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AAAC RUNS
Next AAA Club Runs June 21st 2026 - AAAC run to the A1 Mushroom Farm near Mallala with lunch at the pub afterwards We meet on Sunday 21st June at the club rooms at 9.30 am for a 10 am start. Northern members could join us on the North South Motorway at about 10.25 am from the Bolivar Service Centre. After our visit to the Mushroom farm where there will be a talk and some cakes as well as free samples of mushrooms, I have booked the Mallala Hotel for lunch. I will be seeking numbers for A1 Mushrooms and the Mallala Hotel at the May and June meetings. For those who are interested the Mallala Historical Museum is open from 2 pm. Libby Ottaway ph 0408 672 444 July 17th 2026 - AAAC Xmas in July John & … |
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Rolling Year of Club Runs
AAA Club Runs 2026 Below are the dates of upcoming planned Club runs so you can add them to your Calendar. June 21st 2026 Weekend Run - Mushroom farm visit near Mallala Libby & Ric are planning this run July 2026 Weekend Run - CHRISTMAS IN JULY John & Jenny are planning this run August 25th 2026 (Tuesday) Week Day run to the Desalination Plant at Lonsdale organiser Brenton Watkins September 20th 2026 Weekend Run -Federation's Arthur Clisby Memorial Run Macclesfield Oval Steve Thiselton October 2026 Weekend Run - Gumeracha -Watching the Bay to Birdwood organised by John Badcock November 2026 Weekend Run - Run required December 2026 Weekend Run -Memorial Run and XMAS BBQ Lunch organised by Commit… |
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AAAC JUNE 2026 RUN
Run to the A1 Mushroom Farm near Mallala with lunch at the pub afterwards Sunday June 21st, 2026 We meet on Sunday 21st June at the club rooms at 9.30 am for a 10 am start. Northern members could join us on the North South Motorway at about 10.25 am from the Bolivar Service Centre. After our visit to the Mushroom farm where there will be a talk and some cakes as well as free samples of mushrooms, I have booked the Mallala Hotel for lunch. I will be seeking numbers for A1 Mushrooms and the Mallala Hotel at the May and June meetings. For those who are interested the Mallala Historical Museum is open from 2 pm. … |
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AAAC AUG 2026 RUN
AAA TUESDAY 25th AUGUST 2026 August Week Day run to the Desalination Plant at Lonsdale We have booked the AAAC in for a tour of the plant arriving at 9:45am for a 10:00 am start. These free tours offered by SA Water are typically conducted on Tuesdays. Parking is available on site just in front of the main gates and Infront of the Kauwi Learning Centre The tour begins at the Kauwi Learning Centre with a short presentation about the desalination process. Following that, we board the mini bus wearing supplied hi-vis vests. Visitors are required to wear closed in shoes as well. There is a minimum of 15 people and a maximum of 23 for the bus. The tour takes around 2 hours. The bus will take the group around the plant spanning 32 ha and stop at a viewing platform… |
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AAAC OCT 2026 Motorfest
This year the AAAC has TWO Motorfest Runs! TUESDAY 13th October 2026 OUR LOCAL WILDLIFE EXPERIENCE and MONDAY 19th October 2026 SMELL THE ROSES Motorfest is held each year around the Bay to Birdwood event. It allows people from all clubs and the interstate Bay to Birdwood entrants more opportunities to use their vehicles not just the B2B run. You can download further information and entry form by clicking on Federation Motorfest 2026 This year our AAA Club is hosting 2 Motorfest runs which you can enter:- *** Tuesday 13th October OUR LOCAL WILDLIFE EXPERIENCE ($40 per head) Hosts the Adelaide Allmake Automobile Club Join us for a scenic leisurely drive through our beautiful Adelaide Hills and historic townships fo… |
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Other Club Invites
8th-11th October 2026 Fight MND Danihers Drive 2026 12th-21st October 2026 Federation Motorfest Sunday 18th October THE BAY TO BIRDWOOD MOTORFEST Motorfest is held each year around the Bay to Birdwood event. It allows people from all clubs and the interstate Bay to Birdwood entrants more opportunities to use their vehicles not just the B2B run. This year our AAA Club is hosting 2 Motorfest runs which you can enter:- *** Tuesday 13th October OUR LOCAL WILDLIFE EXPERIENCE ($40 per head) Hosts the Adelaide Allmake Automobile Club Join us for a scenic leisurely drive through our beautiful Adelaide Hills and historic townships for our visit to Warrawong Wildlife Sanctuary at Mylor (founded in 1969 in South Australia). Included will be Devonshire Morning Tea upo… |
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SWAP MEETS
