All the news from Western Australia, including a wrap-up of the 2016 Christmas Barbecue and early morning run, thanks to Eddie Lankhorst.
Catching Up on the Western Australia November Early Morning Run
Catch up on the Western Australian crew’s November early morning run thanks to Mike Hamilton, illustrated with photos by Elinor Hamilton.
Lotus Photos: Club Lotus Australia 2016 Christmas Lunch
This past Sunday, the 4th of December, we got together for a lovely drive, on more Lotus-appropriate roads this time, to the Central Coast to celebrate the year at our annual Christmas lunch.
The Preserve November 2016 Now 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!
The October 2016 edition of the newsletter has been sent out to members, and is now available for download on our members’ page here.
This month’s edition includes important details on the Historic Conditional Registration Scheme and Classic Vehicle Scheme forum to be held in January, a wrap-up of the London to Brighton Run 2016, details on the upcoming USA Route 66 tour, information on upcoming events and much more.
Club Lotus Australia members can head to the members page here to download your copy. If you’re not a member of the club head here, and take a browse around the website to see why you should be!
Final Call for the 2016 Club Lotus Australia Christmas Party at Bombini!
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
Lotus Photos: LOST Fraternity Run to Caves Beach
The LOST Fraternity gathered on Sunday the 20th of November for their Caves Beach ‘Favourite’ run.
They met in Belmont and cruised down to Caves Beach on the Swansea peninsula. Jack McLaughlin has kindly shared a few shots from the day, and you can enjoy them below!
Images thanks to Jack McLaughlin
Come Along to CARnivale in 2017 – Registrations Extended to the 25th
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!
Lotus Photos: November 2016 Gathering at Simply Sports Cars
A wonderful crowd of Lotus People got together at Simply Sports Cars this Wednesday the 16th of November, to catch up over a beverage and a bite surrounded by an impressively varied collection of Lotuses.
First up, a big thank you to Lee, Paul, Richard and the crew at Simply Sports Cars for so graciously hosting us at their Artarmon showroom. The team at Simply Sports Cars are going from strength to strength, and we’re very grateful for them taking the time out of their busy schedule to hang out with us.
Thank you as well to everyone who came along to the evening! The turnout was stellar and we were pleased to catch up with so many of you. It’s a trend that we’d love to see continue into 2017 and beyond.
It would be confusing to have a big gathering of Lotus people without a corresponding gathering of Lotuses, and it was great to see the marque’s variety on full display. From the Lotus Exige Sport 350 driven by Grant Denyer and navigator Dale Moscatt at Targa High Country to Dan Bando’s Seven, a very tidy little Elan and Ashton’s Eleven we had some sixty years of Lotus history on display.
Take a few minutes to enjoy some photos of the evening thanks to Simply Sports Cars’ Paul D’Ambra, the LOST Fraternity’s Jack Mclaughlin and Seth Reinhardt. If you’d like to see more of Paul’s shots please hit this link to his Google gallery.
Thanks to Paul D’Ambra
Thanks to Jack McLaughlin
Thanks to Seth Reinhardt
Wrapping Up Targa High Country, with Photos!
Over the 4th to the 6th of November, 2016, Simply Sports Cars gathered up 16 Lotuses and their adventurous owners to run to the hills for Targa High Country.
Hang Out with Lotus Cars Australia at MotorWorld Sydney and Test Drive an Elise, Exige or Evora
Lotus Cars Australia will be at Sydney’s new MotorWorld motor show from the 1st to the 4th of December and want to put you behind the wheel of an Elise, Exige or Evora at Sydney Motorsport Park.
MotorWorld is a new Sydney event to be held at Sydney Motorsport Park over a long weekend from the 1st to the 4th of December. It will allow consumers the opportunity to test-drive cars on a race track and offer both speed-limited and exclusive super sessions with unrestricted speeds.
Lotus Cars Australia have prepped the new Elise, Exige and Evora 400 for the track and will be offering them for test drives. They’ll be part of the Sports Car Super Session which will provide invited guests the opportunity to ride along in the passenger seat for a few hot laps or to jump behind the wheel under professional instruction.
The event promises a family-friendly atmosphere and plenty to see and do outside of the test drives. We’re interested in this new approach to a Sydney motor show and wish Lotus Cars Australia and MotorWorld Sydney all the best with it!
More information can be found on the MotorWorld Sydney website here.