The street display on Saturday was popular with the locals. Photo: Supplied.
Despite the wet and windy conditions, the three-day Moama Motorama festival powered ahead from Friday, October 24 to Sunday, October 26.
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Cars of every colour, make and model convened in Moama for the event — from early Holden models to later Ford models and everything in between.
Participants travelled from across the region, including Cobram, Shepparton and Deniliquin, with others coming from as far away as Melbourne, South Australia and Queensland.
Organiser Jacinta Walley said the turnout exceeded her expectations for the event’s first year.
“We had 153 (entrants) in total, which well and truly exceeded our expectations for the first year,” she said.
“We thought we'd be happy to get 50 or 60 in our first year, and we smashed that, so we're very happy.
“It's not just a one-day show and shine event. It's about getting the car community together and going on cruises together and just having a good time.”
The event saw cars of all makes and models convene in Moama. Photo: Supplied.
The weekend started off strong on Friday afternoon with a meet and greet at the Riverbank Moama before resting for the busy two days ahead.
It was an early start on Saturday as participants began filling up Leslie St, Echuca from as early as 7.30am for the street display.
Cars quickly took over the street and were soon overflowing onto High St and making use of the Echuca Hotel car park.
Locals took the chance to peruse the wide range of cars on site and to chat to their owners.
Once the street display wrapped up at noon, the group set off on a mystery cruise to the Lockington Hotel for lunch, a major highlight for the entrants.
After a brief break, the group met up again at the Border Inn Motel for an entrants-only social night.
Despite the weather, the Moama Motorama entrants were ready for the Show and Shine Festival at the Moama Soundshell. Photo: Supplied.
Despite the clouds threatening rain on Sunday morning, the Show and Shine Festival went ahead, with musicians, vendors and entrants ready for the day by 9.30am.
However, following a quick downpour at 10am and another storm forecasted for 11am, organisers decided to move the event to the Moama RSL.
As all the judging for the Show and Shines had been done early on the day, the awards ceremony went ahead as entrants enjoyed their lunch.
Over 50 awards were handed out on the day, however it was a 1932 Ford Tudor that took out the Grand Champion Award.
The show continued at the Moama RSL. Photo: Supplied.
After a successful inaugural event, Ms Walley said they are already planning for next year's event.
“The quality was pretty unreal and... we're extremely happy with how it all went, and we're already organising next year's event. We're really excited about it,” she said.
“I think it's a great addition for the town and the region, we’re just looking at ways on how to improve.”
The event saw around 153 entrants in its first year. Photo: Supplied.
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