Bugatti in Australia

Tour de Fleurieu Rally, Southern Australia

October 15, 2019 By pete

David Beaumont with his 15 year-old grand-daughter Emelda in the 1929 Amilcar Surbaisse.

Words by Doug Gordon
Photos by Roger Foster, Doug Gordon & Vince Johnson

The weather forecast for the southern coast and Fleurieu Peninsula of South Australia for the weekend of September 27, 28 & 29 was fine. Cool, but sunny with very little chance of rain. So what? You might well ask. These three days were set aside for the third running of the now familiar Tour de Fleurieu Rally for vintage and pre-war cars of French origin, very few of which are fitted with any form of roof or weather protection.

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Bugattis Tour Australia

November 20, 2018 By pete

Story and photos by Vince Johnson

From the VeloceToday Archives, South Australia, 10-13 April 2013.

Forty-two members of the Bugatti Club Australia made their way to the Barossa Valley wine country, north-east of Adelaide, for the ‘Five Valleys Run’ in April. Understandably, wineries featured heavily in the itinerary. Interstate members from New South Wales met those who had travelled from Victoria at Stirling on Tuesday evening, not far from Piccadilly Valley in the hills above the state capital.

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Bugattis Tour Australia

May 9, 2013 By pete

Pur Sang Bugatti Type 35B en route to Angaston.

Story and photos by Vince Johnson

South Australia, 10-13 April 2013. Forty-two members of the Bugatti Club Australia made their way to the Barossa Valley wine country, north-east of Adelaide, for the ‘Five Valleys Run’ in April. Understandably, wineries featured heavily in the itinerary. Interstate members from New South Wales met those who had travelled from Victoria at Stirling on Tuesday evening, not far from Piccadilly Valley in the hills above the state capital.
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