This awesome scene outside Cobars Great Western Hotel is all due to the inaugural Running On Empty Festival. The next ROEF is It attracted 162 entries for the competition along with a number of other vehicles that were there for display only. All patrons will be asked to wear the Tent City armband so that our staff, who are on site for the entire event, can easily identify patrons at any time.Accommodation packages are available as single, twin or triple share priced per person. Also among the special guests was the mov-ies lead, Australian actor, Terry Serio, who made an appearance at Saturdays Show n Shine event where he happily posed for pho-tos and signed autographs. The track was inspired by the film and festival of the same name. The Rebels Garage site used in the movie is at Canbelego, about 45 kays out of town, so thats the destination for a cruise on Saturday morning. " We were asked to write a song to honour the Running On Empty festival, which took place in Cobar, a town that holds great history within the band . After that, its back into town for an all-makes show n shine just off the main street and more laidback cruising all afternoon. My mates Brad, Joe, James and Lynton have spent two relaxing days driving up from Adelaide, luxuriating in the V8 rumble of their red SL/R 5000 and blue GT replica, overnighting at the iconic Silverton Hotel west of Broken Hill, right in the middle of Mad Max country! But with the support of carers, Richard made the most of the weekend, doing plenty of cruising in the passenger seat of the Challenger while wearing the distinctive black hat and tinted round glasses of his ROE character. Alan is also the owner of the Foxy Lady panel van and has built many incredible Mad Max replica vehicles. Festival to showcase Cobar connections music talent While Cobar's Running On Empty Festival (ROEF2022) next month will be "all about the cars" it will also have a focus on music. which was produced and mixed by Callum Howell and mastered by the Grammy-nominated Mike Tucci. The films stars are all keen to reunite at Cobars Running On Empty festival including Gerry Sont, who played Victor (and has also appeared in Home and Away); Jeffrey Rhoe, who portrayed Ram (and went on to act in Puberty Blues and Home and Away); Kristoffer Greaves who was Starter (and also of Mad Max 2, Babe: Pig in the City and Dead to the World fame); and Max Cullen, who portrayed Rebel, the blind owner of Rebels Garage at Canbelego, who has a long line of Australian TV and movie credits including Spider and Rose, The Flying Doctors, Secret Valley and Love My Way. Ben is no stranger to street machines and organising stuff; while serving in the Australian Army he was chief mechanic on the Project Digger Ford LTD (SM, May 10). Running On Empty 2007-09-20 12:17 . Aside from showcasing a groovy fusion of contemporary and classic sounds, the EP also celebrates the very best bits of rock and roll. Live And Die. But although there is a good crew of Holden HK-T-G cruisers in town, we dont see one yellow early Monaro like the one in the film. Other category winners were: Best Origi-nal1970 Ford Falcon XY GT (Pete McConnell); Best Late Model Sedan2013 Mustang Super Snake (Peter Kiel); Best Late Model Ute2008 Holden SS (Bruce Agro Barnes, Parkes); Best Early Model Ute1985 Toyota Hilux (Peter Garner); Best Early Mod-el Sedan1958 Chevrolet Bel Air, two door hardtop (Leanne Babbage, Qld); Hard Luck award1938 Graham Shark Noise (Andrew McRae, Qld); and Best Bike2012 Harley Davidson Soft Tail Slim (Stewart Simpson). The festival is a tribute to the film Running on Empty as Cobar was a main location showcasing some fantastic street machines while garnering young actors of the time show casing their talents on the big screen. The festival is held from the 21st September 2022 - 25th September 2022. THERE were a few cool black Chevs cruising Cobar, but none were closer to the movie car than this 57 (above, behind Running On Empty star Terry Serio), owned by Mark McLean. Running On Empty, filmed in 1982, is described as one of the most iconic Australian car movies ever made. According to the synopsis when Mike fancies the girlfriend of street racing king Fox, he gets way in over his head when he finds himself racing for his girl, his money and his life. Social Services A Festival to celebrate the iconic Car Cult Movie. Rightio, so Mikes XY Falcon GTHO in Running On Empty was red, but Willy Benters yellow XY GT looks a little like Mikes after the Gazzard boys had finished with it! 101 OF THE ALL TIME BEST CAR MOVIES "I like cars. Officially dropping into the world today, Running On Empty is a raw and riveting peek into the band's forthcoming debut EP Uproar, which will officially thunder into the world on Friday December 2. (It went for $2,000 and was bought by visitor Allyson Malone.) The heart of ''Running on Empty'' is the slow-burning romance between Danny and the smart, tomboyish Lorna Phillips (Martha Plimpton), the daughter of the high school music teacher (Ed Crowley) in . Most other details are correct, too, such as a metal mountain poking through the bonnet, the satin paint, the missing front bumper and the de-chroming. Running on Empty was entirely filmed and produced in New South Wales, and featured a cast of many Aussie actors including Terry Serio (Mike), Max Cullen (Rebel), Richard Moir (Fox), and Deborah Conway (Julie). Ben said festival is a fundraiser for two local projects, the RSL Sub Branchs World War I monument and the Cobar Miners Memorial. I saw the film as a teenager and I remember saying: One day, Im gonna own one of those!. The car remains streetable, although it doesnt get street-driven too much. "We were asked to write a song to honour the Running On Empty festival, which took place in Cobar, a town that