Driven exhibition curator's tour

About the exhibition:

Take a drive down memory lane, celebrating the milestones we’ve shared with our cars, the adventures across bitumen, sand and dirt, and the enduring passion driven by our love for them.

You never forget your first car. The thrill of turning the key for the first time, the radio crackling to life, and the exhilarating sense that the open road is suddenly yours to claim.

Cars are part of life’s most unforgettable moments. From a baby’s first trip home, to the flashy ride for your school formal, the vintage wedding car, and even that final farewell in a hearse, our rites of passage often unfold behind the wheel, in the backseat, or right there in the driveway.

Image attribution: BP petrol station with a yellow car in the foreground, Gold Coast 1973, John Gollings Gold Coast photographs, John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland, Acc. 27302, Image no. 27302-0001-0053.

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Host or Publisher State Library of Queensland