National Motoring Heritage Day is an opportunity to get as much of our motoring heritage in front of as many eyes as possible.

Whilst some choose to celebrate the day with static car shows, the preferable option is to have vehicles on the move, going past those who do not attend car shows.

To make such a cavalcade work the cars involved, at least at the front, need to be obviously "heritage" (ie classic, not neccesarily vintage!) which most BMWs with their timeless styling are not!

In my role as a committee member of the Association Of Motor Clubs (AOMC - Victoria's peak body for motoring clubs) I have assisted my local Geelong Motoring Enthusiast club extend their monthly coffee and cars style meeting (which coincides with NMHD) into a cavalcade.

 

This year we drove past two of the main "cafe strips" in Geelong and Torquay to the Aireys Pub, in diminished numbers due to threatened heavy rain which did not eventuate until after the event was finished.

 

Nonetheless, we attracted a reasonable amount of attention and enjoyed each others company whilst having a nice cruise.

Lawrence Glynn #3