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EDITORIAL
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF David Naylor
DEPUTY EDITOR Kris Ashton
SUB-EDITOR Paul Rodger
EDITORIAL COORDINATOR Alex Elsey
ART
CREATIVE DIRECTOR Peter Sewell
DEPUTY ART DIRECTOR Stephen Dibden
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CREATIVE SERVICES DESIGNER Dudley Hogarth
PHOTOS
PHOTO EDITOR Julie-Anne Hall
PRE-PRESS Ruth Hayes
PUBLISHING
PUBLISHER Charles Blackburn
PRODUCTION MANAGER Jo McIntyre
ADVERTISING
NATIONAL SALES & MARKETING MANAGER David Brown
NATIONAL ADVERTISING MANAGER
Katherine Komorowski
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To encourage debate, views expressed in Open Road are not necessarily those of NRMA. Any reference to NRMA is a reference to NRMA Motoring & Services.
Open Road is published for the National Roads and Motorists’ Association Limited ABN 77 000 010 506 (trading as NRMA Motoring & Services) by its subsidiary company, NRMA Open Road Pty Limited ABN 91 000 026 844. NRMA Motoring & Services provides road and motoring services and is the owner of the registered trademark NRMA for these services. The NRMA Motoring & Services group of companies is separate and independent from the Insurance Australia Group of companies which provide insurance and financial services. The Insurance Australia Group owns the registered trademark NRMA for insurance and financial services. |
Contents
EARLY WORDS
Torque back
Members speak out on motoring issues
CARS & MOTORING
Cover story: Celebrating 30 years of Commodore
Happy birthday, mate! Glen Torrens reminisces about a car that helped shape a generation of Australians
The great Aussie test drive
How the original VB Commodore stacks up against an HJ Kingswood and the modern day VE Commodore
Driver’s seat
Two new Mitsubishi mid-sizers, an Audi A3 and a showroom of bike reviews
Taming the beast
Tackling a treacherous track in a thunderous SS 5000 Torana
The Barina redemption
Holden’s small car gets a bigger safety rating
TRAVEL
Re-live Sydney’s Games glory
The Olympics are over, but their spirit lives on at Olympic Park
A taste of mountain magic
Is modern-day stress like poison in your veins? A stay in the quaint Blue Mountains is the perfect antidote
Way2go: Who needs a lifeboat?How one man’s dream to sail across the Pacific turned into a nightmare
On the road with Joe
Not even our seasoned travel veterans dared take on the Top End’s big wet
Your NRMA
A quick and quirky history of NRMA
The humorous and helpful stuff your NRMA has been up to since the 1920s
Park and ride on fast track
State government speeds up new facilities for rail commuters
Manly residents jump for joy
New NRMA bus service makes north-side travel easier
Cough up or suffer congestion
Ignoring Sydney’s north-west could cause a traffic meltdown
Light speed not fast enough
Why is it taking so long to install flashing lights in school zones?
IN THE BOOT
What’s on
Need something to do this weekend? Find it here
Helping you
NRMA Members have questions, we have answers
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