The stigma surrounding mental health exists because many believe that if pain can’t be seen, then it isn’t real. But although self-injury is no more real than anxiety, depression or suicide, it is there as tangible evidence of what someone is going through. A lot of people stereotype people who self-injure, claiming that it’s ‘emo’...
If you joined us at our #THEORANGEEFFECT EOMM earlier in the year, you might remember hearing the distinct sound of revving motorbikes. But motorbikes they were not. Instead, they were deceptively small single-seater open wheeler creations known as Formula SAE. Don’t know what Formula SAE is? Here’s a short introduction to the international competition from...
For the past 10 years across Australia, passionate automotive enthusiasts have come together each month at End Of Month Meets to share their passion. It’s a passion that brings us together: different cars and different people from all kinds of different backgrounds. However for February’s EOMM at Sydney Dragway, things were a little different. We...
It was pretty cool to wake up this morning and read an article from Car Throttle based on #THEORANGEEFFECT EOMM for Self Injury Awareness Day. It’s titled: “Here’s Why Australian Car Culture Is Probably The Best In The World Right Now” These few lines really resonated with us and if you were there on the...
Cars For Hope began as a way to tell the story of our friend, Annabel. It was our way to remind her that she matters and we love her. She was growing up and starting to figure out how our world works, how our world thinks, and what our world thinks is important. For a...
After intense planning from inception just over 6 months ago, last weekend marked the inaugural THE-LOWDOWN.com Presents: Showcased – Sydney. It was a day that automotive enthusiasts from across the east coast of Australia were looking forward to, with many travelling from interstate to attend as many cars would be unveiled, some after months of...
8am was the start of the day for Team Cars For Hope on the last day of March as we were all set for Jamboree Sydney at Sydney Dragway, however by 3pm after our shirts were covered in a nice film of black carbon and rubber residue we left for our ITR for the popular...
Last Thursday on December 29 was JDM Style Tuning’s monthly EOMM meet. At a small carpark just off Foreshore Road in Mascot, it was the standard monthly meet with a few enthusiasts, their mates and their cars together to meet new people and enjoy Sydney’s car culture. As my first ever JDMST EOMM, I was...
I’ve been to many JDM Style Tuning end of month meets but this one had to be one of the most abnormal meets I’ve been to. This month’s meet was hosted by Top Secret Imports and the Project D Drift School at the Top Secret showroom. So how was it unusual? Well they had entertainment....
