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Poodroo
12-12-2010, 04:11 PM
Well the Fun Cruise has been and gone and for those of you who turned up I firstly want to thank you so much for supporting the event by coming along to it. It was fantastic to see you all. Thank you also to Adam (Carbon) for organizing the food, drinks, and prizes for the event. Top effort.
To start the cruise off I met up with two other cars at the MacDonalds Springwood branch at 8:30am and snapped a few photos while there was no rain and the cars were still clean and photo worthy.

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At 8:45am and no sign of Adam a quick phone call and it was decided that it would be easier if we met Adam enroute on the Gateway arterial road on the way so the three cars convoyed and picked him up on the way to the Caltex at Carseldine where we met up with the rest of the group almost on time. A few more photos before the bad weather took hold.

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A little after 10:00am we all hopped in our cars (10 cars in total) and headed for the scenic drive to Mt. Mee behind Glenn (VEWARRIOR) as our lead car. Some of the best enjoyable driving I have done in ages and one of the most photographic sections was where we were in the mountains travelling through low lying cloud. I would have snapped a photo but driving in wet conditions in low visibility and taking photos could be construed as being a little dangerous.

After Mt.Mee I took the lead and headed the convoy to Bribie Island but with the wet weather closing in it was clear that the BBQ was going to be very uncomfortable for all so Glenn kindly offered the comfort of his home to the club where we could all eat and most of all remain dry whilst doing so. Thanks heaps Glenn for that act of generosity. At Glenn's place we cooked up some food, enjoyed some drinks but most of all enjoyed some friendly banter and Adam organized a lucky draw where I was the lucky recipient of my Meguiar's Pack.

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I realized because Anthony was a late arrival at the Caltex that I didn't manage a photo of his car either so I had to snap one last photo of a car at Glenn's place just so he didn't miss out having his car getting in on the action.

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The cruise was a very successful day especially seeing as the weather dealt us a bad hand. I admire the fact that some members still put in the effort to come along despite the rain. Thanks again guys. Pat yourselves on the back!

Cheers,

Andrew
Poodroo
12-12-2010, 04:14 PM
Just one more photo that I couldn't squeeze into the main report because I exceeded my image quota by one image. :sleeping:

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Andrew
VEWARRIOR
13-12-2010, 12:32 AM
Nice one Andrew... cool shots mate.. Thanks for getting the ball rolling on this and keeping it going and getting us all togeather.

Looking forward to the next already...
Poodroo
13-12-2010, 06:20 AM
You're welcome Glenn. My pleasure. I enjoyed it!

Andrew
Carbon
13-12-2010, 06:46 AM
Yeah, was a really great day. Not even the rain could put a stop to it.

Lets hope this is the begining of bigger and better things.
ols199
13-12-2010, 07:35 AM
Hey guys had a great day, cant wait till the next 1, even my partner as said she had a great day n enjoyed meeting new people and other famlys with kids, was great of u glen to welcome us back to ur place mate. Hope the next 1 wont be to far away.
Poodroo
13-12-2010, 08:46 AM
Yeah, was a really great day. Not even the rain could put a stop to it.

Lets hope this is the begining of bigger and better things.
There's some ideas popping into my head already for new events and cruises for the future should I be events coordinator or at least one of the coordinators. Next year should be fun. ;)

Hey guys had a great day, cant wait till the next 1, even my partner as said she had a great day n enjoyed meeting new people and other famlys with kids, was great of u glen to welcome us back to ur place mate. Hope the next 1 wont be to far away.

Shai I am glad to have met you and so glad that you came along and had a good time. Hope to see you again for future events.

Andrew
Mark
13-12-2010, 10:14 AM
Looked like a good day guys. Hopefully I'll be out and about in the near future in another Commodore..what kind is the only issue I'm having at the moment..
Poodroo
13-12-2010, 10:25 AM
Looked like a good day guys. Hopefully I'll be out and about in the near future in another Commodore..what kind is the only issue I'm having at the moment..

Mark it doesn't matter to me what kind you end up with. I was kind of hoping there was going to be a representation yesterday of some older models like the good old VK's and VL's. I would have loved to see them powering on around some of those corners but it seemed like only the later models showed.

