TRUE NORTH

NOTHING beats heading north for a few days in winter to take in some sun and drink beer on balmy evenings. And if you happen to be in Darwin on the right weekend, you can head out to Hidden Valley Raceway for Gazzanats. I wasn’t the only one escaping the single-digit temperatures, with 16 cars hauled up and over from WA, as well as a truckload of Riverina Thrashers cars from NSW. For most it was the first of a two-phase mission in the NT, with Red CentreNATS being held in Alice Springs just two weeks later.