New South Wales and ACT Drive Day 22 August 2010

[myzomela]

All XC drivers are invited to our next drive day. While organised with
Sydney and Canberra members in mind, members from further afield are also
very welcome.

We'll meet in Mittagong, possibly have a quick coffee, then go exploring.
The vital statistics are as follows, but watch this post for any late
updates.

Where:
Meet at the Mittagong Playhouse, at the corner of the Old Hume Highway and
Bowral Road. Look for something like this - on the left if coming from
Sydney, on the right if coming from Canberra.


Date:
Sunday 22 August 2010

Time:
9.00am, which should suit cars from both Sydney and Canberra

What to bring:
Lunch. We might be well away from takeaways and coffee shops.
UHF CB radio, if you have one. Just a 1W handheld with decent batteries would be fine. Some of us have a few handhelds to share.

Route:
Up for discussion. Suggestions please!

[PJ810]

I'm in.

[sydneyv70xc]

Guys, can we do Saturday instead? Prefer Saturday simply so we can rest on Sunday if the drive runs into the evening. Being on a Sunday and by the time we get home it will be night.......then we have to go to work on Monday!

If on a Saturday, then we can relax on Sunday, go to Mass, etc, etc. But we can't please everyone. So if its Sunday then I will have to give it a miss, again!


Cheers

[myzomela]

Really sorry it doesn't suit...

We're hoping to get a new participant along - NgunnawalJack - and he's working on the Saturday. Sunday 22nd was the best match between NgunnalwalJack's schedule and tank2's.

We clearly need to have lots more drives - Sundays and Saturdays - so everyone gets a go!

[sydneyv70xc]

No worries mate. Enjoy the drive and look forward to the pics.
Cheers

[PJ810]

Originally Posted by sydneyv70xc

No worries mate. Enjoy the drive and look forward to the pics.
Cheers

Bring the Esprit. Leave it in Mittagong and jump in one of the other XCs. At the end of the day, you can teleport yourself home again from Mittagong.

[NgunnawalJack]

I'm in and so is my wife

[PJ810]

Rumour has it that sydneyv70xc and tank2 are keen to come to the start at Mittagong and then head back to Sydney.

Can I suggest, to make their drive down worthwhile, we plan an on-time 9am meet in Mittagong and have a slightly longer coffee break before we head off? Unless the others are keen to stick around for part of the drive, in which case we'd want to head off ASAP.

Any suggestions for the route yet?

[myzomela]

Originally Posted by PJ810

Any suggestions for the route yet?

Well I was thinking somewhere on the north side of the highway, where all the dirt is. The south side has too much bitumen. I'll do a recky via Google Earth this weekend.

[Ocean Racer]

Sending my absence apologies
Always up for a nice cruise but crossing the Nullabor again isn't on my wish list right now..