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Hi all

Seeing as the VIC stagea clan has not had a meet in such a long time I though it would be good to keep up with the other states.

As most of us (Alex :yucky: )should have our stags on the road by the weekend of 18th Nov I thought this would be a good time to meet up and actually have a cruise with maps etc

it would also be good to meet some of the new additions since the last meet.

Firstly we need to confirm a weekend and day that EVERYONE will be able to come as it sux when someone misses out.

Secondly when we have a consensus of who will attend then a central meet point can be arranged.

Previously we have spoken about having a Great Ocean Road drive. Any other ideas would be great. Once we have the interests then a route can be drawn up

Give me your thoughts

Cheers

Ian

MEMBER CONFIRMED SO FAR:

1. AlexCim

2. munchdesign

3. Flysly

4. wagon

5. Tracey (non member)

6. Me

DESTINATION:

1. Dandy Mountains then SAU Show n Shine

DATE:

Sunday 26th Nov

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So at this stage the Sunday seems to be the preferred date.

so far options are Great ocean Rd and the Black Spur.

Any other ideas would be good.

If you have contact with other stagea guys that done come here often let them know about the cruise

cheers

Ian

Sounds ok, I will have to check that date.

Do we want to list up the Vic Stagea owners? There are 6 that have replied here so far, I know there are more, lets see what we can do...

VIC [ 17 ] [24.64%]

1. FLYSLY

2. FUZZY

3. AlexCim

4. munchdesign

5. humble

6. wagon

7. MRNISN

8. stasis

9. japshere

10. oxford1327

11. bluesky4me

update:

12. Ian

All I can find, sorry if I missed ya!

Cheers

Luke

Edited by munchdesign

soz guys i might not make it. Im not in the country and i dont know when will i be back as i am enjoying my newly born second son on the 1st. But if i make it before the 18th i will definetely make it.

Correct me if im wrong but Nov 18th is a saturday, if this is the date i am not going to be able to make and if its sunday 19th of nov i wont be able to make it either, but any other sunday would be sweet.

Please make it on a day im free i really wanna meet other Stagea owners and check out there cars!

I have the 19th marked down as a tentative at this point, a Saturday or Sunday is fine with me.

There are a few clashes happening on the 18th so I think that might be too hard for some people (or not possible at all). Should we be looking at another date just to give some options? Is a Sunday possible for everyone as it sounds like FLYSLY (Simon) can't make a Saturday at this stage? Sorry for hijacking Ian, I will let you run this, I'd like to see as many Stagea's there as possible! :)

Cheers

Luke

Oh and congrats Yudy! Enjoy!!!

Edited by munchdesign

Nice one Yudi congratulations mate. They are a blessing.

Luke mate no stress. This is a group thing so any suggestions would be great.

It seems that the weekend of the 18th and 19th might be a bit short notice for everyone. What about the weekend after that??

As you said luke it would be awesome to have everyone one come along

how about people post up dates that would suit them best and take it from there.

Gareth get an autograph for me you lucky bugger

cheers

Ian

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