Melbourne 2004 Summer cruise 'DONE'

[Cosmo Dude]

A new year and what better reason do we need for a cruise :D

I have a course in mind but need your input to the date, so tick a box and have your say.

-o- EDIT -o-Feb 4th

Feburary 8th
The meeting point will be in front of the Pit buildings Aughtie Drive, Albert Park F1GP track Melway 2K H11.
Start at 11:00AMish
If access to Aughtie Drive is unavailable meeting point will be park side of Albert Rd at end of Moray St Melway 2K F5.
Ending in Sandringham Melway 76 G9 for lunch, leaving enough time to debate about where to get lunch.
Over lunch we can decide to visit the beach or where to go next.

-o- EDIT -o-Feb 6th

Those in
Cosmo Dude
Rupewrecht & Vix
Batmobile
Mr Payner
Primo and Primette
SehnKhan (in new BG323)
Dogo (maybe)
Cityend
Ezin (maybe)


Note:
To avoid Aughtie Drive speed humps enter from Lakeside Drive Melway 2P B1 not Melway 2K E5.

[Dogo]

im keen for the latest date possible ... ive got a busy Jan this year :)

[pr1mo]

any date is fine with me!

where are you thinking of taking us? somewhere with a waterslide i hope!

cheers mike

[Vix]

I think any date is fine with me (us) too

i missed the last cruise so i am hanging out :P

[Cosmo Dude]

any date is fine with me!

where are you thinking of taking us? somewhere with a waterslide i hope!

cheers mike

Waterslide :shock: at least you don't want much :roll:
I'm sure we can find a pier and throw you in :lol:

I'm thinking of a short cruise and finishing by a beach with a fish 'n' chip shop. Or something like that :)

Rod

[pr1mo]

mmmmmmm frankston pier

[Cosmo Dude]

mmmmmmm frankston pier
Yeah,
Belvadere park to Frankston pier :lol: ..|..

[pr1mo]

sounds like the sort of cruise sik mik would be up for

even better we better make that seaford pier.....dont wanna stray too far from home. mum might get worried :P

[Cosmo Dude]

Seriously it's a little longer than that...
The problem I've found is that most beach side suburbs want you to pay to park on the foreshore :( :( :( and Summer time means the beach is popular (go figure).
I'm sure I'll find the answer tomorrow when I have another look.

I may do the cruise in stages for those with flashy cameras and stop at some interesting places :?:



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[SehnKhan]

Hmm, I don't know if I can make it then, my car may be in for repairs at that time. If it's on the road for any of those weekends I should be able to make it.

[Cosmo Dude]

15th is still open.
Don't know why the fourth option (other date) didn't work :roll:

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[SFC01]

I'm cool for the first two options.

[pr1mo]

PINES POOLS PINES POOLS.........

*after a great time on the waterslide Mike walks out to the carpark only find that all cars in attendance have mysteriously continued the cruise without their owners

(sorry an in joke with roddles)

cheers mike

[Rupewrecht]

i'm good for any of theose dates as far as i know.

a few of the caprarks around elwood dont require money, but will be busy as you said.

[mrpayner]

Has anyone given any thought as to the start meeting place.. departure time.. route taken.. and final meeting place for this club meet?

A city meeting point for the initial meeting for city based members would be good [and for me especially!] we can then cruise on down and meet again with the other guys.

Let's get something organised.

AP

[Cosmo Dude]

Yeah,
The meeting point will be in front of the Pit buildings at the GP track.
Start at 11:00AMish
Ending in Sandringham for lunch, leaving enough time to debate about where to get lunch.
Over lunch we can decide to visit the beach or where to go next.

[Batmobile]

Hey guys,

Am a member from WA and am here in sunny melbourne for work reasons for the next 4 or so months. The best part is that that work brought my astina over on the train for me so am not deprived of astina action whilst in Melbourne!

Would love to catch you guys at a cruise! I'm good for 25 Jan or 8th Feb.

Cheers guys.

[Cosmo Dude]

Looking at Feb 8th, be good to have another astina along.

I'll edit the first post :D :D :D

[mrpayner]

Hey Rod.. could you provide a melways reference please?

Oh.. and mike.. you spelt "lonely" in your sig pic wrong! LOL!! :lol:

AP

[Cosmo Dude]

Page 1 updated

[pr1mo]

Oh.. and mike.. you spelt "lonely" in your sig pic wrong! LOL!! :lol:

AP

i blame loneleyness for all my mistaeks

[Cosmo Dude]

OK the date has been set and it is important to know who is coming. See page one for details.

