Pukehina surf‘n’sand AUTORAMA 2021

Awesome day in the sun.

Well I finally managed to get to this awesome day out. I missed the premier with way too much on and then the onslaught of the covid cancellations, but everything aligned and it finally happened for me. Stu Brickland created this event to help the local Surf Patrol and Fire Brigade with raising funds for their services in the area. Pukehina is a beautiful little sand spit along the coast in the Bay of Plenty in the North Island. Stunning beaches, awesome fishing and cool-as relaxed locals. Just like the old days! It’s located between Tauranga and Whakatane and almost has that country town vibe to it with the cruisy locals. This event is a ‘bring-what-you’ve-got’ type event and I love these shows. It always amazes me what comes out of the local garages! Whether it’s to support the locals or just get out for a cruise on a sunny day, everyone just gets involved and turns it into a full-on fun day for all. The variety of vehicles always cracks me up. Parked between a full-on show hot rod might be a top end supercar or a full-on off road racing quad bike. In this case, even jet ski’s and a drift car pulled in to park amongst the field. Not to mention one of the rearrest Mercedes Gull wing door models I’ve seen sitting on the back of a trailer. The entertainment was all go with live bands, food stalls for the hungry, a heap of stalls selling all sorts of goodies and an awesome big shady marque for people to kick back, have a feed and a yarn, catch up with mates and simply watch the world go by for a bit. There certainly was something for everyone on the day! From Minitrucks to Rotaries, VW Combi’s to Choppers, but definitely an awesome display of Hot Rods, Classic and Muscle cars!

A heap of Street Machines and Hot Rods rolled in from out of the area as well, as the word certainly got out after last years event that this place is pretty cool. For the second year running, the field was getting pretty full, so I’d say next year LOOK OUT Pukehina!

I’m definitely thinking it will turn into a larger event benefiting the local services. Full credit to Stu getting this great event happening, it really does have the community spirit in it!