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Hi for all those who haven't been in the northside topic but want to get in on a cruise we are planning the following (note we are open to suggestions and ideas especially from people who have planned cruises before)

The route is yet to be determined and finalized and will be updated as we go. So far I have the following info:

The cruise will start at Hungry Jacks morayfield at aprox 7:30pm we will wait there untill 8pm then begin our run down into burpengary (if someone knows a good location to park in burpengary please let us know) (approx stopping time in burpengary will be 15 mins) then from there we will continue to D'Bay where we will stop at the shell service station on deception bay road this will be an approx 20 min stop so people can chat and refuel. From there I am hoping to find a few people in redcliffe that want to join in and we will cut a lap down there and stop to do a meet and greet(once again a suitable location for parking and conversation would be appreciated...somewhere near the water front.) for about 30 mins. Then as many people seem to be in bracken ridge a run from Redcliffe via the hornybrook bridge down to bracken ridge (yet another location we will need suitable parking at) stopping for about 20 mins to collect more people for the cruise. From bracken ridge we could cruise back up the highway to the BP service stations that are on the bruce highway just south of the Buchannans road exit. From there the suggestion for a final stop at The great outdoors centre on morayfield road was suggested for some conversation and to say goodbye and share our thoughts on the cruise and what could be done to improve it for the next one.

I have tried to keep travel in the suburbs to a minimum to maximise the quallity of the drive (60 in a skyline is like taking a hot chick home and all you get is a hand job...) Anyone with suggestions please PM me or post Also the route can be changed subject to the level of interest and participation of other skyline owners. I am hoping to finish up at about 12-1am but if people would like to stay on and chat for longer thats cool.

So far the interested parties are as follows:

RandomHero83 : morayfield HJ's Meeting point

Date in title changed as per posts below :cool: - Revhead

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how are you for the friday omy-33? we could do it on the friday night if u wanted seeing as you were one of the people that helped get this idea rolling it's only fitting your able to participate.

Sweet rolzy32 we should get a bit of interest in it i hope.

^^^^lol^^^^

um i can meet u either in hj's or burpenary it doesn't really worry me?

i won't b driving very hard either, water pump has decided 2 start leaking when i got the clutch changed, so it'll b back in the workshop soon. lol

ok HJ's would be best so there is at least of us from the first leg. Damn thats gotta suck is it just a seal or is it the pump itself?

GTST u gonna come on this cruise? if so what stop are you gonna get in with it?

We'll gun for between 7:30 and 8 then we ill go to wollies car park in burpengary for 15 mins then we will go to the shell in D'bay for 15 mins then if the lads in northlakes decide to join in we will go down to the BP on the main drag there then back up the highway to the great outdoors centre thats the route atm unless people add to it by sayin something along the lines of "oi i'm at (insert location here) and i wanna be a part of it add a stop for me" prob be more chattin and checkin ouyt cars than cruising atm due to the lack of people atm. so it will be a rest for your car if need be i can alway pick ya up and spare your line's water pump the strain.

yeah so we are a go for friday night not saturday night guys FRIDAY the 15th not saturday the 16th. the order of visit atm is HJ's morayfield (7:30-8:00) wollies burpengary 8:15-8:30 then to d'bay shell on d'bay road. unless we get some interest from somewhere else before lunchtime tomorrow we will be going from d'bay up the highway back to the great outdoors centre carbark on morayfield rd.

People comming so far:

Randomhero83 - morayfield hj's

omy-33 - morayfield hj's

dantay - Burpengary wollies carpark

Epyon - not sure where yet

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