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Day 3: Hay

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Day three saw us on the road early-ish – over the ‘Mighty’ Murray and into NSW. Coffee stop at Deni and through the flatlands to Hay. General consensus was ‘not your most interesting run’  with 120 km of sameness to look at.

Lunch at Shear Outback after which we gained great insight into Australian Shearing Industry. The live demo was fascinating and informative – no really, quite impressive. Wool is making a comeback, prices are good and shearing is a great life, so we were assured, though hard yakka.

And, we’re film stars! Well not exactly stars . . . they were filming for a TV advert for Shear Outback and we got co-opted (willingly) as background extras.

Engrossing shearing demonstration

First cuts

Making it look easy – I reckon I could do that…Not!

Nearly shorn

A picture of concentration, you’d think we’d not seen a sheep shorn up close before…

At the classing table, with a classy audience

Who’s that with a candle in a cake before him? Could it be his birthday?

2018 Bastille Day Drive Routes

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The RCCV has prepared a bit of a social drive to go with the Bastille Day multi-club luncheon being held at l’Auberge in Lilydale.

It’s open to all members of each club, whether attending the luncheon or not. Members going to the luncheon do not have to do the drive as well if they don’t wish to (but why would you not?). It has been designed with the varying capabilities of the collectively diverse range of potential participating vehicles.

  1. Those going on the drive meet in the car park of the Heide Museum of Modern Art (7 Templestowe Rd, Bulleen) at 9:00am for a 9:15am departure.
  2. A 1/2 – 3/4 hr drive out through Templestowe, Eltham and Diamond Creek to coffee stop at Pepper’s Paddock General Store in Wattle Glen.
  3. Coffee stop for 1/2 – 3/4 hr.
  4. Three routes of ‘nominal’ 1/2, 1 and 1&1/2 hr travel times to get from the coffee stop to L’Auberge. ‘Nominal’ means that’s how long at a normal pace for a modern vehicle. Aim is to be at L’Auberge between 12:00 and 12:30pm.
  5. The half-hour run is intended for older vehicles that may be operated at a more sedate pace, or that may not wish to travel the greater distance. This run goes via Warrandyte and Wonga park to Lilydale – a fairly flat (ie un-hilly) run.
  6. The longest run is for those wanting a more ‘spirited’ drive. If they depart from coffee first, as planned, they should arrive at lunch about the same time as the others.
  7. The medium and long runs go out to Kinglake via Hurstbridge and St Andrews, across to the Melba highway and back past Yarra Glen and Coldstream to Lilydale. The long run replaces the Melba Hwy leg with a zesty jaunt via Toolangi and Healesville.
  8. There’s about 10-12 turn points in each run, with nearly all having very clear sign-posting making for easy navigation. Solo drivers should be able to navigate even the long run by remembering only 4 or 5 intermediate destinations.
  9. All roads are generally good quality – no unsealed. The leg to St Andrews is gentle to moderate curves and rises. From St Andrews to Kinglake is a leg of climbing tighter turns – the posted speed limit of 60 being considered reasonable, and that David J’s 850cc 1958 Renault 750 pretty much kept up with the pack on a previous run gives a sense of the standard. From Kinglake the roads are highway grade. The Toolangi leg is again a leg of turns – downhill this time.

Maps and detailed navigation instructions will be provided at the start (at MOMA)
It is not our usual practice to do this, however we’re providing links to Google maps in advance for each of the three run alternatives so that members can, if they wish, inform themselves more fully before deciding to come or which route would suit them.

Short Run

Medium Run

Long Run

Finally, the long range weather forecast is indicating a period of stable weather with wet weather clearing. So good chance of a mainly sunny day with lower than average, for this time of year, rain. Of course, this could all be so different by the week-end!

Notice of Annual General Meeting 2018

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The Renault Car Club of Victoria’s Annual General Meeting will be held on July 17th 2018 at the Dorothy Laver Pavilion in Saxby Street, Glen Iris commencing at 7:30pm.

All offices (President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer and Membership Secretary) and committee positions will become vacant and elections held for of members to fill them.
Nominations of members for new office bearers and general committee members are to be given to the Secretary by 10th July, prior to the meeting. Where there has been no nomination for an office, nominations may be received at the meeting.

Committee nomination form can be downloaded >> Download Nomination Form

Any items for the Agenda and proposed motions are to be submitted by members to the Secretary by 10th July 2018.

Our Geelong Revival Team

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It was a big production a the Geelong Revival last November. You can read a bit about our runners in this post.

