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Hope it was a good day for all.

Please post all your pictures and comments in here. If there are any suggestions you can make to improve our cruise days, put them in too!

If you attended today, loved it, and you're NOT a member of SAU-NSW, why not? There are many perks!! Now is as good a time as any to sign up, right?

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i filled out my membership form finally!

as for the cruise, great time had by all i think and only a patch of rain on the way home. Thanks for organising it guys, really was the cherry on the cake of a great wknd.

pics up soon but just wanted to say how much fun i had though i wouldnt have minded a few more twisties thrown in there, wish i had gone back via Putty road too but followed my nose onto the Great Western and got stuck in construction zone traffic with everyone else.:closedeyes:

Ah the old wrap up thread,,,how gay.

Hadn't been on a cruise in years and decided to tag along with the Pres,,,just to keep him sane.

Great day indeed,,,nice cars,,,cool people and a great lunch spot.

Cheers and thanks to the organizing peeps,,,,job very well done.

Neil.

Hope that everyone had a blast, was a good day! Thanks for navigating Benm :thumbsup:

Everyone got there in pretty much one piece, and the people I asked said that the food was pretty good.

Highway patrol were policing part of the road then had to go!, and poor Shell found a pothole near the end >_<

Post up them pics!

fantastic first cruise for me n my little cripple. got to meet and speak with almost everyone. enjoyed the roads up there too, good shake down for new tyres brake pads (still squeak like hell) and sway bars. and used just under half a tank!

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yes some were taken while driving :P so sue me hehe

heres the link to the album but will try and post some of the better ones in here..

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150255220586537.318740.511696536&type=1

when you see it...

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SAU sponsored by VB?

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yeah she was tiny, well done on her for wolfing all that down lol

how did she do the leg in? ski-ing trip or refusing to get in the kitchen?

btw great pies but not worth $9.50 IMHO

apple pie was pretty damn good but again, for 12 bucks i would have wanted something a little larger than i had. i think i have been spoilt by mostly eating from bargain basement asian bakeries in western sydney though lol

no idea why ben looked angry, i was just wandering around snapping pics at random. best way to get those 'natural moments'. You know, cinema verite and shit.

speaking of which, thats exactly what that was under the orange wheels. i got out of there pretty quick when he told me he was going to light up the rears upon leaving..

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First cruise with the club; first time out for new RB22 motor (got dropped in on Wednesday night); first time in the Megalong Valley; first drive of a Skyline for 17 year-old son.

All in all a number one day. Thank you to everyone involved - great bunch of people.

Looking forward to the next cruise in Canberra !!!

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