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Ladies and Gents, it's time that SAU:NSW throw another Social event.

We've recently held a successful evening out for our members with a few games of laser-tag followed up with a ghost tour, all of the people who came along had an amazing time, their only question? When's the next social event?

When??? Well the answer is OCTOBER 31st!.

What are we doing, I hear you ask??? Well we're taking a nice cruise from Kirrawee down to Headlands Hotel in Austinmer.

From where, and what time are we planning to leave??? Well we're meeting up at 10AM, for a 10:30AM Sharp leave, at the parking lot near the corner of Waratah St and Bath Road in Kirrawee.

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Where to then? Well, we head left out of that carpark to Toronto Parade, turn left, and follow this down to the Princes Highway.

After travelling down to the Princes Highway, we hang a right heading for the Royal National Park turn off at Sutherland.

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As we near the National Park at Sutherland, we need to turn left down Farnell Ave. Once we turn here, there will be a bit of room on the left where we can pull over and get everyone to bunch back up.

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As we head into the Royal National Park, we'll be informing the "Gatesmen" that we are not stopping in the National Park and travelling through to Wollongong. (Which we are, into a northern Suburb of Wollongong). This means we don't have to pay to go through.

From here we just shoot through the Royal National Park and pop out down the bottom at Bald Hill.

After Bald Hill, we will be taking the left turn down Lawrence Hargrave Drive.

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We will follow Lawrence Hargrave Drive down until Headlands Ave, at which point we will turn left, and pull into the carpark at Headlands Hotel.

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Now this hotel does have some "Down Under Hollywood Class", being the main on-site filming location for the Australian Show headLand

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There is plenty of park land around the Hotel, and after a bit of a feed, I will be proposing a bit more socialising and some fun activities (Weather permitting)

If the weather does fault, then we'll just stay inside, have our chats, and shoot some pool.

On this cruise we will ALL be sticking to the speed limit.

There will be NO DRIFTING.

NO BURNOUTS

NOTHING ILLEGAL!

We will be the most courteous users on the road, and we will not be doing ANYTHING to cause any disrepute for the club.

As with all SAU:NSW events, this cruise will run under a CAMS permit.

This will be another fun day, with the only cost a bit of fuel, and what ever you decide to eat and drink.

For those of you who decide you need more than one or two during the afternoon, please organise a safe way home.

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... sounds like a top day ... if im not working ill go ... :( ...

... its been a while since i drove through the national park ... does it still have those little "causeway" dips in the road to let excess rain run off ... depending on that ill either take the R33 or micra ... :/ ...

... cheers malcolm :) ...

... sounds like a top day ... if im not working ill go ... :( ...

... its been a while since i drove through the national park ... does it still have those little "causeway" dips in the road to let excess rain run off ... depending on that ill either take the R33 or micra ... :) ...

... cheers malcolm :) ...

Hey Malcolm, they've recently resurfaced the top half of the National Park, and it's nice and smooth up there, the bottom section is still the "old" road that's been down for at least the last 3 years (With a few new sections)

I've never come across these "causeway" dips you mention though, only the surface starting to become uneven from subsidence.

The R33 should be perfectly fine to go through there, I used to take mine through their on the old road all the time and never had an issue (And it was quite low back then!). If you scrub or scrape out, then you're probably already heading for a tree, and as this is a general casual sunday cruise, this will be very relaxed and easy on the car.

Hey Malcolm, they've recently resurfaced the top half of the National Park, and it's nice and smooth up there, the bottom section is still the "old" road that's been down for at least the last 3 years (With a few new sections)

I've never come across these "causeway" dips you mention though, only the surface starting to become uneven from subsidence.

The R33 should be perfectly fine to go through there, I used to take mine through their on the old road all the time and never had an issue (And it was quite low back then!). If you scrub or scrape out, then you're probably already heading for a tree, and as this is a general casual sunday cruise, this will be very relaxed and easy on the car.

... hi matt & thanks for the "special stage" notes ! :P ... maybe im imagining those dips in the road or they were somewhere else !? ... ill try my hardest to show up ... im a freelancer in the film industry & we never know what we're doing till we're doing it ... im working this sunday & will miss out on katoomba so ill be more than peeved if it happens again ... fingers crossed ... see you on the day ... cheers malcolm :rant:

On this cruise we will ALL be sticking to the speed limit.

There will be NO DRIFTING.

NO BURNOUTS

NOTHING ILLEGAL!

We will be the most courteous users on the road, and we will not be doing ANYTHING to cause any disrepute for the club.

... i cannot stress enough how much i agree with & support ALL of the above ...

... as ive mentioned before a 10 year old member of my family was killed in a parking lot while she was walking back from the shops by some moron who was showing off doing a burnout ... he lost control sideways mounted the kerb & the car rolled over & landed on top of her ...

... if youre a dickhead who cant help themselves & has to behave like a moron or if youre not a dickhead but think theres a good chance youll be a moron on this particular day ...

,,, STAY AT HOME ... :P ...

The R33 should be perfectly fine to go through there, I used to take mine through their on the old road all the time and never had an issue (And it was quite low back then!). If you scrub or scrape out, then you're probably already heading for a tree, and as this is a general casual sunday cruise, this will be very relaxed and easy on the car.

I've been through there a few times recently in the 33R and IIRC there *is* one section Malcolm at a river crossing (causeway) where the concrete does dip a little, and if you take it at, say 40km/h, your front splitter may kiss the tarmac (which I've done unfortunately :( ) so when you round the bend and see the causeway over the river, I'd drop it to about 20km/h or less.

Someone who does the road more frequently should be able to confirm / refute

I've been through there a few times recently in the 33R and IIRC there *is* one section Malcolm at a river crossing (causeway) where the concrete does dip a little, and if you take it at, say 40km/h, your front splitter may kiss the tarmac (which I've done unfortunately :down: ) so when you round the bend and see the causeway over the river, I'd drop it to about 20km/h or less.

Someone who does the road more frequently should be able to confirm / refute

If you're tempted to go through there that quick, you're tempting fate to end up in the cause way...

That cause way can get VERY slippery at times. The direction we'll be heading if you carry too much speed onto that causeway it will often end in understeer, and it's only a narrow crossing really!

Just so you all know, I'll be coming UP through the national park before the cruise as well to take note of anything that is out of the ordinary (For the RNP anyway!)

Just so you all know, I'll be coming UP through the national park before the cruise as well to take note of anything that is out of the ordinary (For the RNP anyway!)

Once went through there at night and came across a couple of *deer* standing in the middle of the road. :blush: Was foggy too, crazy stuff.

RNP definitely requires keeping eyes peeled and wits about, even more than usual.

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