Monday 15 December 2014

Come and Try Christmas BBQ at Albert Park

The annual ClubMINI Christmas BBQ Breakfast was held on December 14th 2014
at Albert Park.  A large group attended, a few newcomers and a rainbow of MINI colors saturated the Albert Park landscape.









There was 4 different models of MINI in attendance as well, Countryman, F56, R53 and R56s.


Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year - be safe and happy holidays.


*Photos courtesy of Ruth Harrison Brown and David Goudge







Monday 17 November 2014

November short drive through the southern Yarra Valley

Todays drive started at the Berwick McDonalds (on Clyde Rd between M1 and Princes Hwy) at 8.15 for an 8.30am kick off.




The drive took us from Berwick across to Narre Warren and then....


to Belgrave, Kallista and finally arriving at Gembrook for breakfast.

Thus completing the November 'short' drive of approximately 1.5 hours. From here everyone shared morning tea/breakfast before finding their own way home.

Photos courtesy of Sharon Harper and David Goudge.

Friday 31 October 2014

2014 Octobershoot - a photo shoot for MINIs (and a BMW)

A group of shutterbugs got together to shoot MINIs. The following shots are a display of the great work done by Momoe Photography and Peter Williams... The full album can be seen here.

R58 JCW Coupe  and below R56 JCW owned by Momoe Photography


OCTOBER 2014 PSb_-11 OCTOBER 2014 PSw-25 Event Director Peter Williams in his 2 series BMW OCTOBER 2014 PSw-23 The rose between the thorns or the other way around? OCTOBER 2014 PSw-31 Click the link above to see more shots from this day :)

Monday 22 September 2014

Daylesford Monthly Drive

So on September 21st a group met up at the first meeting point at 8:45am for 9.00am at Stiggants Reserve in Warrandyte.  From their the group took off for a spin via some lovely country roads towards Daylesford.




Stopping at Romsey for a quick rest on the way










Meeting Point 2: 10.00am in Woolworths carpark on Northern Hwy, Wallan



With lunch: 12.00 noon at the Daylesford Hotel..


And then back in the garage... many MINI front ends looked like this - bug splat. The sign of fun in good weather.



Photos courtesty of Keith Teesdale

Monday 18 August 2014

August Drive and Annual General Meeting

The August short drive commenced at 10am in the morning, a little earllier than usual.

Roads took the group through Eltham and Diamond Creek, eventually finishing up at Doncaster MINI Garage for the Annual General Meeting lunch.








Then at the Doncaster MINI Garage

Club person(s) of the Year - MacDonald family

clubMINI AGM 201408 (8 of 8)

clubMINI AGM 201408 (1 of 8)

clubMINI AGM 201408 (2 of 8)

clubMINI AGM 201408 (4 of 8)



Monday 31 March 2014

March 2014 Great Ocean Road Cruise

A large group of MINIs got up for an early start for the annual Great Ocean Road drive!

clubMINI GOR 2014 web (2 of 12) Pictured here down on the GOR clubmini gor 2014 A pitstop for some fresh air and snapshots of the lovely rainforest down at Apollo Bay clubmini gor 2014-2-2 Talking mods on the R56 JCWclubMINI GOR 2014 web (4 of 12) Photo opportunity at the Barwon Hotel clubMINI GOR 2014 web (5 of 12) Lunch at the Beech Forest Cafe - clubMINI members catching up clubMINI GOR 2014 web (9 of 12) And finally the MINI gang all lined up at Apollo Bay clubMINI GOR 2014 web (8 of 12) Another spectacular day out with clubMINI - thanks all. To view the album click here