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
The Preserve January 2015 Available for Download
‘The Preserve’ is the newsletter of the Council of Motor Clubs. It’s made available to members of CMC-affiliated clubs, and that means you! Council of Motor Clubs is back with their first edition of The Preserve for 2015, which kicks off the year with motoring news, upcoming events, part 2 of the 2014 Goodwood Revival Tour, a Volvo 121 Amazon and … Read More
Collect a Club Lotus Australia Calendar!
Good news, everyone! We have a few 2015 Club Lotus Australia calendars left over from an extras run, and they’re looking for new homes. These homes could be yours! So could the calendars! If you’re interested in picking up a 2015 Club Lotus Australia calendar please drop us a line at president@clublotus.com.au and we will arrange things. Calendars are $7 each, plus … Read More
CSCA Presentation & 2014 Final Results
A HAPPY NEW YEAR to all! As we approach the Australia Day Weekend and start thinking about the 2015 Season, it’s time for a quick recap of the 2014 Season. We did very well, and everyone enjoyed themselves a great deal, so congratulations and thank you to everyone involved! Hit the following links for the results and final pointscores for 2014. … Read More
CLA BUILD STORIES: TUFT’S ELEVEN JANUARY 2015
Club Lotus Australia is full of interesting people who are up to interesting things with interesting cars. We think that’s wonderful, so we’re going to share their stories with you here! If you’d like to share your story on the club website, just send Seth a quick email at web@clublotus.com.au In this post, we catch up with Ashton to find out … Read More