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Thanks for the photos Dj.. There are some good ones in there :) I like the Lake Lyall one...

"So you guys went through Taranar?" - Majanal

(i must learn how to use the forums and quote properly)

The skyline and gto boys went... It was great fun, nice road. Got some good pics outside Oconnell Pub :)

How is it these days... I heard that they have updated the roads mostly through there... is this true?

Dan.

PS. To Quote simply press the quote buton in the bottom right hand coner of the post that you want to quote... shit that rymes... I think.

I enjoyed the meetup and getting to meet some of the guys like mark, neil, scott and dan...

We ended up getting back home around 6:30pm that night after spending the arvo in the little town of bathurst. I heard something about a WRX (white one with P's on it) getting defected but I think that was the only intervention.

I would like to thank Dan for his insights on the way up and his help with Overtaking (will consider carefully next time before doing it!)

so where is this Taranar drive?

Yeh, i agree, it was good to meet you guys, look forward to catching up on cruises to come ...

The "Tarana road" (not actually called that i dont think) is a back road between Lithgow and Bathurst. If when coming out of Maccas lithgow you turn left instead of right onto the GWH and followed that for about 5mins, there is a right turnoff beside a big servo which takes you past lake lyall... follow that right though.. Kinda hard to describe, but i always take that road even though it adds about 20mins to the trip..... (well it should anyway :).

Now lets try a quote....

Originally posted by Majanal

How is it these days... I heard that they have updated the roads mostly through there... is this true?

Heaps better than it was... I would have never taken my car on it how it was a few years ago. Now its all pretty smooth except for about a 1km of patchwork.... There is one section of hotpack tar... mmmm super grippy.. oh and the rollercoaster jump is as good as always...

How many skylines went on the highway ?? How was the drive ?

That was one of the best cruises I've ever been on! Thanks for showing us that back way to Bathurst Roman33T....it was awesome!

The mountain was fantastic...I never realised just how twisty and steep it is.

I'm compiling a video of the cruise...it sould be ready for download tomorrow.

The cruise raised over $700 so that's about $20 per car.

Awesome day...good to meet you all!

Craig aka Grim

BIOHZD

Neil, Are you aware how close you came to a serious accident on the mountain?

A group of us were watching you come around past us when a black silvia decides to pull out in front of you. Lucky for you he had traction problems.

Everyone who didnt turn up, and didnt go the back way to the mountain from Maccas really missed out. The road was perfecly fine except for some small patches. We encounted a uniformed officer in a excel, and a old gentleman who thought it was fine driving on the wrong side of the road - redgts-t found this out.

Whats the ETA on more pics and video footage?

Mark




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