Day 10: 2017 National Rally - Queensland

Day 10 : Friday 12th May, Allora and Killarney


The sun was out today and the morning was a little warmer than previously.  Today we drove out to the village of Allora (a short 26km from Warwick) to visit Mary Poppins House and a local car collection. 
Mary Poppins House
Yes the actual house where P.L.Travers, the author of Mary Poppins spent some of her early life. The building was originally a Bank and her father was the third banker. The house still has its Vault which is quite substantial. The house is quite amazing and our guides where dressed in period costume.

Cars lined up outside Mary Poppins house.


Alvis 12/50 and Lagonda - a ring in - but most welcome.

Inside the house - the Dining room
The master bedroom

The Bank Manager's office

The children's bedroom - the 2 girls shared this room.

The back garden

Line up in front of house - from the rear!

A local Renault "750" came to visit
Due to our number the group had split into two and the second part of our visit was to a private car collection - which is comprised of a variety of American cars, mainly Cadilac’s (1940's, 50's and 60's cars).
Our group lined up outside the museum

Enormous impressive Pierce Arrow on display
The purpose built building is currently at stage 1 with about 20 cars displayed, stage 2 is nearly ready to receive the next batch of cars and stage 3 (yet to be built) will include a dedicated workshop area.

3 Litre drophead parks away from the group at the museum.
From here we drove about 70Km to Kilarney for an excellent lunch of roast beef. The rest of the group drove to view St Mary’s falls but we and the McKinnons had some preparations to make for this evenings presentation so missed them and returned to Warwick.

St Mary's Falls near Kilarney, QLD.
On the road back to Warwick
Back at the motel - Cars arrive back (fish eye lens causing odd arrangement)
To many cars, not enough spaces!
Hotel staff show a keen interest
Hello, Hello, What's going on here then - a slight adjustment needed!
"Black Bess" made an appearance after many years in hiding.
Cooper "Alvis" was very popular - even Maritta took it for a test drive!

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