Holden Retirees Club
Luncheons are held at 12:30 pm on the first Thursday of
March, June, September and December each year,
at
The Mulgrave Room,
The Mulgrave Country Club,
Cnr Wellington Rd and Jells Rd,
Wheelers Hill,
Victoria
Click here for Map and directions
Melways Reference : Map 80, H1
The Club is serviced by buses from Dandenong and Chadstone.
Click here for bus route and time details.
Lunches are provided at a cost of $30 for a two course main meal plus tea/coffee, except for the December Lunch when a Christmas Pudding course is added, for $35. Meal costs may be reviewed from time to time.
Drinks are available at Club Bar prices.
--ooooOOOoooo--
The next Lunch will be Thursday, 3 September 2026
Upcoming Lunch dates (first Thursday of the month):
2026: 3 September, 3 December
--ooooOOOoooo-
Gue
st Speaker: Don Loffler - noted early model Holden Historian and Author
"From Teacher to Writer – A Dream Sea Change"
Born in Kapunda, South Australia, Don gained an Arts degree and two Education diplomas from the University of Adelaide. His late wife, Lois, was also a graduate with similar degrees from the same university.
Some people guess that Don is the son or relative of a Holden dealer, or a former Holden factory employee, or someone closely connected with the motor trade. He is none of these, but a retired German, Latin and Chemistry teacher.
He taught Latin and Chemistry for five years at Adelaide suburban Unley High School before transferring to Adelaide’s St Peter’s College, where he taught Latin and German for twenty-nine years.
In his retirement, Don has been enjoying the process of writing books on his passion – the early Holden models from the original 1948 48-215 ‘FX’ to the 1977 HZ, as well as the many makes of cars on the market during the same era.
Of the eleven books he has written so far, five are histories of the 48 and FJ Series Holdens; four are coffee-table-style photo books featuring families’ old black-and-white photographs and colour slides of the Holdens they owned between 1949 and 1977; the tenth book is an identification handbook of the 48 and FJ Series Holdens; and finally, the eleventh is a multi-make book, featuring old black-and-white photos and colour slides of all makes of car on the road in the 1940, 50s and 60s.
Don hopes that his second multi-make photo book will appear early next year, and he is now working on a third multi-make photo book, but before that one is published, he hopes that Volume Two of his first book will appear.
“If that’s retirement,” he says, “I can’t get enough of it!”
Don's topic will be “The untold story of Australia’s first Holden utility”, based on much of his original research.
ooo000ooo
There will be 2 delicious courses for $30.
SOUP:
MAINS: (Alternating)
OR
--ooOOOOoo--
Members are reminded that unless you are also a member of the MCC, you must sign in when entering the Club. You may do this at the front desk. The Lunch fees will be collected just inside the door of The Mulgrave Room.
DOORS OPEN AT 11:30 AM; MEETING STARTS AT 12:30 PM.
If you arrive earlier, you may care to have some refreshment in one of the Club's other rooms while you wait.
Come along and enjoy a great meal in pleasant company!