A short February means one very important thing – less time between editions of Lotus Notes! The team has completed the March edition of Lotus Notes and it’s now available to download from our members’ page. The month’s features include: The LOST Weekend A DeLorean Adventure EMR to Chateau Tahbilk Liqui-Moly Bathurst 12-Hour Endurance Race And a whole lot more! The … Read More
President’s Prattle: March
Please read this! This might seem like a statement of the obvious, but I have had numerous complaints from members not knowing about what’s going on when details have been clearly provided in the newsletter and on the website. We can’t do more than that I’m afraid. We’ve been a busy Club. Work’s kicked off the year a bit silly, … Read More
Help to Make the LOTUS 2015 Charity Auction a Huge Success
LOTUS 2015 will hold an auction to raise funds for the Country Fire Foundation during the event later this year, and they’re looking for our help to make it an even bigger success! They’re looking for interesting, high quality items that we can donate to the auction. If you or any of your family, friends or colleagues have products, services or … Read More
Lotus Photos: Bathurst 12-Hour
Each year we get together and head out to the Bathurst 12-Hour for a brilliant high-octane weekend spent with good friends and surrounded by magic motoring machinery. This year our group was made up of some thirty Club Lotus Australia members, including our good friend Martin Duursma, who was armed with his camera and has kindly shared the results of his efforts here.
Lotus Photos: LOST Fraternity February Run
Kicking off a year of Lotus adventures in style, the Newcastle LOST fraternity held their first run of 2015 this past weekend in the form of a cruise to Awaba House Restaurant. Read on for the tale of the day, thanks to Ashton Roskill. We found them! The LOST fraternity that is… they live in and around Newcastle, and, contrary to … Read More
February 2015 Edition of Lotus Notes Available for Download!
Lotus Notes is back for its first outing of 2015, thanks to the efforts of its dedicated crew, and it’s now available to download from our members’ page. The month’s features include: Skid Pan Day you say? CARnivale Australia Day 2015 Life among the Lotii LCV AGM and Awards Presentation Night Lotus Elites No 5 And a whole lot more! The … Read More
President’s Prattle February 2015
Happy 2015 everyone! A big thank you to all those who turned up to the Christmas Party in early December, making it the largest we have had to date, I think – and certainly putting the acid on us to find a bigger location for this year. And just before Christmas, Lee and the team at Simply Sports Cars held the … Read More
Lotus 2015 Website Live and Taking Bookings
Lotus 2015, celebrating 20 years of Elise, is set for the 2nd to the 5th of October, 2015, in the beautiful Barossa Valley. Their very shiny and exciting new website is now up and running, and taking bookings for the event! Head to lotus2015.com.au to check it all out, book your spot and catch up on everything you need to know … Read More
Catching Up with CARnivale
This morning dawned distinctly wet and miserable, which was in stark contrast to the 36 degrees we had yesterday. Thanking goodness I put the hard top on the Elan last night, we headed into the city for CARnivale, the annual Australia Day automotive celebration held in Macquarie St between Hyde Park and the harbour. Generally there are car clubs from … Read More
Lotus Memories: Our First Social Event – 29th July, 1973
Andrew Jones was present at our first social event on the 29th of July, 1973, and recently contacted us with his memories from the day. His story adds a wonderful warmth and colour to the photos we have, so we thought we’d share it with you here! If you have photos or recollections from events throughout Club Lotus history, please … Read More