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BMW Club Queensland

October - December

2021

THE BIMMER NEWS October to December 2021 President’s Message 2021 ended on a crescendo for BMW Club Queensland.

The final three months of the year were jammed packed with events, all of them very well a�ended and well received.

Wrapping up the year at the Bardon Shed on 18th December was an awards presenta�on for the InterClub Challenge.

Photos HERE. Congratula�ons to all the winners and thanks to the organising commi�ee that included Denis Weisz and Chris�ne Murphy. More fun to come this year with some To name just a few, in October we hosted our very successful extra events.

Happy Laps and Annual ICC Charity day at Lakeside, at the end of which, we donated $5,000 each to two chari�es, Emerge Café and Pay A Sack Forward.

We then shared a drive to Coastline BMW /Mini with the Mini Club Queensland, then there were a series a Cars & Coffees at Samford, Sunshine Coast & Palmwoods and a Skid Pan at Mt Co�on.

November started with a track day at Morgan Park, another shared event with the Mini Club – a drive, presenta�on, and tour of the Bowden’s Own facility on the Sunshine Coast, then a Country Members Zoom mee�ng, video HERE, the normal monthly mee�ng, a drive/lunch to the Emerge Café Toowoomba where we did a formal cheque presenta�on, then the 2022 season of the RX Automo�ve Sprint Series kicked off at Lakeside.

Our major December event, the BMWCQ 30th Year Anniversary Gala & Awards Night on Saturday 4th was the culmina�on of a lot of planning. Held at Sirromet Winery, Mt Co�on there were 100 members and guests who helped us celebrate this milestone. Thank you to everyone who par�cipated and supported this amazing evening.

As a Christmas gi� from one of our members Brendan Cook, Hyper BMW PowerSports donated 2 x $250 Shell Fuel cards which we raffled and drew live on Facebook.

Congratula�ons to Cees Valstar and Terry Druery. We hope you enjoyed your free motoring over the Christmas holidays. Video of the draw is HERE. We have another great year planned with highlights being:•

The following Friday, we had our last monthly mee�ng and as usual, we finished the night off with a BBQ and a few beers at Westside BMW. The governing body of the worldwide BMW Club movement, BMW Club & Community Management (BCCM) hosted a live webcast on the 17th that was open to all members. They gave updates on news from the network, the BMW Group and other things that are keeping them busy. This webinar is a regular event, the last Friday of the month at 20:00 and has been moved to make it available at a suitable �me here in Australia. Informa�on on these webinars is available on the BMW Clubs Australia website, h�ps://bmwclubsaustralia.org.au

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The 2022 BMW Clubs Australia Na�onal in Canberra, March 11th-14th.

Our annual David Hack Classic Display Day, RACQ Motorfest Display Day, Show of Excellence, Go-Kar�ng, A full calendar of Motorsport events and the 2022 ICC Challenge, Numerous road trips and social events that are in the planning.

We invite you to stay up to date about upcoming events on the BMWCQ website HERE. Please check out all of our event videos on YouTube HERE and our BMWCQ Mee�ngs HERE. Gary Schweikert #1522 President BMWCQ

Current Events for the New Year 2022 CHECK OUT THE BMW CLUB WEBSITE FOR ALL THE EVENTS TO BE ARRANGED FOR 2022 AND KEEP AN EYE OUT ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE FOR ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS OF CURRENT EVENTS. For all Club Meeting Dates and Location -

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October to December 2021

BMWCQ Events ICC Charity Day Breakfast and Happy Laps Sunday 3 rd October _ Lakeside.

This was the main fundraising event of the year for the Club and once again the support and attendance was fantastic from everyone. There were over 80 registered attendees for either the breakfast, happy laps or both. After that concluded, people stayed on as a spectator and enjoyed the varied collection of vehicles that participated in the Regularity Event. We had some exciting raffle prizes, and these were drawn at lunch time. Some of the prizes were a week end away, a V8 SuperCar drive at Norwell and many others.

Proceeds went to support our charity donation for the day.

