May Breakfast Club

Whenever a new event attempts to get off the ground, one thinks that the first will be a success as it is a novelty. Maybe the second shall do well, depending on how the first was received and reviewed…and then one thinks about the consequences of a date clash with Mothers’ Day and what effect that may have…WRONG!

The GCC Sporting Register Breakfast Club had only ONE problem today – where to park everyone! People came from Lilydale, Gembrook, Melbourne, (all over in fact) in an amazing variety of vehicles both 2 wheeled and 4. Glenn you are “da man” as a good mate of mine “up over” in USA would say! I know that Glenn has spent a fair amount of time emailing and contacting car clubs to grow this event. It is fair to say that all his hard work has paid off and he deserves to be acknowledged (even if he is being modest and doesn’t think so!). If anyone doubted this event could grow so fast from one month to the next, then put that doubt aside NOW. People and cars were coming and going from 8.00am til we left for the lunch run after 10.30am. At any one time there would have been over 50 cars and bikes assembled – I tried to keep count of all the comings and goings and simply gave up.

I managed to get an article published in our local paper here about the event and Glenn contacted the Herald Sun in Melbourne (one of 2 major daily papers in Victoria). The Herald Sun published a great piece and a photo in the “What’s On” Section of the Motoring Guide on Friday and the publicity machine worked brilliantly. I spoke with several people who had seen the paper and decided that Warragul for breakfast was a great idea. One lady I spoke with turned up in her pristine Morris Minor Convertible without the kids and hubby…Mothers’ Day meant for her that she could do what she wanted for the day and she chose to jump in her little car and join us in Warragul.

This event will continue to grow and grow…and there is PLENTY of parking. I doubt it shall be long before we see the “triangle” of Warragul’s CBD taken over by the “Breakfast Club”. There were a lot of people just out for coffee or Mothers’ Day breakfast this morning and they ALL walked around and admired the amazing array of machinery. Mike spoke with quite a few and the concenus was that this is a great event, even for the not-so-car-minded community.

Check out the pics – the photos tell the story of another successful Breakfast Club here in Warragul. As much as we tried to take decent photos of ALL the cars and bikes, I am afraid we failed to do so…apologies for those we missed and for the photos that didn’t make the cut.

The half-scale hotrod:

Some of the bikes:

MG Evolution:

Some of the American Muscle, newish, oldish and older:

Holy Grail indeed:

Some of the “custodians” and their cars:

You just never know what you may see at the “Breakfast Club”…

Hope to see a few of our Melbourne friends for breakfast next month in “Wild Dog” Country….

PS – a big thankyou to Billy for some of the photos – he’s a great little photographer (and he’s only 8!)