They don’t make ‘em like that anymore

While serving as the Local Ambassador for the Cambooya Australia Day ceremony last week, Kerry Riehl brought along his vintage 1967 Holden Premier.

Mr Riehl’s family has been living in the district for over one hundred years and the Holden was purchased brand new by his aunty.

He is still on the farm where his family settled in 1903, the fourth generation of the family to live there.

Despite its age, the classic car has done less than 200,000 miles and still has many original components.

The Holden Premier was an upmarket model car, produced between 1962 and 1980.

During a Q&A style talk with MC Graeme Lotz at the Cambooya Australia Day ceremony, Mr Riehl shared some interesting tidbits about his life growing up in the district and how much, and how little, it has changed over the decades.

He attended Cambooya State School, worked with Main Roads for 40 years and is most known these days as the resident wheelwright at the Cobb & Co. Museum.

Mr Riehl also took his vehicle along to the Allora Heritage Weekend.