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Hi, Guys.

I am driving from Perth to Melbourne, via Adelaide and Geelong. For the reasons - see below. I am leaving Perth on Wednesday morning, 30 September and should arrive in Adelaide on Friday evening. I am staying in a city centre hotel. If anyone is around, come along and say "Hi". (Drop me a pm and I will let you know which hotel.)

Reason for the trip: My wife has taken my daughter to the National Irish Dance competition in Geelong (of all places!) this week. It just happens to be our 25th Wedding Anniversary on 6th October, the day after the dance competition ends. She said she would really like to drive the Great Ocean Road from Melbourne to Adelaide.

This just happens to be hailed as one of the greatest roads in the world. I am fortunate to own one of the greatest GT cars the world has ever seen. My wife even saw the obvious connection. We just have to drive it in the GTR!! We are going to have a couple of nights in Melbourne and then head along the Great Ocean Road.

So, first of all, I need to get me and the car to Geelong - which is 3,411 km from our house (approximately!).

So there you go.

Cheers. :P

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If your going to be in Adelaide Friday night, you should goto Villies, PM for more info however a bunch of SAU boys often meet there and then go for a nice drive,

Just an idea :P.

Wayne.

Sounds like a bit of fun, but having drive the Adelaide - Ceduna route a couple times, that is a days drive right there - you're pushing it over 2 days .... its a long hike, I'd recommend 3 days from Perth to Adelaide and 1 day from Adelaide to Melb - Leave tuesday and you'll be right :P Could be easier if your wife is with you and can take turns driving, but like weezy says if you'd like to meet folks, then the 'Cafe De Villis' just off South Road in Richmond is where many people meet.

-D

Wow sounds like a great trip, but you will not feel your arse after so many hours in an R34GTR seat.

And whilst The Great Ocean Road is very scenic, you and the wife will definitely be regretting doing it in a GTR. It is a damn long and uncomfortable trip in a nice cruiser - I can't even imagine the pain in the GTR. But hey, each to their own :P Have fun!

ROADTRIP!!

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i think going for a cruise around adelaide will be the last thing on ya mind by the time you get here. but feel free to come hang at vilis :P

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For the sake of your own sanity, catch the train to Adelaide and put the car on the back. Adelaide to Melbourne is bearable without cruise, but not Adelaide to Perth. You'd also want to take octane booster with you, as premium won't be available in many places.

Thanks for the comments, guys. Got the octane booster, car is too low for the train (has to clear 110 mm, so I am about 5mm to low on the exhaust and some suspension parts!). I have got some "skins" film to fight the stone chips and a couple of cushions to fight the GTR seats - Although I have had four hours in them without complaint - maybe it is just my #ss! I may check out Villis for a quick hello, but I am expecting to want to hit the sauna and then the hay!

If you do happen to see a Bayside Blue V Spec II with SAU WA stickers on it - that just might be me!

Cheers. :D

my gtr seats were awsome

but try doing it in a fixed bride zeta III so low you cant see over the dash. not THAT sucks

have fun with your trip dude

Did it in my car no worries, here to Melbourne and back. I thought it was pretty damned comfortable actually

Thanks for the comments, once more guys.

I am writing from the Norseman Railway Hotel, thanks to the miracle of a Telstra NextG thingo stuck into my laptop! More info in my thread in the WA forum, if you're interested. Main thing is that my back is not too bad, which for me is good! Added a folded towel to sit on, which helped.

Car just purred - GT driving at its best. Effortless and bags of power for overtaking.

Not sure NextG will work at the Nullabor Roadhouse tomorrow night - we will see.

Cheers. :(

Thanks for the comments, once more guys.

I am writing from the Norseman Railway Hotel, thanks to the miracle of a Telstra NextG thingo stuck into my laptop! More info in my thread in the WA forum, if you're interested. Main thing is that my back is not too bad, which for me is good! Added a folded towel to sit on, which helped.

Car just purred - GT driving at its best. Effortless and bags of power for overtaking.

Not sure NextG will work at the Nullabor Roadhouse tomorrow night - we will see.

Cheers. :(

hah awesome

keep us updated

an effort like yours deserves a reception of some sort - if you hit villies, ill go too

-D

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someone with some pc skills feel free to improve upon this krusty effort

That is brilliant. Sorry I didn't see it earlier!!

Hey, guys. Been through. Sorry I missed getting along to Villis. Only got in at about 7.30 and was knackered. I stayed at the Hotel Grand Chancellor on Hindley Street, which was an eye-opener! I got a massive cheer from the pub across the road when I pulled up outside the hotel. I was amazed how many pubs and t#t and b#m bars you could get in such a short distance!

Maybe I'll catch you next time. Currently at Port Wakefield and heading West.

Had a great time at a wonderful hotel in Melbourne and a fantastic restaurant (Grossi Florentino on Bourke Street). The Great Ocean Road was fantastic, both as a driving experience and so spectacular! More in my WA thread. Saw a few Skylines and had a few waves. Every place I stopped, people commented on the car. All good.

Cheers. :D

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