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Summernats City Cruise mark the opening 30 anniversary Canberra car festival.
The crowd on Northbourne watches over the city as the building goes Summernats Cruise Sydney Photo Rohan Thomson.
The exhaust smell, engines revved to the left and right hand drives, Idaho plates and plates read local 4BNBAD, earth moved, there were almost 300 of them, the Ngunnawal had welcomed them; he was Summernats City Cruise and it rolled down Northbourne Avenue Canberra on Thursday afternoon.
Hundreds gathered along the barricades as co-owner Summernats Andy Lopez said organizing the 30th anniversary of the car festival was more exciting than difficult, with 100,000 people and nearly 2,500 cars expected to grace the slopes at Exhibition center in Canberra on the weekend.
Summernats 30 is certainly becoming the biggest festival ever Summernats said Mr. Lopez.
It is a big weekend for the industries of accommodation and local hospitality here in Canberra, we really appreciate the support of the Government ACT.
The crowd on Northbourne watches over the city as the building goes Summernats Cruise Sydney Photo Rohan Thomson.
Mr. Lopez said planning was meticulous and organizers were eager to get rid of the reputation marred the festival by bringing more family friendly events, changes in alcohol policy and to encourage people to bring their children.
We made a lot of changes to make it more of a community, and events for families, it is still a wild crazy car festival, said Mr. Lopez.
The crowd on Northbourne watches over the city as the building goes Summernats Cruise Sydney Photo Rohan Thomson.
He said the organizers had more security in place and coordinated with the government of the ACT and ACT Police throughout the weekend to maintain public safety Canberra.
I think it's fair to say the relationship between Summernats and ACT Police probably bifurcates into the bromance said Mr. Lopez.
The city Summernats Cruise passes the building Sydney Photo Rohan Thomson.
Carly James, 20, and his friend Ben Holland, 20, had just missed seeing the city Cruise His first Summernats last year as she was confronted with witnesses shouting men for the girls to get their songs on, among other things but was back again this year.
When asked why they were going, a car drove past revving his engine, she and M. Hollande both laughed and said for that.
The crowd on Northbourne watches over the city as the building goes Summernats Cruise Sydney Photo Rohan Thomson.
They both said they liked the atmosphere of Summernats and be able to do things in your car that was illegal in the streets.
I think this kind of people just give a statement, Ms James said.
The crowd on Northbourne watches over the city as the building goes Summernats Cruise Sydney Photo Rohan Thomson.
Kim Beaton had met Ray Shipley and friends, Joanne and John Thurlby, with four of them got together to watch the cruise of the city go with the granddaughter of Thurlby, Kiara.
I'm not a Canberran, I try to have a look most of the years I have been in it three or four years, M. Beaton said.
Everyone thinks it's a good festival, it's good for the city, it is good for cars.
It's rolling coverage of the City Summernats Cruise on Northbourne Avenue.
Posted by The Canberra Times Wednesday, January 4, 2017.
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