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AAAC RUNS
Next AAA Club Runs 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. Sunday 22nd February 2026 - AAA Brekky Run 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 w… |
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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. January 24th 2026 SATURDAY St Kilda Trams, Movies, Tram Rides at Sunset CANCELLED DUE TO HEAT February 22nd 2026 Breakfast Run Ross Brown is this runs Organiser March 22nd 2026 Jujube Farm visit, March is mid picking season Organiser is Arthur Doecke April 2026 Weekend Run - Rocker Cover Races & BBQ Lunch organised by Committee May 2026 Weekend Run - John Sommers is organising a Metro Run ending at a pub June 2026 Weekend Run - Run to a Mushroom Farm organised by Libby Ottaway July 2026 Weekend Run - Xmas in July August 25th 2026 (Tuesday) Week Day run to the Desalination Plant at Lonsdale organiser Brenton Wa… |
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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 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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Other Club Invites
February 2026 SUPER CHEVY SUNDAY #30 Camden Oval 24 Morphett Rd Novar Gardens NEW VENUE, PUBLIC WELCOME AND FREE from 9.00am 8 February 2026 CORVETTES ROCK THE BAY 2026, Wigley Reserve, Anzac Hwy, Glenelg 22nd February 2026 42nd ALL BRITISH DAY Echunga Oval Echunga Rd, Echunga, 10:30 AM - 03:00 PM 15th March 2026 CLASSICS ON THE PARK Thorndon Park Oval, Hamilton Tce, Paradise 10am to 2pm 20th -22nd March 2026 ADELAIDE CHRYSLER FESTIVAL 16t-24th May 2026 FEDERATION MEET THE CLUBS TOUR 2026 Mid North & Lower Flinders area of South Australia … |
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SWAP MEETS
February 2026 MCLAREN VALE SWAP MEET McLaren Vale Oval Park Drive, McLaren Vale Vendors: $20 per Site - 6.00am to 7.30am, Buyers: $5 Admission from 7.30am 8th February 2026 Lake City Rodders Swap Meet Malseed Park West Gambier Football Ground, 50 White Avenue, Mount Gambier Swap Meet Sites Free Public - $5.00 Entry Fee 15th February 2026 MURRAY BRIDGE SWAP MEET Murray Bridge Showgrounds $7 Entry Buyers and Sellers. Children free Gates open 6am 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 MARCH 2025 RUN
AAAC Club Brekky then run to Historic Motor Vehicles Gathering SUNDAY MARCH 16th, 2025 NOTE THIS EVENT/RUN IS THE WEEKEND BEFORE THE AAAC GENERAL MEETING Meet at (CCC) Clubrooms 8.30am for Club provided BBQ breakfast lovingly cooked by Charlie & Charlie. BYO Chairs Tables Plates and knives & forks and drinks to the brekky! After the brekky we will leave as a club for a short run to the event. Steve Thiselton will handout a run sheet for a short run to Barratt Reserve. We will park together at the Reserve to enjoy the display of Vintage Veteran & Classic vehicles. Event runs from 10.00am to about 2pm. BYO Tables chairs Food And Drink to the Gathering. DIRECTIONS TO GATHERING: 10am Leave the CCC Clubrooms car park and … |
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AAAC APRIL 2025 RUN
above pics of 2023 winners from last years races . AAA CLUB RUN SUNDAY 13th APRIL 2025 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 2025 run
SUNDAY 18th MAY 2025 AAA Modern Car Run Palmer to Riverland Region Due to the extended period of dry weather the Run to a Ju-Ju Tree Farm has been postponed to next March. Instead Arthur Doecke is organising an "ordinary" car run, on some gravel roads, starting at the Palmer Oval. in the general area from Palmer through Appamurra, Sanderson areas at this point, Lunch with the Murray Mallee Auto club may be an option, or other alternatives, either at Walker Flat or somewhere in this area. Hopefully, the MMAC can manage it, they have a very full months activities. More info at the next meeting. Organised by Arthur Doecke… |
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AAAC JUNE 2025 RUN
Three B’s Run Heading South of Adelaide Sunday June 22nd, 2025 Meet at clubrooms at 9.00am for 9.30 start. Southern members can meet in Happy Valley reservoir ,enter at roundabout ,corner of Chandlers Hill road and Kenihans road.....about10.00am A southern area run some parts haven't been seen before. Conceived by BARRY,BAZIL and BRIAN. … |
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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 OCT 2025 Motorfest
AAAC Motorfest Run TUESDAY 14th October 2025 Run to Neutrog followed by Lunch at District Hotel in Nairne The run will be via Mt Barker through to Kanmantoo and Dawesley. It will be 75ks to Neutrog and 25ks back. At Neutrog there will be a bus tour of the facility. The bus is limited to 23 persons. Lunch will be $20 per head at the Nairne Hotel. The District Hotel in Nairne can accommodate thirty in the dining room. Brian and Cynthia Davey are organising this years AAAC Motorfest Run. So please consider entering this event to show your support for Motorfest and our Club. Further information will be provided when the Federation releases details of this year Motorfest entry.… |
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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… |