[Vix]

/me waves her hand in the air

we are, we are

1. Rod
2. Dan and Allie

[mrpayner]

Yeh.. i'll be making an appearance. Finally. :o I'm actually going to be here for this one! :)

AP

[Dogo]

damn. we'lll have to change the date :P j/k !!

[kyra]

can't make it on any of those weekends ... sorry... away this weekend, gf's 21st next weekend, away 7-8th feb also! enjoy though!

[pr1mo]

im in

[Batmobile]

Bugger!

I can make it .... but only till about 1... :cry: grrr... family stuff popped up.

Still I'm looking forward to meeting you guys on the 8th.... for a little while at least.

B.

[pr1mo]

its cool man, as this is a plan as we get there type event things might even be all wrapped up by then. it all depends on the day but i assure you that itll be 2 very worthwhile hours

i think 'prmette' has work at 4 or 5 on sunday too


cheers mike

[mrpayner]

lol at primette..

AP

[Cosmo Dude]

lol at primette..

Couldn't be bothered asking so thought I'd just give Pr1mos' GF a nik. I'll chech with the young lady tomorrow...

[Vix]

You should of asked Rod

I don't know if she will appreicate it :P :P :P

I know i wouldn't... hehehehehe

[Cosmo Dude]

I wanted to allow some anonymity, I can edit if req'd

[SehnKhan]

I'll be there in my 323 :)

[mrpayner]

It's one week to go! :D

AP

[Cosmo Dude]

It's one week to go! :D

AP
And no roadwork or loose material on the route

[pr1mo]

You should of asked Rod

I don't know if she will appreicate it :P :P :P

I know i wouldn't... hehehehehe


aw so we cant call you rupewrecht and rupette?? :~(

[pr1mo]

You should of asked Rod

I don't know if she will appreicate it :P :P :P

I know i wouldn't... hehehehehe


aw so we cant call you rupewrecht and rupette?? :~(

[KittyKatSmack]

Hope you guys get as good a turn out as we got for the Newcastle cruise....

Check the pics here:

Newcastle Cruise Pics (http://www.kitty-ranch.net/events/astinagt_31Jan2k4/)

Have fun and remember

http://www.kitty-ranch.net/kitty/pics.jpg

[Cosmo Dude]

If only I'd known earlier...

http://www.redbackchilli.com.au/2004a.gif

[mrpayner]

LMAO!! That would be a cool day indeed! 8) Very HOT indeed..

AP

[Cosmo Dude]

And the roads to Jindavic, after the Labortouch turn off are also nice to drive :)

[Vix]

You do and you will be in big trouble Mikey

[Dogo]

we'll have to be careful that the roads arnd albert park arnt too packed, with the St Kilda Festival etc going on.

[Cosmo Dude]

we'll have to be careful that the roads arnd albert park arnt too packed, with the St Kilda Festival etc going on.

Thanks,
I'll re-write the route map today

[Cosmo Dude]

Ok, alternate route finished as Fitzroy St, Esplanade etc... is closed to traffic.
see original post for further details

[pr1mo]

ah yeah, Stkilda festival is on this weekend. that whole area is gunna be chock a block after midday i reckon!

[mrpayner]

Dave.. have you posted as to whether you're coming yet? I don't see your name on the list!

AP

[Dogo]

no i havnt.

I should be coming. Its hard as im fairly flat out atm, weekends are precious moments to get everything done, but i *should* be coming :)

[CityEnd]

you can count me in

but from albert park to sandringham isn't that far.... which route have u got planed?

[mrpayner]

Hmmm... we haven't heard from Trav in ages.. Dan.. get on your soap box and get in contact with Trav. Get him to come on sunday even if he tags along with you and ally.. WOuld be good to catch up with him again.

AP

[pr1mo]

yeah i cant see this one being a huge event however i think itll go down well :)

[Dogo]

thats the spirit1
:shock:

:evil:

[Cosmo Dude]

Sunday
Mainly fine. Cool change later. Min 16 Max 35

Bring some sunblock it's gonna be a warm one

[ezin]

Wheres the starting point and what time?

[Cosmo Dude]

Feburary 8th
The meeting point will be in front of the Pit buildings Aughtie Drive, Albert Park F1GP track Melway 2K H11.
Start at 11:00AMish
For further details see page 1, Hope to see you there

[mrpayner]

Ending in Sandringham Melway 76 G9 for lunch, leaving enough time to debate about where to get lunch.

I'm keen for a good counter/bistro lunch at a nice pub somewhere... just a suggestion. :wink:

AP

[Cosmo Dude]

I'm keen for a good counter/bistro lunch at a nice pub somewhere... just a suggestion. :wink:

AP
Maybe the bell tower, lakeside or bluebell in May or June, too close to the begonia ATM

[Cosmo Dude]

Well thanks to those who came it was great to catch-up with the regulars.