InterClub Regularity Charity Challenge _ Lakeside.

Winning Team for the Day - big smiles all round Once again the Regularity posed its challenges to those who competed to maintain a steady speed and to not lose points and be winners for the day.

Great view of Lakeside from the air.

The Annual Charity fundraiser was held at Lakeside Park and we supported two local charities, Pay A Sack Forward and Emerge. The weather was great and helped in the smooth running of the event.

We were able to present a combined cheque for $10,000 ($5,000 each to our chosen charities)

A big THANK YOU to all our sponsors for the day.

This would not have happened without your support. Check out the video that shows the highlights of the day.

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A PACT FOR THE FUTURE OF LAKESIDE AND APACTFORTHEFUTURE OFLAKESIDE AND QUEENSLAND RACEWAY QUEENSLANDRACEWAY

A pact for the future of Lakeside and Queensland Raceway

Oct 25th, 2021

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This morning John Tetley’s Tetley’s Australasian Raceways Holdings (ARH) This morning John Australasian Raceways and Tony Quinn’s Keltic Motor Sport(KMS) signed a pact under which Holdings (ARH) and Tony Quinn’s Keltic Motor Sport Keltic will take over the lease, management and operations of QueenslandaRaceway.

(KMS) signed pact under which Keltic will take over the lease, management and operations of pact Queensland Tetley said, “What Tony & I have achieved with this is a cooperative model so that we can continue to deliver a seamless set of Raceway. events for our respective customers.

Tony can focus on expanding the scope and potential of Queensland Tetley said, “What Tony & I have achieved with this pact is Raceway and I can give my attention to securing the future of Lakeside andmodel grass roots a co-operative somotorsport.” that we can continue to deliver a seamless set events forsetour respective customers.

Tony Quinn said,of “The way we have this up everybody will be a winner.

With on my experience and connections, Queensland will be of can focus expanding the scope andRaceway potential Urmly cemented into the position of South East Queensland’s premier Queensland Raceway and I can give my attention to motorsport facility.” securing the future of Lakeside and grass roots When asked, 'why now?' Tetley replied, “We have moved through motorsport.”

COVID and with the support of the two local members, Steven Miles

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(Deputy Premier) and Shane King (Member for Kurwongbah) along with the new CEO at Moreton Bay Regional Council, Greg Chemello, the future for Lakeside is bright again. set this up everybody said,”The way we have

Quinn will be a winner.

With mywith experience and After recent meetings those people, and their connections, appreciation of our contribution Queensland Raceway will be firmly cemented into the the success of the Australian Paralympic cycling team, the Formula positionto of South Premier Motorsport Student initiative East and clubQueensland’s charity days such as the BMW one that $10,000 for worthy causesnow?’ two weeksTetley ago; we now have the “We have facility.”raised When asked, ‘Why replied conUdence to double down on our existing $5M plus investment in moved through COVID and with the support of the two Lakeside.” local members, Steven Miles (Deputy Premier) and Shane Tetley also advised that the RACERS and Track Action operations will King (Member fortheKurwongbah) with the new CEO be moved into Lakeside ob ces in thealong near future as part of the major focus the growth of these organisations nowChemello, the borders at Moreton BayonRegional Council, Greg the opening up again. future ofareLakeside is bright again. After recent meetings In reply to the same question Quinn replied, “with the QANTAS with those people and their appreciation of our announcements last Friday the world is opening up again and we contribution thetosuccess of Australian Paralympic need to to be ready capitalise on both the tourism and growth that will bring. There is also an enormous Trans- and club Cycling opportunities Team, the Formula Students Initiative Tasman synergy to be had by sharing the expertise into our charity days such is the BMW oneOurthat for Queensland and New Zealand operations. major raised contribution$10,000 for QR will be to two bring the experience we have the premier worthy causes weeks ago; wewithnow haveevents the and ancillary activities that we have developed in NZ. confidence to double down on our existing $5M plus "Obviously, there will be some positive changes coming to QR next investment in Lakeside.” year. We are working with John on the calendar for 2022 and expect to publish it within the next few weeks. You have our commitment that we will meet the expectations of all existing QR customers in also advised that the RACERS and Track Action 2022.

