Castlemaine Hot Rod Centre Limited in Castlemaine, Victoria | Community organisation

Castlemaine Hot Rod Centre Limited

Locality: Castlemaine, Victoria

Phone: +61 412 276 772

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24.01.2022 Members of CHRC should note the recent changes to the Club Permit Scheme.

24.01.2022 It's this sort of talent in our community that will be the basis for the Specialty Automotive Trades Training Centre at Autoplex Castlemaine - we have identified 135 automotive businesses within 25 km of Castlemaine that we can tap into to make Autoplex buzz!

24.01.2022 Local hot rodding legend, Rod Hadfield, is one of the driving forces behind Castlemaine Hot Rod Centre and our Autoplex Castlemaine development. If you want to understand what makes this guy "tick" then grab a copy of this book - something to stimulate the mind during lockdown.

23.01.2022 Our monthly Castlemaine Coffee Cruise was featured on local WIN TV Bendigo News last night! Join us on Sunday 21st Feb for our next cruise from central Castlemaine to Newstead where four local businesses plus the pub will be open to serve our cruisers https://www.facebook.com/9NewsCentralVictoria/videos/239461324384067

22.01.2022 Due to the ongoing Covid 19 Pandemic issues, the 2020 Castlemaine Auto Model Show is POSTPONED until Sunday 27th September It was not socially responsible to invite people from Melbourne to travel to our region with the higher risk of transferring infection

22.01.2022 Next Sunday 15th November is our first Castlemaine Coffee Cruise to be held under our Covid SAFE Plan. Things are not quite the same Our Coffee Cruise needs to comply with some strict rules in these Covid19 times We collect your details Drivers, Passengers & Volunteers... When you arrive, you will be required to sign a Covid Plan Declaration which will include your name, signature, date, contact number and Vehicle details These details will be shared with the proprietor of the café at the end of the Cruise We need to practice Social Distancing This means we need to stay at least 1.5 metres away from others that don’t live in your home Don’t share a ride with a mate We don’t touch each other We don’t shake hands or slap each other on the back We practice safe hygiene There is hand sanitiser available on the sign in table Please use it BEFORE you sign in Have the right change ($5 per driver) If you need to cough or sneeze do it into your elbow If you are unwell STAY HOME If there is any chance you might have Covid 19 you have a dry cough, a runny nose, headaches, nausea STAY HOME If you have been overseas or near someone diagnosed with Covid19 in the past 28 days STAY HOME If your health is already compromised such that catching corona virus would have a serious impact on you STAY HOME How you can continue to help the Castlemaine Hot Rod Centre Limited (who run the Coffee Cruise) and our Autoplex Castlemaine major project Keep coming to the Coffee Cruise and tell your mates and other Club members about it Become a Member of Castlemaine Hot Rod Centre Limited Tag your Bendigo Bank Account with Community Enterprise No 4998 (or open a Bendigo Bank account) Volunteer to help out at Autoplex working bees and events

22.01.2022 Our Master Plan for the initial transformation of the abandoned former Tech School into Autoplex Castlemaine has at last been received from the Consultants. Our next (urgent) step is to gain Council Planning Approval for our part of the site. If you are (or know of) an experienced Planning Officer in Victoria who would like the opportunity to assist us in this MAMMOTH task, call Larry on 0407843851 or Kim on 0412276772

21.01.2022 Great to see one of our Foundation Members (and Board Member), Rod Hadfield, receive the "Legends" Award from ASRF

20.01.2022 Our February Castlemaine Coffee Cruise is on Sunday 21st February - we meet up in front of the Visitor Information Centre in Mostyn st at 9.30am, cruise at 10.3am and arrive in Newstead at 11.30am. There will be five coffee and brunch locations open for us - and Eddie Ford has promised to roll out a couple of his hidden classics!

19.01.2022 So can't swing by Castlemaine in October but we look forward to meeting up with Chopped entrants and spectators when they cruise through Castlemaine in January 21

18.01.2022 It's been a busy week for our Castlemaine Hot Rod Centre - on Wednesday morning at 6.00am some of our local supporters were out catching up with Channel 9's Today Show crew who were doing their weather cross from The Mill right here in Castlemaine - check out this display by Garrie Ritchie, Ross Harding, Rod Hadfield, Chris Soldatos and Con Soldatos - followed by a few words from Larry O'Toole where our Autoplex Castlemaine and Castlemaine Coffee Cruise got a mention https://app.mediaportal.com/isentia/

