This year’s Flicks at the Flat has been proudly sponsored by the following local businesses.     We have been lucky enough to also have the support of the following businesses:   We can’t thank our local business community too much for all their support. Without them this event wouldn’t […]

Big Thanks to our incredible sponsors for Flicks at the ...


This year it’s all about Christmas. We have an amazing range of stall holders, free entertainment and activities.  Check out the facebook event for more information! https://www.facebook.com/events/1843612259205027/?ti=cl Don’t forget there’s a sister event this year- the Inaugural Show’ n ‘Shine. Get your car-mad kids onto it. https://www.facebook.com/events/641193302711286/?ti=cl We look forward […]

Flicks at the Flat have taken up the Christmas Challenge!


Yep. You got it.   The McLaren Flat Community Club is participating in the UGLY Bartender of the Year competition this year. UGLY is a Leukaemia Foundation fundraiser that runs for 6 weeks – from October 1 to November 14 in 2016. It’s a fabulous opportunity for bars and clubs […]

What’s That I Hear??? Someone is UGLY???



The team at the McLaren Flat Community Club are at it again! After a fabulously sucessful Pink Breast Cancer fundraising morning tea, we are hosting a Costume Night to raise funds for the McLaren Vale Hospital! Dress up and head on down for a night filled with raffles, competitions, silent […]

McLaren Flat Community Club Shenanigans


Look what is coming soon!  This is sooo exciting! We have been able to coordinate another fabulous free family event here in McLaren Flat. Get yourself to the Recreation Ground in full costume this coming Saturday and join in the fun! Proudly sponsored by The Vintage Bean cafe, McLaren Vale […]


  We first discussed Wickham Park back in September’s issue of the Gazette, and further material offered to our team since then has enabled us to frame even more of its curious past. For example, Benjamin Wickham is stated to have bought additional property on the 23rd January 1851, upon […]

More local history!



Last week I had the very great pleasure of a tour of the Rosemount winery on Ingoldby Road, right here in McLaren Flat. Although Rosemount has its cellar door in McLaren Vale, the bulk of their production occurs here in the Flat. Ross Lyman invited me to visit as he […]

The places we’ll go


We here at the McLaren Flat Gazette are well aware of the importance of pictures. As they say, a picture tells a thousand words! There is nothing better than a fabulous picture or three to get your story across. To this end, we are holding a photography competition. As you […]

All the fun of a competition, with the best rewards.


Thanks to the Onkaparinga Council, the McLaren Flat Working Group has been actively meeting to discuss a community event designed to bring together the community as a whole. Each meeting we have had has pulled together new ideas and some fabulous resources from our local community and surrounds. Keep your […]

The McLaren Flat Community Picnic – October 18, 2014