Club Calendar

The Alpine Alfisti Association and AROCA Victoria present the:

Cuore Sportivo &Alpine Tour
Wednesday 25th March – Saturday 28th March 2020

Following the success of the joint 2019 “Bay to Border” Autumn Tour, immediately after Alfesta 2019,
the Alpine Alfisti Association, in collaboration with AROCA Victoria, will be running a joint Cuore Sportivo
& Alpine Tour in autumn 2020 – this time to link up with Auto Italia Canberra.
2020 marks the tenth anniversary of the original “Le Tour de North East” Alpine Tour. While the
original Tour visited the Victorian Alps, this joint Tour will run from Lilydale, north east of Melbourne, to
Canberra. Four days of autumn touring through Victoria’s High Country and the Snowy Mountains.
The Cuore Sportivo Tour will commence in Lilydale on Wednesday 25th, travelling via Mansfield,
lunch in the King Valley, then to Beechworth for an overnight stop. On Thursday 26

th the tour will visit Mt
Buffalo, lunch in Bright, then to Wodonga for an overnight stop and the joint tour’s Gala Dinner.
The Alpine Alfisti Tour will commence in Wodonga on the morning of Friday 27th and travel to
Tumbarumba for lunch. The tour will then head through the Snowy Mountains via Cabramurra (the highest
town in Australia), stop for tea & scones in Adaminaby, then on to Jindabyne for an overnight stop.
On Saturday 28th will be an optional morning excursion to Charlotte Pass while the rest can enjoy a sleep
in or a stroll taking in the scenery around Lake Jindabyne. The Tour will regroup in Jindabyne for morning
tea then travel to Dalgety for lunch. After lunch, the group will head to Canberra via Cooma, where an
afternoon visit to a classic car collection may also be an option.
The Tour should arrive in Canberra by late afternoon on Saturday, allowing Tour participants time to
prepare for Auto Italia Canberra at Exhibition Park In Canberra (EPIC) on Sunday 28th
.

NB: Tour registration does not include entry to Auto Italia Canberra. (Book your tickets for AIC here)
As with previous Alfisti Tours, you are welcome to join and/or depart the Tour where it suits you. You are
not required to complete the full Tour.
If you have any questions about the Tours, contact either of the Tour organisers:
Clyde Hay Peter Atkinson
939Register@AlfaClubVIC.org.au Alpine.Alfisti@gmail.com

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Proposed Cuore Sportivo & Alpine Alfisti Tour routes
Below are maps showing the proposed route for each day of the Tour.

Day 1 : Wednesday – Lilydale to Beechworth Day 2 : Thursday – Beechworth to Wodonga

Lunch in Whitfield Lunch in Bright

Day 3 : Friday – Wodonga to Jindabyne
Lunch in Tumbarumba

Day 4 : Saturday – Jindabyne to Canberra

Lunch in Dalgety

All Tour roads are sealed and in good condition. Alpine Tours endeavour to ensure that crews get regular
breaks from driving, and where possible, where refreshments are also available.

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How to Register for the Tours

Registration for the Cuore Sportivo & Alpine Alfisti Tour is now open.
Alfisti are invited to register for all, or part, of the Tour. Registration requires the following:
• Pay the Tour Fee: which comprises $40 per car (or $25 if you supply your own UHF radio)
plus $30 for each person in the crew. (e.g. 1 person crew = $40 + $30 = $70, 2 = $100, 3=$130 etc).
The Tour Fee is used to cover admin costs, name badges, stickers, radio hire and meal deposits.
The Tour Fee should be paid by direct deposit / electronic fund transfer to:
Bank: Westpac
Account Name: Alpine Alfisti Association of Australia
BSB / A/C # 032-729 / 321550
Reference: Your Surname & Initials (or bank transaction ID)

(Please note this Reference and write it on your Tour Attendance Plan)
• Send a completed Tour Attendance Plan (see last page) to Peter c/o: Alpine.Alfisti@gmail.com
Submission of a Tour Attendance Plan is a mandatory requirement for registration.
Please consider your meal attendances carefully when providing numbers for each meal, as this is
used to inform our meal venues of numbers and establishes a cost commitment with each provider.
(If you indicate that you will be attending, but don’t, you may be required to pay a no-show charge!)
Following receipt of your Tour Attendance Plan and payment of the appropriate Tour Fee, you will
be sent confirmation of your Tour Registration, subject to places still being available.
• When you receive confirmation of your Tour Registration, then book your accommodation.
As the number of registrations may need to be capped, due to space limitations at some venues,
applications for registration (Tour Attendance Plan & Tour Fee) should be submitted without delay.
NB: Tour Registration will close on Friday 24th January – or earlier if fully subscribed!

Accommodation
Tour participants are required to book their own accommodation.
(But, please wait until you receive confirmation of your Tour Registration before booking.)
The overnight stop locations offer many choices of accommodation, including various motel, hotel and
B&B options. The overnight stop schedule (one night in each location) is:
Wednesday 25

th Beechworth Choose your own accommodation.
NB: Dinner will be in the centre of town

Thursday 26

th Wodonga Quest Apartments Hotel (see booking details below)
Quest is within walking distance of the dinner venue.
Friday 27th Jindabyne Rydges’ Horizons Resort (see booking details below)

Dinner in Jindabyne will also be at Horizons.
Saturday 28th Canberra Choose your own accommodation.

