Presidential File

March 2026

Dear Members,

Welcome to the March edition of our Monaro magazine, filled with reports and plenty of interesting articles and information.

I’m pleased to confirm that our 40th Anniversary celebrations will be held on Saturday, 25th July 2026, at Craig’s house. The Club will be providing food and non-alcoholic drinks (please BYO alcohol).

As this anniversary event is expected to be popular and attendee numbers are limited, please book your place as soon as possible. Please contact Craig or myself to confirm your attendance.

Also, if you are in touch with any ex-members of the Club, please let them know about the event - they are warmly invited to join us for the celebrations.

Our March outing to Kingscliff is one not to be missed: a pleasant drive to a lovely park setting where we’ll hold our first Pointscore of the year and enjoy lunch together. Details are inside this magazine.

We will be joined by the GTR/XU1 Torana Club and the HD/HR Club for this run.

The presence of the HD/HR Club is particularly meaningful as we come together to remember Robyn Aspden, who sadly passed away in November 2024. Robyn was a valued member of both the HD/HR and Monaro Clubs and will be fondly remembered as a friendly, gracious lady who always made time to chat.

She often shared photos of our outings on Facebook and would typically leave shortly after lunch to prepare for a business trip the following day.

On behalf of the Club and all members, I extend sincere thanks to Jenny and John Newton from the Monaro Club of South Australia. They kindly took time from their Gold Coast holiday to travel to Brisbane for our February meeting and update us on the upcoming Monaro Nationals, hosted by their club.

It was a pleasure to hear John’s detailed information and have all our questions answered. We wish them every success with the event.

Drive safe,

Darryl Lonergan
Vice President