Tetley operation will be moved into the Lakeside offices in the "It looks to me like everyone is a winner out of the work John and I near future asin inpart ofUvethe major focus on the growth of have put the last months. these organisations now the borders are opening up again.

In reply to the same question Quinn replied, “with the QANTAS announcement last Friday the world is opening up again and we need to be ready to capitalise on both the tourism and growth opportunities that will bring.

There is also enormous Trans-Tasman synergy to be had by sharing the expertise into our Queensland and New Zealand operations. Our major contribution for QR will be to bring the experience we have with the premier events and ancillary activities that we have developed in New Zealand. Obviously, there will be some positive changes coming to QR next year. We are working with John on the calendar for 2022 and expect to publish it within the next few weeks. You have our commitment that we will meet the expectations of all existing QR customers in 2022. “It looks to me like everyone is a winner out of the work John and I have put in, in the last five months.” © Copyright 2021 Queensland Raceways

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BMWCQ Events Day Drive to Coastline BMW/Mini with Club Mini Qld. A big day today, but not quite what was planned.

Originally it was to be an early run to the Sunshine Coast with Club Mini Qld and BMWCQ to visit the Bowdens Factory to see where and how they produce their range of car care products, then a visit to Coastline Mini & BMW followed by lunch. Sadly, the Bowdens visit was postponed, so we decided to do a later run starting at Old Petrie Town, then up over the hinterland, through Woodford then towards Maleny, and pick up the rest of the planned trip to Coastline and lunch.

We had about 8 Minis and 10 BMWs, all went well until Woodford, then it seemed like some followed the route instructions, some did not. At one stage, when I was in the midst of a group of Minis, we were passed by a convoy of minis and BMWs going the other way!!

I waved, just to be friendly.

Anyway, we all meet up at Coastline Mini - BMW met their sales and marketing team, had a chat, a look around and a cool drink before we left to find a nice local for a quiet beer and some lunch.

BTW, did I mention the 2-3 kilometers of gravel road?

I used up my weekly quota of swear words.

Back home and out with the Bowdens Snow Job, microfiber towels etc.. After a few hours of cleaning and 'The Princess' is now tucked away for the night. There may be a quick, up on the jacks, wheels off and good underbody clean happening in the next few days.

Gary Schweikert.

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BMWCQ Events E30 Register run to Ricks Garage, Palmwoods. Sunday 24 th October.

Several members got together to enjoy a drive through the countryside and finish off with a lunch at Ricks Garage. Weather was great and the food even better.

Tech Day - Bowdens Own Car Care Tour - Saturday 6 th November.

An early start to the day from Nudgee with a run to the Sunshine Coast with BMW Club Qld and Club Mini Qld. A demonstration of how to detail your car with the current range of Bowdens Own Premium Car Care products was presented by the team. Dan Bowden was his usual entertaining self and was assisted by Brett and Gareth. Before the demonstration, everyone enjoyed a nice breakfast of bacon and egg roll with the usual cup of coffee. The demonstration went for a good 1.5 hours and the E30 M3 display car came up a treat. A big thank you to the Bowdens for another enjoyable and informative day.

More photos of the day are HERE for you to enjoy.

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BMWCQ Events - Lunch Run to Emerge Cafe’

October to December 2021

14 th November

A group of club members met at the Puma service centre at Bundamba for a Lunch Run to Emerge Cafe’ in Toowoomba.

This was to present the cheque for our Club dona�on of $5,000 to this deserving charity.

A�er a quick coffee break aptly named Have A Chat cafe’ in Toogoolawah, we all arrived just in �me for a lovely hearty lunch. We could see first hand the good work that this Cafe’ does and the support it gives to the youth of Toowoomba. It was a most enjoyable day and everyone was very happy to see the dona�on going to a very good cause.

