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:

• 1996 – NSW
• 1999 – Queensland
• 2000 – Victoria (Ballarat & Melbourne)
• 2002 – South Australia (Clare Valley)
• 2004 – NSW (Leura, Blue Mountains)
• 2006 – Queensland (Kooralbyn)
• 2008 – Victoria (Beechworth) – See gallery
• 2010 – South Australia (McLaren Vale) – See gallery

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 2012

The next NatMeet, hosted by the Mazda MX-5 Club of NSW, will be held in Canberra over Easter 2012.
• Click on the logo at left to go to the NatMeet 2012 website.
• Click here for the brochure with your invitation and all the information [PDF, 438 KB].
(Please note: registration fees have been reduced to $545 per person.)