June 2022 dinner meeting at Nonna and I
On a windy, cold, winter’s evening with frequent rain squalls, 14 brave members and partners of the SA Area of the AMOC met at Nonna and I – a highly regarded Italian restaurant in the Eastern suburbs – for the monthly dinner meeting. Given the weather and that several members were either interstate or overseas, […]
Run to Bremerton Winery May 29th 2022
On a cold and blustery Sunday morning with the forecast for heavy rain later in the day, some 15 members of the SA branch of the AMOC met at the Burnside Village Shopping centre carpark for the May run and lunch. As it happened, the weather was very […]
April 24th 2022 run to Lenswood
April was a difficult month, from the perspective of competing events, in Adelaide with Easter falling on the weekend before Anzac Day that resulted in three sequential long weekends that provided opportunities for citizens to ‘get away’ for a few days. There were also competing events including historic racing at the local Mallala track on […]
Report of evening run to Clarendon, March 29th 2022
On a lovely Autumnal Tuesday evening when the daytime maximum temperature reached 27 degrees centigrade, twenty four members of the AMOC met at the Aldgate Pump Hotel shortly before 6pm for the second and final evening run and dinner for 2022. Daylight saving is due to end this coming Sunday (April 3rd) meaning evening runs […]
Run through the Hills to Verdun, March 1st 2022
It was a lovely, warm Autumnal evening when members of the South Australian Area of the AMOC met for the first event of 2022 on St David’s Day, March 1st. Area Rep Terry Jones had organised a mid-week, evening run as he had in the previous years and though the drives have been subtly different, […]
Celebration of latest Bond movie, No Time To Die
Area Rep Terry Jones had advised members on a few occasions before the movie launch that he was discussing with the SA distributors of Aston Martin, Solitaire Motors, the possibility of a sponsored, combined event to celebrate the long-overdue launch of the last Bond movie starring Daniel Craig. Unfortunately, nothing eventuated from Solitaire, apparently because […]
Run, lunch and AGM at Saltram winery, Angaston
Report of AGM, run & lunch for AMOC SA December 12th 2021 On a warm Sunday morning, with the forecast maximum of a hot 35 degrees, 15members of the AMOC met at Hazelwood Park, the starting point for the 100km run organised by Area Rep, Terry Jones. Terry advised we would be joined by 6 […]
Report of run and lunch November 2021
On an unseasonally wet, cold and windy November 14th, the South Australian area of the AMOC held their penultimate run & lunch for 2021. The forecast had been poor for days before and was also poor for several days ahead with daily maxima in the teens when the average for November is in the mid […]
75th anniversary of the Times advertisement for the High Class Motor Business
On October 1st 1946, a tiny, three line advertisement was posted in the Times newspaper, London. It was headed ‘High Class Motor Business’ in the ‘For Sale’ section and this tiny advert changed the course of motoring history. David Brown saw the ad and after a period of negotiation, he took ownership of the company […]
October 24th 2021 run & lunch report
On Sunday October 24th, 28 members and friends of the South Australian Area of the AMOC met at the Bridgewater Inn for the regular monthly run & lunch. The weather was fair with just a few drops of rain in the morning but periods of lovely sunshine increasing as the afternoon progressed. Several members took […]