Top Down 2021
The Top Down Tour, now in its seventh year, is one of the most popular events in the club’s calendar. It proved to be so again this year. Twenty eight [...]
Auckland Mercedes-Benz Car Club – Brit Euro Car Show 11 April 2021
It was fantastic to be able to attend the 2021 Brit & Euro Classic Car show at Sir Lloyd Elsmore Park in April as there was a real possibility the [...]
Grass Gymkhana – March 2021
Gymkhanas! What a spectacle! What an experience! What a chance to learn! They said it might rain, but it didn't. They said it would be breezy and warm, and it [...]
Sunset Run to Piha
MEANWHILE BACK IN THE JUNGLE "Saturday 27 February, 4.30, Parnell Rose Gardens, no need to book, just turn up". That's what the notice from the indefatigable Barbara said and so [...]
The Gracehill Christmas Party
As I wrote this report, I took the opportunity to reflect on the past years’ club activities and what makes an event truly special. Behind the scenes the club committee [...]
Cement a Drive to the Cement Works – November 2020
A picnic at the cement works near Warkworth gave Daryl and I an excuse to take a break from packing up the house so we were hoping for sunshine and [...]
The Great South-eastern Fish & Chip run Oct 2020
The BP at Drury, our meeting place, was Car Club Central that Sunday morning. Jaguar, noisy Holdens, Porsche, motor bikes and us, filled the carpark. Chris, our Club Captain, gave [...]
Scavenger Hunt Sept 2020
Celebrating the first day of Daylight Savings with a Scavenger Hunt in the picturesque Waitakere Ranges in the West of Auckland seemed like a perfect idea. The weather had other [...]
Ham for a Hamburger
The flowering daffodils & freesias in our front garden suggest spring so we start up the SL and take off the hard top. Going to be a wind in the [...]
Top Down Tour – Sunday 28 June
In the distant past before lockdown, Janine and I created this year’s Top Down Tour and we were all set to go when we all had to stay home. It [...]
