Cruise To Robertons Shop, Via Maq. Pass 7.2.10

[princess01]

Hi Guys,

I thought it about time that we had another cruise down this way for the Western Sydney siders (any anyone else who would like to make the trip:)

As usual, we will begin at KFC carpark in the Cross Roads Home Mega Center on the corners of Beech Rd and Camden Valley Way. We will head down the Hume till Picton Rd then follow that until we hit Princes HWY. Then Illawara Hwy until we hit Maq Pass. For those who havnt done this rd before, it is a windy fun road ending up at a yummy pie shop:)

Meet at 11am Sunday 7th Feb the to cruise at 11.30am sharp

Bring your radios if you have them, makes for bit more of an intersting trip especially on the straight rds:)

Look forward to seeing you there.

Am personally coming down from Merrylands area on the cumberland hwy so am happy to meet anyonw wanting to cruise together to Cross Roads together. would say meet at 10.15 for 10.30am sharp departure at the Maccas on Orange Grove Rd (aka cumberland hwy) Liverpool.

[nIsMo86]

Sweet i should be up for this one. Havent been to mac pass in ages

[princess01]

1. Continue on Beech Rd, Casula - head towards Camden Valley Wy 17m 1sec

2. Turn right onto Camden Valley Wy, Casula 9m 1sec

3. Turn right onto Beech Rd, Casula 0.2km 21sec

4. At the roundabout - take the 2nd exit onto Beech Rd, Casula 0.5km 45sec

5. At the roundabout - take the 1st exit onto Beech Rd, Casula 0.2km 18sec

6. Turn right onto Campbelltown Rd, Glenfield at Department Of Education Regional Centre 0.1km 6sec

7. Continue along Hume Hwy, Glenfield 36.5km 21min

8. Veer left onto Picton Rd Exit, Wilton 0.7km 27sec

9. Continue along Picton Rd, Wilton 27.3km 19min

10. Continue along Mt Ousley Rd, Cataract 5.3km 4min

11. Continue along Southern Fwy, Mt Ousley at University Of Wollongong 18km 12min

12. Continue along Princes Hwy, Yallah 2.6km 2min

13. At the roundabout - take the 2nd exit onto Illawarra Hwy, Albion Park Rail 4.6km 5min

14. At the roundabout - take the 2nd exit onto Illawarra Hwy, Tullimbar 12.4km 8min

15. Continue on Illawarra Hwy, Robertson - head towards Mount Murray Rd 7km 5min

16. Arrive at Illawarra Hwy, Robertson

Sub Total: 115.5km 1hr 19min

Robertson Pie Shop

4400 Illawarra Hwy, Robertson, NSW 2577

[NYTSKY]

Im a maybe.

[08r3308]

im in

[SHANE666]

woohoo!

Cant wait...I owe you this one Gem!

Hopefully will have my turbo by then!

[niZmO_Man]

Heh, done it with the R31 boys, even done it by myself! Should be interesting, will see if I can make it. Can never have enough of the Pie Run.

[gizzmo]

Will let ya's know closer to date....

[evil_weevil]

When your there, you must have the chicken bacon andcheese pie = WIN

[N1GTR]

I have to agree with Chris.

Or go with a sure thing, steak and mushroom

[roadworia]

im in for this one for sure...

[lowered_skyline]

Sounds ke a pretty sweet cruise , im a maybe , comin from central coast , so its a hike just gettin there , hah ,

[GTR-N1]

Certainly interested Gemma thanks.

Suggestion?

The convoy pauses at Albion Park West near the new estate roundabout!

Why?

At 11.30am, the traffic will be quite dense!

So?

As the convoy resumes from Albion Pk to the base of the Pass > GO SLOW = VERY SLOW > then you get a good head of steam from the base of the Pass up the hill - or should I say, some of it.

Fun?

There are 180 apexes from the base to the pie shop - but there are only 2X overtaking lanes up the escarpment and the last one is already near the top. But it'll be good fun regardless.

Letting police know that this is a charity run?

Might be helpful?

Pics & Vids?

After the pie shop, some cars can do the loop through Ranelagh House and out again with the shooters at the far end of the archway + drivers turn on their lights! But care needs to be taken over little sharp speed humps on site.

And afterwards?

1) go back down the Pass?

2) go down via Jamberoo Mtn Rd > Swamp Rd? = less traffic

[Sheng]

therre

[Big Amph]

If I still got the Skyline then I'm def in...

[princess01]

I have to agree with Chris.

Or go with a sure thing, steak and mushroom

Hehe. havnt yet had the cheese bacon but have had the steak and mush. they are great. I must say i do love the plain chicken though. It is yummy

[princess01]

Certainly interested Gemma thanks.

Suggestion?

The convoy pauses at Albion Park West near the new estate roundabout!

Why?

At 11.30am, the traffic will be quite dense!

So?

As the convoy resumes from Albion Pk to the base of the Pass > GO SLOW = VERY SLOW > then you get a good head of steam from the base of the Pass up the hill - or should I say, some of it.

Fun?

There are 180 apexes from the base to the pie shop - but there are only 2X overtaking lanes up the escarpment and the last one is already near the top. But it'll be good fun regardless.

Letting police know that this is a charity run?

Might be helpful?

Pics & Vids?

After the pie shop, some cars can do the loop through Ranelagh House and out again with the shooters at the far end of the archway + drivers turn on their lights! But care needs to be taken over little sharp speed humps on site.

And afterwards?

1) go back down the Pass?

2) go down via Jamberoo Mtn Rd > Swamp Rd? = less traffic

Sounds good to me You offering to lead???, im open for any changes so long as they are documented and better the cruise.

[oweban]

am i good to meet you guys in albion park somewhere? maq pass is like 5 minutes from my house hah, no point in me driving to sydney then back

The idea about all meeting just after the Tullimbah roundabout is a good one; there's a bit of a stretch where we can all collect and make sure noone's left behind. Then you just rolllll on out... get some gaps happening, then the pass is much more fun :3

[GTR-N1]

Gemma, I may be meeting you all just past the Tullimbah roundabout as well since I may be staying down at Sussex Inlet on the 6th (after a corporate body meeting there).

I may end up waiting there with 'cpd' for you all.

The reason why we would take-off slowly from the roundabout is to create more space between the convoy and any other cars already going up the pass.

One just has to be a bit careful of any trucks coming down the pass and negotiating a left-hand hairpin.

If I do rock up, I'll be happy to do a vid of the cars going up the pass at the left-hand hairpin at the large rockface just before the 2nd Overtaking Lane section &/OR thru the Ranelagh House Archway.

Cheers, Terry

[gizzmo]

Should be good to go....///// Bring it on.......