"Blast from the Past" put on by the Shoalhaven Volkswagen Club turned into "blast" from the present!! This was a great day out for charity (Shoalhaven Cancer Bus) and enjoyed by all Flat Four members who attended.

The show was held at Berry, located on the South Coast of New South Wales, about two hours drive south from Sydney.

It was an early start from Sydney for the cruise on a very chilly and breezy morning. It felt like Winter had started a month early, quite a change from the recent warm weekends we'd been having.

The turnout for the cruise was excellent. As a club, it was the biggest turnout in recent times and rekindled the club spirit. It doesn't get much better than being part of a Sunday cruise in a line of VWs heading down the highway.

It was a leisurely drive down to Berry with no breakdowns or mishaps thankfully. You could see the smiles breakout on the faces of Berry locals enjoying a morning coffee as they looked up to see a myriad of coloured VWs entering the town.

The show itself was very low key and relaxed. The hosters of the event handed out some great commemorative plaques for the early arrivers and some sets of drinking glasses were also kindly supplied too.

The weather couldn't have been better as it warmed up quite nicely. The Berry Country Fair was also on so you could too and fro between enjoying the VWs and grabbing a bargain or two at the markets.

On a club note, congratulations to Peter Huckstepp on winning two trophies including People's Choice on the day and Murray Flemming for winning Best Water-Cooled VW!!!