holds great history within the band," shares keyboardist Nick Murace. SAT 5 NOV // COBAR YOUTH CENTRE // COBAR NSW | ALL AGES Last weekend in October 2018. The Show n Shine was the feature event of the inaugural Running On Empty Festival program [], Its hard to judge, but its estimated there were about 1,000 visitors here for the Festivals weekend, however its not hard to work out that everyone had a great time. Running on Empty Festival as a major event for Cobar Tourism Manager 50% Council are currently liaising with the ROEF committee regarding future festival dates. You can tell that the film is set in New South Wales in 1982 as the vehicles has the 1982 New South Wales registration stickers on the windscreens. Visitors and locals will be in for a fuelled up weekend of activities that include a screening of the movie, a cruise out to Canbelego where Rebels Garage was created for the movie, a Show n Shine event, and a gala dinner. Uproar will officially drop on Friday, 2nd December. 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The tents are carpeted and are fitted with a twelve volt light. This one was bought a decade ago to build into a BLOWN57 tribute, right down to the rounded rear wheelarches seen on the movie car. And it gets better. Serio (also of 1990s Australian TV show Blue Heelers fame) will be coming to Cobar for the festival along with a number of other original actors from the movie. There were however a few things we could have done better, its still a learning process, but were now in a much better place than we were at with the first festival in 2018, John told The Cobar Weekly on Monday. 2017-07-16 19:59. Can be handy when youre not traveling alone or you have a child along for the adventure. Running On Empty Festival, Nsw. the youth and the community of Cobar and villages Ensure youth activities are undertaken in Villages Grants Officer 50% Cobar has seen a massive increase . Friday: Cruise into Town, informal gathering at the Ailsa Fitzsimmons Cobar Camels Grounds. Yep, Running On Empty on a (not so) big screen at the local sports ground. But with its blown big-block Chev, its a regular at events like Powercruise, and has run a 10.6 at Willowbank. The festival is held from the 21st September 2022 - 25th September 2022. Still, even in something late-model-white boring, my eight-hour drive under a big sky was good for the soul. We were asked to write a song to honour the Running On Empty festival, which took place in Cobar, a town that holds great history within the band, says keyboardist Nick Murace. I had it painted back then, but life got in the way of finishing it, so it sat for about 15 years, he says. If success can be measured in compli-ments, thank yous, attendance and memo-rable experiences, then the Running On Empty Festival (ROEF2022) held in Cobar over the past week was most definitely a success! I chose the green to piss off a girl I was dating at the time, he laughs. A Festival to celebrate the iconic Car Cult Movie. It was 'Running on Empty'. "The festival took place in September for the 40th anniversary of the 1982 Australian film, Running On Empty. This movie is a street machiner's wet dream and not just for the smorgasbord of muscle from the 50s to the 70s. Plenty of hot showers and toilets are within the facilities grounds, and exclusive to Tent City Hire patrons. Business owner Trudy Griffiths said she and the her Gumnuts Gifts & Homewares staff began planning back in May for [], Copyright 2023 | MH Magazine WordPress Theme by MH Themes, Tourism figures the best theyve been for more than 10 years, Sydney band, Edgecliff, booked to play two gigs in Cobar, Good showing from locals in festival show and shine, Running On Empty Festival brings in a big crowd, Council is making sure Cobar looks its best for festivals. Running on Empty Festival celebrate the iconic car cult movie. The annual event aims to promote shopping locally. By speaking at a Council or Committee . Hunter Valley local Dan Murphy has owned this ultra-rare, Australian-assembled, right-hand-drive 68 AMC Javelin SST since his teenage years, and began restoring it in 1998. But I threw everything at it for my 40th birthday. Its powered by a G-Force-built 360ci AMC V8. and Bob Hawke and John Howard in Keating! Get your motor running with the classic rock stylings of Sydney's Edgecliff and their brand new tune Running On Empty. Ill be putting my bags on a trolley and people will say: PISSOFF! to me and security dudes are like: Whoa what the hell is going on here?, After a decade of this I started thinking: Wow! Come Along And You'll See Cars Used In And Inspired By The Film, Have A Chance To Meet The Actors From The Car Cult Classic And Talk To The . The track was inspired by the film and festival of the same name. While the band of former school mates may be based on Sydneys northern beaches, one [], Its hard to judge, but its estimated there were about 1,000 visitors here for the Festivals weekend, however its not hard to work out that everyone had a great time. Obviously it came a long way to be at the ROE Festival and was a huge boost to the event. These cars and plenty of people have come a long way since word about this Running On Empty Festival began to spread. What an amazing event for Cobar. The winner of the Fill Us Up shop locally competition was Tania Ritter who got to rub shoulders with John Clark and Terry Serio. People are standing, cheering and clapping, as riding shotgun in the Challenger is actor Richard Moir, who played tough-guy street racer Fox in Running On Empty. Scene outside Cobars Great Western Hotel is all due to the inaugural Running On Empty Festival celebrate the iconic Cult! Visitor Allyson Malone. it came a long way to be at TIME! 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