This just in:

‘The Preserve’ is the newsletter of the Council of Motor Clubs. It’s made available to members of CMC-affiliated clubs, and that means you!

Its July 2015 edition has just been sent out to members and is now available for download on the members’ page here.

This month’s newsletter goes back in time to visit Surry Hills, takes a look at the concept car, invites you to the Cooma Motorfest, catches up on the news and a whole lot more.

Club Lotus Australia members can head to the members page here to download your copy. If you’re not a member of the club head here, and take a browse around the website to see why you should be!

The Lotus Notes team have come together once again to produce another stunning edition of the newsletter. The August edition has been released, and is now available for download from the ‘Members‘ page!

This month’s features include:

• Hethel visit
• CLV Early Morning Run
• Classic Team Lotus, and the beauty of historic race cars
• The Cultural Gourmet Run
• Australian GT Series – Lotus and the battle of real Super Cars

And much, much more! Head to the ‘Members’ page here to download your copy.

The newsletter is a membership benefit of Club Lotus Australia, and will as such require you to be logged in to your members account. And if you’re not a member yet, what’s up? Hit this link to find out more about the club and why you should become one!

Heavens above, it’s August already! Which means we’ve enjoyed our first Tyre Kicking and Coffee event (third Sunday of the month in Gough Whitlam Park, Tempe in case you’ve not seen the Calendar) – thank you to everyone who turned up, and to Murray for the photos. Have a look here if you’ve not seen them yet.

We also had two very well attended general meetings this month. The EGM was held at the Royal Automobile Club of Australia (RACA) where Tony Caldersmith kindly regaled us with his warm, humorous and detailed experience at Lotus in the late ’50s and early ’60s. A week later we also held a very well-attended visit to Trevor Simpson’s shed in Hornsby, where we enjoyed the sight of Trevor’s beautifully maintained BT23b, BT5 and Lotus Cortina – thank you again Trevor, and Seth for the photos (also on the website).

For those of you laggards that have been prevaricating about coming to the Barossa in October for Lotus2015, you may have missed out this time! The event is fully subscribed and a wait list has been started – to register, follow the instructions at www.lotus2015.com.au. For those lucky, and organised, enough to be booked in – I look forward to seeing you there!

If you recall the Dawson Damer days and Round the Buckets (and you might still be removing grass from the undercarriage), we have kindly been allowed to reinstate the tradition at the Blackwoods’ annual Eggs Benedict. This year Eggs Benedict will be held on Sunday the 27th of September, so come prepared.

August is traditionally a busy month and this year is no different. We kick off with the August General Meeting, which Ed Holly has kindly offered to host at his shed on Tuesday 11th, followed shortly by the CSCA sprints on Saturday 15th, the Shannons Classic at Sydney Motorsport Park on Sunday 16th (tickets from Evan Jones – be quick as there aren’t many left!) and then the wonderful All British Day at Kings School on Sunday 30th, where we will have our traditional family picnic and car display (tickets from Elliott – again, be quick as the 40 tickets are going fast!)

Looking a little further ahead, we are planning the Christmas Party for Sunday 6th December. It will be held at Bombinis at 366 Avoca Road, Avoca and will include a leisurely drive up (or down) there for those who would like to join the fun, lunch subsidised by the Club, and lots of parking. We are limited to 80 places so make sure you get your booking in as soon as Elliott sends out the details.

Right, enough rattling on – it has been lovely to see so many of you at the various events recently, so thank you for supporting your club so actively, and we look forward to seeing lots of you over the coming months.

In the meantime keep safe, upright and on the black stuff!

Pip pip,
Ashton

Happy Christmas in July, everyone!

OK, so we’re a little early in the planning, but, as with all of our most successful events, early planning gives everyone time to make decisions and secure approvals from the Finance Director. Adding to that, this frosty Sydney winter currently has me reminiscing about northern hemisphere Christmases.

This year’s Christmas Party will be held on Sunday the 6th of December, when we will be heading North to Bombini, a stunning restaurant just outside of Avoca (366 Avoca Drive, Avoca). Here, they will have a large parking area reserved for us so that we can all park together while we head inside for a delicious and social Christmas lunch.

Bombini are proposing a two course lunch, based on alternate seating, with a delicious-sounding menu of mains and desserts. Take a look at the sample menu below, although I should emphasise that this is NOT finalised, and the final menu will include a non-meat option.

CLA will subsidise all members and their partners to the usual tune, so we are asking members to pay $30 per head for this lunch; personally I think this represents great value.

Children are most welcome and there is a menu available at $15 per head for under 12s. Some sample options from the children’s menu include:

• Pasta w/Parmesan, Pasta w/Ragu
• Roast chicken w/potatoes
• Roast pork w/potatoes
• Grilled beef w/potatoes

We are constrained to 80 attendees by the room available. Given that our Christmas Parties generally enjoy this level of participation, I would suggest getting your booking in early to avoid disappointment!

To book your places ahead of the crowd please take the following two steps:

• Write to me (president@clublotus.com.au) to confirm who is coming (you, your partner and any children that you would like to bring along, please)
• Deposit the princely sum of $30 per head for adults, and $15 per child (under 12) into the Club coffers – BSB 633000 Account No 144279056 with the annotation Xmas [Your Initial Your Surname]

I look forward to seeing you there!

Festive wishes,
Ashton Roskill

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