joe; im fairly cluey about up north.
i know some cool roads up through mindarie and up to yanchep. we can stop at the boat-ramp in yanchep which is on the beach and has cafes and bbq's up there
about a 45-1hrs drive from centre of perth. basically follow the coastal scenic route all the way up, beautiful daytime cruise say sunday arvo, meet at 10 get there for lunch and back in time for the sunday session at the pub!
i vote we have it on the last weekend of the month so 30th march. drag wars is 2 weekends away, and that gives us a break weekend to relax and possibly fix anything which fell off during drag wars:P