Club Moolia Will Be Australia’s First ‘Race Car Country Club’
A private ‘F1’ track, luxury accommodation and hi-tech golf facilities? Why not.
By Terry Christodoulou
Mon, Aug 10, 2020 5:27am
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One of the few problems of owning a decent supercar is the rare opportunity to really stretch its legs.
Enter Club Moolia, an exclusive new member’s club set to features a formula one-inspired driving circuit alongside Australia’s first Crystal Lagoons – that is, a Dubai-style watery wonderland.
Destined for a 2022 opening in the dusty township of Bindoon, 80 kilometres north-west of Perth, the planned $140 million, 4.1km racetrack will boast 17 corners, high-quality asphalt and allegedly be as wide as 12-metres in parts.
Members will be given access to the grounds via a secure entry and exit, while track use will be limited to ten cars a session. When not in use, owners can store vehicles in private, climate-controlled garages.
Luxury on-track suites will accommodate members and guests, with planned club lounges, spas, private screening rooms and exclusive chauffeur transfers from Perth CBD hotels and the international airport available to members.
Golfers, meanwhile, will have access to a hi-tech driving range featuring flight and ball-tracking technologies for every shot, each delivered to HD displays.
Two basketball and five tennis courts round out the exclusive sporting amenities, with tailored nutrition, strength and technical programs also available as part of certain packages.
Memberships will be strictly limited to 600 individuals and corporations, from $30,000 (plus $5000 annual fee) to $100,000 for conglomerates (plus $8000 annual fee).
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Bremont has become the first British watch brand bound for the lunar surface, launching its new Supernova collection alongside a groundbreaking mission with aerospace company Astrolab.
By Jeni O'Dowd
Wed, Jul 8, 2026 2 min
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Luxury British watchmaker Bremont is about to make history.
Later this year, the brand will become the first British watch company to place a timepiece permanently on the Moon through a collaboration with American aerospace company Astrolab.
The mission centres on Astrolab’s FLIP rover (FLEX Lunar Innovation Platform), which will carry a Bremont Supernova Chronograph aboard Astrobotic’s Griffin Mission One.
The rover is scheduled to land in the Nobile region near the lunar south pole no earlier than summer 2026, launching from NASA’s Kennedy Space Centre in Florida.
Unlike watches that have previously accompanied astronauts into space, this one won’t be coming home. The Supernova Chronograph will remain on the Moon as a permanent artefact, integrated into the FLIP rover’s chassis via a custom-engineered tile plate.
The timing carries extra weight. The White House has tasked NASA with establishing a Coordinated Lunar Time by the end of 2026, a consistent, atomic-clock-based standard for navigation and communication on the Moon. Bremont’s watch will land in the same year that lunar time itself comes into being.
“We are incredibly excited by the prospect of becoming the first British watch brand in history to go to the Moon and stay there indefinitely,” said Davide Cerrato, CEO of Bremont.
“Bremont and Astrolab share deep synergies in their values, particularly around innovation, exploration, and a relentless pursuit of new frontiers.”
Astrolab founder and CEO Jaret Matthews said the mission was designed to prove technology can survive the Moon’s harshest conditions.
“This mission is all about demonstrating critical technologies in the harsh environments found at the lunar south pole. We look forward to putting the Supernova through the ultimate engineering test.”
Before launch, both the watch and the rover must pass a gruelling testing regime known as Spacecraft Protoflight Qualification, covering structural, thermal and electrical performance under conditions more severe than the mission itself will demand.
The process follows what Astrolab calls a “Test Like You Fly” philosophy.
The mission also marks the debut of Supernova, a new collection that sits above Bremont’s existing Supermarine, Terra Nova and Altitude lines, and introduces Space as a fourth universe alongside the brand’s established Sea, Land and Air categories.
The 41mm Supernova Chronograph is built from 904L stainless steel, with a multi-faceted decahedral black ceramic bezel and a three-dimensional dial inspired by the geometry of spacecraft solar arrays.
It runs on Bremont’s chronometer-rated BC77 movement, with a 62-hour power reserve and an exhibition case back.
A full-scale FLIP rover will be on display at the Bremont booth at Watches & Wonders Geneva, which opens on April 14, the brand’s third consecutive year exhibiting at the show.
