(CURRENT RUNS CALENDAR – 2025)
| Date | Where……. | Who to contact….. |
| Saturday, 8thMarch
& Sunday, 9th March |
It’s the Labour Day long weekend Cobden Restoration Park Vintage Rally weekend and what a weekend this is! Display your vehicle on either day. Visit the many market stalls and shed displays. Steam engine displays, vintage tractor pull and an auction on Saturday from 11am. Plenty of food and refreshments are available. Two excellent days. https://swdrg.org.au |
Contact Heather 0408 401 562 if you need further details. |
| Friday, 14thMarch | Colac Collectable Car Club “General Meeting” the first for the 2025 year. Meet at the Colac Scout Hall at 7.30pm. If you are unable to attend, please email or message your apology to the Secretary. Supper will be provided.
Email: colaccollectable@gmail.com or text 0408 401 562 if you are not able to attend. RSVP by Monday, 10th March, 2025. |
Contact Heather 0408 401 562 for further details. |
| Saturday, 15th March | The Colac Collectable Car Club has been a long-time participant of the Colac Kana Festival and the 2025 event is going to be a little different. The 2025 theme for Colac Kana Festival is set to pay homage to its new location, while also honouring traditional features of Kana.
‘A Country Fair’ will be the festival’s theme for 2025, held at the Colac Showgrounds on Saturday March 15. Cowboys, flannels, balloons, hayrides…the possibilities are endless. Keep up to date with details of the 2025 Kana Parade …… facebook.com/pages/Colac-Kana-Festival/274625496904
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Contact Heather 0408 401 562 for further details. |
| Sunday, 16thMarch | Our regular catch up west of Colac – meet at the Red Robin Café, Manifold Street, Camperdown at 2.00 pm. | Phone Claudia
0428 962 854 by the Friday before if you are coming. |
| Friday, 21stMarch | W.I.T.H. run to Beeac BBQ area, Main Street. Beeac. BYO picnic or BBQ. Leave Colac Visitor Information Centre at 6.00pm. | Contact Heather
0408 401 562 for further details. |
| Sunday, 30thMarch | Lismore Coffee ‘n cars at the Golf Club. This activity started in 2024 and is held on the last Sunday of each month. This is a great way to spend a casual Sunday morning! Lismore is just 50 minutes from Colac and 30 minutes from Camperdown. Enjoy good coffee, good company and park your collectable car/motorbike with others between 10am and 12noon. |
Contact Heather 0408 401 562 for further details. |
| Friday, 4thApril |
Who would have thought, A Tram in Cororooke and our club has booked a night at the Stage Bistro for a scrumptious dinner. The old W Class Tram was built in the 1930’s; spending its life rattling up and down the Brunswick line and is now our dinner destination for one of our Friday night dinner nights at the Red Rock Regional Theatre and Gallery, 520 Corangamite Lake Rd, Cororooke. Arrive 6pm for 6.30pm dinner. |
Bookings are essential so please contact Chris 0417 133 860 on or before Monday 31st March to book. |
| Sunday, 6thApril | Beeac Coffee and Cars at the Farmers Arms Hotel, Main Street, Beeac. Meet up with other members for coffee – a regular on the calendar on the first Sunday of the month. | No need to book, just arrive around 10am. |
| Sunday, 6thApril | Geelong’s premier event – the All Ford Day. The city of Geelong and the Ford Motor Company have been inextricably linked for nearly a century, with the establishment of Ford Australia in Geelong in 1925. Geelong’s proud continued relationship with Ford, makes the city the perfect place to celebrate the company’s incredible lineup of classic and modern vehicles. There will be over 1,500 vehicles on display, from the Model T to the Mustang and everything in between, all in Geelong’s beautiful Eastern Park. | Contact details ….. |
| Sunday, 6thApril | Beeac Coffee and Cars at the Farmers Arms Hotel, Main Street, Beeac. Meet up with other members for coffee – a regular on the calendar on the first Sunday of the month. | No need to book, just arrive around 10am. |
| Wednesday, 16th April | Mid-week Run – This month we’ll take a run to Koroit and join in on a music session at the Commercial Hotel.
This was a great venue last year and attended by a lot of our members. A sing-a-long, meal and catch up. What more would you want….. |
Let Claudia know via text
0428 962 854 by Friday, 11th April. |
| Sunday, 20thApril | Our regular catch up west of Colac – meet at the Red Robin Café, Manifold Street, Camperdown at 2.00 pm. | Phone Claudia
0428 962 854 by the Friday before if you are coming. |
| Friday, 25thApril | ANZAC Day celebrations at Cressy Aerodrome. Gates open at 10am. Service at 12 noon, Tiger Moth commemorative flights available, BBQ and catering available, historical and collectable vehicles on display, plus historic memorabilia. A great day out and is always strongly supported by the Colac Collectable Car Club.
https://www.cressyaerodrome.com.au/events
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Contact Heather 0408 401 562 if you need directions to the Cressy Aerodrome.
