CLUB RUNS
The Club offers its members the opportunity to take part in two types of runs. One is the Day Run held on various Sundays throughout the year and the other is the Mid-week run held regularly on the fourth Wednesday of each month. There is also one weekend away, usually held in July. These runs are organized to allow time for socializing as well as enjoying a drive with fellow enthusiasts.
Details of meeting times and places for the runs are advertised on the Calendar page of this website and also in the Octagon. A contact name is always given so that you can check on the latest details of the run.
Most participants drive their MG but other makes are not excluded. Below are reports and photos of some recent runs held by MG Car Club.
"Watch the birdie, they say!!??....
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MGCCQ – MIDWEK RUN – 28 OCTOBER 2026
It was probably the slowest 100 km that the MG Car Club has had for many years, what with traffic lights, road works & closed flood gates. But it turned out to be an opportunity to view the massive amount of development activity occurring to the north of Brisbane.
Thirteen cars including 8 MG’s started from Petrie & travelled past the southern shores of Lake Kurwongbah, then onto the development sections to the west of Narangba, Morayfield & upper Caboolture.
Turning right off Caboolture River Road onto Old North Road brought about a total change of scenery, lovely rural countryside through to Wamuran, the recent heavy rains having fully restored the ”green” look.
Then onto pineapple country before joining Old Gympie Road, northbound to Beerburrum to join the Steve Irwin Way and the motorway to lunch at Nudgee Beach.
Don Webster had a hiccup with the TD on the motorway. The magic wand allowed him to effect a fix and to drive home at the expense of lunch.
Denis Thomas & Trevor Mills met the group at the beach for lunch. Quite a few of those present had not been to Nudgee Beach before. Rhonda & Greg made sure the tide was in to present an interesting land & seascape.
PARTICIPANTS:
Greg & Rhonda HANNANT - MG5
Neil & Margaret TAYLOR - RAV 4
Allan & Joyce TEBBUTT - MGB
Jeff HESLEWOOD - HYUNDAI
Lloyd & Karen THOMSON - MGB
John & Pat WALKER - MGA
Michael GARRATTY & Kay HAWLEY - MX5
Mark Lacy & Sharon HILL - MGB
Don WEBSTER - MGTD
Val HORGAN - CX5
Graeme KIDD - NISSAN 370
Philip GREETHAW - MGB
Barry LUTWYCHE & Jan BURKE - MG HS
Dennis THOMAS & Trevor MILLS
MGCCQ MIDWEEK RUN - 26 AUGUST 2026
Due to one of our members having an unfortunate accident, a volunteer was needed at short notice to set the August midweek run. Ray & Susanne Edwards stepped up to organize lunch at the Beerwah Hotel & Jeff set a short run starting from BP Truckstop Caboolture.
Numbers have been excellent this year & we again had 31 members & friends setting off at 10:30 with 4 more to meet us at the hotel. There were 17 cars including 10 MG’s which headed up the Bruce Highway to the D’aguilar Highway turnoff with the weather looking a little threatening.
Thankfully there was no rain & we passed through Wamuran & Woodford before heading up the Bellthorpe Range Road. Most had not travelled this rather challenging drive before, and were rewarded with quite a pretty run through the Bellthorpe National Park followed by some magnificent views across dairy farming country to the Glasshouse Mountains in the distance.
We then continued down the mountain & along Commissioners Flat Road, arriving in Beerwah for lunch at around 12:00 pm.
Another enjoyable day with good food & the usual camaraderie of this great group of people. Looking forward to the next one !!
PARTICIPANTS:
Allan & Joyce Tebbutt - MGB
Greg & Rhonda Hannant - MG5
Neil & Kate Robson - BMW
Jeff Heslewood - Hyundai
Lloyd & Karen Thomson - MGB
Dennis & Diana Kelly - Mazda 3
Barry Lutwyche - MGB
Jam Burke - MGB
Mark Lacy - MGB
Michael Garratty & Kay Hawley - MX 5
Ross & Shez Letten - MGTD
John & Pat Walker - MGA
Val & Kerry Horgan & Meryl Miles - Mazda
Michael Salt & John Mulhall - MGB GT
Paul & Virginia Young - Honda
Sue Panuccio & Trevor Penson - VW
Rob & Lenore Jeckells - MGB GT
Ray & Sue Edwards - Mitsubishi
Andrew Manfield & Rosemary Rucinski - Volvo
September Run 23rd September 2026
Meeting Point Upper Coomera Community Centre
Destination – Hinz Dam
A small crowd turned up 9.30 for morning tea prior to setting out on the run.
I have to wonder about the navigational skills of some of our members – no names however one of our members was lost at the BP servo after driving around and took the easy option of ringing Denis to come and rescue them. I believe a few others had trouble but managed to find the Community centre in time for a cuppa. Meryl Miles and daughter along with Jeff joined us for morning tea.
At 10.30 we proceeded out of the car park to be met by traffic lights and roundabouts which spread the cars out but luckily with road works red lights we all seemed to catch up again. Normally these are a curse but can sometimes be helpful.
We eventually got on the road to Mt Tamborine – what a lovely drive with fantastic scenery. Mt Tamborine Village was bustling what with school holidays and road works we were soon on the Eagle Heights Road. What a great drive with single lane sections and steep downhill grades.
The route then took us down Beechmont road to Advancetown. I spied a couple of really nice cafes on the way which will be investigated next time.
It was then a short drive to the Hinz Dam picnic area and photo op. 8 MG’s lined up looking magnificent (see photos)
For future reference watch the thieving kookaburra looking pretty in the trees – he is trained on swooping down and talking the food right out of mouth – just ask me as it happened twice to me so gave up after that. What a wonderful resourceful bird our kookaburra is!!!!!
Everyone agreed that it was a great drive with magnificent scenery with the roads built for MG driving (must add a Camaro and Mazdas as well)
These was written by Denis Thomas’s secretary – all errors and correspondence to Denis please.
Partcipants:
Denis Thomas – BRG MGB
Lloyd and Karen Thomson – red MGB
Jan Burke – red MGB
Barry Lutwyche – red MGB
Trevor Jones and Robyn Jenvey – Camaro
Denis and Diana Kelly – red Mazda 3
John and Pat Walker – red MGBGT V8
Bruce Bishop – gold MGB
Michael Garratty and Kay Hawley – red MX5
Mark Lacy – primrose MGB
Michael salt and John Mulhall – green MGBGT
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