[eltel]

For those interested in catching up with the MINI Roadshow which comprises 5 MINIs driving around the Australian states, they are in Melbourne this weekend.

This from BMW

Friday 8th November

11.30am Drive to Macedon Square, Manningham Road, Doncaster

12.00pm Drive to Tunstall Square, Doncaster

12.45pm Drive to Beasley’s Nursery, Warrandyte

1.15pm Drive to Balwyn - Balwyn Shopping Centre

2.15pm Drive back along Doncaster Road to Kew Junction shopping precinct,
High St & Cotham Rd, Kew

3.00pm Drive back to MINI Garage Melbourne via Glenferrie Road, Hawthorn


Saturday 9th November

12.15pm Drive through Armadale: High Street, Prahran: Malvern Road, Williams Road, High Street, Greville Street, Commercial Road to Windsor: Chapel Street and Dandenong Road to South Yarra: Chapel Street, Toorak Road, Punt Road

2.15pm Drive through Elwood: Ormond Road (permit to park), Glenhuntly Road, Marine Pde to St Kilda Foreshore: Acland Street, Fitzroy Street, St Kilda Baths location

3.45pm Cars returning to MINI Garage Melbourne


Sunday 10th November

11.00am Drive down Kings Way, Lakeside Drive (Albert Park Grand Prix track) and complete a complete lap. Drive through Fitzroy Street St Kilda, Beaconsfield Parade to Port Melbourne. drive to Kerferd Road, Ferrars Street, Bridport Street. Drive to Victoria Avenue and back onto Beaconsfield Parade. Follow road until it turns into Waterfront Place.

12.00-12.30 Waterfront Place (pending permits)
Beach Street - The Boulevard - Todd Road, enter the Westgate
Freeway (Geelong Bound), exit "Melbourne Road" and drive to North Road, Newport. Drive to "The Strand", Ferguson Street and Nelson Place.

1.30-2.30pm Drive to Williamstown
From Nelson Place, drive to Thompson Place, the Esplanade,
Victoria Street, Ferguson Street and Melbourne Road. Drive to Footscray, Buckley Street, Nicholson Street, Irving Street and Barkly Street. Drive to Summerhill / Rosamond Road to Highpoint Shopping Centre.

3.00-4.00pm Highpoint (pending permit)
Leave via Raleigh Road / Maribyrnong Road and turn left into
Mt. Alexander Road. Follow Road until Keilor Road then turn around and come back down Mt. Alexander Road stopping at an
appropriate place on Mt Alexander Road

4.30-5.00pm Mt. Alexander Road (middle of Essendon)

5.00pm Return cars to MINI Garage Melbourne



Anyone interested in catching up with them?

Let me know.

Regards, ElTel

[Mike Clarke]

ElTel, where did you hear about this roadshow?
Do you know if it is coming west?

[eltel]

Mike, I shouldn't divulge my sources, but it's all from BMW's marketing group.

Here's some more info, but it doesn't look like the roadshow will make it across the Nullabour. Pity, that. Can you make it to Adelaide? What is it, 3500km? I'm only joking.

12. Classless appeal continues

MINI's appeal to all ages and types of drivers continues. The MINI Roadshow comprising five cars zooming around chic city centre locations in Brisbane and Sydney has drawn massive crowds of enthusiastic voyeurs from a broad cross-section of society each time the cars stop. Double-parked in Paddington's Oxford Street, the MINIs even charmed the notorious grey ghosts while admirers examined the cars. Bondi residents were cheered to see the five-car formation running rings round the roundabout on the beachfront. The MINI Roadshow rolls into Melbourne (this week), and then zoots off to Adelaide.

Regards, Eltel

[WAY]

Thanks for the info Eltel. Too bad I didn't see the messages earlier, could have caught up with them in the Eastern suburbs! I am a little busy this weekend unfortunately.

I think the time is about right for me to post a message on our inaugural MINI drive day. See the other tread in this section.

[Mike Clarke]

Quote:

Originally posted by eltel
it doesn't look like the roadshow will make it across the Nullabour. Pity, that. Can you make it to Adelaide? What is it, 3500km? I'm only joking.

Thanks ElTel, I am taking the Cooper to the dealer on Monday for a new stoplight so I will see if they have any info. You are right Adelaide is just a bit far for a day out.

[dnbCooper]

did that tour take in brunswick st at all? because i saw 5 coopers/cooper s's cruising down there being led by a red cooper with bodykit.. girl driving was beeping madly.. ernie dingo was impressed!!! (he was on the corner of johnston and brunsiwck being tooted at!) was tempted to jump in mine and join the parade, but i scored a great car park!

dnb

[eltel]

Quote:

Originally posted by dnbCooper
did that tour take in brunswick st at all? because i saw 5 coopers/cooper s's cruising down there being led by a red cooper with bodykit.. girl driving was beeping madly.. ernie dingo was impressed!!! (he was on the corner of johnston and brunsiwck being tooted at!) was tempted to jump in mine and join the parade, but i scored a great car park!

dnb

Yeh, Tim, I think that they were going to cruise that part of town.

Spazz and I caught up with them on Sunday at Albert Park, doing a lap of the F1 track. We (Spazz and I) then went down to Station Pier to wait for them. They turned up at 12 noon and parked a little away from where we had parked. Strangely enough even though there were five of them, and some good looking sheilas in tight MINI Tshirts, they didn't get much attention. Spazz and I saw 5 times as many people checking out our cars, compared to the official Roadshow.

Anyhow, Shawn Ticehurst (MINI Brand Manager - very high up the tree) and his lovely female friend turned up to make sure that all was in order. After a while he came to speak to Spazz and me, and thanked us for coming along.

To show us his gratitude for promoting MINI he has arranged for Spazz and I and our partners to attend next year's F1 in Melbourne as guests of BMW. How's that for just being there flag-waving?

Actually, I made that bit up. Shawn was happy to see us but we still had to buy our own coffees.

So Spazz and I beat them down to Williamstown (sort of) and saw them stopping for more coffee. So we slipped past them and parked outside of some of the busiest cafes and got lots of good long looks. I'm sure some of the people were checking out the cars, too !!!

These cars are real attention grabbers, I kid you not. I had a fantastic day, there is nothing like being part of a MINI convoy.

I think that they will still be cruising around Melbourne till late tomorrow. Sorry, I don't have any times or places to catch up with them.

Regards, ElTel (roving reporter)