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    <pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2026 22:18:38 GMT</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>November Monthly Meeting (4 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Come along to the November Monthly Meeting&lt;br&gt;
at&lt;br&gt;
Mercedes-Benz Toowong&lt;br&gt;
135 Moggill Road, Taringa&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;6:00 PM, Wednesday, 4 November 2026&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Light Refreshments will be provided&lt;br&gt;
prior to the meeting start at 6:30 PM&lt;br&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;(BYO Plate Home Cooking Always Welcome)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_3, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_4"&gt;To assist with catering, please register on line,&lt;br&gt;
or call Adrian Coyne - 0418 885 666&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Our Guest Speaker for this meeting will be&lt;br&gt;
James Hutchinson of Cook's Electroplating.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Cook's Electroplating is a family owned Metal Restoration and Electroplating business that has been in business since 1890.&amp;nbsp; It will be well known to a number of Club Members who have availed themselves of its services.&amp;nbsp; Services that it also provides to Sleeping Beauties.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Details of the history of the business are available on its website at &lt;a href="https://www.cookselectroplating.com.au/cook-s-and-sons-history"&gt;Metal Restoring – Brisbane, QLD – Cook S &amp;amp; Sons&lt;/a&gt; and we are sure that Members will find the presentation that James will give us to be very interesting.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Registration is essential and can be done by using the button on the left.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://mbcq.com.au/event-6847376</link>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>2026 GALA Christmas Dinner - Celebrating 140 Years of the Automobile (14 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;img src="https://mbcq.com.au/resources/Pictures/Christmas%20Banner.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;font style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 30px;" color="#007236"&gt;2026 - GALA Christmas Dinner&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;" color="#1A7B30"&gt;Celebrating 140 Years&amp;nbsp;of the Automobile&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Saturday Evening 14 November at 6:00 pm&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;at&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Carina Leagues Club, 1390 Creek Road, Carina&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Special Guest Speaker:&lt;/strong&gt; Wolf Grodd - Club Member No. 2&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Dress theme:&lt;/strong&gt; Black, While and Silver&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Additional Surprises:&lt;/strong&gt; Special Anniversary Surprises&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cost:&lt;/strong&gt; $65.00 per head with cash bar&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration:&lt;/strong&gt; Registration is Essential&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Payment:&lt;/strong&gt; Payment is required on Registration&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Method of Payment for this EVENT&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
DIRECT CREDIT into the Club's Bank Account:&lt;br&gt;
Bank: Suncorp&lt;br&gt;
BSB: 484 799&lt;br&gt;
Account Number: 2000 09415&lt;br&gt;
Reference: Surname | Membership Number | Description.&lt;br&gt;
Example: Citizen 9999 Christmas&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
For CREDIT CARD Payment:&lt;br&gt;
Contact our Treasurer Lynda Buckland on 0401 485 141 or email &lt;a href="mailto:treasurer@mbcq.com.au" target="_blank"&gt;treasurer@mbcq.com.au&lt;/a&gt;, to organise payment by Credit Card.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;PLEASE DO NOT MAKE PAYMENT VIA PAYPAL&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://mbcq.com.au/event-6722742</link>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2026 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Wide Bay Christmas Lunch (29 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;img src="https://mbcq.com.au/resources/Pictures/Christmas%20Banner.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Christmas lunch at Waterfront Restaurant&lt;br&gt;
on the beach in Urangan Hervey Bay&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;11am for a 11.30am start lunch, alternate drop&lt;br&gt;
to be paid at the venue, drinks at the bar.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://mbcq.com.au/event-6457912</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2026 01:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Gold Coast Christmas Lunch (1 Dec 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://mbcq.com.au/resources/Pictures/GC%20Christmas%20Lunch.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;We will start with drinks and nibbles on the deck at 11:30 am, followed by a two-course Christmas Roast at 12:30 pm.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;The Nobby Surf Club is providing special set menu for us of Roasted Stuffed Turkey and Vegetables, followed by Pavlova for $40.00 per person to be paid on the day to the venue.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;If anyone has special dietary requirements for which the set menu is not suitable, they will be able to order from the &lt;a href="https://nobbyssurfclub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/NOBBYS-BEACH-SURF-CLUB_MENU.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;Club Menu&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;When registering, please indicate the number for the Set Menu and number who will order from the &lt;a href="https://nobbyssurfclub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/NOBBYS-BEACH-SURF-CLUB_MENU.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;Club Menu&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;There is some parking that may be available in the Club parking area, but consider the $0.50 cent option of using the new Gold Coast Link Light Rail that now stops at Nobby Beach Shopping Area, from where it is a short walk to the Club.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Registration is essential and must be made by 29 November so that the Club can be provided with the number attending.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://mbcq.com.au/event-6855896</link>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 25 Sep 2027 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>The Distinguished Gentleman's Drive - Sunday 26 September 2027 (26 Sep 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;img src="https://mbcq.com.au/resources/Pictures/DGD%20Logo%20-%20Text%20Only%20(PNG).png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="400" height="195" style=""&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Join or Support Your&lt;br&gt;
Mercedes-Benz Queensland Club Team&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The &lt;strong&gt;Brisbane&lt;/strong&gt; edition of "&lt;strong&gt;The Distinguished Gentleman's Drive&lt;/strong&gt;" has proven itself as the largest event and highest fundraiser among 200 cities worldwide. In just four years since its inception, it has raised over $700,000 directly supporting organizations and initiatives focused on improving men's health.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Distinguished Gentleman's Drives are being organized in 66 countries and in Australia Drives are being organized in 20 locations.&amp;nbsp; The &lt;strong&gt;Brisbane&lt;/strong&gt; Drive is being hosted by &lt;strong&gt;Club Member, Kip McIntyre.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Use the following link to join the Distinguished Gentleman's Drive:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="https://gentlemansdrive.com/register?country=AU&amp;amp;state=QLD" target="_blank"&gt;Join the Drive&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;You can join that Team regardless of whether you are going to participate in the &lt;strong&gt;Brisbane&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;Caboolture,&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;Gold Coast&lt;/strong&gt;, or &lt;strong&gt;Noosa&lt;/strong&gt; drives that are the four Queensland drives that have so far been organized.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Having registered for the Drive, click on your name at the top right of the DGD website and then on My Dashboard and check on the Join a Team item under the Getting Started Checklist on the right hand side of the page and join the Mercedes-Benz Club Queensland Team.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;In addition to registering on the Distinguished Gentleman's Drive website, please also register using the button on the left so you will receive updates concerning the Mercedes-Benz Club Queensland Team.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If you are not able to participate in the Distinguished Gentleman's Drive, consider making a donation in support of our Team via this link:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a href="https://gentlemansdrive.com/team/mercedes-benzclubqueensland"&gt;Mercedes-Benz Club Queensland - The 2026 Distinguished Gentleman's Drive&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Special Prize for the top fund raiser from the Mercedes-Benz Club Queensland Team.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://mbcq.com.au/resources/Pictures/Heel%20Tread.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://mbcq.com.au/event-6860342</link>
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