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Steve's Loopy Lunch Run (Version 2)

03 September 2020 / Words and photos: Peter & Annemie Wilson

It was a clear sunny day in Canberra for a run on the first day of Spring. Three cars assembled at the Hall lay-by for the second Steve's Loopy picnic run to Uriarra Crossing. Ideal weather for a top down run under a blue sky and a slight breeze.

Beautiful Bodalla

02 September 2020 / Story Bill Short and Geoff Smith; Pictures Anne Zattera, Bob Downing and Anda Clayton

A morning run to Mossy Point for coffee and a chat, then on to Bodalla, all via the scenic coastal route, for lunch, chat, retail therapy and some more chat.

Wombat Wandering Picnic Run

02 September 2020 / Words and photos by Rod Nicholas

The weak sun glistened on the frost as I let the dog out in the morning. Ice was thick on the car windscreens. ‘Minus three’ my weather app proclaimed, but the sky was blue and cloudless. ‘Top down’ I thought as I prepared for John’s Wombat Wandering Picnic Run.

Steve's Loopy Lunch - Run #1

02 September 2020 / Words by Steve and Cecelia Wakeling. Photos by Rod and Maryanne Nicholas

It was the 30th August and although not quite Spring, at 18 degrees and a bright sunny day it certainly felt like Spring had arrived early in the ACT. The best weather for having the top down on your convertible.

COVID-19 Update

30 August 2020 / Keith Monaghan

The latest COVID-19 Update

Ironbark Picnic Run

28 August 2020 / Words and photos Robert Simms

It was the men from Illawarra surround, That struck the Sydney town, They wandered here, they loitered there, In search of Ironbark Park.

Sydney Motorsport Park South Circuit at track day on 12 April 2015

MX-5 Motorsport Championship Round 7

26 August 2020 / Ian Combes

Round 7 of the MX-5 Club Motorsport championship at SMSP on 13th September has been cancelled due to COVID-19 considerations imposed by NSW Health and Motorsport Australia.

Missed Mountain View, Gone to Gerringong

21 August 2020 / Story by Bill Short and Bob Downing, Photos Anne Zattera and Anda Clayton

The plan was Mountain View Winery for lunch, the execution was Gerringong's Boat Harbour for a picnic. It is good to be adaptable in the age of COVID.

Re-scheduled Driver training day

13 August 2020 / Ian Combes

A new track day has been added on 18th October as COVID-19 means we can't run Driver Training Days for the foreseeable future.

COVID-19 Update

13 August 2020

The latest COVID Procedure.

Club Track Day at Pheasant Wood - Round 3

06 August 2020 / Words by Joe Kovacic & Photos by Rob Wilko

A warm and sunny autumn morning greeted a small field of 44 enthusiastic Motorsport competitors to our Inauguaral round 3 of Club Trackdays at Pheasant Wood.

Track Day Wakefield Park 2 Jun 2019 - Photo by Rob Wilko

MX-5 Club Round 6 - 23rd August

04 August 2020 / Ian Combes

Get your entry in now for the Club track day on the 23rd August! Only 2 weeks to go!

Cruising to Cupitts

01 August 2020 / Story Bob Downing Photos Anne Zattera and Anda Clayton

The TipToe to Tuross was tripped up by COVID so we Cruised to Cupitts instead. Fine food, fine wine, fine weather, finer friends.

2020 MX-5 NSW motorkhana

27 July 2020 / Ian Combes

The 2020 NSW MX-5 Club motorkhana is open for MX-5 Club members! Enter now! Last chance this week.

Mid-year Magical Monsoonal Mystery Tour

26 July 2020 / Words by Ian Leyton-Grant, photos by Rod Nicholas

The forecast was for rain all day, but there was little sight of it when we all assembled at the starting point. Everyone was eager to get out and enjoy the day. A little rain, a biting wind, and almost Antarctic temperatures weren't going to get in the way.

The Last Qantas Boeing 747 Jumbo Jet ‘Fly-Over’.

25 July 2020 / Words:Jeff Rowe; Photos and video: John Molden & Brendan Barr.

Look! Up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a helicopter! It's Superman! It's anything you can imagine except a very late Qantas 747 !

COVID-19 Update 24 July 2020

25 July 2020

The Latest COVID-19 Requirements

Southwest Rocks via Crescent Head Run

24 July 2020 / John Hansen

Breakout run to Kiosk Cafe Arakoon with a side of whale watching.

Canberra Capers Weekend 11 & 12 July 2020

20 July 2020 / Words: William (Bill) Short; Photos Bryan Shedden

Will a Tardis be required to transport the Illawarra crew to Canberra during these COVID times? Which kind souls shouted the others to food supplies?

COVID-19 Update 16 Jul 20

16 July 2020

Latest COVID-19 requirements