It was a record breaking Lake Mulwala Hot Rod event with hundreds of rods sprawled out for Sunday’s show n shine family day at the JC Lowe Oval.
Photo by
Les_Garbutt
With its 568 hot rods, the Lake Mulwala Hot Rod 2024 event beat last year’s record of 563 hot rods.
Hold tight - we’re checking permissions before loading more content
From a meet and greet for early arrivals last Thursday to Sunday’s big program including a huge show n shine at J C Lowe Oval, it was a magnificent spectacle.
Saturday night’s Belmore Street parade was watched by hundreds and hundreds of locals and visitors.
“There are 568 hot rods and you’d expect three times that amount of people involved, with partners and their kids – about 1500 are here today associated with our 2024 run,” event co-ordinator Wayne Sartori on behalf of Northen Suburbs Street Rods (NSSR) from told the Yarrawonga Chronicle.
“The support we’ve had has just been fantastic. All the hotels, the three clubs – especially the ski club – were just fantastic support. The holiday park here with Shaun Driscoll, the whole community have been great support.”
Hot rods and their owners came from almost every part of Australia.
“We have people from the Northen Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria and Tasmania, all except Western Australia,” NSSR President Craig Edward said.
“It’s absolutely fantastic and the town has got right behind us.”
For the 12 th straight year, Richie Mierierco of Sydney gave the usual half-kilometre ride in town for seven hours, from 3.00pm to 10.00pm last Saturday to youngsters in his beautiful 1923 T Bucket Ford. He is pictured here, last Sunday, at the show n shine at the J C Lowe Oval with wife Marie and adoring fans.
Photo by
Les_Garbutt
Special praise was also made in respect of the Yarrawonga Mulwala Tourism Business by organisers. Its executive officer Noel Wright was admiring the colourful, beautifully maintained hot rods and the variety of stalls hugging the boundary line at the packed J C Lowe Oval on Sunday.
“I think it was the best ever,” Mr Wright said.
“The crowd loved it, the police were happy, so I’m happy! The weather was perfect, there were many regional visitors and we were on TV’s Sunrise from Mulwala Water Ski Club.”
Noel Inman of Sunshine had the oldest hot rod last Sunday, a black-coloured 1922 Model Ford which featured centre door, air conditioning and electric window openers.
Photo by
Les_Garbutt
Special mention must also go to Richie and Marie Mercieco from Sydney, the proud owners of their 1923 blue-coloured T Bucket Ford for giving hundreds of youngsters a thrill by driving them for a half-kilometre around town.
“The kids loved it,” Richie said.
“We love seeing the smiles on the kids’ faces and they were so well mannered thanking us.
“We registered our hot rod in 1984. We just love it and always love coming to Yarrawonga.”
Standing beside his red-coloured 1935 Ford NSSR President Craig Edward (left) and event co-ordinator Wayne Sartori expressed their appreciation to everyone involved in making the 2024 event such a success.
Photo by
Les_Garbutt
All the colours appeared in the Lake Mulwala Hot Rod event with green and black in these two Belmore Street Yarrawonga pictures.
Photo by
Les_Garbutt
12°C