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The Official Newsletter of the Toowoomba & Downs Morris Group

November Newsletter Volume 29, Issue 11

Toowoomba & Downs

Morris Group An affiliated group of

COLLECTABLE AUTOMOTIVE

REGISTER INC.

TOOWOOMBA & DOWNS MORRIS GROUP PO Box 11058, Centenary Heights, Toowoomba, QLD, 4350

Cover Image Size

W: 397

H: 473

Inside this issue:

President’s

Report

3

Secretary’s &

Editor’s Notes

4

Upcoming

Events

5

Toowoomba

Hospice Fund-

raiser

6

Minutes—

October 2019

7

Goombungee

Jacaranda Festi-

val

10

CAR Inc Meet-

ing—Miles 11

November 2019 Newsletter

Morris Commercial truck spotted at Goombungee Jacaranda Festival


Page 2 November Newsletter

EXECUTIVE AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS

MEETINGS: Held on the Third Thursday of each month at the Dr. Price Rooms, Little Street, Toowoomba at 7:30pm.

NEW MEMBER FEES: $20.00 (payable 1st July to 31st December) or $10.00 (payable 1st January to 30th June) per member + one off

$15.00 Joining fee per family.

YEARLY RENEWAL: $20.00 per member per year due 1st July.

AIM: To foster the preservation and the active use of all Morris Vehicles. To encourage the rebuilding and improvement of the

Morris and the installation of safety equipment in them.

Membership to the Group shall be open to any person who is interested in pursuing the aim of the Group.

DISCLAIMER: The Group and its Committee shall not be held responsible for any transaction begun through

contacts made through the Group, its Newsletter or its Website. Material published is not necessarily the

view of the Editor or the Committee.

GROUP CO-ORDINATOR

VICE GROUP CO-ORDINATOR

SECRETARY

TREASURER

DATING OFFICER

CATERING

NEWSLETTER EDITOR &

WEBMASTER

NATIONAL RALLY DELEGATES

BRIAN DRAPER

10 Chilla Street

Toowoomba, Qld, 4350.

Phone: 07 4636 5913

MICHAEL MULLER

12 Ward Street

Highfields, Qld, 4352.

Phone: 07 4630 8475

ROY HALL

36 Butt Street

Toowoomba, Qld, 4350

Mobile: 0407 650 706

Email: [email protected]

RAY SAFSTROM

34 Weetwood Street

Newtown, QLD, 4350

Phone: 0452 520 079

DAVID WAGNER

34A Range Street


Phone: 0427 594 531

JAN SMITH

GREG HALL

Unit 2, 28 Grosvenor Street

Neutral Bay, NSW, 2089

Mobile: 0411 836 193

Email: [email protected]

PHILLIP & JANET HOULAHAN


PRESIDENT’S REPORT

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Hello everyone, welcome to the November newsletter.

Firstly. It is with sadness to report that Scott & Debbie’s daughter, Teneale,

passed away on Thursday 14th November after a long illness. Merle & Mick

also lost a loved one with the recent passing of Merle’s mother, Doreen, on

Sunday 3rd November. On behalf of all TDMG members, I would like to con-

vey the Groups deepest condolences on your loss at this time.

We haven’t been around much this month and have missed a few really good

runs. Although Brian's run was in the previous month, we missed this as we

had already booked for the LAMA weekend. Our Group receives an invita-

tion to this event and it is well worth the effort. On this occasion the weekend saw over 64 cars.

We weren’t able to get to the Goombungee Jacaranda Festival either or for that matter the CAR INC meet-

ing at Miles. This is mostly because we have been researching our family tree since 2004 and finally finished

it off. So we headed up North to see family and go through it with them.

It seems only fitting too, that because everyone else is or has headed overseas that it is now our turn. We

are heading off on a European trip in a couple of weeks, so we will not be here in December. It’s actually

our first really big trip overseas, with England, France and Germany on the itinerary. Heading off for 23 days

with hopefully a visit to the Christmas Markets.

Only a couple of upcoming events. First off is the Qld Club run along the new Bypass on the 24th Novem-

ber—although we have done this run a few times now, it’s still a good one to do if only to stretch the Mor-

ries legs. Our second run is our Christmas Party which is to be held at Highfields Tavern on the 8th De-

cember. All details can be found on the

Events Page.

Well that's all from me, your fearless

leader. It’s a month in advance, but

wishing all our members a very MER-

RY CHRISTMAS. Stay safe and we

will see you in the New Year.

Brian

“….. OUR FIRST REALLY BIG TRIP OVERSEAS

TO ENGLAND, FRANCE AND GERMANY …..”

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

David Wagner

& Merlene Muller

Who celebrate a birthday during November

Wishing you all a fantastic day



SECRETARY/EDITOR NOTES

Sunday 17th November, Brian & Barbara Draper, Mick & Merle Muller and myself

met up at Withcott to head to Lake Apex Gatton to take part in the Issi day event

organised by Brisbane Southside. We rolled into Lake Apex just on 10am to meet up

with Bob & Helen Cooper from the Qld MMCC and Tony & Helen from The Morris

Registry and settled into our morning tea and chatted about everything in general.

