pretty good turn out. I took my 450SLC. This was the first car club drive I’ve taken the car on this year. I’ve been using it quite a lot...
Today was the annual German car show held in Sydney. It’s generally a pretty good event and worth a visit. It is no longer the concours event for the club, that is now held at a dealership earlier in the year. This year I wondered what the event would be like as the organization had appeared a bit haphazard. Promotion seemed to start quite...
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...
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