May 2016 Drive to Bendigo

The monthly May drive was held on Saturday May 14th, kicking off from Stiggants Reserve in Warrandyte at 9am. After some chit chat and MINI gazing the group took off to the second meeting point in Wallan.

Ten MINIs were on todays run, lots of new F56 MINIs and even a few new faces on their first clubMINI run!

On the way to Bendigo - Photo by Stella Chivers

The convoy headed towards Bendigo, taking in the Northern Highway, the exceptional and very twisty road from Wallan to Romsey (did you know that some of the original Mad Max was actually filmed out in this part of the world? Pretty cool!) and then onto the Melbourne - Lancefield Road enroute to Kyneton via more scenic countryside roads.

The next and very photogenic stop was at Lake Eppalock

Photo by Peter Williams

After the Lake Eppalock stop, the group headed off towards Bendigo. This stage of the run was approximately 41 kilometres of country driving to the city centre of Bendigo.

Once at Bendigo the group enjoyed breakfast and the sights of Bendigo at their own leisure, some even visited the Bendigo Art Gallery to see the Marilyn Monroe exhibition.

All in today the group travelled around 185 kilometres from Warrandyte to Bendigo.

Some more photos here:

Photo by Peter Williams

Photo by Peter Williams - on the way home

Photo by Ric Ricsta

Motorkhana with the VMCI 1st of May 2016

clubMINI are regularly invited along by the Victorian Mini Club to participate in their Motorkhana.  They are usually run on dirt, making for a safe way to test out your driving skills without burning rubber at the same time.

The only thing you'll get is a dirty car at the end. Possibly a achey face from all the smiling you'll be doing too.


 Here's Peter Williams doing his thing in his R56 MINI Cooper S

Garazi Cafe and onto the Werribee Mansion - April 16 2016

Minis are so small they even fit in Cafes!

So the April 16th run kicked off in Yarraville at the Garazi Cafe. This little Cafe is quite popular with Car Clubs as not only do they have a Mini in their Cafe they also have a large warehouse full of Rolls Royces, Bentleighs, Lotus and quite a few other Marques as well.

We parked our MINIs in the warehouse, ordered our coffees and breakfast.
 Great food and coffee, good conversation and lots of shiny eye candy about.. it was a little hard to get moving as we were having so much fun.

 * Photos by Graham Pete

Stretch Roller and a MINI Cooper S -  Photo by Peter Williams

This is a very rare Austin Princess as garaged at the Garazi Cafe - Photo by Peter Williams

The group managed to reverse out of the warehouse, much to my delight.. I was able to stand back and here all those fabulous MINI exhausts as they all drove their way out on the street.  I have to say, the new JCW tuning kit bluetooth exhaust is fabulous.. sorry I am getting side tracked. 

The group headed to Werribee next.. where they were able to get all the MINIs out on the lawn for some great photos.

This first shot is a beaut, shows the size difference between the R53 and the new Clubman.

Photo by Dave Banen

Photo by Dave Banen

Photo by Dave Banen

Photo by Ric Ricsta