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Grant Butler
Chairman
NatMeet 2008 committee |
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Every two years,
the MX-5 Clubs from every state of Australia get together
for a national gathering called NatMeet.
Held over Easter, NatMeet brings together owners from all
around Australia in the one place to talk, have fun and show
off their pride-and-joy.
The event program combines a day of motorsport with other
events like funkhanas, navigation rallies, treasurehunts
and convoy driving with a concours d’elegance
and a good deal of social activity over the five or six days.
These
gatherings were born at a meeting of all State MX-5 Club
presidents at Daylesford, Victoria, in July, 1993. They kicked
off in Adelaide in 1994, followed by NSW in 1996, Queensland
in 1999, Victoria in 2000, South Australia again in 2002,
NSW's magnificent Blue Mountains in 2004, Kooralbyn in
south-east Queensland in 2006 and historic Beechworth in north-eastern Victoria in 2008.
Pictured at right are the State presidents at the birth of
NatMeet: from right - Grant George (SA), Peter Randell (WA),
David Henry (Vic), Lea Findley (NSW) and David Verna (Qld).
At left of the group is Murray Finlay, who was secretary of the meeting.
NatMeet 2010
The
next NatMeet will be held in McLaren Vale on the
Fleurieu Peninsula, 30-45 minutes' drive south of Adelaide,
during Easter 2010 (2-6 April). Click
here to download an information brochure (PDF, 819 KB).
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