The Australian Motorlife Museum

The Australian Motorlife Museum is located in Dapto, about 90 minutes south of Sydney. Visiting this museum has been on my to-do list for some time. Last Sunday I participated in a drive day with the Topklasse forum, which had the Motorlife Museum as its destination.

The meeting point for the drive was an oval near the start of the Royal National Park. While the fastest way to get to the Motorlife Musem is down the M1 freeway, the best way is via the Grand Pacific Drive. This takes you through the Royal National park and across the sea cliff […]

October 23rd, 2018 | Tags: , , | Category: Museum | Leave a comment

MBCNSW Run to Sublime Point

The Mercedes club had a run today out through the Royal National Park to Sublime point. It was an official club run, so historic plated cars were welcome, and in particular was focused on the 107 series. Given this, I took the 450SLC. There were 7 107’s at the start and at least one more met us at the venue. 5 SLs and 2 SLCs, mostly 380, 450 and 500 models.

There was one 450SL that had just had its interior re-done from a kit bought in the United States. It looked great, even to the carpet in the boot. […]

January 18th, 2015 | Tags: , , , , | Category: Drives, Mercedes | Leave a comment

JDCA drive to Bulli

I recently attended a JDCA drive to Bulli organized by the Grand Tourers Register (i.e. XJS, New XK). The drive started in Southern Sydney and took the grand pacific drive through the royal national park. Unfortunately the event organizers Jag (a lovely XJS convertible) developed an issue and had to pull out of the event, but overall it was a very nice day and some nice cars on display.

The video below is a sped up version of the JDCA drive to Bulli. It shows the route through the Grand Pacific Drive, sea-cliff bridge and in to Bulli.

The […]

October 29th, 2014 | Tags: , , , | Category: Drives, Jaguar | Leave a comment

Grand Pacific Drive

I had wanted to check out the Grand Pacific Drive for a while, and had a few hours free the other day so took the 250SE. The 250SE’s transmission linkage was still playing up, so I didn’t make too many stops (as I didn’t want to crawl under the car and reset it every few times I put it into park), but once you get to the start of the drive, it is very nice and surprisingly well sign posted. I followed the drive to Kiama – but I would like to go further next time.

I did see a […]

June 14th, 2014 | Tags: , , | Category: Drives | One comment