As major sponsor, Renault Australia had some media action going on too. Here’s some Youtube clips of our team.

Alex Peroni interviews Paul Stewart – R17 Gordini

Alex Peroni interviews Colin Stark – Dauphine Gordini

Alex Peroni interviews Angelo Simonetto – R8 Gordini

Dean Canto chats to Graeme Edwards – Clio 182

 

Dean Canto and Alex Peroni in action (just a little bit)

 

And just for something a little different, a german car 

Renault Round-Up 2018

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The Round-Up is back – 18th February

As usual, the Renault Round-Up car display is open to all classic and modern Renaults. Unlike last year, we will have fair weather and sunshine this year. We will, promise. Well, we included that in our order at least.

Location this year is the same as last year – the Caribbean Gardens in Scoresby.  There are two entrances; one off Ferntree Gully Road less than one km from the Eastlink Tollway exit and another off Stud Road.  Below the flyer is a map showing in more detail where the display area is in the Gardens.

Non-RCCV club members are especially welcome to display their car at the Round-Up.  It’s the best value car show around – free to display your car and free for everyone to come and view. Apart from the $2.50 Caribbean Gardens charge for vehicle entry to the venue.

But for that $2.50 you get so much more… the Caribbean Gardens is a great family-friendly setting with something for everyone.  There’s the market (for the Dads), playground and rides (for the Mums) and, of course, masses of Renaults for the Kids.  We’re avoiding the stereotyping this year, or is that just swapping it around?

The Round-Up is supported this year by Alpine Affaire, Berwick Tyrepower, Qualitool and Renault Australia. For this concours event there will be awards for Best Post-2001 Renault, Best Pre-2001 Renault, Best Sporting Renault (covering RS, Alpine and Gordini), People’s Choice and, of course, Best Renault in Show. In addition, we plan to have a door prize and a raffle – you don’t have to be concours competitive to walk away with a prize.

We’re also working on a special treat display which we’ll tell you about later when the concrete starts to set . . .

Cars can arrive from from 8:30am and the show formally starts at 9:30 and runs to around 3pm. Concours award presentation scheduled for 1:30 – 2:00 pm.

Round-Up Display Location

Nulon Products now in Club Shop

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BORN THIS WAY

Selected Nulon products now available in RCCV Club Shop

Substantial discount on normal retail prices.

Product Normal retail Club Price
Total Petrol Fuel System Cleaner $27.00 $16.00
Total Diesel Fuel System Cleaner $27.00 $15.00
Diesel Injector Cleaner – 150ml $17.00 $10.00
Diesel Injector Cleaner – 300ml $27.00 $18.00
Diesel Particulate Filter Cleaner $23.00 $15.00
Engine Oil Flush $17.00 $8.00
Petrol Injector Cleaner – 150ml $17.00 $10.00
Fuel Stabiliser & Algae Killer – 1 litre $33.50 $20.00
Permanent Head Gasket Repair $60.00 $40.00
Brake Fluid Super Dot 4 $12.99 $7.00

Come along to a club meeting and collect what you need.

Stocks limited, don’t wait

Les Park Trophy – Sporting Championship – Final Scores for 2017

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This year we have more than doubled the number of active sporting members with 28 representing the Renault Car Club of Victoria in at least one CAMS event over the year.

The very worthy winner of the Les Park Sporting trophy for 2017 is again John Elliott who continues to consistently represented RCCV in his chosen sport of Hillclimbing.

 

John Elliott 27 Points (9 events)
Graeme Edwards 21 Points (9 events)
David Bertuch 12 Points (5 events)
Colin Stark 9 Points (3 events)
Geoff Rasmussen 8 Points (5 events)
Paul Stewart 6 Points (3 events)
Angelo Simonetto 4 Points (2 events)
Glenn Armstrong 4 Points (4 events)
Rui DeLemis 4 Points (4 events)
Peter Stathis 4 Points (4 events)
David Kirsa 3 Points (3 events)
Wes Gleeson 3 Points (3 events)
John Hardy 2 Points (1 event)
Rob Belcourt 2 Points (2 events)
Mikee Elliott 2 Points (2 events)
James Moffatt 2 Points (2 events)
Sanjay Singh 2 Points (2 events)
James Thomas 2 Points (2 events)
Ian Thomson 2 Points (2 events)
Adam Turner 2 Points (2 events)
Daniel Groszek 1 Point (1 event)
Jason Hopkins 1 Point (1 event)
Simon Hopkins 1 Point (1 event)
Mike Neil 1 Point (1 event)
Reg Polson 1 Point (1 event)
Dev Raj 1 Point (1 event)
Greg Testolin 1 Point (1 event)
Ashley Thomas 1 Point (1 event)

