Intrepid Club Lotus adventurers Ashton Roskill and Syd Reinhardt are freshly-returned from their road trip to the Cootamundra Sprints, which was held on the 5th of September, and they bring with them tales of a weekend well lived!
Lotus Photos: 2015 All British Day
After sadly being rained out in 2014, the All British Day at Kings School was back and better than ever for 2015, held this past Sunday the 30th of August.
September 2015 Edition of Lotus Notes Available for Download!
With the impending arrival of September comes the latest edition of Lotus Notes! The September edition has been released, thanks to the hard-working Lotus Notes team, and is is now available for download from the ‘Members‘ page!
This month’s features include:
- The Mount Glorious Early Morning Run
- Lotus Club Victoria Economy Run
- Trip to Bungendore
- 10th Anniversary Victorian 6-Hour Relay at Philip Island
- Night Observation
And much, much more! Head to the ‘Members’ page here to download your copy.
The newsletter is a membership benefit of Club Lotus Australia, and will as such require you to be logged in to your members account. And if you’re not a member yet, what’s up? Hit this link to find out more about the club and why you should become one!
President’s Prattle: September 2015
Morning all,
A brief one this month, as of course you’ll all be at the AGM on Tuesday 8th September at Shannons so we can share plans then!
Joking aside, please do take this opportunity to consider joining the committee and contributing to the running of the club. We always welcome new members, and there is no need to be specific about which role you would like!
Simply being a general member is valuable to us to assist where available in the running of social events, organising larger events or contributing to the strategic direction of the club. So please do fill in the form and I, or any of the committee, would be delighted to second you.
Even if you have no desire to join the committee but have a strong view on what we should be doing differently, please come along and share it with us – without that feedback, running the club can be a bit of a stab in the dark.
We are only a few weeks away from the biggest and most fun event of the calendar, Lotus 2015, and a few spaces have been freed up by sadly inevitable cancellations due to changes in commitments. Their loss, however, is your potential gain! If you would like to come, please drop a line to Andrew Stevens on [email protected] and he will be happy to oblige.
Otherwise, there is lots to look forward to, including the reincarnation of the Round the Buckets at Eggs Benedict on Sunday 27th September, just before we all head off to the Barossa, so I’ll see you there if not before. We are getting better at keeping the calendar on the club website up to date, so please bookmark that and take a quick gander every now and then!
In the meantime, have fun, keep safe, upright and on the blackstuff!
Pip pip,
Ashton
Lotus Photos: 2015 Shannons Classic
We’re freshly returned from the 2015 Shannons Classic, and have some lovely shots to share with you thanks to Murray Lund!
The event was held on Sunday the 16th of August and was, as always, a smorgasbord of motoring goodness. The collection of motoring machinery filling the grounds of Sydney Motorsport Park was frankly astonishing, and it’s always good to spend a social Sunday with fellow motoring enthusiasts. Sydney doing its level best to pretend that it’s not really winter certainly didn’t hurt either!
“It was wonderful to have Gary Karsten’s immaculately restored Lotus Elan +2S on display. A five-year labour of love and a credit to him! The colour, incidentally, is a BMW colour – looks lovely on the +2S!” – Murray Lund
Enjoy the photos below, thanks to Murray Lund.
Lotus Photos: CSCA Round 5 at Sydney Motorsport Park
This past Saturday, the 15th of August, 2015, the Lotus sprinting crew put pedal to metal at Sydney Motorsport Park for round five of this year’s CSCA sprints. And now you can check out all the action, thanks to a lovely little gallery from Paul Cooper.
Breaking News: Additional Places Available at Lotus 2015
After finally reconciling all the bookings, The Lotus2015 team have been able to release the very last batch of places for Lotus 2015.
On Coolants for Modern and Classic Lotus Cars
This article comes thanks to Mark Tiddy in South Australia, who has been researching coolants for both modern and classic Lotus cars.
Lotus Stories: Ed Holly
Club Lotus Australia is full of interesting people doing interesting things with interesting cars.
We want to tell their stories, and through this develop and preserve a written history of the club, its members and their cars. So once a month we’re going to share one person’s story with you right here on the Club website!
This month, we’ve caught up with one of the nicest and most active men in Australian motoring clubs, a member of Club Lotus Australia for over two decades – Ed Holly. An engineer extraordinaire and motorsport veteran, Ed’s automotive adventure is a fascinating one, and we’re thrilled to be able to share some of it with you here.
Join the RACA for their Annual Motoring Dinner!
A last-minute invitation to join the Royal Automobile Club of Australia for their annual motoring dinner!
The dinner will be held on Saturday, the 8th of August, 2015, at 7PM for a 7:30PM start at the Royal Automobile Club of Australia 89 Macquarie Street Sydney.
The cost is $135 per person or $1,250 for table of 10.
Bookings can be made through Rebecca Black on 02 8273 2320 or at [email protected]. For the full details grab the flyer here.
The Royal Automobile Club of Australia’s official website can be found here, and you can join them on Facebook at this link.