The first Wandin Custom Car and Bike Show for this season was held on Wednesday 20 November and was a great success, with around 400 show cars and an equal number of spectator cars catered for comfortably within the Wandin East Reserve grounds.
A highlight was the awarding of three trophies:
Best Car In Show was awarded to Michael and Jenny for their 1959 Chevrolet Corvette.
Best Original Car went to Shane for his 1962 EJ Holden Station Wagon.
Ian won Best Bike in Show for his 2008 Triumph.
As promised, the Rotary Club of Wandin have undertaken a systematic review of parking, traffic control and management after the first show and it has been decided to reopen the Field Day car park diagonally opposite the Reserve for spectators as in previous years. This will result in greatly increased costs which we will need to manage. For future shows, please use this car park on the corner of Parker and Seville – Monbulk Roads for spectator parking. Please avoid parking on the surrounding roads. For the November show, there was space for 300 more cars on the Reserve, but cars were still congesting adjoining roads.
The Rotary Club of Wandin are aware that spectator’s personal budgets are tight so do not wish to increase the $2 entry fee. However, they ask supporters of the event to appreciate that any surplus they make goes to the Royal Children’s Hospital, so perhaps a little more as a donation would help offset the $4000 deficit resulting from traffic control and management for the series of events.
If any attendees know of any business which might like to have their business advertised as supporting the traffic control and management please let the Rotary Club know.
Most importantly, don’t forget that the next event is on Wednesday 18 December 2024.
There is now parking for over 700 show cars and at least as many spectator cars so don’t hold back, the Rotary Club of Wandin would love to see you join them and contribute to a fabulous show.
Please note that the gates will not be opened before 4pm and the only result of arriving early is creating road congestion. The band cranks up at 5pm and finishes at 8pm. It would be appreciated if attendees could clear the grounds before 9pm as finishing at this time creates a cost saving in the traffic control and management.