To ensure inclusion in the sporting award, members need to email details of events entered, including results to the Sporting Coordinator, Graeme Edwards at 

Details about the Club Championship are here

Renault servicing back in Richmond

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Central Renault is here

Members may recall that the long-running business, Melbourne City Renault, went into liquidation last year. City Renault had traded for many years in at the southern end of Church St, Richmond. Taken over by new owners in 2014, the restructured business opened new service and sales facilities in South Melbourne but soon went under.

Near-city Renault owners now have an alternative they can access for service needs. The parent company of Brighton Renault, which also operates Peninsula Renault in Frankston, have opened Central Renault which offers full vehicle servicing workshops at 1-7 Kingston St., Richmond.

Service Manager, Cory Sant, reports that the workshops have a good range of staff, several of whom are French-trained. Cory can be contacted on 9429 7045

Central Renault website

Ken Marriott

Drive Day October 21st 2017

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Saturday Evening Run & Drive-in Movie

The October drive day is a Saturday night ‘contest’ run starting with a BBQ dinner at Jells Park, Wheelers Hill and finishing with a movie at the Coburg Drive-in.

There will be two competitions / games on the drive, which will take 2 – 2-1/2 hours (1-3/4hr actual drive time).

One is a ‘regularity’ style timed driving between three check-points – contestants will score points according to how far from a target time (more or less) each contestant arrives at the  check-point. Lowest final points wins.  P-plate drivers get a discount of 1/3 off their time difference and Learner drivers get a discount of 1/2 off to level up the playing field.  It takes about 35 – 40 mins between check-points.

Between consecutive check-points, there will be two marker points where contestants will be required to take a photo to show they passed through the point.  Vehicles will depart at 1 min intervals.  Drivers will have instructions with all the points given but the route between points will be of their choosing.

The second game is a card game with Renault models on cards instead of normal playing cards.  At the start and each check-point players will get cards and may swap cards for different ones.  Contestants covertly trading or selling cards among themselves is unlikely to be detected.

Obviously the driving contest is per vehicle, the card game is per person. Prizes will be awarded.

The BBQ will start at 4:30 and run for an hour.  For catering purposes please advise your intention to attend by 19th October to

The Jells Park ‘Oaks and Ashes’ picnic area is in Wheelers Hill, entrance is off Ferntree Gully Rd just down from the Eastlink Fwy (see https://www.google.com.au/maps/place/Oaks+and+Ashes+Picnic+Areas+-+Jells+Park/@-37.9072242,145.1901405,15.03z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x6ad63e22feaae70d:0xc251efee5327d4a2!8m2!3d-37.9054915!4d145.2024472)

Coburg Drive-In is at 155 Newlands Rd Coburg. There are three screens.  Kids under 12 get in free – $19 Adult, $15 students & concession, $12 seniors and $45 a carload. Actual movies to be shown are not yet advertised…  There’s a 50’s style diner and you can get an app for your phone to view the menu and order from your car.

Les Park Trophy – Sporting Championship Points to 6th June 2017

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Following is the point standings up to and including the Rob Roy Interclub round 2 on 21 May 2017.

 

John Elliott 18 Points (6 events)
Graeme Edwards 15 Points (7 events)
David Bertuch  7 Points (2 events)
Geoff Rasmussen  6 Points (4 events)
Colin Stark  5 Points (2 events)
Paul Stewart  4 Points (2 events)
Glenn Armstrong  3 Points (3 events)
Rui DeLemis  3 Points (3 events)
Wes Gleeson  3 Points (3 events)
Peter Stathis  3 Points (3 events)
Mikee Elliott  2 Points (2 events)
David Kirsa  2 Points (2 events)
James Moffatt  2 Points (2 events)
Sanjay Singh  2 Points (2 events)
Rob Belcourt  1 Point (1 event)
Mike Neil  1 Point (1 event)
Reg Polson  1 Point (1 event)
Dev Raj  1 Point (1 event)
James Thomas  1 Point (1 event)
Ian Thomson  1 Point (1 event)
Adam Turner  1 Point (1 event)

To ensure inclusion in the sporting award, members need to email details of events entered, including results to the Sporting Coordinator, Graeme Edwards at 

Details about the Club Championship are here