After an hour and a half with still no sign of our Southside friends we began to ques-

tion what was happening.

One of our group eventually made a phone call to find that the event had been can-

celled, however we must have missed the smoke signals sent to inform us. I guess

they might have been obscured by the smoke from the bush fires in the area. So

there have it, our Claytons Run (a run you have when you’re not having a run).

Anne & I returned from our Italy and Malta adventure a couple of days ago and just

about over the jet lag. Had a great time seeing all the wonderful sights and a large

number of very ornate churches. On our Abu Dhabi stopover we visited the Grand

Mosque which had a fascinating display of ancient artefacts. On the way there I saw a

freeway speed sign restricting cars to 140kmh and I thought boy, that’d slow down

our Morries.

On reaching Malta the last leg of our adventure, I read that having been a British

Colony there were still lots of old English cars; Minors, Ford Prefects & Anglia's,

Triumphs and Bedfords etc. Aside from a nice Bedford bus I didn’t see any of the

others mentioned but a did spot a nice Mk1 Ford Escort, an Alfa GTV and in the

distance on a tilt tray what appeared to be Standard 10 and possibly and MGB or

Healey Sprite. Also saw a gorgeous RR Silver Shadow being used that day as a wed-

ding car and the following day, a drop dead very new McLaren Sports.

Anyway it’s back to reality now and I’m looking forward to next Sundays run on the

new Toowoomba Bypass with our QMMCC friends.

See you Thursday.

Roy


Thursday 21st November General Meeting 7:30pm Dr. Price Rooms, Little St. Toowoomba.

Sunday 24th November New Toowoomba Bypass run with QMMCC. Meet at Withcott 9:00am to

meet up with Qld members at 9:30am in Helidon. BYO Morning tea.

Lunch stop will be at the end of the run, probably at Westbrook Tavern.

Sunday 8th December TDMG Christmas Party lunch at

Highfields Tavern. Meet at the Tavern at 11:30 am. The room

is booked from 11am to 3pm. Thursday 19th December General Meeting 7:30pm Dr.

Price Rooms, Little St.

Toowoomba.

Monday 23rd December Car display request for a kids

Christmas Party at Haden Hall,

Haden. More details to come.

2020

Thursday 16th January General Meeting 7:30pm Dr. Price Rooms, Little St. Toowoomba.

Sunday 19th January Jim Robertson's mystery run commencing 9:00am in Murphys Creek

Road . BYO morning tea. Lunch likely to be a hotel stop—to be

confirmed. Run involves gravel road so your choice to bring either

modern or classic.

1st & 2nd February Toowoomba Swap Meet at the Toowoomba Showgrounds.

Thursday 20th February General Meeting 7:30pm Dr. Price Rooms, Little St. Toowoomba.

Sunday 8th March CAR Inc. meeting Chinchilla. More details to come.

Thursday 19th March General Meeting 7:30pm Dr. Price Rooms, Little St. Toowoomba.

28 March to 4 April "2020" Australian Historic Motoring Federation National Tour. Week long

event with a cocktail style welcome evening. Tours through towns to

Albury-Wodonga with daily touring options taking in the heritage and history, scenery, gourmet foods and vineyards. All historic vehicles and

classics are welcome.

UPCOMING EVENTS


We are always on the look-

out for great photos to in-

clude in our newsletter and

website. If you have a photo

to share; send them to our

editor; Greg

[email protected]

1st Sunday & 3rd Wednesday each month—Lockyer Antique Motor Association (LAMA) Run. Meet 9:00am

Lake Apex Park (behind the Transport Museum). BYO morning tea, lunch either a BBQ or at a Hotel.



The Morrie felt like a

'fish out of water' on

this outing with 102

muscle cars sur-

rounding the car at

the Blue Mountain car

park which was a fund

raiser for the Too-

woomba Hospice.

Great turn out for

the rev heads of Too-

woomba and sur-

rounds, though if

your vehicle lacked a

V8 you were not

cool. It was bit of a shame really that none of the older cars didn’t turn up or maybe

were simply not invited. There was even an FC and a Morris Commercial fitted out

with a V8, cool. Someone asked what was under my bonnet I said half a V8 they were

happy with that. Or should I say cool?

I only saw the notice in the local rag myself and being a nice day decided to venture

out for the morning, the day was a big success with great raffles of donated goodies,

it was good to sit in the shade and talk to people with different outlooks

Mick



MINUTES OF GENERAL MEETING OF TOOWOOMBA & DOWNS MORRIS GROUP

Held on Thursday 17th October, 2019 at Dr Price Rooms, Little Street, Toowoomba.

OPENING: Mick Muller (in Brian’s absence) opened the meeting at 7:32pm and welcomed everyone

ATTENDANCE: As per attendance book

APOLOGIES: Greg Hall, Brenda & Terry Brown, Phillip & Janet Houlahan, Greg Peters, Brian & Bar-

bara Draper, Merle Muller, Patrick Murray, Tricia Robertson

VISITORS: Kevin Bryan (potential member)

MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING: As per newsletter

Moved Roy Hall, seconded John Parker that the minutes printed in the newsletter be accepted as read.