Here are the PHOTOS of the day.

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October to December 2021

MAJOR GALA DINNER CELEBRATING 30YEARS OF INCORPORATION

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The club’s 30th year of incorpora�on anniversary Gala Dinner was held on Saturday 4th December 2021 at Sirromet Winery, Mount Co�on. The theme for the night was "Bubbles & Bow Ties".

Pre-Dinner Drinks started at the Cellar Door at 5:00pm, then the main Gala Event kicked off at 6:00pm in the Barrel Room.

The night consisted of a three course sit down dinner, 3 hour drink package, club history presenta�on, history webpage presenta�on, prize draws, awards & live entertainment.

Members also received a limited edi�on 30th Anniversary champagne flute & lanyard as a take home gi�.

We also enjoyed live entertainment from Rob Rosenlund & Dave Mitchell throughout the night.

Special Guests: Horace & Dawn Sierak were our special guest at the dinner.

Horace was the first BMW salesman in Queensland when Ira Berk Datsun took on the BMW franchise in 1970. Horace tells his story in this video about how, a�er the 5½ months it took to sell his first BMW, he decided to start a BMW Club to promote the marque.

Click HERE. Other special guests for the evening were Jus�n Burgemeestre & Anna Block, Brisbane BMW, James & Sandra Malone, Westside BMW and John & Amanda Tetley, Lakeside Park Raceway Past Presidents acknowledgment: To help celebrate our 30 years +, we invited as many past presidents as we could and it was a pleasure to see all of them there with us to share in the big night. Greg Minns, Larry Crouch, Graham Miller, Ian Solomon, Warwick Prince and our current president Gary CJ Schweikert. There were a couple of other presidents and some special friends of the club who all sent video messages of congratula�ons. To see those messages, click HERE. Horace Sierak, Daniel Boon, Larry Crouch, Andrew West, Graham Miller, David Towe, Roger Way BMW Club Gold Coast, John Comino Founding Chair BMWCA, David Gillies & BMW Drivers Club NSW, John Tetley Lakeside Park Raceway, Erin Burl former BMWGA, Garry Smee BMWCA Chair, Gerry Hodges President BMW Club NZ, Ian Branston former Chair BMW CI, Eva Moga & Benjamin Voss BMW Group Classic.

Click this link for all the photos of the en�re evening.

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October to December 2021

MAJOR GALA DINNER CELEBRATING 30YEARS INCORPORATED

Show Of Excellence Awards One of the highlights of the evening was the presenta�on of the trophies for our annual Show of Excellence.

Best in show: Sue Schweikert E36 M3 Master: Rod Campbell E9 3.0 CS Alpina B2 Replica BG 197-X: Rod Campbell E24 M6 BG 198-X: Denis Weisz E30 318is BG 199-X: Sue Schweikert E36 M3 BG 200-X: Mark Healey E86 Z4 M Coupe BG 201-X: Russell Thomas F25 X3 30d BG 202-X: John Tait F32 435i Neue: Luke McGreevy E9 3.0 CS Best Track: John Payne E36 Race Car Best M Car: Sue Schweikert E36 M3 Best Z Car: Mark Healey E86 Z4 M Coupe Best Interior: Mikulas Matkovcik E31 840 Best Exterior: Sue Schweikert E36 M3 Best Engine Bay: Rod Campbell E24 M6 Wheels & Boot: Sue Schweikert E36 M3 Glazing & Other: Sue Schweikert E36 M3 People’s Choice: Sue Schweikert M THREE Judges’ Choice: Simon Harrex RX Automo�ve race car A special thank you to the group of judges and supporters on the day.

John Tait, Kerri Thomas, Brendan Cooke, Russell Thomas, Mikulas Matrovcik, Winston Piddington, Sue Schweikert, Liza Miller, Greg Tymms, Steve Whale, Denis Weisz, Marian Tait, Brian Alderton, Ingrid Hendricks, Mark Healey, Roman Miller and chief judge, Vic Crenan OTHER Trophies Go Kart: Rod Campbell Here is our Gallery of Winners

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October to December 2021

MAJOR GALA DINNER CELEBRATING 30YEARS INCORPORATED

Motorsports Awards Although the trophies had been presented, we acknowledged the winner from our years motorsport compe��on.

