Regarded as the ‘Capital of the Snowy Mountains’, the southern New South Wales town of Cooma held its 25th Motorfest earlier this month.
With all manner of vehicles and machinery on display at the Cooma Showgrounds, trucks from the current age through to yesteryear were presented all to a high standard at the November 2 event.
Having been on a job in Sydney the night before, it was a successful early-morning trip down the Monaro Highway from Canberra for Trai Hildebrand, who took out Best Truck (under 5 Years) with the Scania R620XT he operates for A-Plus Towing.
In the other categories, Con Wassink collected the prize for Best Truck over 5 Years with his Atkinson F4870, and Bombala’s Mark Rodwell won Best Vintage truck with his 1980 International Transtar which has been lovingly restored as a tribute to his late father Merv ‘Bluey’ Rodwell.
Local Cooma operators Plaat Transport won Best Fleet and the Byran Cootes Memorial Shield for their fleet of Kenworths, and Brett Stewart from Snowy Mountains Transport took home the honours for Best Combination with their Kenworth K200 and A-Double tautliner.
With over 3000 people passing through the gates the event was a popular one with the next event scheduled for 2026.
- Click on the gallery thumbnails below for a selection of more great shots by David Vile from the 25th Motorfest in Cooma.
