Australia Day

A great day yesterday for the SA Bolwell people. We had a run to the Mac residence at Birdwood for a barbecque and a very enjoyable day it was too. 5 Mark 7s and a lone Nagari took part as well as Ray's Condor, Glen and Mel's Scimitar and Norm and Sarah's Clemente clubman. The morning began with coffee and muffins at Billy Baxter's at Golden Grove followed by a cruise via One Tree Hill, the back way into Gawler, then Lyndoch, Williamstown, Mt. Crawford to Peter and Lynne's. At the last minute Colin L topped up the gas in his Falcon ute which gave the bunch a bit of a break on us. Knowing that the run was organised by Norm and that he sets a cracking pace and that he had arranged a "scenic tour", we went straight to the nudist colony to catch up. Strangely (for Norm) they didn't even go there and we picked them up outside the Williamstown pub and continued on to Chain-of-Ponds. At our destination, we had a great afternoon consuming lots of food and as it was a very hot day, lots of Coopers, among other things. The hot weather also had its effect on a few Bollies, Brian D's, Peter S's and Roger and Lynne's in particular. It was good to see the blue Mark 7 V8 convertible out of retirement at the Birdwood Mill again.
My friends in the Gawler Car Club were taking part in the Playford Council's Australia Day motoring event and you can't be in more than one place at a time but on our way to Golden Grove we did encounter a convoy that included this very lovely Derby Bentley, a later model Bentley Continental and a 20hp Rolls Royce. Here's some of the cars outside Billy Baxter's.

And this is Ray's well finished, Sigma powered Condor.

A few of the cars by the lake outside Williamstown.

And this is Norm, kitted out and ready to go in the clubman. He gets better looking as time goes on doesn't he.