The end of the year is fast approaching but there are still plenty of great truck shows happening over the next few weeks – and we’re here to help you plan your calendar for 2025 too. Save the date for these exciting events!
Dane Ballinger Memorial Truck Show
November 16, 2024
Bathurst Showgrounds, NSW
The Dane Ballinger Memorial Truck Show is back this year, with plenty to see and do for the whole family – including over 200 market stalls, food stalls, entertainment and kids’ rides.
For more information email info@bathursttruckshow.com.au
Fundraiser for Our House Our Haven
November 16, 2024
Rudd’s Pub, Nobby, QLD
Next month, in the Queensland town of Nobby, the local trucking community will come together for a special event, raising money for mental health charity Our House Our Haven. Organised by the West Brook Truck Drivers Association, together with Rudds Pub, there will great food, raffles, auctions, live entertainment and more. There is a $10 entry fee to the event, which includes a steak burger or sausage, and entry for the “lucky door prize” draw, with the prize being a $500 debit card. Among the highlights of the day will also be a beard shave-off.
Illawarra Convoy
November 17, 2024
Illawarra, NSW
The Illawarra Convoy is the largest truck and motorbike convoy in the Southern Hemisphere. This year it celebrates its 20th anniversary, so it’s going to be extra special! The convoy will travel from Appin, through the streets of the Illawarra, to finish up at the Shellharbour Airport for a free family fun day. Entertainment will include rides, market stalls, Little Big Rigs, a Cars for Convoy display, Touchdown Helicopters joy flights and motorcross demonstrations from Kye’s FMX Jam. Live music will be provided by Diesel, Andrew Swift, Kane Calcite and Straya.
She Won’t Be Right Mate – Car & Bike Show
November 23
Yarra Glen Racecource, VIC
This year’s ‘She Won’t Be Right Mate’ mental health fundraiser brings the community together for a great day out. Raising money for Eastern Health Hospital’s mental health department, the event features a car and bike show, live music, food trucks, free kids’ activities, a raffle, racing simulators and much more. Trucks have also attended the show in the past, and show director Marcus Reeves would love to see more this year. For more information, contact Marcus on shewontberightmate@gmail.com.
Castlemaine Rotary Truck Show
November 23-24, 2024
Castlemaine, VIC
Online entries are now open for the 2024 HHA & Larsen’s Castlemaine Rotary Truck Show. The judges will be awarding trophies across 15 categories and there will be a $1,000 cash prize for Truck of the Show and $500 for Best on Ground (for Saturday). Truck entry $50 weekend or $30 single day.
Mount Gambier Family Truck Show
November 30, 2024
Mount Gambier Showgrounds, SA
The Mount Gambier Family Truck Show is back, kicking off with a convoy from Penola to Mount Gambier, with more than 80 prime movers expected to take part. Back at the Mount Gambier Showgrounds, attendees can enjoy a gold coin entry family fun day from 10.30am to 3.30pm, raising funds for the less fortunate within the community.
DECEMBER 2024
Tassie Convoy 4 Kids
December 14, 2024
Glen Lea Road, Pontville, TAS
The Tassie Convoy 4 Kids is back, and this year it will be extra festive as it’s being held closer to Christmas than usual. Owners of the “Top 10” trucks will pay a $100 entry fee before fundraising as much as possible, battling it out to be named lead truck – with all money raised donated to the Royal Hobart Hospital’s Children’s Ward. All other trucks are also welcome to join the convoy on the day (no registration required). For more information contact Emma on 0448810441.
JANUARY 2025
Geelong Classic Truck and Machinery Show
January 11-12, 2025
Geelong Showgrounds
The Geelong Classic is back, featuring trucks, classic cars and bikes, vintage tractors and steam engines. Various clubs will also be in attendance, from Lego Club to Model Clubs. Entry for adults is $15, kids under 15 and exhibitors go free.
Koroit Truck Show
January 25, 2025
Victoria Park, Koroit
FEBRUARY 2025
Lardner Park Heritage Vehicle Display
February 1-2, 2025
Lardner Park, VIC
The dates have already been set for next year’s Lardner Park Heritage Vehicle Display. Historic, classic and veteran vehicles (25 years and older) are welcome, from trucks and cars to tractors, motorbikes, caravans and more. Public gates open Saturday 10am to 4pm, Sunday 9.30am to 2pm. Booking essential for the Saturday night dinner – contact Helen on 0437 953 304. Admission: adults $15, 12-18 years $5, exhibitors and under 12s free.
MARCH 2025
Lockhart Truck Show
March 1, 2025
Lockhart, NSW
Celebrate road transport history, past and present, at the annual Lockhart Truck Show. The event features historic and modern trucks and other vehicles such as motorbikes, and classic and vintage cars, on display in the pavilion.
There will also be food and prizes for winners in a wide range of categories. Camping is available overnight for a donation and includes a Sunday morning breakfast.
MAY 2025
Brisbane Truck Show
May 15-18, 2025
Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre, QLD
Tickets are now on sale for the much-anticipated 2025 Brisbane Truck Show, the southern hemisphere’s largest festival of all things trucking. Building on the success of past shows, all exhibition space is already sold out, guaranteeing attendees over 30,000 square metres of exhibitions of the latest trucks, trailers, technologies, and parts and accessories available on the Australian market.
The 2025 show from May 15-18 will be a critical component of Truck Week, a week-long festival incorporating an array of activations in nearby South Bank Parklands, including the Premier Boxing Series, Australia’s Best Show N Shine, and The Depot careers and entertainment hub – plus the Heavy Equipment and Machinery Show at RNA Showgrounds and the Heritage Truck Show at Rocklea.
Scenic Rim Truck Show 2025
May 31, 2025
Jimboomba State School, Qld
Get excited for the Scenic Rim Truck Show! Held from 10am to 6pm, the show will feature plenty of trucks along with market stalls, rides, entertainment, raffles and a live auction. All profits will be donated to the KIDS Foundation.
Have you got an event you’d like included in the next Save the Date? Email all the details to kayla.walsh@primecreative.com.au