Albury Wodonga Morris Minor Car Club

Club Run 20th July 2014

Met at the St Ives at 9.30, with 4 Morries at the tavern: Roger and Marlene, Mark, Nathan and Billy and Bill Snr. We departed a little after 9.30 Rogers new morry, red lowlight, Mark's convertible and the woody travelling south. The red morry only made it to Springhurst when it ran out of oil, we had to leave it at the roadside stop, Nathan then travelled to Benalla in the woody were we met the rest of the morryans for coffee, Laury and Heather, Allan  and Jan Cassidy and Brian and his wife after coffee we then made our way to Swanpool to the exhibition for Bald Archy. Nathan, Bill and Billy only stayed to view the exhibits then left to retrieve the red morry while the rest stayed on to enjoy lunch and chat after which we all made our way home an enjoyable day had by all, red morry also made it home safely (albeit by trailer!).

Mark Stocks

Classic Car and Motorbike Tour

Classic Car & Motorbike Tour 23rd April 2014

It was a damp Friday morning and I headed into to Benalla to meet with Alan and Brian. We meet at the Rose Gardens and there were classic cars of all descriptions there. After registering, there was ample opportunity to walk around and admire the line-up of cars. These varied from the stately Bentley down to the humble Morris Minors. There were two trucks and three motor bikes, but a total of 84 vehicles.

At 10.00am we headed off, through the street of Benalla and then out through Goomalibee, Tarnook, Upotipotpon, Stewarton, Nalinga and then to Dookie, where we stopped at Tallis Winery for morning tea and an opportunity to chat. The view from the winery was almost 360 degree and was just splendid.

We the set off again, travelling through Major Plains, Devenish and into Thoona, where we had lunch at the Thoona Hotel. A very enjoyable roast meal was served up to 150 people and we spent a leisurely couple of hours chatting over lunch. By now it had started to rain.

After lunch we drove out through the Taminick valley and onto the Winton Wetlands, where there was a display of history of the wetlands area. After viewing the display, as I was very close to home I pulled out of the tour. The tour continued on back to Benalla and spent time at the aviation museum.

Despite the dampness, the tour and the day out was great. It was very well organised and people mixed well together.

Club Run - Historic Winton

The run to Winton, myself Billy and Mark loaded up the Traveller en route to Winton as the only runner. The trip down was fairly uneventful, as the Traveller performed very well! On arrival at the old servo, we waited for Laury, Heather, Jan and Al. After a call to Laury and Heather, we were informed that they couldn't make it so on that note we carried on into the racetrack. There was a great variety of very interesting cars in the car park and a wander through the pits proved to also be very interesting, we were later joined by Jan and Al.

The days racing was very competitive, the day was quite warm and easy on the old body, those who attended enjoyed some interesting racing over the day!

Bill L

Club Run 2nd March

REPORT ON CLUB RUN TO YARRAWONGA.

Three Morris Minors piloted by Peter Lennie, Bill Littlehales and Mark Stocks met at the Three monkeys on Sunday morning for destination being the Yarrawonga Show and Shine by the lake. We left at approx. 8 : am and headed for Howlong and on the way we picked up Paul & Di in “Busta”.

We stopped in Howlong at the bakery for morning coffee and then 4 Morris Minors headed to Yarrawonga via Corowa and Mulwala where we arrived and parked on the forshore at Lake Mulwla. We met Brian, Jan and All and Pauline and Graham at the event. Suzanne turned up in the traveller and as such we had a good representation of Morris Minors. There was an impressive line- up of vehicles from early vintage to late seventies cars with a large representation from both Riverina Sports Car Club and Corowa Historic Clubs. The weather was magnificent and we enjoyed lunch and fellowship with fellow motoring enthusiast s with presentations for prizes conducted after lunch. Unfortunately no club members won any prizes and as such we left for the return trip back to Albury via Rutherglen with no problems/breakdowns. All in all a great time was had by all and can recommend this event next year as the setting and weather was magnificent and the drive to and return most enjoyable.

M G Stocks

Rutherglen Run 17 August

Peter, Mark, Billy and Bill Snr met at St Ives, with a nice easy run down to Rutherglen, the day was a bit overcast but no rain. We arrived at Rutherglen to wait for any other Morryans and were soon joined by Dave and Joyce for lunch and a coffee at Parkers Pies, when to our surprise Bill and Jan arrived and joined us for lunch. Dave invited all to their place to have a look at his postal van that is now well under way and should be ready for the Nationals. He is doing a great job of replicating it to as near to the original postal vehicle as possible, we all look forward to seeing the end result! Joyce made us coffee and we chatted for some time, then headed home, a very enjoyable day was had.

W.L.

Club Run 16th March

Run to Wymah Ferry & Return – Sunday 16th March

What a beautiful day for a drive – Paul & I arrived at St. Ives a bit before 9am, followed by Doug & Judy in Lucy, then came the arrival of Heather & Laury in Milly; Jan & Al in Suzi & Brian & Sandi in their morry (not sure if he has a name). We waited a while to make sure no one else was coming and then we headed for Wodonga, Milly was thirsty, so, we eventually found a service station that was opened.

We went via Thomas Mitchell Drive & Bandiana, over the Murray below the spillway then into the Hume Weir Village (sorry Judy I didn’t hear your cries for coffee at this stage) & on towards the Bethanga Bridge – stopping off at “The Pines” (which are no longer there), for a cuppa & some freshly made cakes. Thanks to the cooks for providing the yummies.

After that it was over the bridge & off on the first leg of the run on the Murray Valley Highway until arriving at the ferry. Paul & I were leading the way so we got to share the ferry with farmer Brown & his very large trailer. Next crossing was with the other four morries, the ferry supposedly fits 3 cars at one time, but there was room to spare with our 4 little ones.

After coming off the ferry, Laury discovered Milly’s “power” just wasn’t there, so we pulled into a wayside stop to” fix” it. Problem solved – just as long as he didn’t touch the brake again before he got home – WHOOPS!!

We had a lovely lunch & catch up chat at the BP Lavington before heading our separate ways – a good day had by all – except maybe for Laury:-
Seatbelt problems - fixed
Brake problem - fixed
Forgotten Wallet - fixed – Heather paid
Keep those wheels turning Dianne