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| Sunday, 27thApril | Lismore Coffee ‘n cars at the Golf Club – held on the last Sunday of each month. This is a great way to spend a casual Sunday morning! Lismore is just 50 minutes from Colac and 30 minutes from Camperdown. Enjoy good coffee, good company and park your collectable car/motorbike with others between 10am and 12noon. |
Contact Heather 0408 401 562 for further details. |
| Saturday, 3rdMay and Sunday, 4thMay |
125th Lake Goldsmith Steam Rally“The Perfect Living Museum”The association’s 38 Acre site – located at 1234 Carngham Lake Goldsmith Road Lake Goldsmith – whilst being home to one of the largest gatherings of historic machinery in Australia, also hosts visiting enthusiast groups, including car, truck, tractor and stationary engine clubs bringing an ever-changing variety of exciting and unusual exhibits to the rally. https://www.lakegoldsmithsteamrally.org.au
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See advert in Newsletter for all details. |
| Sunday, 4thMay | Beeac Coffee and Cars at the Farmers Arms Hotel, Main Street, Beeac. Meet up with other members for coffee – a regular on the calendar on the first Sunday of the month. | No need to book, just arrive around 10am. |
| Friday, 9thMay | Another dinner night and this time the club heads to the Gellibrand River Hotel, 20 Old Main Road, Gellibrand. The club enjoyed their End of Year Function at the Gellibrand Hotel in 2024 and this time the club have booked a Friday night dinner. Arrive 6.30pm and enjoy another wonderful meal and get-together with other members. |
Contact Chris 0417 133 860 for bookings and please book before Monday, 5th May. |
| Sunday, 18thMay | Let’s celebrate National Motoring Heritage Day at our regular catch up west of Colac – meet at the Red Robin Café, Manifold Street, Camperdown at 2.00 pm. | Phone Claudia
0428 962 854 by the Friday before if you are coming. |
| Saturday, 24th May and Sunday, 25thMay | 2025 sees the 48th Historic Winton event and is Australia’s largest and most popular historic motor race meeting. Enjoy a weekend of non-stop racing featuring historic car races from the 1920s to the 1980s as well as a huge array of veteran, vintage, rare and unusual vehicles on display. Historic Winton has grown into an iconic city meets country occasion, one of the biggest sporting and heritage events in regional Victoria. Each year, Historic Winton is different with so much to see and do, both on and off the track. At Historic Winton, expect to see the unexpected. https://www.historicwinton.org |
Contact Heather 0408 401 562 for further details.
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| Sunday, 25thMay | Lismore Coffee ‘n cars at the Golf Club – held on the last Sunday of each month. This is a great way to spend a casual Sunday morning! Lismore is just 50 minutes from Colac and 30 minutes from Camperdown. Enjoy good coffee, good company and park your collectable car/motorbike with others between 10am and 12noon. |
Contact Heather 0408 401 562 for further details. |
| Tuesday, 27th May | Colac Collectable Car Club “Committee Meeting”. Contact a committee member if you would like any issue discussed…..! | Contact Heather
0408 401 562 for further details. |
| Sunday, 1stJune | Beeac Coffee and Cars at the Farmers Arms Hotel, Main Street, Beeac. Meet up with other members for coffee – a regular on the calendar on the first Sunday of the month. | No need to book, just arrive around 10am. |
| Friday, 13thJune | Colac Collectable Car Club “General Meeting” the first for the 2025 year. Meet at the Colac Scout Hall at 7.30pm. If you are unable to attend, please email or message your apology to the Secretary. Supper will be provided. Email: colaccollectable@gmail.com or text 0408 401 562 if you are not able to attend. RSVP by Monday, 9th June, 2025. |
Contact Heather 0408 401 562 for further details. |
| Sunday, 15thJune | Our regular catch up west of Colac – meet at the Red Robin Café, Manifold Street, Camperdown at 2.00 pm. | Phone Claudia
0428 962 854 by the Friday before if you are coming. |
| Wednesday, 18th June | Mid-week Run – lunch at Timboon Berry World Thai. Lunch at Timboon Berry World on Wednesday, 18th June. If you are going to be free that day, please come along and enjoy a scrummy authentic Thai meal and casual chat with other members. Reservations required · Has outdoor seating · Serves vegan dishes.https://www.berryworld.com.au/thai-restaurant |
Phone Claudia 0428 962 854 by the Friday, 13th June if you are coming. |
| Friday, 20thJune | Our dinner nights continue and tonight we head to Cobden to the Cobden Golf Club’s “Bistro on Neylon”.
The club have many members located to the west of Colac and activities are always well attended. For a delicious bistro style meal and catch up with other members, book now! |
Contact Chris
0417 133 860 for bookings and please book before Monday, 16th June. |
| Sunday, 29thJune | Lismore Coffee ‘n cars at the Golf Club – held on the last Sunday of each month. This is a great way to spend a casual Sunday morning! Lismore is just 50 minutes from Colac and 30 minutes from Camperdown. Enjoy good coffee, good company and park your collectable car/motorbike with others between 10am and 12noon. |
Contact Heather 0408 401 562 for further details. |
| Monday, 30thJune | All membership renewal payments to be made.
If not paid by 30th June, you are legally not permitted to drive a club permitted vehicle/motorcycle. For further information on the Club Permit Scheme – consult the VicRoads / Transport Vic website…..:- https://transport.vic.gov.au/Road-rules-and-safety/Permits/Club-permits |
Contact Heather if you have any questions regarding your membership renewal.
Phone:-0408 401 562 |
| Friday, 18thJuly | Keep the date free…..
The Annual General Meeting of the Colac Collectable Car Club Inc for the 2024/2025 reporting year will be held on Friday, 18th July, 2025 at the Colac Scout Hall. The meeting will commence at 7.30pm followed by supper provided by the Club. All members are requested to attend. |
If you are unable to attend, please contact the Secretary, Heather Petrie (0408 401 562) or email: colaccollectable@gmail.com |