Brass Monkey 2026
START LOCATIONS:
Main Start: Hungry Jacks Car Park in the M4 Service Centre Eastern Creek Westbound at 5.30am to chase the Brass Monkey at 6.00am sharp.
West Meet: Frank Partridge VC Rest Area at Menangle at 6.00am to jump onto the back of the main run heading south on the M31 between 6.30-6.40am.
Illawarra Meet: Hungry Jacks Haywards Bay at 7.00am to jump onto the back of the main run heading south on the M1 between 7.30-7.40am.
Canberra Start: McDonalds Lyneham 41 Federal Highway Lyneham at 5.30am for a start at 6.00am sharp.
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Breakfast Venue is the Club Jervis Bay, 8Currambene Street , Huskisson ETA between 8.00am and 8.30am. The Club will be serving breakfast from 9.00am f until 10.oo am with parking in Currumbene Street and in two car parks either side of Currambene Street and off Owen Street Huskisson.
The Brass Monkey as a waypoint run that will head off from Eastern Creek at 6.00am sharp for Huskisson for the first time with an option of joining on the M32 at Menangle, Illawarra joining the chase on the M1 at around 7.35am then on to Club Jervis Bay. Canberrra will have an independent start in the dark from Lyneham for the charity breakfast starting from 9.00am.
Are you up for it? Thousands of driving enthusiasts over the past 30 years have chased the Brass Monkey being an experience like no other and worth getting out of bed at sparrow’s fart to enjoy the best one day run on our Club’s event’s calendar. Appropriately dressed. with your top down or detached for the ND, you will participate in a memorable fun run to raise money for charity starting under the stars and driving into the dawn to raise some money for our club’s charity, CareFlight, with likeminded drivers, family and friends.
WHERE DO YOU PARK AT EASTERN CREEK - If you get to Hungry Jacks for a coffee early, then park in the car spaces between the entry side of Hungry Jacks and the back of the Ampol Service Station & Car Wash to minimise delays on exiting for the run up the M4. Do not anticipate the start to minimise delays on exiting the car park or an incident with no passing the lead car until we having travelled a least 200 metres on the lanes of the M4 heading west.
WHAT IS THE ROUTE OF THE MAIN RUN: You can go whatever way you chose to get to Huskisson for the Brass Monkey Breakfast, but this year we have two organised starting points and other places to join in on the fun. The main chase after the Brass Monkey starts under the stars at 6.00am heading off on the M4 from the Eastern Creek Service Centre to the M4 interchange slip road onto the M7 south bound to merge with the M31 at Prestons, then passing the Partridge Rest Area at around first light after a drive of about 50km to turn left onto Picton Road for a run across to the M1 interchange at around 80 km for the long run on the M1 through Wollongong, Dapto then past Haywards Bay at about 110km before continuing down the highway through Nowra to turn off at about 183km onto the Jervis Bay Road for a 12km run to breakfast.
CANBERRA ROUTE TO HUSKISSON: Though similar on Google that estimates the run from Lyneham to Huskisson as being similar to that from Eastern Creek, the weather and road conditions could be quiet different on the day and their anticipated arrival is around 9.00km. A short version of the Canberra run will see them drive across to Tarago then onto Nerriga for a run down to Nowra and on to Huskisson.
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TICKETS The Brass Monkey Charity Breakfast requires you to register online for breakfast. The breakfast costs $32 per person which will include a donation of $6.00 to CareFlight plus $1.00 to cover the merchant fee, with all surplus going to CareFlight.
SEE THE BOOKING FORM BELOW NOTING WHICH MEETING POINT
YOU ARE STARTING FROM AND WHAT RETURN RUN YOU WISH TO JOIN IF ANY.
There are two options to purchase and pay for breakfast:
- Payment & Booking details at the bottom of this web page. $32 per person.
- Ensure you disclose your membership number. Everyone will be checked off on entering the breakfast venue on the day
- Alternate payment can be made by contacting captain@nsw.mx5.au and an appropriate arrangement for your payment method will be organised for you.
*************** BOOKINGS CLOSE ON FRIDAY 3RD JULY **********************
BRASS MONKEY RETURN RUNS
The Brass Monkey Return Runs follow on from breakfast or you to join like-minded enthusiasts on a club run starting once breakfast concludes between 10.00-10.30am or enjoy whatever else you have planned that day I a wonderful part of NSW.
There will be two organized for return runs earning MOTY points.
Run back on the M1 A run straight back to the M1 to Heathcote or whichever turn off best suits you to get home for lunch along the way.
Canberra Run A run home that retraces the route down from Canberra
DISTANCES : Eastern Creek to Huskisson is approximately 195km. Lyneham to Huskisson is approximately 196km.
TYPE OF RUN: The Brass Monkey main run is strictly a point to point waypoint run with no traditional run leader, route map or run sheets whilst the Canberra has a run leader without a route map or run sheet. Both runs are graded Long due to the speed limits on the motorways and conditions driven on some backroads.
Waypoint Information Insert Club Jervis Bay or 8 Currambene Street Huskisson into your GPS as your waypoint destination for the Brass Monkey Breakfast, The main run only has to navigate 2 highway interchanges onto to the M7 and M1 and 2 left turns off the M31 to Picton Road and the M1 into Jervis Bay Road for Huskisson.
FUN RATING: Five (5) Star
PLEASE NOTE THE BRASS MONKEY IS A FUN RUN NOT A RACE
NOBODY IS EXPECTED OR ASKED TO DRIVE ABOVE THEIR COMFORT LEVELS
