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Went for a drive today (Sunday 25th July) up through Mt Nebo and Mt Glorious and Somerset dam to Kilkoy and back through Mt Mee.

DAMN it seemed like every second car on the road was a Skyline.

Hopefully some of the people I gave waves to were from here.

Now that little trip would be a good daytime cruise. A couple of hundred km's of nice driving roads. And yes you can have fun on them without donning a Kamikaze headband and punting your pride and joy off a cliff/bank/into a ditch etc.

Perhaps I should post an EOI thread on a cruise round that route...

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I thought we were all banned from posting official cruises up there on this site forever.  Correct me if I'm wrong. anyone.  

"incidents" hey warwick.  Only 4 more sleeps.

I think general cruises are OK, but mountain runs are a no no...

lol...shhhh...I'm trying to forget :D

I think general cruises are OK, but mountain runs are a no no...

lol...shhhh...I'm trying to forget :rolleyes:

Yeah, I did mean cruise, not run. You know, daylight, legal speeds, bring your better half kind of thing.

Nothing wrong with the road if driven sensibly (no offence meant to the "spirited drivers" who we "don't talk about").

Just a thought.

On another note I did like the signs. You know the f***off big red ones that have a picture of a motorbike on them and say "CRASH ZONE AHEAD" and "SPEED CAUSES ACCIDENTS ON THIS ROAD"

Damn motorcyclists... Oh hang on, I'm one of them too!

D'oh.

I was up there Sun afternoon and hardly saw another car. Was a great run. As for getting worried about any "recent" event up there, nothing changes. I know someone who services the mountain and they pull someone out of a ditch at least once every weekend. The mortality rate is high there.

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