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Ill try to be there by 1 but Im steady finding heaps of shit that I need to do before I go

-D

1:30MB :) ...someone works with computers too much :) ....don't worry, i do too :)

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OK Heres the final itinerary that I'm following, this is just a guideline as to when I'll be doing stuff, you are of course free to do your own thing as it suits :thumbsup:

Fri -

12:00 Leave Adelaide from Camp Dohmar Alpha

13:00 Arrive @ Murray Bridge - Munch a Lunch

13:30 Meet with Folks @ BP - last minute fuel up

14:00 Leave MB

17:30 Arrive Loxton, Check into Hotel, Unload Gear, Relax

18:00 Meet for Dinner, Drinks etc

23:30 Draw penises on Luke

Saturday

06:30 Wake up - Shower, Shit, Shave etc (+30 minutes if you're a girl)

07:00 Breakfast (if you bitches arent at brekky at 7am to 8am then u wont get fed, deal with it)

08:00 Drive to Oval, Register, Setup Car position & the new uber SAU Tent, Detail Cars

09:30 JUDGING COMMENCES - No more moving of cars until show is over. - Last minute detailing OK (provided they dont start with our display:P)

10:00 Gates open to public

17:00 Show over, packup, drive out/to hotel, Relax

19:00 Dinner & Presentation @ Loxton Sporting Club

21:00 Get maggoted and draw penises on Inline6 when he's passed out.

Sunday

08:00 Breakfast (tad later cause I like to sleep in, BUT we have a cruise to do (for those who are game))

09:30 Checked out of Hotel and ready to move

10:00 Meet for Riverland Cruise (Optional)

12:30 BBQ Lunch - part of cruise (nom nom nom)

13:30 Drive Home

17:00 Arrive Adelaide

Anyhow cats, my mob is 0403 825 250 and I have wireless bluetooth in my ride + UHF. so either call or tune into ch 40

-D

Sounds good ben. I basically have to check all fluids tomorrow, quick detail of the car pack it. Hopefully be getting on the freeway around 12.

Looking forward to getting away from work for abit.

I never recieved a entry number so will be bringing the recipt of when I sent it.

Holy shit that looks good Dion!

What procedure for that finish?

I use Autoglym Ultra Deep Shine followed by Autoglym Extra Gloss Protection, using microfibre applicator pads and towels.

Sounds good ben. I basically have to check all fluids tomorrow, quick detail of the car pack it. Hopefully be getting on the freeway around 12.

Looking forward to getting away from work for abit.

I never recieved a entry number so will be bringing the recipt of when I sent it.

I checked all my fluids this afternoon, drove the car to work tonight to check for any abnormalities and (touchwood) its all good. I bought some racetape, actually 2 rolls of it to be exact. So if anyones bumper bars are hanging off I'm the man to see lol. Just need to pack some stuff for me, and an overnight bag for my car and I'm all set.

Will anyone be taking a socket set, jumper leads, etc?

Bleh I still haven't packed, have about 2 hours of work to do, and haven't cleaned the V35 whatsoever - and I have to be at Ben's in 1 hour .... sigh - time to prioritise what doesn't get done before I leave.

Report from my hotel room

Everyone made it OK via the Murray Bridge route sans Hostile who arrived half an hour ago and uby (I'm not sure when he's coming). Had fun on the way up with 2 way CB radios, but it makes me want to upgrade from a 0.5 watter to a 5 watt like SLED has

Various small dramas on the way up... luke using 3/4 a tank of petrol on the way up (wtf?) my lip coming off, Dions lip cracked, Hostiles 4wd not working and to top it off, some dumbarse local rear ended drift_s13 and tried to palm it off like it was drifts' fault - luckily there were witnesses and they went straight to the cop shop to report it. I had a look at the damage, looks like a lot of work but thankfully no chassis damage.

We all had a good dindins at the hotel after setting up (well half setting up) the SAU tent as well as pegging out our required space. And hopefully soon I can post up some pics, either of luke or dan with texta on their face OR pics of the actual show...

-D

Well its been a fun day

We all met at 7am for the bbq brekky and were out at the oval by 8:15... sunshade frame was already assembled and space pegged out so all we had to do was roll the cars into position and line em up, do some last minute detailing and put the sides of the tent on.

On that note I'd like to thank everyone involved in this show for their exceptional teamwork ability, 'can do' attitude and willingness to help - its been a breeze thanks to you all so thanks. while im biased, i though the entire show looked excellent, top marks for everyone presenting a nice mix of nissans.

Was quite warm in the morning as we were setting up, most of us were on our 3rd or 4th bottle of water by that point (i personally drank $16 of bottled water - do the math) but around 1pm we had a nice breeze pickup - the SAU shade that Andrew bought performed admirably, especially since we were able to change the sides depending on shade and wind. We had around 16 people seated under the shadecloth and andrews air mattress. i also think that if they had an award for most intoxicated display that we'd win a trophy hands down due to the numerous beverages consumed by all.

a very nice selection of cars were there, from 67 ss camaros, gtho's, shelby cobras, a ferrari and a lambo diable, gary myers insane car (twin blowers omfg), few interesting imports of all sorts and the inevitable bogan mobiles.. some utter crap there too but ya get that at all shows...

right now im just relaxing in the hotel room with the aircon on full - im pink at the moment, by tomorrow ill probably look like a hairy tomato...sunscreened too late but thats my own damn fault... few more bourbons and I wont much care... cabaret dinner starting in 2 hours, should be a good night

oh yeah... luke didnt spew last nite, but Ill do my best to destroy his liver tonight...and krishy is some kind of george clooney type, picking up the local hussies within >minutes<... i was very impressed... i think there was good reason for pete to be looking at krishy when he said 'if anyone dates my daughter ill shoot them'.... youve been put on notice my man :happy: lols

anyhow, after ive had a chance to swap pics with everyone I'll post a few up (unless someone wants to beat me to it)

Next: sleepin, english brecky v2.0, cruise around the riverland and a nice relaxing drive back home

EDIT - heres a crap pic from my phone in the meantime

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-D

God that was a great weekend.