Class Results Class A/B A merge of class A_ normally aspirated BMW’s up to 2 Ltr Class B 2 .5 Ltr _ Only 2 in class with John Lamb leading Brady Lorisch Class C Normally aspirated BMW’s above 2.5 ltrs Winner - Kris�an Steenstrup followed by Samuel Moeller F1 Forced Induc�on 6 cyclinder: Winner Rick Catania followed by Chris Price F2 Forced Induc�on 4 cyclinder: Winner Ben Nicol M Class Our biggest class: Winner Roman Miller with Darren Newell and Alex Haig 2nd and 3rd.

Invita�onal: All Non-BMW’s driven by members, our second biggest class.

Winner Greg Wilson in Renault Clio followed by John Tait and Steve Jarre�.

Track Car Classes T1 Cars over 200 Rear Wheel HP per Tonne: Winner Ben Malpass followed by Peter Mastalir T2 Track cars 150-200 RWHP /Tonne: Winner Denis Weisz T3 Cars up tp 150 RWHP: Winner in a class of his own, Devern Hill.

Outright Champion: Roman Miller, a long way in front of Alex Haig.

RX Automo�ve 2020-21 Sprint Series final score sheet click HERE

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October to December 2021

MAJOR GALA DINNER CELEBRATING 30YEARS INCORPORATED

Member Awards Most Suppor�ve Member Award – Andrew & Lyn Moeller

Most Suppor�ve Country Member Award – Tony Jones

Friend of the Club Award – Simon Harrex

Life�me Member Trophies – Greg & Leanne Tymms

MORE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE NIGHT

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MAJOR GALA DINNER CELEBRATING 30YEARS of INCORPORATION

FRIEND OF THE CLUB With the wealth of members in the Club over the 30 years plus, the commi�ee recognised that some�mes, Club members offer their par�cular exper�se and experience to the benefit of the Club. To recognise this contribu�on, an Award was created to acknowledge those efforts and is based on an individual review and will be different with each and every future nomina�on. Based on the model of the highest award of Friend of the Marque that can be bestowed on a Club Member by BMW Clubs Interna�onal, BMW Club Queensland now has its own version known as Friend of the Club and its nomina�ons are on individual merit.

The first recipient of this special award was Simon Harrex. We offer our hear�elt congratula�ons to him on receiving this award.

Those involved in Motorsport are very much aware of the experience Simon has had in everything to do with motor racing in Australia. These skills and knowledge have been passed onto our club members over a long period of �me with Simon offering to teach, instruct and encourage those who enjoy the thrills of our wonderful BMWs. In Simon’s words, he doesn’t want to see anyone or any machine banged up if he can help it!

Many have enjoyed the exhilara�on of doing some well executed spirited laps in a car driven by Simon. Learning to drive our cars to the ability of it and the driver is a skill that is imparted by Simon. He is always there for some sound advice on what to do to gain just that bit more to your experience. Well done Simon and we look forward to many more years of your contribu�on and friendship in the Club. Below are some notable pics and check out further ones HERE.

Special thanks also go to Dean Sharry for being our club photographer on the night & Luke Brown for his excellent videography. Thank you to all of the Gala sub-commi�ee for their hard work and assistances over the proceeding 3 months.

We would also like to thank entertainers Rob Rosenlund & Dave Mitchell, Select Audio Visual for dona�ng the amazing ligh�ng.

Thanks to the Sirromet team for making this a very special night.

To see photos of the evening, click HERE And video HERE

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October to December

Motorsport Report

2021

RX Automotive 2020-21 Sprint Series Round Up Despite the strange times we have been living under, response to this years RX Automotive Sprint Series has seen an all time record in attendance, and we thank every one of you who made that happen.

