Morgan Country Car Club has more than 160 active members and a new facility to host its meetings after outgrowing its original building next door.

Tom Oram was among a group of car lovers who used to travel to Wodonga for meetings and rally starts, but he, Colin and Val Buckley and John and Alice Corbett discussed the option of starting a branch north of the border.

By November, 1991, the Morgan Country branch was formed and meetings were held out of Mr Oram's Gerogery garage on Station Street.

The club briefly shifted to the station master's house and then Gerogery hall before the decision was made to relocate to Jindera, where the majority of the membership was based.

Construction began on the first clubroom in 2000, giving the group its own space after using Jindera's football rooms for meetings.

Membership peaked at around 220 people and it was clear a new facility was needed to accommodate the group.

A decision was made in 2016 to build a new clubroom and the process began soon after before it was completed this year.

Greater Hume councillor Heather Wilton was on hand to open the new building alongside Mr Oram and life members Andrew Pargeter and Herb Simpfendorfer.

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Mr Oram's son, Daren, stood down as president this year but was proud to see the project come together.

"There were many hours of labour from members on the weekends but we eventually got to where we are," he said.

"It's like-minded people sharing their passion for cars and this is just a place to meet.

"The initial plan was to celebrate the milestone in September or October, but COVID delayed it.

"The first official meeting of the club was in November, 1991, so we weren't too far off the mark of being right on 30 years. We're one of the only clubs in the area who have got our own clubrooms."

Mr Oram said the decision to move to Jindera was a good one and was confident the club would continue to thrive.

"We did all the right things because there were branches in Wagga, Eurobodalla and Canberra, but they decided to make all the branches autonomous," he said.

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