Our final day of our road trip to Adelaide and back started in Hillston at 0630. Our first destination was Condoblin for breakfast, via lake Cargelligo. We would be taking Lachlan Valley way as our route generally followed the Lachlan River. The scenery was much greener than yesterday, with more farmland. The road was also pretty good too, and it was great to cruise...
After leaving the Finish Festival, we still had a few hours of driving to reach our destination for the evening. We managed to leave around 1400, which gave us a bit of extra time for the drive and to reach our destination. As we went to leave, I had a small issue with my car. As I went to start it, it didn’t catch...
Today was the first full day of our big road trip to the Bay to Birdwood in Adelaide. We met at 0615 for an 0630 departure to maximize daylight hours. Events later in the day would make that worthwhile. All the cars started right up and were ready to go. After the rain and fog of the drive up from Sydney it was a...
Our trip to Adelaide for the Bay to Birdwood starts tomorrow morning in Bathurst. We learned very quickly the first year that starting out from Sydney is a bad idea. The goal of day zero is for everyone to make their own way to the start point the evening before. The last few years I’ve had to work on the day, so have arrived...
Over the past four years, a group of friends and I have done annual road trips in our classic cars. Most of them have been constructed around an event, taking back roads there and back. This year the event is the Bay to Birdwood. The Bay to Birdwood is probably the largest event for older cars in Australia. Given that insurance and regulations are...
Our fourth annual road trip in classic cars was the most ambitious yet. There is nothing better than using these cars as they were designed, while seeing parts of Australia I would otherwise never otherwise venture to. All while in the company of a great bunch of guys. It is not the destination that is the point of these roadtrips. The formula for these...
The penultimate day of our trip had us starting in Queensland not far from the NSW border. Yesterday we had finished up in St George. The morning was yet again quite cold and we rolled out of the hotel at 6:30AM. Our breakfast stop was the bakery in Dirrenbandi, about an hour away. We we drove south, we were greeted with a very impressive...
The last three of our big classic car road trips have headed south towards Victoria. This year it was time for something different. We are heading north to Queensland. Due to extreme temperatures and the propensity to flood, we are going in Winter. I’ve never been that far from the coast in Queensland, so this trip was an opportunity to see a totally different...
This weekend I took a road trip to Brisbane in my 240D. It was my first ever road trip in the car and I wasn’t sure what to expect. While I think the 240D is at its best in the city, it did very well on the road trip and I really enjoyed the experience. The trip to Brisbane was fairly last minute. There...
Today was the final day of our big Classic Mercedes Road trip. We started at 6:15AM in Bombala where it was 2 degrees outside. We were down to 9 cars, as one of our drivers had some unexpected work commitments that came up, so had to leave his car in Melbourne. We stayed in the pub in Bombala. I generally only book places...
Day five of the Long Way Euround takes us back towards Sydney via Gippsland and the Monaro region of southern NSW. After an action packed day on Day 4, today was a little more relaxed, but we still had a museum to visit and over 600km of driving to do. As this is the penultimate day of the trip, we are on our way...
Today was day four of The Long Way Euround, the Classic Mercedes road trip I am doing through NSW and Victoria. Day four was one of our busiest, and so far probably best days on the trip. Yesterday we had finished in Bendigo. Even though the total amount of driving was less than over days, we had a lot to cover. We made out...
Today was the third day of our Classic Mercedes road trip. Yesterday we finished in Horsham after driving the Silo Art Trail. Horsham is a great starting point for The Grampians National park, which was our drive for the morning. It was quite cold and wet as we rolled out of Horsham at 6AM. For the first part of our drive, we were still...
Today was the second day of our big Classic Mercedes road trip through NSW and Victoria. Yesterday, we finished up in Cobram, Vic, after a day driving the windy roads of the Upper Murray Region. Day 2 had the longest distance driving of the trip, so we woke up early. ready roll out by 6AM. The morning greeted us with grey skies and steady...
Today was the first day of my annual Classic Mercedes road trip – The Long Way Euround. While the major event that anchors the trip is the Australian National Show and Shine in Euroa, it is more about the trip than the destination. I’ve previously covered the plan for the six days of the event. We started our road trip in Bathurst. Trying to...
Each of the last two years, I have done an extended road trip in Classic Mercedes. I have found them so enjoyable that it has become an annual event. There is such a sense of adventure exploring our beautiful country in a classic car. There is even more of a sense of adventure avoiding motorways and driving exclusively on back roads, through great scenery...
I’ve been touring Tasmania in my 1990 Mercedes 300TE this last week and a half. While there are regular classic events here like Targa Tasmania I’ve been quite surprised how few classics I’ve seen touring around during my time here. It’s a great place to go touring in an older car. Not only is there great scenery, but there is little traffic, the temperatures...
The final day of our road trip came up quickly. After a pleasant evening in the historic Hydro hotel in Leeton, it was time to head back to Sydney. Our first stop for breakfast was a bakery in West Wyalong. The drive was 130km, and went through far more farmland than we had seen yesterday. I guess this all part of...
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