MG Car Club of South Australia
MG National Meeting
Ulverstone, Tasmania
From..Chris & Wes Bray
T
he 2018 National Meeting was held
in Tasmania during Easter.
Getting to Melbourne
In order to get to Tasmania, the South
Australian delegation had to drive to
Melbourne. Some decided to tow their
MG’s but most drove. There was very
little drama reported apart from a one
kilometre piece of road just before Hor-
sham. Roadworks and the presence of
heavy rain had turned the driving sur-
face into mud, some of which hitched a
ride on the cars.
Once in Melbourne everyone found Sta-
tion Pier with a minimum of fuss and
loaded their cars onto the Spirit of Tas-
mania. Some decided to have a day-
light crossing of Bass Strait, others
booked a cabin for a night crossing.
Most found their cars were parked on
level 1 or level 2 of the Spirit of Tasma-
nia. There was much discussion about
how you disembark from this position
without following the instruction “Do not
over rev your engines”.
Settling into Ulverstone
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Most of the South Australians decided to
stay at Willaway Apartments in Ulver-
stone. This was a pleasant twenty-
minute drive from the ferry terminal at
Devonport. Some decided to go touring
before the National Meeting and arrived
at Ulverstone after their sight-seeing.
Murray Stephenson arrived with his car
on a trailer having experienced engine
difficulties during the trip from Adelaide.
A Victorian MG owner kindly provided
assistance. Karen Stephenson and Ian
Curwen-Walker took the fast route, fly-
ing ADL-MEL-Launceston and hiring a
car for the weekend (a good move con-
sidering Murray’s car problems).
Good Friday – Registration
Registration was held at the Ulverstone
Sports Centre. This was easy to find.
We were told to drive to the main bridge
across the River Leven and look on your
right for a large building. These instruc-
tions worked.
As tends to be common at National
Meetings there was a lot of noise as
friendships from previous National Meet-
ings were renewed. There were long