Make My Day

THE SHOWCARS MELBOURNE FATHER’S DAY CAR & BIKE SHOW PACKED OUT ST KILDA’S ACLAND STREET WITH QUALITY CARS AND FAMILY FUN

- Tas McMillan

ON ANY bright Sunday in Melbourne, you’re sure to find a few tasty cars cruising around, but you won’t usually find too many well-known thoroughfares where mad machinery halts trams and traffic. But Father’s Day has become one of those Sundays at St Kilda’s Acland Street. For the past six years, the famed food and shopping destination has been invaded by hundreds of beautiful cars and thousands of car nuts, eager to celebrate their love of shiny metal with their families and friends. And yes, they do actually stop the trams!

The massive annual Father’s Day Car & Bike Show is the product of months of hard work by the teams at Showcars Melbourne and the Acland Street Traders Association. The show doesn’t just take over Acland Street itself – the nearby Shakespeare Grove and O’Donnell Gardens get packed with sweet rides too. Even the famous Luna Park frontage is used as a display area for a selection of movie cars.