January/February 2009
 
 

January/February 2009

Open Road January/February 2009

Credits

OPEN ROAD ENQUIRIES ONLY
TEL: (02) 8741 6675  FAX: (02) 8741 6697
MAIL: Open Road, Level 1, 9 George St, North Strathfield, NSW 2137
EMAIL open.road@mynrma.com.au
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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
SENIOR DESIGNER Steve Ah Tow
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
EMAIL katherine.komorowski@mynrma.com.au
TEL: (02) 8741 6692  FAX: (02) 8741 6697
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING MANAGER Fiona Fyfe
EMAIL fiona.fyfe@mynrma.com.au
TEL: (02) 8741 6696  FAX: (02) 8741 6698

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

President's column
Why Members are always our priority

Stories from the Road
Some best cars are better than others

Torque back
Members speak out on motoring issues

People

Teamwork under fire
NRMA employees discover heroism and and hardship on the Kokoda Track

CARS & MOTORING

Australia's Best Cars
Motoring's foremost experts pick their top 12 from 2008. Expect some surprises!

My classic
Meet people who have a taste for vintages - cars that is - This month: A man and his 1950s Aston Martin

TRAVEL

The eco-tourism renaissance
Forget tents and mung beans - green holidays have gone fancy

On the road with Joe
Do caravanning families have ESP?

Your NRMA

Off the streets, across the bridge
How NRMA and Youth off the Streets helped turn a young life around

British classic reaches its century
Morgan car company celebrates 100 years at NRMA Motorfest

CEO column
Last year was an exciting and challenging year for NRMA

IN THE BOOT

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