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Lotus 2017 preparations are well under way, and the event has received significant interest from the Lotus Community. In order to get things going in earnest, the registration process will close by  the end of the year. Read on for the official word from organisers.

STOP PRESS!

This important event, scheduled for the Anzac Day weekend next year, has attracted strong interest from Lotus enthusiasts around the country.

Logistical planning for the event is now underway in earnest.  Therefore we need to round off the registration process for those wishing to attend by the end of the year. We also need to set deadlines for the payment of registration fees.

For those of you who have registered or are intending to register would you please note the following arrangements:

Deadline for registration: 31 January 2017

Deposit required: (50% of registration fee)  when registering

Final payment of registration fee: by 28 February, 2017

You can register online on the Lotus 2017 website here. If you have any queries please contact the event coordinators.

Catch up on all the Club Lotus news in South Australia, thanks to South Australian correspondent Andrew Stevens.

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Happy Christmas to all of Club Lotus Australia!

We’re off to Bombini just outside of Avoca this weekend, on Sunday the 4th of December, for our Club Christmas Party.

The running order is as follows. We’ll meet at the Thornleigh McDonald’s (all the most salubrious options explored here!) at 8:30AM for an 8:45 departure. From there we’ll take the scenic route along the Old Pacific Highway to Bombini planning a 10:30AM arrival.

If you’re coming from Newcastle and would like to join the LOST Fraternity on the way in, they’re meeting at 9am at the Shell service station on Thomas St. in Wallsend for a 9:15 departure.

Tea, coffee and biscotti will await us, giving us an opportunity to hang out and chat for a while before lunch. We’ll be ushered in to lunch at 11:45AM and the two-course meal, main and dessert, will be served at 12:00PM. By 2PM we’ll be well-fed and a few important speeches will have been made, and it’ll be home time!

Bombini have made the menu available to us, and we’ll include that below.

At time of writing we have over 40 people confirmed, with an upper limit of 80. So, if you are dithering, please decide now and drop me a line at [email protected]. We need to provide the restaurant with our final numbers by Wednesday evening, the 30th of November.

We look forward to seeing you at McDonald’s for the road trip!

Safe travels,
Ashton.

Bombini’s Menu for the Club Lotus Australia Christmas Party 2016

Secondi – mains

Grilled kingfish fillet with braised sweet peppers & capers, green olive & pistachio pesto OR Roast Pinnacle dry-aged grass fed sirloin rib with red wine, grilled spring onions & beets, grated horseradish OR Roast Berkshire pork loin with crackling, grilled radicchio, onion marmalata & wild hops

All served with: Leaf salad with lemon and extra virgin olive oil Baked potatoes

Dolce – sweet

Amedei chocolate ganache cake OR Rhubarb & strawberry compote with jersey cream & vanilla gelato, toasted artisan panettone OR Selection of house-made Gelati & Sorbetti

CARnivale is set to return to Parramatta Park this coming Australia Day, the 26th of January, 2017. The event’s an awesome opportunity to show off our Club, so we’d love to get involved with a commanding Club Lotus Australia contingent.

The event will celebrate the 60th anniversary of the closure of the Parramatta Park racing circuit and will feature some of the cars that raced there back in 1957. It will, as always, bring together New South Wales’ automotive clubs for a spectacular display of Australia’s motoring heritage.

Outside of the CARnivale event itself, Parramatta Park will, for you early risers, play host to a hot-air balloon display from 6AM as well as the Parramatta BBQ Festival, a family area including a concert and rides, the Hottest 100 Party in the Park, main-stage concerts and a fireworks finale at the end of the day.

So far we have Lotus classics well-represented with Evan’s Elan and Ashton’s Eleven, but we’d love to see more of you there!

Organisers have extended online registration for another week until Friday the 25th of November. Hit this link to head to the registration page.

See you on Australia Day!