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CAFFEINE and car lovers alike will be spoiled for choice at the Gold Coast’s newest play space for grown ups.
The Boat Works boss and former race car driver Tony Longhurst this month has opened his newest passion project — Garage 25 — a state-of-the-art private car museum which sits alongside the new cafe Espresso Twenty5.
The newest addition to the Coomera maritime precinct, Garage 25 is a unique motor-head paradise, which has more than 30 rare and classic cars on display at any one time.
The vintage-themed museum has everything from an iconic 1911 Model T Ford to Corvette and vintage motorbikes.
Mr Longhurst said he just wanted to create something “different” for the area which he hopes to develop into a tourism hub.
“It is just amazing to be able to sit and relax among all of these cars.
“Some are borrowed, others belong to friends but all are worth coming to have a look at,” Longhurst told the Bulletin. “We have so many people coming in just to have a glance, it is just a different coffee shop.”
Mr Longhurst, who is currently expanding on The Boat Works into a luxury superyacht precinct, said Garage 25 was another great drawcard.
“We are determined to turn the area into a tourist destination ourselves. It is (going to be) a resort.”
Danial Bethune and Joanne Liakatos, who run Espresso Twenty5 are longterm friends who are quickly becoming car fans.
They work alone in a shipping container cafe, open six days a week.
“We have had lots of locals coming in and a lot of tradies,” she said.