Andrew
tyrant
13-12-2010, 10:46 AM
Hey all Had a great day yesterday. A big cheers to Andrew and Adam for organising and a big thanks to Glen for providing some respite from the wonderful rain :( for a while and getting the chance to meet some new people.

Had fun and look forward to another one. Wish I had have gotten there earlier for a dry pic but that one looks great Andrew, but the missus was umming and arring and of course only decided to come as I was walking out the door. Glad to report she had fun too.

Cheers
Anthony.
DC347
13-12-2010, 12:04 PM
Good to see some new faces on the scene getting out there. Hope it happens again real soon

Didn't realise mine looks that "White" time for a change

Cheers Chris
Poodroo
13-12-2010, 12:52 PM
Hey all Had a great day yesterday. A big cheers to Andrew and Adam for organising and a big thanks to Glen for providing some respite from the wonderful rain :( for a while and getting the chance to meet some new people.

Had fun and look forward to another one. Wish I had have gotten there earlier for a dry pic but that one looks great Andrew, but the missus was umming and arring and of course only decided to come as I was walking out the door. Glad to report she had fun too.

Cheers
Anthony.

Thanks Anthony. Glad you could make it. Better late than never. Has the missus managed to convince you that she needs a new car yet? Go the Clubsport I reckon. ;)

Good to see some new faces on the scene getting out there. Hope it happens again real soon

Didn't realise mine looks that "White" time for a change

Cheers Chris

Your car sure looked white to me for a little while Chris. Should keep it that way. It kind of looks nice. Lol

Andrew
vtcluby
13-12-2010, 05:25 PM
Thanks guys for a great day and was a good to meet you all. Can't wait for the next one!
370HSSV
13-12-2010, 06:00 PM
Great to meet a few new faces, I had a great time on that road :) my exhaust didnt :(

Bummer I had to leave early too, lookin forward to catchin up more in the new year.

Cheers
Dave
Poodroo
13-12-2010, 06:12 PM
Thanks guys for a great day and was a good to meet you all. Can't wait for the next one!
You're welcome mate. Will try and get another one happening early in the new year.

Great to meet a few new faces, I had a great time on that road :) my exhaust didnt :(

Bummer I had to leave early too, lookin forward to catchin up more in the new year.

Cheers
Dave

Dave I just loved the sound of your car. That idle was just so nice. Wouldn't mind a slightly more cammy idle on mine.I should start pricing it up to prepare myself for the shock. Lol Thanks for coming along.

Andrew
keith reed
13-12-2010, 08:11 PM
One of the positives that Bernadette got from the run was that there other women there. So come on you blokes bring the better half along.
DC347
13-12-2010, 09:32 PM
You mean the Traction Contol / Speed alert. I love mine but both of us would rather she stayed at home.
ols199
13-12-2010, 09:47 PM
My missus can be like that at time, but dosnt mind the od squit... But like keith said my missus enjoyed meet new women as well.
hel61
14-12-2010, 05:15 AM
agree with every ones comment ,great day big thanks to all who put the effort in dave
Poodroo
14-12-2010, 01:54 PM
One of the positives that Bernadette got from the run was that there other women there. So come on you blokes bring the better half along.
It's great that Bernadette came and actually had a good time. I have to admit that she impressed me. I was half expecting to see her with the rolling pin out after some of those corners.:hit head:
I also encourage more of the spouses to join in. It's awesome to see them come along. Mine was meant to be there but there's not much you can do when morning sickness strikes. :(

You mean the Traction Contol / Speed alert. I love mine but both of us would rather she stayed at home.
If mine came I'd have been going slower for sure....lol

My missus can be like that at time, but dosnt mind the od squit... But like keith said my missus enjoyed meet new women as well.
I think mine will be okay once the baby is born. In the meantime I don't want to scare anything out of her prematurely..lol

agree with every ones comment ,great day big thanks to all who put the effort in dave

You're welcome Dave.. More great days to come. ;)

Andrew
keith reed
14-12-2010, 06:35 PM
No need for a rolling pin. Bernadette doesn't like me driving fast so I don't.