20th March 2025

The Friday evening Main Street Cruise takes your breath away, with hundreds and hundreds of amazing cars cruising in front of thousands of people who line the streets bringing out their deck chairs, nibbles and drinks to watch the cars cruise by.

The cruise leaves from Caroline Bay at exactly 5.30pm and takes in the main streets of Timaru, Pleasant Point and Temuka. This is an extremely popular cruise being the highlight of the weekend for some, so please leave plenty of time to line up. You will leave in the order you arrive. In 2025 the last lines of cars left the Bay at 6.30pm to begin the cruise.

The streets are lined with people all the way around so please take the time to toot your horns and wave to the crowds.  There is a street party organised in Temuka, where you can choose to drive through the Main Street and head back to Timaru or you can drive through and park up and walk back to the main street to enjoy the party atmosphere.