HAPPY 15th BIRTHDAY!!!!
WIDE BAY CHAPTER
Established 26 January, 2005
The Wide Bay Chapter of the MG Car Club Queensland is the oldest of the Club’s established Chapters. It was founded in 2005 by a circle of dedicated sports car enthusiasts located in Hervey Bay and celebrates its anniversary every Australia Day when, by Presidential fiat, it was brought into official existence.
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The Chapter continues to grow with its coverage including the rural cities of Maryborough, Hervey Bay and Gympie, as well as the smaller country towns between. If you are young at heart, fancy sports cars and the MG Marque, reside in our area and relish company, come and join us at the MGCCQ (Wide Bay Chapter).
Chapter Coordinators:
David Hall - Phone: 07 4125 8436, Mobile: 0409 363 889, Email: widebaymg@gmail.com
Lyn Hayward - Mobile: 0407 573 326
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Car Collection:
Recently Lewis Gray spoke about his collection of 11 cars and Stewart Riddell taped it.The videos start Saturday and there are 5 episodes. Members should subscribe for notification of videos on my youtube channel.
Check out all the Wide Bay Chapter's recent activities on their Facebook page as there are occasions when not all of their reports can be fitted into the available space on this web page.
WIDE BAY CHAPTER NEWS
Birthday Celebrations!!
Saturday, 26 January is always a special day for the Wide Bay Chapter of the MG Car Club of QLD as this is the day we celebrate our birthday, with this year marking 15 years since it all began.
Around 30 members joined in for the occasion. We started at Hervey Bay and then travelled to Maryborough where we joined a few members and then had a short drive onto Teddington Weir Picnic Ground where we all enjoyed morning tea and although we had a bit of rain, it didn’t dampen our spirits one little bit.
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It was lovely to see Shaun and Dinie"s beautiful new British Racing Green MGB and we hope to see it on many more occasions.
A lovely welcome speech was made by long term member Bob Mortimer and he told us all a bit about the history of the club.
After that, he did the honour of cutting into our beautiful birthday cake which was supplied by John & Cheryl Nash. A big thank you guys.
We then packed up for a leisurely drive back through Maryborough and onto Burrum Heads Hotel where we enjoyed a great lunch and of course a refreshing ale or 2. A great day was had by all and as always, a big thank you to David & Lyn for organising the day.
By our roving reporter
Loraine Wilson
An Interesting Story!!
An S2E (Tracker) aircraft pilot, Mike Killingsworth purchased his TC in Melbourne in the 70’s and asked permission to carry it to Sydney on HMAS Melbourne as he was flying from the ship at the time. He was granted permission and the car was duly ties down in C Hangar at the back of the after (rear) aircraft lift. After a while a pipe was made across the ships loudspeakers, for Sub Lieutenant Killingsworth to the Bridge. Thinking he was in trouble Mike arrived at the Bridge with a worried expression only to be sat down by the Captain to talk about the lovely car… Later it was brought up for the cameras and put on the catapult as if ready to launch! Mike still has the car, among many other great cars and still has a great sense of humour. I am sure he is still in the Victorian branch of the MG club…
By Peter Dore' MGCCQ Wide Bay Chapter Q 5003
Wednesday, 15 January, 2020 - The Wide Bay Chapter had its first run for the year to River Heads.
A keen group of members assembled at the Information Centre Hervey Bay all ready and willing to do it all over again in 2020
.MG's and there proud owners everywhere 13 in total the most MG's seen on a Wide Bay run for quite some time . We also had the little Bug Eyed Sprite a Porsche a BMW and a Morris Minor Woody as well as a couple of moderns..There were 28 Members in total and It was great to welcome new member Roger Park and his MGB roadster and also 2 Guests Stuart & Dawn Stephenson looking to join our club and buy their first MG now that's a good sign for the future.
It would be remiss of me if I did not mention Darrel Martins completed restoration of his Magnificent MGB Roadster White with Red Leather trim wood grain dash with Reversing camera and GPS and Entertainment system.
But how about this a complete conversion of the rear brakes to disc brakes I think we need to get Darrell to give a write up to the Octagon Magazine on how this conversion was completed to such a very high standard and about other conversions he has done on his MGB roadster to bring it into the 21st Century
After all the greetings and tell tales of the Christmas and New Year break was over a group photo was taken and we headed for the road through the Countryside of Hervey Bay area arriving at the River Heads Cafe for a lovely morning tea.
Great Company great Food and Coffee and to top it of the best view in town looking over the entrance to the Great Mary River lets do it all again on Australia Day!
David & Lyn
Wide Bay Chapter
WIDE BAY CHAPTER NEWS
On Sunday, 17 November, the Wide Bay Chapter started the day at Brendan Hansen Park in Maryborough. After a nice chat we all made our way to Poona Park by the sea where we enjoyed our BYO morning tea. Lots of conversation and tea/coffee drinking was had as many residents from the nearby caravan park came to inspect our beautiful classic cars.
We departed Poona at around 11am to head to our lunch destination which was Silky Oak Tea Gardens near Gympie. Shortly after we arrived, Rod received word that David and Lyn had broken down and would be a bit late as waiting for the RACQ. We then got word that the young RACQ guy had no idea what an MG was and had to call the tow truck. So alas, David and Lyn would not make lunch.
It was very nice to see our Southern Members join us on this occasion they boosted our numbers with their company at the Tea Gardens and we hope to see them more often.
We bravely soldiered on without our intrepid leaders and had a really enjoyable lunch. It’s a great place to visit for a meal if you’re ever out that way. We all decided to leave early as word of a hail storm on the Sunshine Coast was heading our way. On the way home, we came across the breakdown kids and pulled in to offer them a cold drink and wait with them till the tow truck arrived.
The funniest part of all, was that they were in their new modern MG and not one of their classic's. Which proves you can’t beat an oldie and a goody.
A great day was had by all.
Loraine Wilson
Roving reporter
Wide Bay Chapter