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Flinders Motoring Heritage Day 2019

23 Apr 2019 6:22 PM | Anonymous
Flinders Motoring Heritage Day 2019
02 April 2019


On Easter Sunday each year Flinders Lions Club run a Charity Day to support Peninsula Hospitals.

The day is called the Flinders Motoring Heritage Day and has grown each year to now take over three separate areas in the Flinders township, where lots of people and clubs bring out their older cars to show the public and enjoy the picnic atmosphere in the beautiful township. The cars range from very early 1900’s up to current models and there was an amazing range of very interesting cars for all to see, most of them coming from the local areas. Quite incredible to see what people have tucked away and even better to see them all come out for such a great cause. The weather was perfect for a display day too, so this helped get so many cars and people out in the sunshine. It was a very successful day, the Lions Club presented a cheque for $34,000 to Peninsula Health from entry fees and donations before the day, so including the gate takings, etc I expect there was quite a bit to add to that total by the end of the day.

This year, with the BMW Club Nationals being held in Melbourne, we didn’t advertise this event as an official Club event, so that it didn’t distract people from the Nationals. However, a few DCM Members that weren’t going to be at Nationals events on Easter Sunday did go down to Flinders and it was great to see quite a few members drop in for a chat too.

We set ourselves up in two different areas in the township, some cars were in the ‘to be judged, A’ area and the rest in the ‘B’ area in a great location right next to the entry to the display area.

Not sure if our location had a bearing, or if it was our usual flags and banners and ever presence to talk to people that wandered by, or just our beautiful cars on display, but we managed to win Best Club Display.

I think that is the third display this year we have won a prize for our display! Next year we will make it an official Club event, so if you aren’t going away at Easter next year, come on down to the beautiful Mornington Peninsula and enjoy a day out for a great cause in a wonderful location.

Graeme Bell Member #1
BMW Drivers Club Melbourne



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