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BMW Clubs Australia Nationals 2022

20 Mar 2022 2:05 PM | Anonymous

Event date: 11-14 March 2022

After waiting for so long it was finally here.. BMW Clubs Australia Nationals 2022!

I'd been hanging out for this for so long, I didn't care what else was happening, I just wanted to make it to Canberra. 

Even if it meant missing my flight and waiting for another one, but thats another story..

Don't be deceived, Canberra is not the 'dead' quiet town that it's made out to be, it took the DiDi driver 20 minutes to get out of the airport carpark. Canberra airport maybe small, but it's nice and clean.

It was a 20 minute car ride to Canberra BMW, where we were been hosted by the nice people there for our 'meet 'n' greet' and also the all important registration session for the nationals. 

Here we were given our lanyard and name tag. I thought it was a great idea to list the activities you had signed up for on the back of your name tag, to remind you of what activities you were participating in.

I met up with Lawrence, Shaaron, Jo, Graeme, the Cooper family, Adrian, Jean (apologies to anyone I've forgotten to mention) and John Shreeve, who had kindly offered to let me tag along in his car since I flew up.

Canberra BMW is a nice little dealership in what is known as the industrial area of Canberra on the outskirts of city where a lot of other car dealerships and car related business's like Toyota, Volvo, tyre shops and Repco are located.

The hospitality at Canberra BMW was very nice with a very in depth overview of the full range of BMW cars on offer at the dealership and with the world trying for much greener look for the future, there was mention of the i4, iX and iX 3 electric models. We were also treated to some nice food with pizza, spring rolls, prawn crackers and noodle boxes from Wok It Up.

After a hectic day it was nice to head back to QT Canberra (the hotel where most of us from BMWDCM were staying) and turn in.

On the Saturday of the Nationals, John and I went to visit the National Gallery of Australia. No offence to any art loving person because I'm not an artty person, but there was some funky stuff here!

Surprisingly we spent a couple of hours here before heading to ACU for the Concourse and shown 'n shine. A great display of BMW cars was put on by all the Australian clubs with a few trade stalls on a perfect sunny day. In the afternoon John and I decided to go for a drive. I was quite excited to have a drive of John's M340. His car drives so nicely with a slight similarity in the weight of steering and sounds a little like a E36 323i. Yes I know people will raise an eyebrow at that, but it's just what I think!


We drove to Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve. That was a great experience, Thanks John!

We rushed back to join others from BMWDCM at Lake Burley Griffin for ai segway tour around the lake which was heaps of fun.

Sunday was motorsport day and the final day of the nationals.

We went out to Sutton road driver training centre in Majura to get stuck into some action on the skid pan and for others a bit of sideways action in the motorkana course, which was much enjoyed by everyone including the kids!

In the evening it was the gala dinner including champagne and beer pre drinks followed by a 2 course meal of alternating dishes. Accompanying the food was presentations of the show n shine awards, BMW car club Canberra member awards, auction of a few items and speeches by the Canberra car club president Luke Wise. Congratulations to all the receipts if awards, well deserved for all your efforts!!

Rally driver Casey Price was the guest speaker and is an inspiration to all girls who aspire to get involved in motorsport. Well done Casey o all your achievements!

It was great to also make new friends with other club members from other clubs, what a fantastic event.

Well done BMW Car Club Canberra, looking forward to BMW Nationals Gold Coast 2023!

Tim Oh | Member #538
BMW Drivers Club Melbourne



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