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I am after peoples feedback about having a joint ACT/NSW cruise.

Idea : both sydney and canberra people meet at exeter on the hume highway (about 1/2 way between sydney and canberra) and then cruise through kangaroo valley down to the shoalhaven river at nowra.

i think it is a good way to get sydney and canberra people together, and a good drive as well.

Any thoughts?

other car clubs have done this with great success.

cheers, mark

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Sounds like a good idea.

There was a Canberra/Sydney cruise about 12-18 months ago, went through Kangaroo Valley and stopped at a dam somewhere.

And that was a big sucess :P A very good day. I think there was about 40 or so cars !!

It's all in the planning. Plan times, route, meeting places, desination, and a fail safe just incase a few people get lost :P

J

Yeah Yeah - Good save mate ;)

That's what I mean't :(

He He -

I wouldn't have wanted you to go to work this coming monday, next week........... ha ha ha ha

But sounds like you got all under control buddy !

Cheers,

:D

yeah mark, the cruise I organised a while back went from the Shell servo on the Hume Highway, along the Illawarra Highway, thru Moss Vale, Fitzroy Falls etc, then to Kangaroo Valley. We stopped at Tallowa Dam (just after the bridge in Kangaroo Valley) for a BBQ.

It was a great day, I'd be very keen to do something similar again.

Sounds like a great idea... but I doubt if I'll be able to make the long weekend in October.

Doesn't have to be a long weekend... lots of people go away on them... just ask ndr!!!

Also remember that there is a SAU show and shine day in October which could make for a busy month!

Just some thoughts,

Dan.

  • 2 weeks later...

Can we not goto Kangaroo Valley again please? At least not along that dirt road to the dam, because my front bar got completely destroyed by stonechips after driving on that road :P



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