18.01.2022 Our Master Plan for Autoplex Castlemaine is almost completed. One of the concepts discussed is the installation of a Electric Vehicle Charging Station. By installing a EV Station at Autoplex, we will have people visit for an hour while their vehicle is being charged! https://www.abc.net.au//how-practical-are-electri/12731896

17.01.2022 The AGM of Castlemaine Hot Rod Centre Limited that was to be held this coming Friday 26th June has been CANCELLED due to changes in the roll out of Covid 19 restrictions. The meeting will now be held in late July, August or September - as soon as restrictions on community gatherings are lifted. Notice will be given once the date is locked in

17.01.2022 Great to see candidates in the coming local government elections taking an interest in our Autoplex Castlemaine project. We invite all candidates in Mount Alexander Shire elections to make contact with us and find out more about what we are doing and what our exciting plans are to transform an abandoned former school in to Autoplex Castlemaine.

15.01.2022 Join us for our Annual Christmas Cruise on 20th December - we start at gathering at 9.30am in Mostyn Street, Castlemaine, cruise at 10.30 am and then meet up at our Autoplex Castlemaine centre for specialty automotive enthusiasts for brunch We will have coffee, snacks, pizza and icecreams to purchase and heaps of space indoors and outdoors

15.01.2022 Great to see our local businesses still open - jump on line or on the phone and check out what Con has for your vehicle

13.01.2022 Great to see local magazines getting a feature in regional newspaper!

13.01.2022 We are really excited to be working with the Get Lost program. Mount Alexander Shire is packed with specialty automotive enthusiasts who restore and repurpose and recycle automobiles - These Creative Car Makers have established Castlemaine as the Street Rod Centre of Australia - our small grant application is to teach a range of local youth the Lost Trade of Pinstriping - the application of fine decorative lines on machinery once practised by artisans in our community at The Foundry and other coachmakers in our region. Exciting times ahead!!!

12.01.2022 You are locked up, the weather is sh!# and the world is crazy - so jump on line and order the latest (and back issues) of Australian Hot Rodder - currently offered at a MASSIVE 25% off (plus FREE post if you buy two or more editions). Produced right here in Castlemaine by Graham Smith, this top quality book (it's a lot more than a magazine) is cram packed full of the best stories of Hot Rodders in Australia https://www.australianhotrodder.com.au/

12.01.2022 Looking to get out but not be in a crowd? Then head on over to Metcale and check out the Holden Museum

12.01.2022 It looks like our AGM will have to be postponed indefinitely - we are working on distributing Agenda, Annual Reports and Board Nominations by email or post and then holding a "Virtual Meeting" - will keep you informed

09.01.2022 NOTE - this Event is POSTPONED til a later date (to be advised) due to changes in Covid 19 rules It's great to partner with our local Theatre Royal in the screening of Ford vs Ferrari on Wednesday 24th and Friday 26th July at 7pm - try and get along on Wednesday night and join local hot rodders and car enthusiasts - note social distancing rules apply This is a fund raiser for our Autoplex project so would be great to see you there ... Note Friday night is our AGM so members will be attending that event instead! See more

07.01.2022 We feel really privileged to be part of the first round of Get Lost Quick Grants. By the end of the year there will be ten young local people with skills to pinstripe all manner of objects - a "lost" artform from our community being revived by Autoplex Castlemaine. Our "tutor" will be Peter Carpenter who is a "Master" of the art.

06.01.2022 Great News the Castlemaine Coffee Cruise is back in action! Our first Post-Covid Castlemaine Coffee Cruise is Sunday 15th November. This one will finish at Cream Town in Castlemaine the very popular café operated by a family of car enthusiasts! All our Castlemaine Coffee Cruises start at the heritage Market building (Visitor Information Centre) in central Castlemaine. We meet at 9.30am and then cruise at 10.30am. Our destination is somewhere local where we can get coffee ...and a bite to eat for brunch. Strict Covid Safe protocols apply All Specialty Auto Enthusiasts are welcome Hot Rods (of course), Street Machines, Muscle Cars, Classic Cars, Vintage Vehicles, Motorcycles and even Trucks Our December Castlemaine Coffee Cruise is Sunday 20th December. This one will finish at Autoplex Castlemaine with Coffee and a BBQ Brunch available

05.01.2022 Four weeks to go til the 2020 Castlemaine Auto Model Show to be held at Autoplex Castlemaine - the home of Castlemaine Hot Rod Centre! Sunday 12th July 11am til 4pm There will be Covid19 restrictions which will include queue at entrance stay 1.5m apart in line, sanitise hands at hand station, sign in with name and mobile number,... pay your entry fee of $5 per adult (kids free) please have correct change or paywave, stay 1.5m away from others while inside the building, entry to display rooms will be restricted to 30/20/20 = 80 people upstairs at a time, downstairs at coffee van restricted to 50 people at a time, toilets restricted to 3 persons per block at a time (sanitise hands before and after entry), if you need to cough or sneeze do it into your elbow if you are unwell, been overseas or health compromised please stay home. Together we can make this happen!!!!!!