Carried.

CORRESPONDENCE:

Inwards:

• Email & Hard Copy Newsletters from various clubs

• Heritage Bank Statement

• CWA Certificate of Appreciation – Drought Relief Appeal

• Kingsthorpe P&C Show & Shine 17th November

Outwards:

• Newsletters to members and other clubs

Moved Roy Hall, seconded Jim Robertson that the correspondence inwards and outwards be accepted.

Carried.

TREASURERS REPORT:

Presented by Ray Safstrom.

Moved Ray Safstrom, seconded Jan Smith that the report be received and the accounts be paid.

GENERAL BUSINESS:

Upcoming Runs

• 2nd November. Jacaranda Festival Goombungee. Meet Mt.

Kynoch 9:00am. Buy food at event or BYO if desired.

• 17th November Issi Day, Brisbane Southside Morris Minor Car

Club. Lake Apex, Gatton for BYO morning tea then on to Lions

Park in Laidley for BYO lunch. Meet Withcott 9:30am.

• 24th November. Join with MMCCQ for a run on the new Too-

woomba Bypass. Meet at Withcott 9:00am to meet up with Qld

members 9:30am in Helidon. BYO Morning tea. Lunch stop will

be at the end of the run, probably at Westbrook Tavern.

• 19th January 2020. Jim Robertson's mystery run commencing

9:00am in Murphys Creek Road. BYO morning tea. Lunch likely



MINUTES OF GENERAL MEETING OF TOOWOOMBA & DOWNS MORRIS GROUP

Held on Thursday 17th October, 2019 at Dr Price Rooms, Little Street, Toowoomba.

to be a hotel stop but to be confirmed. Run involves gravel road so your choice to bring either

modern or classic.

• Col Schillers run originally set for 24th November but postponed due to Col’s fly in fly out work

load and not knowing when he will be available. A run may be announced at short notice when

Col is available.

• Jan Smith advised that the room has been booked from 11am to 3pm for our Xmas party at High-

field Tavern. Meet at the tavern at 11:30.

• Mick Muller called on behalf of editor Greg for newsletter items.

• Jim Robertson advised of 2 Morris cars listed in the MMCCV October newsletter The Generator

that are being raffled.

1. Morris Major Elite Series II. Tickets $50

2. Morris Minor 1000. Tickets $100

• Doug Tebbit spoke about his recent Morris “Z” acquisition. The car is in quite good condition

with only few issues to be sorted out to make it roadworthy.

There being no further business Mick closed the meeting at 8:20pm.

Raffle won by: Ray Safstrom



PLEASE JOIN US FOR A LITTLE BUBBLY AND GOOD CHEER

TO

toast the Holidays

and the coming New Year!

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 8TH 11:30 IN THE MORNING

HIGHFIELDS TAVERN

CNR O’BRIEN & HIGHFIELDS RD HIGHFIELDS


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M aking the trek out to Goombungee for the Jacaranda Festival were 9

members in six Morries and John and Noelene in their plastic. They

had a fair excuse though as they were travelling on to Miles after the

parade to represent our Group for the CAR Inc. meeting which was

on the same weekend as the festival.

The crowd attending was excellent but more impressive was the display of trees in

full bloom along the main street, mainly jacaranda's and silky oaks. They were also

decorated for the occasion in colourful cloth and homemade mannequins.

There were also quite a number of street stalls and entertainment—plenty of dancing

girls made us wish we were all young again. The street parade had a great mixture of

vehicles, old tractors, cars and of course classic cars.

The Rosalie Shire Historical Museum was open to the public and within was an inter-

esting mix of historic photographs, local family histories and memorabilia. A credit to

the Society for putting on a good display. The day was to finish with a rodeo and live

music at the Showgrounds which was to start at 3pm.

All in all a good morning's outing and maybe next year we may enter few Morries for

the parade.

Mick & John


P.O. Box 11058

Centenary Heights


TOOWOOMBA &

DOWNS MORRIS

GROUP

Toowoomba & Downs Morris Group

www.morrisdown

under.com/downs

TDMG stickers are available to members. External type.

i.e. adhesive on the back to stick on the outside of glass.

Available from the Secretary @ $1.50 ea.

TDMG REGALIA

Polo shirts with logo $32.50

Bucket Hat or Cap with logo $16 each

Jacket with logo only $55

Jacket with name and logo $60.50

All regalia can be order direct from:

Toowoomba Embroidery Centre

581 Ruthven Street

Toowoomba

Ph (07) 4639 3255

—

CAR Inc Meeting—Miles

After a quick catch up with fellow members and watching the parade at the

Goombungee Jacaranda Festival, we headed off to Miles for the CAR Inc meeting

and to present the Groups' report and events held. A good roll up and was well

attended by the local club, and Dennis Allan from Chinchilla, Terry and Brenda

Brown, Noelene and myself from our club. The next CAR Inc meeting will be held

in Chinchilla.

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