Rob Roy Hillclimb

The Culture Victoria website has recently added content about the local Rob Roy Hillclimb. The Rob Roy Hillclimb in Christmas Hills is a course for light cars to race uphill against the clock and first opened in 1937. It has a special place in Australia's motoring history, with eight record holders going on to become Australian Grand Prix winners. The online collection includes some beautiful footage and stills from 1930s races and current and past hillclimb drivers speaking about Rob Roy.

Visit the collection at Culture Victoria

You can also read about the Rob Roy climb in  Nillumbik now and then by Marguerite Marshall (2008) and A History of Rob Roy Hillclimb 1937-1961

The Christmas Hills Story Book Launch

Andrew Lemon, author of "Australian Horse Racing" and President of the RHSV will introduce well known local author Mick Woiwod at Eltham Library Community Gallery, Panther Place, Eltham on Sunday 18th July at 2.00 pm, when Mr Woiwod will talk about his new book The Christmas Hills Story or Once around the Sugarloaf 11. Hear how the first farmers faced the forest with axe and plough to carve out their paddocks and build their first homes.

Hear about hte rustic wayside hotels that dotted the old Yarra Track eventually giving way to colourful guesthouses for holiday makers escaping the bustle of city living.

Hear how others in the south came to value the gumtrees and chose to hold the line against the encroaching suburbs.

Presented by
The Eltham Bookshop
The Andrew Ross Museum, Kangaroo Ground
Nillumbik Reconciliation Group

Bookings: Phone 9439 8700