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howdy - will aim to meet some of you people there. we're not active on these forums but have been driving series 1 ('96) dark metallic green around bris for last 4 years. watch for the two young whippersnappers who we will have in tow: i think this is the carpark across the broadwater from Marina Mirage/Palazzo right near the good children's park? hope so 'cause that is what we're bribing them with. Justin & Melissa

HI Justin

Hope to see you there the more the merier

It is across from Marina Mirage just before the Gold Coast Bridge UBD map 29 i 11

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Hi Rob

Blacksoil is on the warrego highway just past the Brisbane valley highway intersection when traveling from Toowoomba UBD map 191 R 19. The BP is just past this intersection when traviling to Brisbane. I made it there because I thought Link from Toowoomba might be coming and it was on his way. But as it turnes out he has other arangements this weekend and carn't make it.

May have to just meet you down there, bud. Like i said, im not driving it, and its a bit out the way as im not coming from the ipswich direction anymore. Me and my fiance are breakfasting and chilling in the city, she's just catching a train back to ipswich for work, so paths arent really crossin til a bit more south.

May have to just meet you down there, bud. Like i said, im not driving it, and its a bit out the way as im not coming from the ipswich direction anymore. Me and my fiance are breakfasting and chilling in the city, she's just catching a train back to ipswich for work, so paths arent really crossin til a bit more south.

Maters not where we meet as long as we meet where it counts.

PS camers charged and packed. car washed. Where good to go.

Maters not where we meet as long as we meet where it counts.

PS camers charged and packed. car washed. Where good to go.

mrs leetom here. okay to tag along in a 'holden' gotta work this am but i did charge the camera for mr leetom. don't wanna miss da meet :sleep:

mrs leetom here. okay to tag along in a 'holden' gotta work this am but i did charge the camera for mr leetom. don't wanna miss da meet :sleep:

All welcom although a holden in the photoes might not work all that well.When you say you want to tag along does this mean from Blacksoil Ipswich or meet us at surfers.

All welcom although a holden in the photoes might not work all that well.When you say you want to tag along does this mean from Blacksoil Ipswich or meet us at surfers.

no. no photos just looking :sleep:

right michelle typical, making comments on my site under my name, dont show any interst in cars till it becomes a social event and then you jump in both feet.....get back to work. see ya all at south port in a couple of hours

everone home safe and sound i hope,thanks all for a good day great to meet everybody and had a cool cruise thru surfers got some good pics but all the wrong size so i had to rush these when we got back to the carpark,a bit worried about numberplates so these are pretty shitty,maybe phill will have better ones

post-20831-1163239832.jpgpost-20831-1163239162.jpgpost-20831-1163239726.jpgpost-20831-1163239932.jpgeveryone home safe and sound i hope,thanks all for a good day great to meet everybody and had a cool cruise thru surfers got some good pics but all the wrong size so i had to rush these when we got back to the carpark,a bit worried about numberplates so these are pretty shitty,maybe phill will have better ones

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