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School Holidays

These holidays take the family for a leisurely drive through the scenic Adelaide Hills and discover the National Motor Museum, Birdwood. Packed with new displays and interactive exhibits the museum will be open every day during the school holidays..

Monday 7 to Friday 18 July 2008

SPECIAL HOLIDAY ACTIVITIES

  • Motor Accident Commission interactive car - manoeuvre your way through city streets obeying road rules and ignoring interruptions to safely reach your destination.
     

  • Kids of all ages can create their own ‘Harley Davidson’ motorcycle with our fantastic computer touch-screen interactive. Choose to ride, walk or drive and challenge family & friends to identify potential risks and see who wins the game of road safety with the Risky Business Café. The whole family can experiment with the Crash Dummies exhibit and discover what happens in an accident if seat belts aren’t worn.
  • Visitors can also browse in the 1928 restored Regent Garage Souvenir Shop to find the perfect memento of their day or some great gift ideas.

Activities are on every day of the school holidays and are FREE with museum entry.

EXHIBITION

Lobethal Grand Prix - Until October 2008

Long before it became synonymous with an annual Christmas lights display, the sleepy Adelaide Hills town of Lobethal was home to magnificent racing machines travelling at daunting speeds on a hugely challenging circuit of more than eight miles. Legends were created with heroic displays of human bravery, inspired performance and epic endurance. On 2 January 1939 Lobethal was even home to the Australian Grand Prix – the last such race held before the Second World War interrupted the schedule.
Lobethal’s unique motoring heritage will be relived at the ‘Lobethal Grand Carnival’ on 11-12 October 2008. This will mark sixty years after the last races of 1948 and a timely seventy years after Lobethal Carnivals Ltd first recruited the services of a fledgling Sporting Car Club of S.A. and the Motor Cycle Club of S.A. to stage car and motor cycle races in 1938. In celebration of this event, the National Motor Museum has developed a display featuring a select number of cars and bikes that still exist from Lobethal’s past

 

 

 

 

 

 

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