Flinders Motoring Heritage

Flinders and District Lions Club Inc run the fundraising event to encourage visitors to Flinders and to raise funds for local charities and causes. Now in its 7th year, the number of entrants and visitors has grown with up to 200 vehicles and over 2,000 visitors. This year we are fundraising for Southern Peninsula Community Support.

Flinders Lions has supported SPCS for several years. In 2021 the idea of a mobile laundry, shower and toilet van was developed, and the Club resolved to adopt a project and co-ordinated construction of a mobile shower, toilet, and laundry van to aid those homeless and living rough via the Southern Peninsula Laundry and Shower(SPLaSh) project.

JAYCO was commissioned to build the van and approximately $60,000 was raised to fund the project via its own fundraising initiatives, with individual donors, in cooperation with Dromana, McCrae and Rye Lions Clubs, and with Australian Lions Foundation and Lions Clubs International Matching Grants.

The van was completed and commissioned in early 2023 and, with the generous support of Mornington Mazda, the use of a loan vehicle was given to enable the van to be towed to various locations where the need was identified.