9th August 2026 Willunga Swap Meet 20th September 2026 Gawler Swap Meet 27th September 2026 Morgan Swap Meet 4th October 2026 Kadina Swap Meet For more swap meet information www.bevenyoung.com.au or https://swapmeets.wordpress.com/2016-2/ … |
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CHANGES TO RUN DETAILS
CHANGES TO PLANNING OUR CLUB RUNS As we migrate through the constantly changing dynamics of Covid-19 it has become clear that the Club needs to update the way we plan our runs. Both the monthly runs and the weekday runs will now need to have more details presented ahead of the run to the run’s coordinator. A simple change in the weather forecast for the June 2021 Weekday Run demonstrates the need for this. On the day on-which the run was planned to be held the weather forecast was simply abysmal. There was nothing for it but to move the date at very short notice. Easy you say? Not really when there is no record of who was planning to attend. Emails only capture 85% of our members. The end result was to email all members and then for the run co-ordinators to actually att… |
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AAAC JAN 2026 RUN
Saturday 24th January 2026 AAA Twilight Run to St Kilda Tram Museum JANUARY CLUB RUN CANCELLED DUE TO HEAT Due to the excessive heat the Twilight Run this Saturday 24th January 2026 to the St Kilda Tram Museum has been cancelled. It is tipped to hit 42C in the day and it is not fair on the museum volunteers to work in such temperatures, plus it will not be fun for our members and their older cars. Organiser Steve McNicol … |
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AAAC FEB 2026 RUN
SUNDAY 22nd February 2026 BEAT THE HEAT Breakfast Run for February Meet at the Clubrooms at Glandore at 8.30 am for a 9.00 am departure. From here we will have a pleasant approx 30 km drive to a very interesting breakfast venue which includes a nursery, museum and an 18th century brewery. We would like to see as many cars with conditional registration as possible. Ross Brown is this runs Organiser … |
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AAAC MARCH 2026 RUN
AAAC Ordinary Car Run to a Jujube farm along the Marne River SUNDAY MARCH 22nd, 2026 This will be an "ordinary" car run, on some gravel roads. Starting at the Palmer Oval, meet at 9.00am, run starts at 9.30am sharp. From Palmer we pass through Appamurra, Sanderson areas Stopping at Jujube Farm on the Marne River. After we head to Mount Pleasant for lunch at the Totness Inn Hotel Getting to the start: In Palmer drive past the Hotel and General Store. Turn Right onto Olive Grove Avenue Primary School Playground on corner. Just after CFS Station Turn Left into Oval. What is a Jujube; it is a sweet fruit that can be eaten fresh or dried. Arthur and Kent require numbers for the Hotel Lunch by Friday… |
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AAAC APRIL 2026 RUN
AAA CLUB RUN SUNDAY 19th APRIL 2026 ROCKER COVER RACES & BBQ Lunch Get your Racer ready! BBQ LUNCH AT 12.30 PM LUNCH WILL BE HELD OUTSIDE SO PLEASE BRING YOUR OWN CHAIRS, PLATES. CUTLERY, DRINKS AND CUPS ETC MORE INFORMATION WILL BE AVAILABLE NEXT NEWSLETTER SO START BUILDING OR REPAIRING YOUR ROCKER COVER RACERS READY FOR THE RACES CLICK ON RockerCoverInfo FOR INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO BUILD YOUR OWN ROCKER COVER RACERS FOR RACING THIS OUTING IS FOR ALL MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY YOUNG AND OLD ROB GREEN has the "good oil" on building your racer Find out more at:- RockerCoverInfo … |
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AAAC MAY 2026 run
SUNDAY 24th MAY 2026 AAA Car Run to Greenman Inn note its 1 week later than usual John Sommers is organising this run to The Greenman Inn Ashbourne. Established in 1865, the Inn was the original Post Office and General Store for the Ashbourne area. After extensive renovations in early 2018, and again in 2024, the Greenman Inn opened for business. This run leaves the club rooms taking us on some interesting yet easy roads. Meet at the AAA Clubrooms at 9.45am for a 10-15am departure. We will be travelling through Flagstaff Hill, Clarendon, Meadows to Ashbourne. The run should take approximately 75 minutes and cover approximately 53km. The Inn has a comprehensive menu at reasonable prices with Vegetarian and Gluten Free Options. Safe Travels. Organise… |
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AAAC JULY 2025 RUN
AAA CLUB RUN SUNDAY 20th JULY 2025 Christmas in July Run to Highbury Hotel, Highbury There will be no run instead we will meet at the Highbury Hotel at 12 noon for lunch. Highbury Hotel is at 1017 Lower North East Road Highbury. Hit the button below to see the Hotel Menu MAIN MENU Seniors meals are $20.00, there is a $25 Seniors Meals Deal a Slice Garlic bread, Seniors Meal and Desert. … |
