General News
19 November, 2023
Rovers roll over Warrack
The company began as a bicycle manufacturer in Warwickshire, England, but you would never have guessed when a bunch of four-wheeled Rover enthusiasts came to town recently. Twenty vehicles - all but three of them Rovers - rolled into Warracknabeal...
The company began as a bicycle manufacturer in Warwickshire, England, but you would never have guessed when a bunch of four-wheeled Rover enthusiasts came to town recently.
Twenty vehicles - all but three of them Rovers - rolled into Warracknabeal en masse as part of the Rover Car Club of Australia's exploration of western Victoria.
"We're based in Melbourne but we have members across Australia," club treasurer Glenys Williamson said.
"We had 20 cars most of the time while we were away.
"Three were non-Rovers but the rest ranged from 1948 to 2003 and covered the P3, P4, P5 and P6 models, the 75 Rover, the Range Rover and the Land Rover."
Ms Williamson said participants in the drive were drawn from throughout suburban Melbourne, Daylesford, Avoca, St Arnaud, Dimboola, Elmhurst and Castlemaine.
"We started our journey in Avoca, then on to St Arnaud for our first night," she said.
"Our second night was at Warracknabeal, via Rupanyup, Murtoa and Sheep Hills."
The adventure began to wind down after a third night, spent in Wedderburn at the end of a drive through Brim, Beulah, Roseberry, Patchewollock, Lascelles, Sea Lake and Nullawil.
"For a few hardy travellers we continued on the Monday and checked out CFA fire water tanks at Redesdale and in the Clarkefield area, finishing with lunch at the Kealba Hotel," Ms Williamson said.
"We travelled about 800km and saw some magnificent silos, water tanks, The Stick Shed and the Wheatlands Museum."