Return of the Brass Monkey 2021
The Return of the Brass Monkey in 2021. After being in training for two years the Brass Monkey challenges all driving enthusiast with a sense of humour to see if they can catch him on his run along the GWH to Bathurst in July. This is our Club’s premier one day run and the most fun you can have sitting behind the wheel of an open roadster.
WHAT IS THE BRASS MONKEY ALL ABOUT? The Brass Monkey is an annual open invitation event to a breakfast organised by the Mazda MX-5 Club of NSW from 2015, and the premier roadster run out of Sydney. The event has attracted up to 250 participants who possess a good sense of adventure and humour to a charity breakfast. The Brass Monkey should be on all enthusiasts’ annual bucket list; if you love a great drive on a cold crisp frosty morning in the middle of winter, at your chosen pace through the countryside to start your day. It is not a cannonball run on public roads.
WHY GET OUT OF BED FOR A DAWN BUSTER RUN? If you have never been part of the Brass Monkey Events then don’t be discouraged by a dawn buster run over the Blue Mountains to Bathurst because you think it is too early, dark, and cold. The Brass Monkey has attracted thousands of motoring enthusiasts over the past 25 years. It is an experience that is worth getting out of bed at sparrows fart to enjoy in the middle of the year. Appropriately dressed with the roof down (or windows down in a tin top) and heater on, you will participate in a memorable fun run to raise some money for a worthy cause with likeminded drivers and friends.
WHERE DO YOU PARK AT EASTERN CREEK? Enter via the slipway before the entry to the Service Station now branded as Ampol otherwise the entry to the truck rest area past McDonalds. Only Park as directed from the back of the truck rest area. Do not park in front of any parked trucks or beside a drive through on the eastern side of the rest area.
WHAT IS THE ROUTE? Get to Bathurst whichever way you chose for the Brass Monkey Breakfast. The Brass Monkey starts running under the stars at 6.00am, down the M4 and waits for nobody. The Mazda MX-5 Club of NSW will chase the Brass Monkey along the M4 and Great Western Highway all the way to Bathurst. Club runs on back roads starting from the top of Mt Panorama circuit from 10.00am to return across the Blue Mountains to the city limits. How you chose to get home is up to you with information about a long and short run set out below.
TICKETS : The Brass Monkey Charity Breakfast requires you to register and MUST be pre-paid.
The Breakfast costs $30 per person which hopefully will include a donation to CareFlight. Due to current COVID restrictions on hospitality venues such as the Bathurst RSL, the cost of breakfast has almost doubled. By 11th July 2021 we hope to see an easing of restrictions that will see all excess funds going to CareFlight as in the past.
There are two options to purchase pay for breakfast:
- Go online via the webpage and pay $30.00pp by direct deposit by following the instructions and get checked off the list on the day – ensuring that you use the correct “Reference” if you wish to have your registration recorded-. It is important to use your reference when registering be that “BM (Membership No ) i.e., BM1234 OR BM(Surname) if not a member i.e., BMSmith or BMMonagh if surname longer than 6 letters” when paying $30.00 to CBA Account Name: Mazda MX-5 Club of New South Wales BSB: 062401 Account: 10080286. Without a reference we cannot verify and list you as registered.
- If you do not have access to electronic transfers then contact breakfast@mx5.com.au and an appropriate arrangement for payment method will be organised for you.
BOOKINGS CLOSE ON 9th JULY 2021
Short Return Run will head off from Mount Panorama on back roads to Bowenfels via The Lagoon, O’Connell, and Tarana then it is up to you if you go over the mountains on the GWH through Katoomba or BLOR through Bell. This run is a Convoy Run of approximately to Bowenfels with a Run Grading of “L”.
Long Return Run will head off from The Mountain carpark on Mount Panorama on back roads to Perthville then onto Rockley, Mount David, Black Springs, Shooters Hill, Oberon, and Tarana to Bowenfels. This is a Waypoint Run of kms with a Club Grading of “H”. How you return back over the mountains is up to you using either the GWH through Katoomba or the BLOR through Bell.
MORE INFO on the Events Page of the MX-5 Club website where the Brass Monkey post will be kept updated leading up to the event.
DISTANCE : Eastern Creek to Bathurst RSL is approx. 165km
TYPE OF RUN: Strictly a point to point waypoint run, no run leader, route map or run sheets.
RUN GRADING: is up to the individual driver to set a pace to suit their preferences. A two hour run is graded as a hard run (i.e., “H” in the Run Grading advice in the More Information screen under Events)
FUN RATING: Five (5) Star
MORE INFO will be posted to kept the page updated leading up to the event.
PLEASE NOTE THE BRASS MONKEY IS A FUN RUN NOT A RACE
NOBODY IS EXPECTED OR ASKED TO DRIVE ABOVE THEIR COMFORT LEVELS