The finale dinner will be in Braddon (north edge of Civic).
NB: Auto Italia @ EPIC is 6km north of the CBD (Civic)
Feel free to find your own accommodation throughout the Tour if the above do not suit.

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Booking your accommodation:

Beechworth has many options for accommodation.
Dinner will be in the centre of town, within walking distance and many of the accommodation places.
Wodonga: Quest Apartments Hotel is within walking distance of the dinner venue on Thursday evening.
Quest have offered Tour members a group rate of 20% off the best price of the day. The offer covers
single and multi-room apartments (2 or 3 bedroom apartments, which are ideal for sharing with friends)
and includes secure undercover parking.
Book via their web site [here] and include the promo code “AlpineAlfisti” to access the group rate.
Jindabyne: it is recommended that you stay at Rydges’ Horizons Resort.
Rydges has offered the following discounted rates for Tour members:
Studio, single/double Queen bed & includes breakfast @ $164.00 per night;
Deluxe Room, single/double King bed & includes breakfast @ $189.00 per night;
Rydges’ Horizons Bistro is the venue for the Tour’s buffet dinner on Friday evening.
To book, call Rydges’ Reservations Team directly on (02) 6456 2562 and quote “2003ALPINE”.
Rydges will also offer to take your booking for the Group Dinner – a buffet in the Bistro @ $50 pp.
Canberra: has many options for accommodation. Many visitors to Auto Italia have their favourites, so no
recommendation is being made. However, when selecting your accommodation, you may want to
consider accessibility to EPIC (Exhibition Park In Canberra) which is the location for Auto Italia on
Sunday. Other matters that may influence your accommodation decision will be the availability of parking
– not all places will guarantee undercover or even off-street parking. Some hotels have a bay where you
can wash your car too – though this may need prior arrangement. On the day, be prepared for car wash
bays to be in high demand!

Notes regarding Registration

(1) Tour Registration is mandatory to participate in the Tour; it requires submission of a Tour
Attendance Plan and payment of the appropriate Tour Fee.
(2) Participants can join, or leave, the Tour at their convenience, but preferably at listed waypoints e.g.
Day 1: Lilydale, Mansfield, Whitfield or Beechworth. Day 2: Beechworth or Wodonga. Day 3: Wodonga
If you will be joining for only part of the Tour, ensure that your Tour Attendance Plan shows this.
(3) The Tour Fee is determined by the number of people (crew) in each car (1:$70, 2:$100 etc).
It is not pro-rated for part-tour attendance; the Tour Fee is the same for one day or four.
(4) Confirmation of Tour Registration will be issued in order of receipt of completed applications They may
have to be limited if venue capacities are exceeded, so don’t delay registering for the Tour.
(5) All meal and accommodation costs are the personal responsibility of Tour attendees.
(6) Attendance at any, or all, of the Tour meal events is optional. Use the Tour Attendance Plan to opt in.
(7) If you opt-in for meals, please attend them. (Your intention to attend will be conveyed to the respective
restaurants, so they may expect a payment from you if you don’t turn up.)
(8) If your attendance plans change after submitting your Tour Attendance Plan, please advise Peter of
any changes ASAP, directly or via Alpine.Alfisti@gmail.com
(9) Tour Registration provides Honorary membership of the Alpine Alfisti Association of Australia Inc. for
the duration of the Cuore Sportivo & Alpine Alfisti Tour.
(10) Honorary AAAA membership can be upgraded to Ordinary membership (expiring on 30 June) at no
additional cost, by completion of an AAAA membership application form during the Tour.

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Breakfast & Briefings

The Tour Group will gather each day after breakfast for a short briefing before the day’s Tour commences.
The locations for these briefings will generally be at the morning’s nominated café – where breakfast can
also be had, if your accommodation does not provide it.
If breakfast is included with your accommodation, just join the Tour Group for the day’s briefing in the
nominated café. The Tour usually commences immediately after the briefing.

SatNav & GPS (Garmin, TomTom, Navman, etc.)

Bring one if you can …
We won’t be providing run sheets for all of the driving stages on each day, as it is intended that everyone
should just follow – at a safe distance – the leader, or the car in front. However, there will also be several
“leaders” dispersed through the group – who will take the lead, if the group gets separated.
Rather than run sheets, we will provide definitive waypoint and destination locations so that you can plot
the trip ahead on your GPS (and make sure that the leader sticks to the script) – or use the waypoint /
destination info provided to rejoin the group, if you happen to wander.
UHF Radios

During Alpine Tours each vehicle is provided with an Ultra High Frequency (UHF) Citizens Band (CB)
transceiver (radio). The primary purpose of the radios is as an aide to safety, but they are also very useful
in enabling participants to stay in touch and hence keep to the intended route.
The hire of commercial radios is one of the biggest costs in running these tours. Therefore, a discount of
$15 off the Tour Fee will be given to registrants that bring their own UHF radio. (If we don’t need to
provide a radio for you, or you don’t want to use one, it will be one less that we will need to hire.)
NB: We mostly use standard GME branded, 2W or 5W, 80 channel, unprogrammed UHF CB transceivers.
If you speak nicely to Santa, she might even be prepared to pop one in your stocking … ?

Name badges

All new Alpine Alfisti members and Tour participants are provided with a club name badge.
If you already have an Alpine Alfisti name badge, please remember to bring it with you on the Tour.

Alpine Alfisti @ Nullamunjie Olive Grove – April 2019 Photo: A Sadow

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