The season comprised of 5 Sprint rounds, 3 at Lakeside, and one at each of Qld Raceway and Morgan Park in Warwick. Bonus points were also allocated for attendance at our Annual Charity day, at Lakeside. As stated, all events were very well attended, with a solid core of regular attendees not just by BMWCQ members but also many from our partner, MX-5 Club.

We also had strong support from Mini Club and something new, The Tesla Owners Club, joining us causing a lot of interest. One thing we didn’t have to worry about with them at Lakeside, was any noise issues. We also had a large number of novices attending most events, to experience driving their cars in a more spirited manner than allowed on the road.

Most continuing to attend further days, gaining more experience and confidence.

While mentioning our novices, I would be remiss if not commenting on the huge contribution from Simon Harrex, who continues to attend all our events to conduct his morning track walks and his mentoring of all our novices to pass on some of his vast experience. I have often had comments from people stating just how much they have gained from his insights and track walks..

Simon was this year 2021, rewarded for his continuing support of the club and Motorsport with the presentation of the first, new club award ‘Friend of The Club’. Congratulations Simon, totally well deserved.

We had a vast array of cars attending, representing many BMW’s models, old and new, especially the very popular newer M2's. Also we were supported by many other makes and models of cars too numerous to mention. Many driven by our own members. Our 2 biggest classes being ///M cars and Invitational for our members driving non-BMW’s.

With points awarded to every attendee relevant to the class of their car and number of events attended, winners were calculated.

Congratulation to the winners of the following Classes.

Class A/B Normally Aspirated BMW’s up to and including 2.5L John Lamb E30 323i Class C Normally Aspirated BMW’s over 2.5L & E30 M3 Kristian Steenstrup E87 130i Class ///M All ///M Cars except E30 M3

Roman Miller

F87 M2

Class F1 All 6 Cylinder forced Induction BMW’s

Rick Catania E82 135i

Class F1 All 4 Cylinder forced Induction BMW’s & Mini No participants this year Invitational Class Non-BMW’s Owned by members Greg Wilson

Renault Clio

Class T1

Track cars over 200 RWHP/ Tonne Ben Malpass E36 M3

Class T2

Track cars 151 - 200 RWHP/ Tonne Denis Weisz E46 325ti

Class T3

Track cars up to 150 RWHP/ Tonne Devern Hill F36 316 Turbo

Outright Champion Roman Miller F87 M2 In closing, a very big thank you to whole crew from our Sprint Series sponsors for so many years, RX Automotive. Pierz, Simon, Carrol, Alyssa, and Jake your continued support is greatly appreciated.

Also a huge thank you to every single person who has come out to our track days to either participate or just spectate. With out your continued support we wouldn’t have the successful events we continually have.

Hoping to see you soon at one of our track events.

RX Automotive 2020-21 Sprint Series final score sheet click HERE Denis Weisz BMW Club Qld Motorsport Director.

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Membership Report

October to December

2021

Hi Everyone, The BMW Club Qld Membership for the last 3 months of 2021 was sound with 37 new members during that period. Unfortunately, we had a similar number of people leave the club so the overall number of members has been hovering around 400. The main reasons for leaving are: 1. they have sold their BMW, & 2. they have moved interstate or to a region where they are unable to join in the activities.

Website developments such as SIVS Impromptu events, car sales, etc appear to be of interest to many people so that should entice more people to join our community.

John Payne - Membership Officer

CHECK OUT THE NEW AND EXCITING MERCHANDISE AVAILABLE ON THE CLUB WEBSITE LOTS OF GREAT SYTLES TO SUIT EVERYONE. Click HERE to go to the store.

New Metal Grill Badge WITH MOUNT

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NEW Window S�cker (Inside or Outside)

Check out the new range of BMW Club badges, stickers, caps and bucket hats now available in our online store on the website. These can be ordered along with the other great range of clue merchandise that is now able to be selected. Something for everyone for sure!

