MGCCQ Midweek Christmas Overnight Run – 26/28 November 2025

Our last midweek run for the year was the 2 night Christmas run to Hervey Bay organized by Neil Robson & Allan Tebbutt. Our accommodation was at the Kondari Resort Urangan, where renovation of the rooms had recently been completed, but unfortunately the dining area was still a work in progress. All was not lost however, as the owners simply transferred our dinner booking to the nearby tavern in Pialba & provided 2 courtesy buses to shuttle us to & fro.

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The trip started from our morning tea meeting point at Pioneer Park, Landsborough, the recent bad weather resulting in only 7 MG’s setting off in our group of 19 cars. The run to Gympie for lunch was mostly on the old Bruce Highway, makes you wonder how we managed back then. We picked up Robyn on the way at Cooroy, then enjoyed lunch at Alford Park with it’s great amenities. From Gympie we travelled towards Tin Can Bay before taking the Cooloola Rd towards Maryborough. The devastation along this road from the recent storms was obvious, with tall pine trees blown over or snapped off, thank goodness this happened a couple of weeks earlier. Drove through countless traffic lights & roundabouts in Maryborough & Hervey Bay, but reached our accommodation without incident, must have been good route instructions. Happy hour was good for the usual laughs & stories before we headed off to Pialba by courtesy bus for dinner.
 

Here we were joined by members of the Wide Bay Chapter of the MG Club & our group of 65 enjoyed a very social evening and a nice dinner. Neil & Allan had arranged the usual raffle, the beneficiary this year being Mater Little Miracles & the Mater Mother’s Neonatal Critical Care Unit, a very worthy cause. Ticket sales went very well & aided by a $100 donation from the Hervey Bay Masonic lodge, a total of $815 was raised for Mater Little Miracles. A special thanks to all those who donated raffle prizes including the Kondari management who provided a couple of $250 accommodation vouchers.

On Thursday morning a couple of Wide Bay members guided us to the MG Museum of David Hall & Lyn Hayward. Their collection & presentation of MG cars & memorabilia is simply spectacular.