This month's club run was delayed by a week to coincide with the annual Mannum Hot Rod Show. Two groups of Corvettes set off from Frewville and Tea Tree Plaza to rendezvous not far from Mary Ann Reserve in Mannum. After the compulsory U-turn was completed….….this time for traffic management reasons and not just because someone got "geographically challenged" it was time for the 12 Corvettes present to make their way onto the riverfront reserve ready for the day ahead.
Having travelled on some wet roads on the way to Mannum it was too much of a temptation for some of our members to get their chamois out and give their cars a wipe down….....don't they know if you clean your car on a day when there is even just a 1% chance of rain that it will pour down!
The heavens opened up a few times during the day and everyone was very grateful for the shelter which Tony and Faye brought along, even some of the locals had to duck for cover and join the huddle of club members who were trying to avoid getting wet.
A large tree branch also fell to the ground damaging another shelter and narrowly missing some people cooking at a BBQ………..this resulted in the rapid reshuffling of some classic vehicles way from under the other gum trees around the place!
While the crazy summer/autumn weather we've been having wasn't the best, overall it was still a great day out in a great location.
Thanks to everyone who made to trek out to Mannum, book it in your calendar again for next year!

Better known these days as the National Motor Museum Birdwood !. A few months ago John Randall came up with the idea of putting a club display into the Birdwood Mill. Known as ‘Club Corner’ a small upstairs section of the mill is opened up to car clubs to promote their activities and vehicles at no cost. Any who John proposed the idea, advertised it and put a fair deal of effort into organising something special. A couple of exploratory trips were made to see what other clubs had done and the space available. Sunday the 18th of June saw the commencement of our clubs display which will run through until the 16th of September. The current vehicles which will eventually include Mick Turner’s C6 ZO-6, will remain in place until  Saturday the 29th July when another four vehicles will be installed but the static display remain the same.

A bright and chilly Sunday morning saw the 3 initial vettes arrive to a foggy welcome to Birdwood, with Neil’s C4, Arthur’s C3 and AJ’s C1 arriving and yes AJ did drive up in the challenging conditions. This also meant we had to have a team of backup cars and drivers to get us all home and deliver the copious amounts of other memorabilia that has been put together. Luckily the Mill aren’t to concerned about their wall and we were able to drill, screw nail and plaster things into place at will. Luckily the new 40th anniversary banners arrived in time to become the centre piece of the back drop. Much laying out, re organising and debating was had about what should go where. Initially we were given a deadline of 10am to get things sorted, well that came and went and the cars were barely in place before that time. The C4 was the worst to install being the lowest and the driveway was more of a challenge with much scraping and swearing being conducted. So we have installed banners, national and club shirts, signed prints from the Corvette Racing teams, a C1—C7 model representation of the corvettes, advertising brochures, Ports from the club and the nationals anything with Corvette written on it has made it’s way into the display. The mill staff were impressed by what we did in such a short time and advise it is one of the better displays they have had. The current four vehicles will be replaced with Spiro’s C2, Laurie’s C3, Frank’s C4 and John’s C5 (even if he has to push it up there!). The club is in the process of organising a run to the Mill where we will be enabled to park in the grounds and use the BBQ facilities to further promote the clubs presence and our 40th. Thank you to all who have offered to part with their pride and joy for a couple of months and a huge thank you to John and Jenny for making this happen.

A cool but clear morning greeted the club members as they arrived at the Blackwood Shopping Centre car park.
Nine Corvettes, a Mustang and a daily driver (Who forgot to register the corvette?) rolled into the car park, where members had coffee and a snack if required at Café Montagna.
After handing out directions and explaining where we were off to, we set a course for Meadows via Upper Sturt and on through Mylor and Echunga.
After the rain and the start of spring, the hills are alive and green. The sun came out occasionally through the clouds, so it remained cool but clear. We stopped at Pik a Pie Café at Meadows, and with time to spare a couple of the ladies had a look at the Sunday Market at the local hall.
Off we headed to Seaford and the Beach Hotel for lunch, a short view of the Buddhist statue was included (unfortunately the cruise captain did not hear the request for pictures - might need new batteries?). We arrived at the hotel car park, and as we disembarked from our chariots, Tom and Sophia arrived, (in the vette!! - to the usual question), having had a sleep in they took the short route.
Meals arrived fairly quickly, and all enjoyed the fair, a few drinks and conversation.
All in all, it was a great turn out, a great drive, a lovely day with beautiful scenery.

The 3rd annual Kegel night was held on Saturday 9/12/17with about 21 people turning up to try & win the perpetual
trophy donated by Goof. This Consisted of a bowling pin cut in half & mounted on a polished board with the trophy winners’ names engraved on a shield for all time & held by the winner till the next year. They also receive a gold medallion with the year engraved on the back.
Winner 2015 was Peter McBride
Winner 2016 was Rob McConnell
This year’s trophy, after an exciting game, with people ending up in the gutter, rather than their balls , (bowling balls that is), was won by Peter Bartlett.
After the game it was pizza time with a few drinks at the Kegel hall.
A few of us made a weekend of it in the Barossa checking out a few of the wineries.
Thanks to Goof & Mel for arranging the night & to Jeffery the barman with immense knowledge of all things Kegel.