March 2014 Great Ocean Road Cruise

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

Pictured here down on the GOR A pitstop for some fresh air and snapshots of the lovely rainforest down at Apollo Bay Talking mods on the R56 JCW Photo opportunity at the Barwon Hotel Lunch at the Beech Forest Cafe - clubMINI members catching up And finally the MINI gang all lined up at Apollo Bay Another spectacular day out with clubMINI - thanks all. To view the album click here

clubMINI Christmas in July and a weekend away in Lake Tyres in September

July 2013

It is mid way though the year which means it's time for the annual Christmas in July function.



The route was from Eltham to Croydon where the group enjoyed a lovely Christmas inspired lunch.





September 2013

A weekend away at Lake Tyres in September

clubMINI in 2013 Events - May - June

May 2013

Werribee to Daylesford via Steiglitz












June 2103

We go to Marysville



Peter Kaiser in his GP rocket

Keith cruising

Bit foggy from the cockpit of a R56

Awesome aerial view from Charlie

And finally Peter Williams the clubMINI Events director

clubMINI Events in 2013 - January to April

January 2013 

Four MINIs took from Werribee to Steiglitz and then to Geelong for a nice rest stop


 


March 2013

The gang took off from Lilydale through to Healesville on a short cruise





 

April 2013

PhotoShoot at Port Melbourne







Classic Mini


More images from the Photoshoot are available here

April 2013 

Five MINIS went to Falls Creek via Bright









*Photos courtesy of Peter Williams

Tasmania Day 5

As day 4 was a rest day, our adventure continues on Day 5 - with a trip down the Peninsula south of Hobart, and a visit to the Tahune Airwalk (Facebook).

The view from Peppermint Bay

Wow what a beautiful part of the world, like all of Tasmania it is stunning, but with small bays, great roads and stunning vistas it is well worth a visit!

A quick Coffee at Peppermint Bay!

After criss-crossing the peninsula and enjoying some great roads we headed south again, down the Huon Highway to Tahune, Airwalk. An amazing tree level walk way, along the mighty Huon River. Well worth a visit if you are in the area!

Say Cheese on the Tahune Airwalk! The whole crew!

Our lovely guide let us park our MINI's on the Huon Bridge for a quick Photo shoot!

 We had a lovely guide, Tim, who showed us round and told us about the area. The Bridge above has barriers that can be removed quickly so when large volumes of water come down, the debris doesn't get caught in the bridge and damage it. You can see the level of the river in the bottom right hand corner and it gets well above the road level you can see here!

 

Tasmania Day 3

Binalong Bay - Bay of Fires, East Coast Tas

So after staying the night in St Helens, some of us got up at the crack of dawn to watch the sunrise in the Bay of Fires. Well Andy & Ruth did....

After a hearty breakfast it was back on the road heading towards Hobart in traditional clubMINI Style. 

The day was stunning, with beautiful clear skies and empty roads to boot! 

Between St Helens & Elephant Pass

 On leaving St Helens the plan was to head down the coast and up the Elephant Pass, to the pancake house. Instead our leader of the day missed the turning and took us up St Mary's Pass, to St Marys, so instead of missing out, we went back down the most amazing stretch of tarmac and onto another! 

St Mary's Pass - TAS

After an amazing elevenses at the Elephant Pass Pancake house we headed West and to Rossarden and some more fantastic roads, sweeping bends, plenty of visability, no traffic and an amazing vista!

All was going great until the last few Km's of the road heading back to the Esk Highway when we hit..........gravel! OMG....who was our fearless leader for the day, the one that missed the turn earlier on and ensured our U-turn was one of the biggest ever???

Whats worse than gravel for CWORKS? Following a 4X4 on gravel!

After lunching in Campbell Town, we headed south for a bit before we came to another halt, Cracked Windscreen #1, repaired with a plaster and a bit of a prayer to the MINI gods!


With the help of the MINI in black and an Iphone, a windscreen was sourced for later in the week and onwards we went.




Heading out into the sticks, we aimed for Bothwell, when the call for a toilet stop and petrol went out............Bothwell...."you remember Bothwell, don't you??" So no toilet stop and no petrol there, we went on. 

Resting

Room with a view & a Queue

"So how far to Hobart"......"more than the petrol gauge says we have"...."Oh"....."what do we do?" "Keep going"....."Ok".


So onwards we went.....


"Should we take this back road into Hobart? Or stay on the main road where there might be a petrol station?"


"Where is the fun in that! Backroad!"


"What does the gauge say now?"


"Zero k's left"


"How much further?"


"Dunno"


"I told you we should have stayed on the main road, we are going to get stuck on this little road now!"


"Oh, the car seems to have less power and is spluttering a little, this hill isn't helping!"


"now what you going to do, this is all your fault!"


"Wait, we are at the top now, we can cruise down! This road goes straight to the accommodation!"


"Humph"


"Told you we would make it!"

When all was good in the world at the Elephant Pass Pancake House! - The BMW is particularly appropriate!