MBCNSW March 2025 Night Drive – Hawkesbury Lookout

Thursday was the March night drive for 2025.  It had been a rainy day in Sydney the day before and in the morning, so at lunchtime, the prognosis for the drive did not look good.   We only had a couple of sign ups and the weather looked iffy.

Luckily for us the weather cleared up and we were set for a good drive.   Our meeting point was Krispy Kreme in Penrith, where people could get a donut (or two) if they wanted.    We had seven cars come for the drive, which is a good number.   I took my 560SEC, fresh from the repair to the crank pully.   We also had another W126 – a 380SE.  The owner of this car was attending his first club event and the car had been in the family for over 30 years.

We also had a good showing from the W124 contingent.   The M103 was represented well with a coupe, wagon and a couple of sedans.   We also had a more modern W203 in the group.

Our route took us up the steep and winding old Bathurst Road through Blaxland, before joining the great western highway for a while.   At Springwood, we turned off and headed along Hawkesbury road.   We stopped at the lookout to admire the view.   This time there were no other shenannigans from the locals.   We encountered a few slow P platers but otherwise the roads were pretty empty.

After trying to identify all the sights from the lookout, we continued along Hawkesbury road until finally arriving at Windsor McDonalds.     It turned out to be quite a good drive and the weather held off.

I had no issues with my 560SC other than a flat battery when I set off.  This is not surprising, as I hadn’t taken the car on a longer drive since December.  A consequence of the crank pully being damaged meant that even when started briefly, there was no charging from the alternator.