05.01.2022 The past six months have seen our Autoplex Castlemaine facility being utilised to build two giant projects - a full size Dinosaur (17m long) and a full size Great White Shark (5m long) A team of 4-6 creators have worked full time on this project and the two models left yesterday in a low loader for their new home in the Museum in Perth.

04.01.2022 Join us this Sunday 20th December for the final Castlemaine Coffee Cruise for 2020 What a year it has been - now it is your chance to celebrate our return to some form of normality We meet up at 9.30am in Mostyn St and cruise at 10.30am Destination is Autoplex Castlemaine where we will have Coffee Truck, Pizza de Wheels and Icecream Social - so hang around and celebrate

04.01.2022 Autoplex is revving up! Mat and Alana from Castlemaine Car Parts have loaned an AU Falcon sedan for the VCAL Students to use in the Basic Car Care & Maintenance Course funded by Mount Alexander Council Youth Grants and being delivered by Graeme Inwood from Castlemaine Hot Rod Centre Limited at Autoplex Castlemaine

03.01.2022 Who has any original Ford tools in their collection?

03.01.2022 This is the sort of applied automotive mathematics that we are incorporating in our Basic Car Care and Maintenance workshops being developed for VCAL students (and others later) Our first module includes tyres and wheels and how to safely and correctly change a flat tyre. Our qualified instructor, Graeme Inwood, has been using his own tools and equipment so far but we are on the hunt for a set of basic home car care and maintenance tools including cross type wheel brace two ...axle stands (pin type not ratchet) 600mm breaker bar 1/2 inch ratchet set 1/2 inch wheel sockets (in various sizes) 150 and 300 mm 1/2 inch extensions 1/2 inch drive torque wrench set rubber wheel chocks 1850-2150 small trolley jack Our initial aim is to set up a good home style workshop to use as the basis for teaching this much needed course. If you would like to donate any workshop tools and equipment to Autoplex Castlemaine just call Kim on 0412276772 or Graeme on 0418415261 or Larry on 0407843851

02.01.2022 WORKING BEES - Sunday 24th January - it will be HOT so meet at Autoplex Castlemaine - long list of simple jobs need doing before Autopia and Model Show - all inside where it is cool - start at 8am - bring BBQ lunch if you want to hang around - gas BBQ provided Tuesday 26th January - Australia Day at Gowar under the Red Gum tree - working on the house - bog up holes, undercoat, flooring, cladding - long list - start at 8am

02.01.2022 If you weren't at the Castlemaine Coffee Cruise this morning you missed out! What a glorious day for our final Castlemaine Coffee Cruise for 2020. With over 70 specialty autos and well over 200 people, we packed Mostyn Street at the start, headed single file through Maldon and Newstead and back into Autoplex Castlemaine. There we had Pizza de Wheels, Icecream Social and KT's Coffee serving the crowd Motoring enthusiasts traveled from Bendigo, Ballarat, Geelong and Melbourne (even one from Hervey Bay in Qld) Our next Castlemaine Coffee Cruise is on Sunday 17th January - lock it in!

02.01.2022 Looking for something to do during lock down? Grab one of these "Road Movies" for a couple of hours relaxation. Are there any others you would add to the list?

02.01.2022 Great to see a T Bucket Cruise In being organised by John Davis as part of our Autopia Exhibition alongside the Castlemaine State Festival. Expect to see plenty of these strange creatures cruisin the Goldfields on Saturday 27th and Sunday 28th March

01.01.2022 Rewells Mower Service is celebrating its 30th year in business this month. Business owners Glenn Rewell and Stacey Raselli opened the doors to their much loved ...local business on September 4, 1990. In the three decades that have followed the family owned and operated business has become a trusted and respected household name. See the Mail for the full story. Out Now. See more

01.01.2022 Looking to get the wheels rolling on Sunday 17th January - get along to the Castlemaine Coffee Cruise - meet at 9.30, cruise at 10.30 to The Big Hill cafe and vineyard - or just meet us there at 11.15 - great coffee and brunch and lots of cool cars