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AAAC SEP 2025 RUN
Sunday 21st September 2025 run to the Arthur Clisby Memorial Picnic Meet at our Glandore clubrooms at 9am for a 9:30am start. Our AAAC run is going through the Adelaide hills -destination the Annual Federation All Car Club Picnic, This year is again at Macclesfield Oval & Sporting Complex (corner of Davies & Kingrose Streets, Macclesfield) as it was so successful last year. Entry into the Oval is FREE yep No entry fee The run is the perfect opportunity to give your vehicle a shakedown run prior to Bay to Birdwood or Motorfest events. Many other car clubs attend this picnic so it is a great opportunity to meet up with other motoring enthusiasts and to check out a variety of vehicles. You can BYO your lunch, drinks, tables, chairs etc. Alternatively t… |
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AAAC OCT 2025 Watch Bay to Birdwood
SUNDAY 19th OCTOBER 2025 Watching the BAY TO BIRDWOOD from Gummeracha As per previous years we are going to setup as a club at the roadside in Gummeracha and enjoy the B2B cars go past, and cheer on the AAAC members in the event. So join us watching the Bay to Birdwood 19th Oct. Members that wish to view the Bay to Birdwood Run as a group we will gather at this bus stop (Lew's Café) in Gumeracha. There is plenty of parking in Gumeracha Oval grounds, clean toilets close. John Badcock will be there at 7.30, so bring a chair, snacks and drinks enjoy the run with friends. First vehicles appear around 9.00ish, access is from either direction. See you there. Members entered in the B to B stop and say hi. Do yo… |
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AAAC NOV 2025 RUN
Sunday 23rd November 2025 AAA Club Run Military Museum at Edinburgh Charlie Mifsud has arranged the November run for the 23rd to the Military Museum. Cost will be $8 per head and bodies allowed in for free. Lunch is BYO and older vehicles will be appreciated. Meet at the clubrooms at 09:00 for a 09:30 start; meeting up with Northerners at Carisbrooke Park opposite the Old Spot Hotel for a BYO morning tea and leaving at 11:15 for Edinburgh.… |
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AAAC DEC 2025 RUN
SUNDAY 14TH December 2025 AAA CLUB MEMORIAL RUN AND CHRISTMAS BBQ LUNCH Each year to celebrate XMAS & remember our past club members the club has a short metropolitan run followed by a free BBQ lunch provided by the club. In keeping with tradition, we dedicate this run to those members who have contributed to the running of the club and have since passed on. This year’s run organised again by Steve McNicol and incorporating information gathering will depart a little earlier this year to give participants more time to complete their run and questionnaire. Thanks Steve. Meet at the club rooms by 10:30am for a 10:45am departure. The BBQ will be cooked by around 12:30pm. Meat, salads, soft drinks, fruit salad & ice cream will be supplied. BY… |
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ROCKER COVER RACE RULES
HOW TO BUILD ROCKER COVER WHEELS I was introduced to rocker cover racing by Reg Courteney who borrowed 2 from a friend from the Sporting Car Club. They had plastic wheels with ball clearing centres. At our meeting they were fast but didn't suit our track and bottomed out in the dip, axles were too far back. My grandson and I decided to build our own racers, one with 120mm wheels and the other with 150mm max size. The smaller wheels were cut from an old computer door using a large hole saw mounted in a press drill, the inner bearing hole was cut last. Skateboard bearings were used, at first they were pressed in but the wheels dished so we changed them, leaving them loose and gluing them in with Araldite - not the 5 minute version. The large wheels were cut out of Lexon with a… |
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MAR WKND AWAY
AAA MELROSE & BOOLEROO WEEKEND AWAY 25th to 28th March 2022 UPDATE ON AAAC MELROSE & BOOLEROO WEEKEND AWAY IMPORTANT NOTE Entry to the Booleroo Steam & Traction Rally is by pre-booking online only. I have just heard from Brenton, the President of the Booleroo S&T Society, and tickets to the rally are now available online. Will you please include the following link in your next email to members. https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/booleroo-steam-traction-rally-2022-tickets-267262257607?aff=efbeventtix&fbclid=IwAR1HIpYfhqWbh8CB5pqqVNkDCCZPNkp7NohwkCiKZDx0FxLvlxFhxA2Tabk Steve McNicol - Club Captain NEED TO BOOK FOR BOOLEROO S&T * Please check Booleroo S & T website for bookings and book online. booleroosteamandtraction.com * Cost is n… |