Month in review.
Dear members,
What a busy month April was! To go with it, we had some beautiful autumn weather before the cold really started to arrive.
On 2 April we kicked off the month with our International Women’s Day at Broadford, supported by Makulu Vehicle Storage who donated an encouragement award, which went to Stephen Wesson for most improved on the day. We had quite a few new drivers attend, who were all supported by many officials from the VFT and BMWDCM teams. Thank you to the volunteers and instructors who attended! Thanks to you many members had a fantastic day.
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On 6 April we had 20 BMWs bump into the Australian Grand Prix for our annual display. It was so great to be able to do this after two years of no Formula 1 in Melbourne. We had a fantastic cross section of age and class of cars, giving the public a really great display to admire. We were placed next to E30 Racing so with 10 E30 race cars, we put on a great show.
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On 12 April we held our April members meeting at one of our members private collections. It was a real honour to be able to share Malcolm's eclectic collection with our members. Thanks very much to Malcolm for having us!
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Over Easter, we held our annual Good Friday display in support of the Royal Children's Hospital Appeal. Thanks very much to Christopher George from Flavours Patisserie who opened up for us to enjoy your coffee and treats.
We then had a great selection of cars attend the Flinders Motoring Heritage Display. Despite the very windy conditions, we had a great day in support of the Flinders Lyons Club who raised over $40,000.
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Over ANZAC weekend, a group of members went away for a trip to Lakes Entrance. Jo had planned so many fun activities for us, including a trip to the Buchan Caves, a private boat cruise for lunch, dolphin watching and a dawn service on ANZAC morning.
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We finished our month with our birthday and annual presentation dinner at the Park Royal, Monash. Our theme was famous people from the past or the silver screen. It was so much fun and great to see so many people dress up on the night! We also raised $640 for The Smith Family through the sale of raffle tickets, with many people walking away with prizes on the night.
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MEMBERSHIP UPDATE: 737 MEMBERS
Welcome to our new members Brian Randall, Mert Tetik, Clive Meaby, Will Hughes, Mark Walsh, Rex Xu, Aaron Schramm, Simon Withington, Nilojan Tharmarajah, Georgia Suttie, Brent Young, Chris Liu, Jennifer Rose, Robert Wilson, Neil Searle, Mitchell Bergman, Anthony Corsetti, Jenny Guice, Graham Annells and Jessie Keogh. We look forward to seeing you at an event soon!
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Don't forget to catch up with this month's update from our President, Graeme Bell here.
The month ahead.
Here's what we've got planned in May:
Tuesday, 10 May
May Members Meeting - Adex Detailing
Join us this evening for a fun and informative night with club sponsor, Adex Detailing.
Thursday, 12 May - Monday, 16 May
Bathurst 12 Hour
Finally, our annual trip to the Bathurst 12 Hour returns! We hope those who are attending have a fantastic time.
Sunday, 15 May
National Motoring Heritage Day Drive to Phillip Island
Join us for a drive in a progressive convoy to Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit, put our cars on display and watch some racing. Many of our members will be competing in the E30 Racing Championship.
Sunday, 15 May
Mailing Road, Autoclassico
This event will focuses on displaying classic, historic, and modern exotics consistent with the unique characteristics of the event.
Sunday, 22 May
Otway Fly Drive
We're going to drive to the top of the trees! A day out, for all the family. Starting from the services on the Geelong Ring Road we'll drive for approximately 1.5 hours through part of the splendour which is the Otway Forest to the Otway Fly arriving at about 11:45am.
Be sure to keep an eye on our calendar to stay up to date with our events.
If you're attending a social drive or weekend away, we recommend checking out our event tips to help you get the best out of the event.
We want you!
We are now one of the largest Official BMW Car Clubs in Australia and we need your help.
Have you ever attended one of our events and thought “wow this event was well run” or purchased some of our merchandise and thought “I really like that”? Well, all these things and more happen because your volunteer committee who all work tirelessly behind the scenes to make your day/weekend/event run smoothly and be as fantastic as it is.
Do you have skills we can tap into? Do you have a business we can engage or use the services of? Do you have some spare time you’d like to fill with an interest that gives a lot of people joy, including yourself?
We are putting out an early call to all our members to think if you would like to help our team with any of the day to day running of our wonderful club.
Click here to find out more information.
Club Permits.
We are finding an increasing number of members leave renewing their Club Permit registrations until the last minute, which sometimes results in members having to get a new roadworthy certificate.
The best option is for you to use the online system through a MyVicRoads account (see option 1 under Renewals on our Club Permits page).
Taking this option means you are not required to get a physical signature and is quicker for you and easier for us. Instead of us signing the renewal form, we sign a Club Endorsement Form, which you send to us by email. This can be done any time after you receive the renewal reminder.
In fact, no matter which option you choose, the paperwork can be completed any time after the renewal is received. There is no need to wait. Once the paperwork is completed, you can then pay for the permit at your leisure (within the expiry period).
Please remember that all club officials are acting in a volunteer capacity, even if conducted during business hours at a business premises - club work is not paid work and may be preventing paid work from being done.
News & Blog.
Our blog page on the website is constantly being updated with not just club news, but everything BMW from all around the world! We welcome you to submit any articles of your own.
Club blog.
BMW around the globe.
Motorsport Australia.
From the Welfare Team.
Being humble means recognizing that we are not on earth to see how important we can become, but to see how much difference we can make in the lives of others.
Click here for more Welfare Team updates and their contact details.
Classifieds.
Have you seen our classifieds page?
Want to sell something? Looking for a specific item? Email us today to list your car/parts/anything BMW related!
idrive magazine.
Club partners.
