Ballan District Vintage Machinery and Vehicle Club

Clunes Historic Vehicle Show flyer for 2024

Next years Clunes Historic Vehicle Show flyer, put the date in your calendar.

What a great day we had yesterday at the Ballan Cup down at Geelong. Plenty of action on the track and lots of locals in attendance.

Melbourne Cup Day run at the club.

Lake Goldsmith pictures from over the weekend. Good weather and plenty to see with a big crowd in attendance.

Results from the 2023 World Ploughing Championships in Latvia. Australian Scott Loughridge finished 11th in the conventional ploughing and Brett Loughridge finished 20th in the reversible ploughing.

World Ploughing Results 2023

Dean Sheep Dog Trials on Sunday. With some vintage machinery on display.

Our Vintage Rally, Sawp Meet and Fergie Fire Up flyers for 2024. The Vintage Rally is Sunday 18th February, the Swap Meet is on Saturday 2nd March and the Fergie Fire Up is Sunday 17th March.

We had our annual spring tractor trek today. The fine weather made for a wonderful trip around the district with a BBQ lunch. Thanks to our trip organisers and lunch helpers for a great trip.

Don’t forget the earlier start for those that are attending the club tractor trek tomorrow. Drivers briefing at 9:15am sharp.

An event coming up in October

A road trip to the Bellarine Rally at Curlewis today. A great day with good weather and a good range of exhibits on display.

Bellarine Vintage Machinery Group Rally coming up on Father’s Day. More details below.

An open day coming up for anyone interested

Ballan Vintage Swap Meet. Saturday 2nd March 2024. More details to follow.

Our 2024 Rally will be Sunday 18th February 2024. Ballan Racecourse. More details to come.

Fergie Fire Up back on in 2024. March 16th and 17th. More details to follow.

We're back on again in 2024....... March 16th and 17th at Wallace Recreation Reserve. Hope to see you all again for a fantastic weekend.

The local Bendigo Bank doing great things in our Community.

Does everybody know what this piece of equipment was used for?

A nice trip in the countryside today. We travelled to Dunolly in central VIC for a look around and visited a car collection. We the had lunch with the local car club. A great day with lots to see and fellowship with other enthusiasts. Thanks goes out to our tour organisers and hosts.

Work is progressing on our Gardner diesel engine.
It was rescued after sitting on the bottom of the sea for two years,
Not withstanding the bore is corroded, and the pistons are proving hard to get out.

There will be a steam train in Ballan this morning, stopping for a short time, arriving at 11:05am and departing at 11:34am heading to Ballarat.

A few pictures of the Lake Goldsmith May Rally over the weekend.

A great day also at Trentham for the Bullarto Trentham tractor pull.
Good crowd , and so warm we took our jumpers off.

A great day at the Lockington Heritage Complex and Vintage Rally yesterday. Plenty to look at and a nice day for a look around the district.

The NHMA rally at Mudgee was a great event , plenty of different machinery and displays.

Yesterday, we sadly said goodbye to our dear friend and Club Treasurer Evan Ould, who suddenly passed away on the 21st of March.

We will dearly miss his presence at the club and at all of our events. He was a true friend and gentleman who had a passion for Fergie Tractors. May his stories and knowledge be passed on. May we continue to share all of the great memories and may he rest peacefully.

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A big crowd today at the Ballan Autumn Festival where the club participated with a display. Everyone had a great time with plenty of enquires about our displays.

Ballan Autumn Festival is on tomorrow (Sunday), we will be setup in Fisken Street between the Main Street and Simpson Street.

Some pictures from the Melbourne Steam Traction Engine Club rally on Saturday.

Here is some photos from the Fergie Fire Up on Sunday. A very enjoyable day had by all. Thanks goes out to the wonderful sponsors and the volunteers who made the day such a success.

Everyone had a great time at the Fergie Fire Up. Thank you to the sponsors and volunteers that made the day a great success, we appreciate the support. Some photos will be posted in the next few days.

We are overwhelmed with thanks and gratitude to our sponsors, the Ballan District Vintage Machinery and Vehicle Club members, the entrants and all our families and supporters who helped make our day such a huge success. I took only one photo today but so many others did. We will share them over the next few days.
To our sponsors Central Machinery Services , Massey Ferguson , Aces Engineering Supplies Pty Ltd , The Pancake Kitchen , Chloe's Creations , Tbone Transport , Queensland Tractor Spares , Bundy Bears Shed , Sparex, and Vintage Tractor Mugs we could not have done it without you. To all of our entrants, we got 100 Fergie's, that magic number. We hope you had an amazing day because we enjoyed every minute. We would especially like to thank all our families who embraced this crazy idea of ours of a Fergie Tractor show and helped make it happen. Till next time..... 🚜

Thanks to everyone who came along to our swap meet yesterday. We had a great day with our friends from the Ballarat Engine & Machinery Preservation Society. It was a great turnout of stall holders and buyers with the weather on our side as well. Thanks to the volunteers on the day and we look forward to next year. In the meantime the Fergie Fire Up is less than a week away at the Wallace Rec Reserve. Plenty of info about the Fergie Fire Up on our page and the Fergie Fire up page.

Fergie Fire Up on the go. The countdown is on.

Only 12 days to go.... look out for our sign on the highway in Wallace.

Central Machinery Services are major sponsors and in true spirit of the event, they’re offering 🔥 10% off & FREE freight on vintage parts for pre-1979 Massey Ferguson tractor models until the 31st of March!!

If you need parts to get your Fergie going to bring to the Fergie Fire Up take advantage of this awesome special.



Call to order 03) 5332 0566 or check it out https://bit.ly/CMSvp.

Saturday 4th March, our swap meet is on. We have had several enquires about stalls setting up on Friday, we would prefer Saturday morning if possible.

Here is a small selection of what you can see at our vintage rally this Sunday. A variety of engines and machinery amongst other items. We will all have a performance from the local bush band The Drongo and The Crow. Just some of the highlights of what is a great day coming up.