Overview

When: Sunday 4 October, 2026
Start location: The Gurdies, Vic
Arrival time from: 8:15am
Essential briefing: 9:00am
End location: Poowong, Vic

PLEASE NOTE: Registration is essential.
The full event details and drive route pack will be emailed to registered participants in advance of the event.

Why We Drive

DAD drive days are about connection and community. They hold the intention to normalise mental health problems and mental illness, promote conversations around these and offer pathways for seeking further support.

We use driving and the shared enthusiasm for cars and great roads as our way of connecting and escaping downward emotional spirals. We know that connection is vital for mental wellbeing, and DAD events deliver this in spades.

DAD isn’t a club, it’s a community. Please don’t feel you need to have a particular model or age of car to attend – if you love it, bring it.

Our drive days are strictly social and non-competitive. We use open roads and carefully plan our drive routes to make them as safe and logical as possible, while using engaging roads with new scenery for a great day out.

We advocate for using DAD drive days as an inclusive environment to start your mental health conversation where you feel comfortable to do so, however DAD drive days are not a crisis service and keeping everyone safe on the road is of utmost importance.

How to Participate

Pop the date in your diary and gather your mates!

There are no minimum car requirements to join this cruise – if it’s registered and you love it, bring it along.

Registrations are now open.

The donation and registration fields are below for your use, and event terms and conditions are at the bottom of this page.

As a registered charity we are proud to offer tax deductibility for your donations, and thank you for your generosity which allows us to provide these important events.

Contact the host of 2026 DAD Melbourne Spring Drive Day