General News
27 November, 2025
Moving on and letting go
A significant collection of cars, motorcycles, farm machinery and oddball treasures will go under the hammer as a Cathcart resident prepares for a new chapter in his life.
Mick Muirhead and his wife Anne purchased their Cathcart property eight years ago with plans to use it as a getaway from the hustle-and-bustle of Melbourne, and with the move came Mick’s remarkable collection of boy’s toys.
“My wife and I had been looking for something in the country, originally looking sort of an hour out of Melbourne but an hour out of Melbourne, you’re adding 50 per cent to the price,” Mick said.
“We saw this place advertised, came up and had a look and thought it ticked a whole lot of boxes for us.”
The Muirheads purchased the former Cathcart Ridge Winery site and spent time getting to know the region and their new neighbours.
“So we had it as a weekender at first, for probably the first three years and then moved up here solid,” he said.
“Anne loved it up here, it was going to be our forever place.”
Tragically, Anne passed away at the beginning of 2025, and now Mick has made the tough decision to take things in a different direction now his beloved wife isn’t by his side, calling in the crew from ME Auctions to catalogue and sell his possessions as he prepares to sell his property and travel the world.
“This year I’ve probably spent six months overseas, but I knew I had to come back and deal with this, clear it out and sell it,” Mick said.
“If it doesn’t fit in a seven-and-a-half kilo backpack, I don’t want it.”
He said that he’ll be happy to just have the bare essentials as he explores new horizons.
“Three pairs of shorts, five t-shirts, five pairs of jocks and a pair of thongs,” is what Mick says he’ll pack.
“I’ve done a lot of travelling over the years anyway, and now I think bugger Melbourne and the Victorian winter, I want to be in shorts and thongs the whole time.”
Among the items for sale are several motorcycles and a handful of unique cars that will generate a lot of interest.
“There’s two Harleys, one’s a 2007 Low Rider, which is a very nice bike, lots of chrome, goes well,” he said, “The other one is a 2003 Super Glide which is just a fun bike to ride.”
“There’s also a Yamaha V-Max, ’98 I think, 145 horsepower at the back wheel, a real monster in its day.
“Plus a few cars, including a ’79 CM Valiant Regal, or Chrysler Regal, with a 318 in it, original unmolested car.”
Mick said one particular standout in the cars is a very rare Isuzu VehiCROSS from 1998, of which there was less than 5000 ever made.
“They were only released in Japan and the US,” he said, “There’s probably only ever been 10 of them ever in Australia.”
ME Auctions will put Mick’s collection under the hammer on December 7 via an online auction, with viewing on site in Cathcart on Friday December 5 and collection on December 14, for more information visit https://www.meauctions.com.au