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    • 31 Oct 2025
    • 3:00 PM
    • 2 Nov 2025
    • 4:30 PM
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    OFFICIAL INFORMATION. EVENT ENTRY LIVE 17 JULY 2025 - CLOSES 09 OCTOBER 2025.

    The Great Snowy Mountains Touring Classic

    There's never been a Surf to Summit event like this one!

    -  To get the best out of this year's event you'll need 3 nights in Cooma - Friday, Saturday and Sunday - and here's why:

    -  We start with a VIP Cocktail event and Official welcome on the Friday afternoon.  Early starts both days (fuel up the night before at the Shell in Cooma and get an exclusive fuel discount).

    DAY 1 – FRIDAY 31 October 2025                           3:00pm

    ‘Official Welcome’ - VIP Cocktail Party and Official Welcome including hor d'Ouvres, event cocktails and light entertainment by Steve Jackson at the Club Bar, Cooma Car Club.

    Meet our special guest and bid for you right to lead the pack ALL weekend.

    AUCTION: For this first time, we will be auctioning, at the Friday VIP Cocktail Welcome, "CAR NUMBER 01" - the right to lead the event BOTH days.

    (Please note that distances have been generated from independent mapping software that uses AI to estimate distances. Suggest, as a backup, you use your phone or in car GPS.) 

    DAY 2 – SATURDAY 01 November 2025 –               7:30am

    Total distance for the day - 334km

    STAGE ONE – “The Surf”. We head 'down the mountain' to as close to the surf as we can get. Morning tea in true country style. Lunch at a favourite haunt for a spectacular display of entrant vehicles.

    SPECIAL SECTION.

    In the morning there is a reliability timed section. Your choice to enter and if you do, you will need to stick to the speed limit, follow all road signs and log your time on the form with your day's Trip Notes. The time to enter is in 100th's of a second.  Closest to the official time, WINS!

    Return to the Cooma Car Club for the gala dinner and presentation. There's awards and the Special Section times will be progressively added through the night. Special guest speaker Warren Brown AM will also be there with the story of his epic journey "Birtles and the Bean". through 80 countries.

    DAY 3 – SUNDAY 02 November 2025 -                     7:30am

    Total distance for the day - 387km

    STAGE TWO – “The Summit”. You came for the drive, and this will be a climb to new heights. New territory. And we meet new friends. An outdoors morning tea on the banks of the Tumut River and then high into the mountains and into a little bit of history for a unique lunch experience.

    After lunch, the run home takes us to Khancoban (fuel) down along the Murray River to Tom Groggin, then over the mountain past Thredbo, Jindabyne and onto the De-brief at the Cooma Car Club Bar.

    The Alpine Way is one of the nation's great drives and it's a big day, but you will have 'circumnavigated' the SUMMIT in this year's event. Be prepared to expect the unexpected!

    4:30pm - The “DE-BRIEF” – The run home brings you down from the "summit" and no better way to conclude a stunning weekend than a to gather at the Car Club Bar for a de-brief.  The bar will be open. Your chance to unwind, reflect, swap experiences and set your plans in motion for the NEXT Surf to Summit in 2027. 

    INTRODUCING:

     Warren Brown AM   

    SPONSORS: 

    An integral part of any great event is the support given by the business and corporate sector. Without them, events like the Surf to Summit would not happen, so please give them the support they deserve.    

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    KELS AUTOS;   COOMA MOTOR LODGE;    BUSH HALL HOLDING

    SHELL REGION

    Fresh from an epic multi continental adventure - through 80 countries - in a 1928 Bean following the footsteps of Francis Birtles, the Cooma Car Club are delighted to welcome WARREN BROWN AM – Guest Speaker and “Surf to Summit” entrant.

    Together with the 1928 Bean, Warren Brown and the Bean have entered this year's Surf to Summit.

    Some years ago, Warren stumbled on the true story of a pioneering Australian motorist, Francis Birtles, who set out to drive a 'Bean' car from London to Melbourne in 1927.


    For nine months Birtles rattled through Europe, Turkey, Iran and India, through murderous mountain ranges and blustering blizzards.

    Warren has just returned from his epic journey to re-create the adventures of Francis Birtles, using the very same model of car and 1920s outfits.

    He and his co-pilot Matthew Benns travelled through 80 countries in the magnificently authentic Bean in searing heat and pouring rain while recreating Beans' escapades.

    To Warren and Mathew's great surprise, while they were enroute through Saudi Arabia, they became "accidental" celebrities.

    Entrants in this year’s Surf to Summit will hear all about it at the Saturday night Gala Dinner!

    Warren Brown's adventures across the globe were supported by Ampol Australia and Harvey Norman.  Entrants is this year's Surf to Summit need to be aware that media attention for the event will be at an all-time high.

    YOUR ENTRY

    You are about to submit an entry to the 2025 Surf to Summit event.

    The Great Snowy Mountains Touring Classic is a motoring event for cars 30 years and over (or replicas of vehicles 30 years and over) conducted over three days in the Monaro Region, the NSW South Coast and the Snowy Mountains.  The event is a TOURING CLASSIC, similar to the rallies and tours in the classic style - but without the speed.  It's a fabulous event for those who enjoy meeting like-minded owners of classic vehicles for a leisurely drive through the stunning Snowy Mountains visiting towns and communities along the way.

    This event attracts entries from all over Eastern Australia and you can now be part of it.

    The 2025 Surf to Summit will be our most demanding...but in a leisurely fashion. The roads, all sealed, wind their way east and west. Spectacular scenery abounds.

    HOW TO ENTER (entries close 09 October 2025)

    • 1.       Please take a photograph of your vehicle. A ¾ angled photo taken in front of the right-hand headlight. Your photo will be used to promote the event and to produce a unique 2026 Calendar featuring all the cars entered. Please prepare it for uploading to this entry – see below.
    • 2.       Make sure you have your credit card ready.
    • 3.       Read the DISCLAIMER. Your entry cannot proceed unless this has been ‘signed’ by the driver and all passengers.

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