Classic cars from three clubs descended on Brinkworth, providing a magnificent spectacle of gleaming paint and metalwork in the Stockyard Reserve Overnight Stay parking area, near the centre of town.

The gathering was the brainchild of Mike Osborne, of Maitland Auto Preservation Society (MAPS), in his capacity as organiser of the “Over the Hills and Far Away” club run. Intrigued with Brinkworth as a possible destination, he had looked up the town’s website then contacted the locals, resulting in a suggestion from the Progress Association that they should provide lunch for his members.

Ultimately, about 55 enthusiasts, from the MAPS, PADARC (Port Pirie) and NARC (Northern Areas) clubs tucked into a variety of home-made mornays and casseroles in the picnic atmosphere of the new Community Shelter Shed.

After a quandong and cream dessert some visitors enjoyed a guided walk along Peppertree Trail, to learn a little of the town’s railway heritage while others browsed among the exhibits in the History Museum, housed in the original Catholic Church building.