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In Memorium VALE JOHN WOOD Sad news was received that on 26 Oct. 2021, from RBH on the passing of John Wood a fellow ex BMW Club Qld member, & a personal friend of several current members.

John lived alone in Bundaberg, an old car nut & competitor originally from Victoria, where most of his family still reside, & who like most old car nuts always had more than one car in his garage in varying stages of mobility. In John’s case buying & on selling some special cars kept him very occupied. Trips outside of Bundaberg, sometimes interstate were usually to pick up another car. He had a special relationship and obsession with his Haflingers, and on one occasion brought one of them down by trailer to Cars, Bikes & Coffee at Ipswich.

John discovered his first E30 in Bundaberg over 10 years ago & ended up over a number of years owning most from the local area. At that time, he set up the BMW Club Qld E30 Register which grew to become a large, authoritative and popular listing/data base of Qld based E30’s with information on “E30 sightings” being fed to John by the E30 community within and even outside of our Club. John also had a Dakar Yellow E36 M3 which he sold to an owner near Beenleigh.

John also established and organised Cars, Crumbs & Coffee at Innes Park, Bundaberg, basically on the edge of the cane fields across the road from his home. This brought out an impressive array of classic and rare vehicles of all brands and periods every month. For those of us, who on occasion, travelled up to participate it was surprising and impressive to see so many precious vehicles in that region.

Many of us also cycle regularly and swapped experiences with John via our Strava posts, especially his memorable 4am starts in winter along the coast near Innes Park. You will be sadly missed John, you had a very interesting life and contributed much more than space here will allow. You were taken too soon, Rest in Peace old mate.

Penned by David Palmer.

The BMW Club Qld committee and all its members pass on our sincere condolences to John’s family and all his many friends.

VALE DAVID HARRIS It's with much sadness and with a heavy heart that it was announced to the Motorsport and Car community that my good friend David Harris passed away just before Christmas . His family has asked me to make this announcement now in the new year giving them some time to grieve over what was a very sad Christmas period for all his family and close friends.

David was a great friend and mentor to me and his support, encouragement and mate-ship will be greatly missed but will always be remembered fondly. He was a passionate Motorsport and Car lover and everyone who met or knew him, will I'm sure, remember him as a modest, quiet gentleman always ready to share a great story, always with a friendly smile on his face.

Rest In Peace David

Penned by Scott Robinson.

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October to December 2021

BMW NEWS FROM AROUND THE WORLD Long fallen quiet, BMW’s original Munich factory still houses legends

For those who were lucky to visit the original BMW Mobile Tradition building (which has since been demolished), you may recognize some of the very special cars that were housed there and are now able to be viewed in the newly renovated BMW Classic building which is the original factory for BMW that started in 1916. Read the full article HERE

Still open for business: Please support those businesses that support our club. They are still working but like many businesses they are feeling the pinch so please don’t forget to contact them..

Give them a call and support our supporters.

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October to December 2021

BMW CLUBS AUSTRALIA NATIONALS MARCH, 2022.

Looking forward to 2022, one of the highlights will be the BMW Clubs Australia Nationals to be held in Canberra Friday 11 th to 14 th March. This is always a great event to attend and many club members have attended over the years. A group is already getting together to do a 3 day drive trip down the highway and enjoy a couple of stop-offs along the way. Further information will be put out regarding this as it gets closer to the time. To get an idea of what this is all about click on the link and you will see what is being planned.

A Big thank you to all of the committee and the club members who get together to arrange all the great events that we, as members get to enjoy. It has been said “The Cars are what bring us all together but it is the Members who make it such a great Club!!!

As usual, always on the look out for any contributions and stories from you, so please send this through to editor@bmwcq.com.au

Leanne Tymms - Editor eNewsletter

www.sommercarcare.com.au Coming Soon to BMWCQ Website We will be launching a new section on the Club website our new Classified Pages for BMW Cars & Parts for sale.

There will be three sections, members, private advertisers and sponsors, so we can provide an online marketing platform for BMW seller and buyers alike Members listings will be free and a fee will apply to private and sponsored ads.