Illawarra Chapter News

The logo of the Mazda MX-5 Club of NSW, approved by members on 27th August 2003

Design competition for 30th Anniversary Badge

13 December 2020 / Peter Barnwell

Here’s a challenge for your creative juices ... come up with a suitable badge design to celebrate our Club’s 30th Anniversary.

COVID-19 Procedure Update 8 Dec 20

11 December 2020

The latest COVID-19 Procedure

2020 Illawarra Chapter Annual Awards

07 December 2020 / Words by: Jeff and Pam Rowe. Photos: Brendan Barr

Our final dinner of the year turned into and Awards ceremony for 2020! See who scooped the pool!

Tarago Trippers

24 November 2020 / Words: Jan Gibson. Photos: Jan Gibson & Brendan Barr

Jan dazzles all with her poetry skills! Who would have thought?

AGM 2020 via Zoom

2020 Annual General Meeting

19 November 2020 / Story by Wesley Hill

The 2020 Annual General Meeting of the MX-5 Club of NSW was held on 23 October

The Fourth Be With You (Third Time Lucky)

16 November 2020 / Words Bailee & Jan Gibson. Photos Jan Gibson

It's always a bonus to find new members keen to report the news of a run. Bailee may appear like she is a good looking scatteerbrain, but boy can she write!

Mazdas in the Mist November 2020

15 November 2020 / Words Bill Short

Finally a return of Mazdas in the Mist! Read the news and sing along with Bill's poetic prose!

Ideas on how to organise a Run and run notes

15 November 2020 / Words and Photos: Jeff and Pamela Rowe

For all those who, for the first time, nervously put up their hand and volunteered to orgainse a run, here is some sage advice from some of the best organisers in the Illawarra, perhaps NSW, might I venture Australia or even THE WORLD? Read on .....

MXV Award badge

The MXV Award

24 October 2020 / Bryan Shedden

At the AGM on 23 October 2020, the first recipients were announced for a brand new award that is eligible to all members of the MX-5 Club of NSW. The MXV Award is designed to supplement our annual Member of the Year and membership tenure awards.

COVID-19 Update Oct 20

22 October 2020

Latest COVID-19 Update

Wollongong Botanic Garden Visit

06 October 2020 / Words: Jeff & Pam Rowe Photos Chrissie & John Zaremba

Wollongong Botanic Garden are the best!

COIVD-19 Update Sept 20

30 September 2020

The latest COVID-19 Update

Keeping Within the Boundaries Run

22 September 2020 / Words & Photos Brendan Barr.

In a battle of words between Dolly Parton and Robert Frost, who will win?

COVID-19 Update

30 August 2020 / Keith Monaghan

The latest COVID-19 Update

Ironbark Picnic Run

28 August 2020 / Words and photos Robert Simms

It was the men from Illawarra surround, That struck the Sydney town, They wandered here, they loitered there, In search of Ironbark Park.

COVID-19 Update

13 August 2020

The latest COVID Procedure.

The Last Qantas Boeing 747 Jumbo Jet ‘Fly-Over’.

25 July 2020 / Words:Jeff Rowe; Photos and video: John Molden & Brendan Barr.

Look! Up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a helicopter! It's Superman! It's anything you can imagine except a very late Qantas 747 !

COVID-19 Update 24 July 2020

25 July 2020

The Latest COVID-19 Requirements

Canberra Capers Weekend 11 & 12 July 2020

20 July 2020 / Words: William (Bill) Short; Photos Bryan Shedden

Will a Tardis be required to transport the Illawarra crew to Canberra during these COVID times? Which kind souls shouted the others to food supplies?

COVID-19 Update 16 Jul 20

16 July 2020

Latest COVID-19 requirements