Bunbury-Geographe Museum Carbies and Coffee - March 2025

Every third Sunday of the month, Bunbury-Geographe Motor Museum host Carbies and Coffee in the museum carpark. This is like the Classic Cars and Coffee event at UWA, being an informal classics meet up.

Our car club had been talking about taking a trip down to Bunbury for the show for ages, but in March we made it. In fact, we had some 18 people attend! Above are two old Swedes - a 1963 Volvo PV544 Sport and a 1952 Saab 92B.

We took the Tatra along

Part of the club line up - Mercedes-Benz, Volvo, Saab, Tatra, Land Rover, Mercedes-Benz and an MG.

The Saab and Tatra are among the pinnacle of streamlining

A look into the Saab engine bay. The car is powered by a 750cc twin-cylinder two-stroke derived from a DKW design. The transmission however is completely different.

Early in the morning. We arrived rather early as we wanted to park together, but Bunbury is not Perth so we need not have rushed! It was a much more laid back affair than the mad rush at Classic Cars and Coffee.

Lovely Vauxhall

1950 Jaguar

Ford versus Holden. The HR Holden was the replacement of the legendary EH and the forefather of the Kingswood.

A lovely patinated Porsche 356C. We saw this car again at the Blackwood Rally.



Holden FJ

Chevrolet Corvette Stingray

Dodge

The Saab and Tatra would drive home together.... the Saab at a little distance as it has a maximum speed of around 82 kph!

Museum visit: https://heinkelscooter.blogspot.com/2025/06/bunbury-geographe-motor-museum-april.html

Bunbury-Geographe Motor Museum - March 2025 Visit

In April 2025 our car club drove to Bunbury for the monthly Carbies and Coffee event held in the museum carpark. It was a great weekend adventure and of course we had to pop in and visit the museum. The museum is locally run and hosts rotating displays of vehicles from among the many enthusiasts who live in the region. You can check out the photos from our last visit several years ago in the links at the bottom. https://heinkelscooter.blogspot.com/2025/06/bunbury-geographe-museum-carbies-and.html

Holden Torana, a favourite on the Australian touring car race circuit

A display of sprint cars

Sprint cars

1926 Sunbeam

1930 Rudge Whitworth

1932 BSA

1948 Ford used as a mobile cinema truck and a Ford Escort GT

1949 BSA with sidecar

The original Noddy bike - the uniquely styled Velocette LE

The original 1962 XF Ford Falcon

The museum has an excellent motorcycle display

1970 Brabham BT30/24 race car

The Australian icon - Holden 48/215, better known as the FX. This one has been modified an sports a Chevy V8

1959 Holden FC

Although only a relatively small museum, it has an interesting (and rotating) display of vehicles that's well worth a visit. The motorcycle display is particularly good. 
Visit in 2021 - https://heinkelscooter.blogspot.com/2021/07/bunbury-geographe-motor-museum.html

Barry Markham's 1998 flight from Perth to London by Tiger Moth

My uncle Barry Markham - like his brother John - has had a lifelong love for flying. In 1998 he set out on a real adventure - flying a de Havilland Tiger Moth from Perth to London, solo. The flight was a commemoration of the first solo flight from London to Perth in 1930. The trip proved to be somewhat more challenging than the original flight, as he was flying against the prevailing air currents. Below are two articles from the West Australian newspaper

"Aviation record holder Barry Markham OAM is well known in the international de Havilland world. A member of the Royal Aero Club of WA, Markham holds 10 FAI world records and 10 Australian records set in Tiger Moths. Most remarkable of these was his Perth-Cambridge UK trip immortalised in his 2008 book Solo to England. In May-June 1998, Markham set several city-pair records in his Tiger Moth en route to the UK, most of which are still intact today. The trip was a fundraiser fo the Royal Flying Doctor Service. He was a torch-bearer for the 2000 Sydney Olympics and was honoured with the UK's Geoffrey de Havilland Trophy and in Australia with the Luskintyre Aviation Group Trophy."
https://www.australianflying.com.au/latest/aviators-honoured-in-queen-s-birthday-list



You can hear an interview with Barry recounting his experiences to Royal Aero Club members:


Barry also wrote a book about his adventure, which can be purchased from Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/Solo-England-Barry-Markham/dp/1906050546

DKW Boffins Set Design Trends - The West Australian 3 February 2019

In 2019, my DKW was featured in an article in The West Australian newspaper by Neil Dowling. This was the second of my cars to be written up by Neil.

Tatra article: https://tatrat600.blogspot.com/2024/10/the-car-that-stood-up-to-germany-west.html

1961 Ariel Arrow Tuning Instructions

The Ariel Arrow was introduced in 1960 and quickly became a popular sportsbike. It wasn't long before people were tuning the engine to draw out event more speed from the bike. Below is a tuning pamphlet from AL Carter Engineering in the UK explaining the principles of two-stroke tuning. They could provide parts or could do the work on the customer's behalf. There is a still a strong racing community among Ariel owners to this day.

1954 Roller Review May Edition