Yeah I had fun too. We scored well with raffle tickets, Luke got 2 prizes (some oil and something else), pete got a CD rack, I won a DVD player and Dion won a digital tv set top tuner... shane scored 2 awards for puresx and pete won 2 awards for the sled (which positively had the locals drooling).. had many many drinks on the saturday night (except for pete who is old and needed his nap), with more than a couple of us waking up this morning feeling rather seedy... Andrew in particular was worse for wear, after we hit martins supply of cigars and rounded off the second bottle of bourbon.... capped it all off with a midnight feed of bacon and egg sandwiches cooked on the outdoor bbq.... too good. I managed to get 2 breakfasts, a midnight feed and a sausage sizzle lunch today for everyone and I still had leftovers to take home. We also got given a bunch of free yiros' by the Loxton Cricket Club at the end of the day - they had a fundraiser stall set up next to us.

Sunday we went on the Riverland cruise from Loxton to Berri to Renmark... loads of great cars came out - I can't think of any event which would have jap imports, american and aussie muscle next to restored morrises, a ferrari, a lamborghini, a couple of replica shelby cobras (not that you can tell they're replicas) and all the other esoteric cars that came for the ride.

On a down note, Dion blew his turbo while we had a little run around the riverside this morning, however it didn't stop him from keeping up with us on the way home, and has given him some new toys to buy

Bring on Riverland Expo 2010. I'll be there.

-D

Awesome weekend guys! Im sure many many stories will surface lol.

Congratulations to Shane and Pete for thier trophies, raffle winners: Ben, Pete, Luke and everyone else who came along for putting on such a great display.

Thankyou Ben for the awesome breakfasts (and midnight snack) and your awesome co-ordination efforts.

And yes, I made it back to Adelaide lol

-Dion

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Yeah I had fun too. We scored well with raffle tickets, Luke got 2 prizes (some oil and something else), pete got a CD rack, I won a DVD player and Dion won a digital tv set top tuner... shane scored 2 awards for puresx and pete won 2 awards for the sled (which positively had the locals drooling).. had many many drinks on the saturday night (except for pete who is old and needed his nap), with more than a couple of us waking up this morning feeling rather seedy... Andrew in particular was worse for wear, after we hit martins supply of cigars and rounded off the second bottle of bourbon.... capped it all off with a midnight feed of bacon and egg sandwiches cooked on the outdoor bbq.... too good. I managed to get 2 breakfasts, a midnight feed and a sausage sizzle lunch today for everyone and I still had leftovers to take home. We also got given a bunch of free yiros' by the Loxton Cricket Club at the end of the day - they had a fundraiser stall set up next to us.

Sunday we went on the Riverland cruise from Loxton to Berri to Renmark... loads of great cars came out - I can't think of any event which would have jap imports, american and aussie muscle next to restored morrises, a ferrari, a lamborghini, a couple of replica shelby cobras (not that you can tell they're replicas) and all the other esoteric cars that came for the ride.

On a down note, Dion blew his turbo while we had a little run around the riverside this morning, however it didn't stop him from keeping up with us on the way home, and has given him some new toys to buy

Bring on Riverland Expo 2010. I'll be there.

-D

I'll b there next yr eather in Abe's car or hopefully my own skyline

The executive of SAUSA would like to thank all the SAUSA members that attended the riverland car show.

Special thanks go to Ben (Dohmar) for his organisational skills and breakfast cooking skills under the most difficult of conditions mainly... the other members :(

Hope that all member that attended the show enjoyed themselves.

Shane (pres).

Was a good day! Wasn't expecting the warm weather though (33 i think). Congrats to Shane and Sled for there wins, as above it would have been good if some of the competitors didn't leave early (not sure why the organisers allowed it) as the spectators didn't really get there moneys worth! Was good to recieve free yiros and also free beer..ha! Was very happy with the RCOLT winning best modern coupe aswell!!! (had to be put in that category as there wasn't one for hatches etc).

Ryan

**apparently there was 150 odd entrys (the most they have ever had!)

A great few days away, really enjoyed it, hopefully go along next year...and maybe win something. I would also like to thank Cara for getting this started and sorting out my paperwork and payments, also Ben for the cooked food, and the organization of the rest of the event after Cara left.

Congratulations to Shane for PURESX and Pete for his chopper "SLED", and of course the raffle winners...even though one sort of cheated.

Saturday at the show was indeed rather hot, so everyone kept there fluid levels up....some more hydrating then others. After the show, Krishy, Ruby, Inline6, Luke_ENR34, Fliggy and myself went for a dip in the pool...which was really good.

Our token drunk, Luke, did get drunk on Saturday night, but not as nearly as we had hoped :(, so unfortunately he didn't end up with any art work, but did almost end up in the pool.

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