The Moonlight Meander (usually Trial, sometimes Rally) is the Melton Motor Sports Club’s longest running event. The first edition was conducted in 1976, soon after the club’s formation. By 1980 it had become a regular round of the Western Region Trials Series and later in the decade was a round of the TAUCC series. After a break of seven years it was resurrected as a round of the Robson Cup until 2003 after which it did not run for more than a decade. In recent years it has been a round of the Victorian Club Rally Series on several occasions. It has generally run in the Wombat Forest.
Moonlight Meander
Find out about the rich history of the Moonlight Meander
Event History
List of Editions held of this event.
Click on the Year to see more details about each edition. Click on the Area to see a plot of the route (if available).
Year Director Area Driver Navigator Car Status
1976 Noel Cutler Club
1977 Club
1978 Vern Wall Club
1979 Not conducted
1980 John Bamford Mt Cole? John Tynan Gary Madden WRTS
1981 Randall Lourey Maryborough-St Arnaud Lindsay Dale Stuart Lister Datsun 180B WRTS
1982 John Bamford South Ballarat WRTS
1983 Bill Clark South Ballarat Club
1984 Club
1985 Bill Clark Wombat Forest Club
1986 Gary Kendrick Wombat Forest Trevor Woods Alan Campbell Datsun 1600 TAUCC
1987 Danny Murphy Wombat Forest Cancelled TAUCC
1988 Danny Murphy Wombat Forest Michael Morris Edgar Hains Datsun 1600 TAUCC
1989 Paul King Wombat Forest Keith Cuttle L. Frost Datsun 1600 TAUCC
1990-96 Not conducted
1997 Peter Sweeney Wombat Forest Robson Cup
1998 Peter Sweeney Wombat Forest Robson Cup
1999 Robson Cup
2000 Dean Henthorn Ballarat? Robson Cup
2001 Peter Sweeney Wombat Forest Robson Cup
2002 Allan Johnson Wombat Forest Robson Cup
2003-14 Not conducted
2015 Simon Pilepich Wombat Forest Brad Hall
Michael Ward
David McKenzieElizabeth Kidgell
John Rawson
Terry BrainSubaru Impreza WRX
Toyota Corolla
Mitsubishi GalantVCRS
2016 Simon Pilepich Wombat Forest Rowan Woollard Andrew Crimson Mazda RX7 VCRS
2017-21 Not Conducted
2022 Wombat Forest Steven Porter Tony Robinson Mazda RX7 VCRS
2023 Wombat Forest Daryl King Darcy McClure-Wallace Toyota Corolla VCRS
2024 Simon Pilepich, Jarryd-Indiana Sweeney Wombat Forest Adrian Stratford Jason Lennane Hyundai Excel VCRS
2025 Not conducted