Impressions from Australia
Some pictures from the Victorian Magnette Register outings in October 2002:
The first two photos come from a picninc run we held to the Coastal township of Queenscliff, about 70 miles south of Melbourne.
The third photo is from an event we held last year when a number of us and our partners spent the weekend in central Victoria, at a place called
Nagambie.
Paul Vermont
The Magnette Register of the MGCC in Victoria, Australia has grown rapidly over the past
year. In previous years it was not uncommon for just 1 Magnette to show up at the annual
Concours event. Not a good turnout when you consider that up to 250 MGs of all types
would be displayed on the day. Well, to illustrate how much things have changed over the
past year, 11 Magnettes turned up to this year's Concours, including a number of fully restored cars, a couple of original examples and a few "daily" drivers.
The growth was so rapid we organised a weekend away so that everyone could get to know each other. We
headed up to Echuca on the Murray River (about 200 kms north of Melbourne) which
separates the states of Victoria and New South Wales. Paddle steamers still use the river and
the Port of Echuca, albeit only for tourists nowadays.
The photo was taken on that trip.
Our trip was from the State capital city [Melbourne] to Echuca [Border town
on the river] for the weekend and returning via ,Rushworth , a mining town in
the centre of our State.
Picture of me sitting down on a paddle steamer [Not obvious] at Echuca .The soft
drink is my drink .
Seven Z's travelled in total . The group photo is in the boulevard at 
Rushworth on the return home. shown from left to right are :
-Derek Reed
-Myself
-Paul Vermont {our leader }
-Rob Kaldor Bull
-Daniel Levy
the two missing ,from the photo , drivers where Kevin Roderick and Julie
Brown.
Laurie Scott, Australia 'Activity of Z & Y Register MG Car Club Melbourne '