The day went of with only a few hitches,
1. Meeting point was Albert Park GP track, three weeks before the flag drops. Lakeside drive was closed to traffic and that was part of my route. Overcame that by using the Aughtie Drive exit
2. The Aughtie Drive exit is a traffic light intersection (the cycle is shorter than I expected) but I got the picture and Adam has his camera back :oops:
3. The St.Kilda incident. Well I'll let the affected party comment on that one (if he wants to).

Anyway we got to Sandringham and had a good lunch overlooking the bay before escaping Daves moving experience :lol:

I'm sure pictures are on their way

[SehnKhan]

Yes, was abit of a shame that some people did not show, but was kind of a warm one so personally I had expected that a few may not make it.

Good to see no major 'near misses' this time, I ensured that I stayed well away from Primos front bumper this time :oops:

But again, good to see the regs again

[Dogo]

my what ?


it was good. more of a social event i'd say. T & I enjoyed the chance to catch up in person again with u guys :)

Rod, ur charG car looked schmick! great idea painting from the inside. u should've had a charG race with Dan down the GP track :wink:

Adam, i didnt get the chance to say but ur exhaust is sounding great. and looks good too ! not quite loud enough tho :P


lets do it again !

[Cosmo Dude]

Good to see no major 'near misses' this time
You didn't see the squeeeeezing at South Rd I thought I was gonna loose some serious paint, some doors and a guard or two...
Person involved was not part of the cruise!

[SehnKhan]

Ahh, good to hear that nothing came of it though (I assume)

[JynX]

http://www.jynx.id.au/images/siren.gif

[Cosmo Dude]

http://www.jynx.id.au/images/siren.gif
What are you intimating?

[Cosmo Dude]

Ahh, good to hear that nothing came of it though (I assume)
Nah, I got through and the other driver returned to their lane, showed that I need a noisier car to ensure my safety

[mrpayner]

What are you intimating?

Haha.. I think Dan was talking to Jim on the moby when he met up with us again!

Top day to have a cruise.. top people.. top cars.. top lunch.

Pics soon..

AP

[ezin]

Was way to hungover from last night! lol next time i'll be there!

[Vix]

Ahh..Not sure about that Adam...

A big thank you to Rod for oganising everthing (even if it was through St Kilda :P)

[Rupewrecht]

nah, wasnt jimbo on the phone LOL

but yeah, had a good time in general ;)

[mrpayner]

Adam, i didnt get the chance to say but ur exhaust is sounding great. and looks good too ! not quite loud enough tho :P

Haha.. didn't see this bit before but thanks Dave.. it's certainly heaps better than the first 2 attempts.. try about 4-5 times louder than what I have now and you'll be close to what it was before :shock: I like it.. the burble sounds good and I love the sound it makes when you back off the throttle and slow down.. :D

AP

[Trav]

Soory for not making it. Just started new job and checking forums is proving difficult...Only got Dan't msg late in morning, but alas was working.

Ahhh well, next time...look forward to actually doing a drive (hopefully will have exhaust and lowing done by then to0..fingers crossed...)

[mrpayner]

Mmmkay.. I've got my pics up online..

AGT Melbourne Cruise 8th Feb 2004 (http://au.geocities.com/mrpayner/AGTCruise080204)

Hopefully that works.. you might have to copy and paste the link..

AP

[Cosmo Dude]

Good work Adam. I may have even caught the entire front of my car if I'd waited another light sequence :lol:

[CityEnd]

sorry guys, i had a long and exhusting saturday, when i got home early sunday morning, i just went to bed and koed, didn't get up til abt 1.30pm

good to see you all had an enjoyable time, i regreat sleeping in

[Vix]

Nice pics Adam

[kyra]

good work... the BG sedan look quite good with the set-up! would be interesting to see the final product!

[Rupewrecht]

my pics - finally got around to it.

http://hrdwrbob.net/rupewrecht/AstinaGT/cruise_20040218_001.jpg
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http://hrdwrbob.net/rupewrecht/AstinaGT/cruise_20040218_009.jpg
http://hrdwrbob.net/rupewrecht/AstinaGT/cruise_20040218_010.jpg
http://hrdwrbob.net/rupewrecht/AstinaGT/cruise_20040218_011.jpg
http://hrdwrbob.net/rupewrecht/AstinaGT/cruise_20040218_013.jpg

[Dogo]

wheres the one of ur windscreen ? :wink:

[Rupewrecht]

lol no-one needs to see that :P