This week has been a road trip. The Royal Flying Doctor Service (South East Division) held its Annual General Meeting. Now, in a normal year, this would be held in Sydney at the Parliament House on Macquarie Street, however 2018 is not a normal year: The Royal Flying Doctor Service celebrates its 90th year serving remote outback stations and communities. So to honour that … [Read more...]
Abarth
Karl Abarth was born in November 1908 in Vienna and as a boy became a very competitive bicycle racer who could maintain his own bikes and as he got older he started to look at the new motorcycles that were hitting the market. By the time he was 16, he was working for a motorcycle chassis builder and a tuner and he designed his first full motorcycle at the age of 20! The … [Read more...]
Auto Italia 2017
A few weeks ago I headed down to Canberra for Auto Italia 2107. This was my fourth visit over the years having been down for 2013, 2015 and 2016. Each year there are two interesting points about the day. The first is that there is usually a "headline" marque - this year it was Ferrari for their 70th anniversary. The second point is that it brings out some of the rarer machines … [Read more...]