Photographer: Andrew Quilty

Journalist: Patrick Abboud

Video editor: Daniel Hartley-Allen

Up to 1800 street cars will head to Canberra this week for the four-day, so-called 'biggest horsepower party on the planet' - Summernats.

Journalist Patrick Abboud and Walkely Award-winning photographer, Andrew Quilty, cruised from West to South Sydney - and a few secret spots in between - to capture the buzz of late night suburban car culture in Australia's biggest city.

Watch the multimedia photo essay above.