Calendar
RCCA Events Calendar
Summary of Club Events & other non RCCA organised Events For Information to Members – for full details of Club activities please see Club Magazines, Viking Torque and Small Torque or contact Club Events Co-ordinator by email. In all cases if you wish to attend please notify the Club Events Co-ordinator.
Please Note: If your vehicle is on Club Plates remember to always fill in your Log Book when you participate in Events.
Monthly Meetings are usually held in RCCA Club Rooms
Auburn Uniting Church Hall
Entrance off Hepburn Street
Hawthorn
Melways Ref. 45F11
The Eastlink Great Australian Rally
Rallying For A Cure
The 2019 Great Australian Rally will be held at Cruden Farm, Langwarrin on 20 January 2019. See below to view EastLink’s Media release. The official entry forms and Rally details are now available from here:
http://greataustralianrally.com.au/
RCCA has booked space for 20 cars, this display day is the usual opening of the New Year.
RACV Australia Day Heritage Vehicle Showcase at Kings Domain Gardens on Saturday 26 January 2019.
See here for details and Registration Form:
https://events.racv.com.au/racv-australia-day-heritage-vehicle-showcase
RCCA’s Australia Day Picnic
Sugarloaf Reservoir Park, Christmas Hills Melways 276 A2.
More details in December Viking Torque.
February Club Meeting
Traditional BBQ start to new Year at the Club Rooms. This is an invitation to all “new members” who have joined the RCCA over the past year. Come along and meet like-minded individuals, have a chat about your car. Got a problem, perhaps someone might be able help?
Starting time: 7.30pm. The BBQ will be available for members to use and entry into the hall from 7.45pm. BYO everything. The February Meeting will commence at 8.00pm.
Annual Picnic At Hanging Rock, organised by Macedon Ranges & District Car Club.
Held at the picturesque Hanging Rock Reserve near Woodend, vehicles of 25 years and older gather and park amongst the acres of trees and on the Race Tracks to allow visitors to wander at will and and bask in motoring history be it Australian or international.
While enjoying a picnic in the park, free entertainment and even a walk up the famous Hanging Rock, the event is an intentionally low key and affordable family event .
Entry is ‘on the day at the gates’ with fees of $20 per car or $5 per motorcycle.
Daylesford Motorfest
Held at Victoria Park, Daylesford. All Makes & Models. $5 entry per person, $10 entry for display cars including driver. For more details see web page
https://daylesfordmotorfest.com/about/
RCCA Display At British & European Show
Annual Show organised by AOMC.
Celebrating 70 years of the Rover P4 75. Let’s see how many Rover P4’s we can have on display! Join RCCA for a big display of Rovers!
ROVER CAR CLUB OF AUCKLAND INC
Invites you to attend the ARCC Northern Rover Experience from Saturday 2 March to Saturday 9 March 2019 in Auckland and explore the scenic Bay of Islands.
If some of our Aussies would like to travel across the Pond to New Zealand to return the favour they did by coming to Rove, you are most welcome. Please download this PDF information Sheet and Registration Form.
March RCCA Club Meeting
Screening of the National Rove in Shepparton – interviews and cars from Bumper2Bumper.
Visitors and prospective Members most welcome.
Yarra Glen Swap Meet
Held at Yarra Glen Racecourse, Armstrong Avenue, Yarra Glen. Gates open at 6.30am for sellers, buyers from 7.30am and display cars from 8-10.00am. Vintage car parts/bric a brac, chrome bumper display cars are welcome. Admittance $10.00 – 2 occupants. Organised by the Vintage Drivers Club, see:
http://www.vintagedriversclub.com.au/yarraglen
The Melbourne Costume Collection is a privately owned collection of Australian costumes, jewellery and accessories dating back to 1788. Bryan and Loel Thomson, have dedicated their time and resources to the collection and preservation and display of two hundred years of Australian fashion.
Bryan also has a small collection of motorbikes. Cost $5.00 per person. Tour will take approx 2 hours.
More details December Viking Torque, including lunch after.
Shannons American Motoring Show
Organised by AOMC, this year held at Akoonah Park, Princess Highway, Berwick. Gates Open: Display cars from 8.00am-11am. Spectators from 9.00am.
https://www.aomc.asn.au/shannons-american-motoring-show/
64th Kalorama Rally
The Kalorama Rally is an annual Vintage Car Rally held in the Dandenong Ranges Victoria at the Kalorama Recreation Reserve, Mt Dandenong Tourist Rd, Kalorama.
More details:
https://www.facebook.com/KaloramaRally/
Tudors to Windsors
Held at Bendigo Art Gallery, Tudors to Windsors, traces the history of the British monarchy through the outstanding collection of the National Portrait Gallery, London. This exhibition highlights major events in British history from the sixteenth century to the present. Cost: Adult $25, Concession $22.
See Art Gallery web page:
https://www.bendigoregion.com.au/bendigo-art-gallery/exhibitions/tudors-windsors-british-royal-portraits
Other details TBA.
Saturday 27 April – RACV Florence Thomson Tour
Now in its 3rd yea, this successful event celebrating women in motoring will be based out of RACV Cobram resort and the Murray River Sun Country.
The event is being held on the weekend after ANZAC Day and participants are encouraged to make a weekend of it.
Entries are limited to 200 total participants and are, unashamedly, restricted to women drivers.
More details RACV site:
https://events.racv.com.au/florencethomsontour2019
