Sunday Session Cruise to the Beach.

[WhO]

Edit : This is for the 12th February

So following on from the earlier thread here's the deal.

Revised Route now has Mylor Maccasfield and Clarendon leg removed and thus goes Cherry Gardens > Chandlers Hill > Seacliff.

Makes it a bit of a quicker trip but I suppose that gives us more time for Photo's and Lunch.

So In Summary:
Revised Distance ~ 95km
Revised Driving time ~ 1hr45 - 2hrs

Start: Taylor Blend Hallett Road Burnside (for coffee / brunch)
Via: Ashton, Lenswood, Balhannah, Mt Lofty, Upper Sturt, Cherry Gardens, Chandlers Hill, Seacliff
Ending: Seacliff Beach Hotel (lunch stop)

Pause Points (brief stops to allow re-grouping only if necessary)
Lenswood Uniting Church - Corner Swamp Rd and Adelaide Lobethal Rd (POINT D ON MAP)
Mount Lofty Summit (definite stop in carpark)
Chandlers Hill Road outside Blue Dolphin Swim Center (POINT H ON MAP a couple hundred metres prior to turning onto Happy Valley Drive)

Meet Time:
10am for a 11am Sharp Departure. If your not planning on joining us for coffee / cake, feel free to drop in around 10.30, but we Will be leaving at 11am with or without you.

End Time: Approximately 1pm-1.15pm at the Seacliff Beach Hotel. Arrival time will depend on stops for photos (have included a generous time for this)

Sound Good?

Comments and feedback? Please select the appropriate option for yourself in the poll above.

Regarding bookings for lunch, none have been made yet but if there is enough interest we might do this.

EDIT PM me for a Google Maps of the Route

As always, anybody planning on coming and driving like a *insert asterisk here* DONT come. The roads chosen have plenty of corners where you can drive spiritedly but within speed limits. Drive at your own pace and if you do get lost / left behind divert to the next regroup / pause point. We will wait for lost members at these points. Mobile phone numbers w

[AdamD]

Sounds good WhO - thanks for organising. Weather is forecast to be mostly sunny and 27 - very nice. :)

[Stuwey]

Can't go.

Sadface.

[Aussie]

Me and Golfer_76 will be there representing MK1 golfs :)

[GTi Crow]

Should be there - probably a 10:30 to 10:45am arrival.

[WhO]

I drove the first Segment of the route today.

Now Goes Dept Point > Ashton > Lenswood > Oakbank > Carey Gully > Picadilly > Summertown > Mt Lofty

Then rest as previously planned.

I changed it because the run between lobethal and oakbank were straight boring roads.

Please PM me if you would like a copy of the route. I recommend this and having a quick study of the route prior to the day so that you are familiar with where we are going ahead of time.

I'm not going to drive the second segment as its not near where i live so as it stands the route has been finalised.

Distance is 95km and Time 1hr59 min according to Google, so still in spec.

Cheers,
Rob

[mk1turbo79]

Awsome, looking forward to it.

Sounds like a nice mix of cars too

[veedubnutz]

Nice one Rob! Took the bull by the horns there :) I may or may not be there in the Golf this time as I've got a few bits to do mechanically, but if not I'll try and drag Dan along... unless you want a passenger again Rob? :)

[AdamD]

A mate of mine will be joining us in his TT Quattro, so that's one more for the cruise.

[Aussie]

I went and found Taylor Blend. I wasn't too sure on route but I know the hills around lofty quite well and drove them home in the wet last night. Such great roads. It was a great drive except for the couple times I got understeer in the wet. The golf handles like its on rails. Absolutely love it :)

[AdamD]

Hope the weather holds out for us tomorrow! See you all in the morning.

[TomC]

I'll drop in for coffee in the morning at 10am so I can meet some of you. Unfortunately I have a family lunch on so won't be able to do the cruise :( Catch ya then.

[Golfer_76]

will be good to finally put some faces to names, should be a good day :)

[WhO]

Looks like the weather *should* hold out for us... question is, do I wash the car or not. If I do it almost surely guarantees a storm front to move in.

Just to make things upon departure easier, Can I suggest that everyone park on the eastern side of Hallett Road if possible.
Here's a photo of Taylor Blend (on the right of the photo) with my suggested parking marked with Red Lines. This is so that nobody has to do u-turns etc when we leave.
http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2012/02/taylorblendparking-1.jpg

I'll be in the Bora so if you see that you know I'm there. Since most (probably all) of you haven't met me, here's my ugly mug http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z124/WhO_0386/74a6358b.jpg. Dont look for a guy holding a gearbox though as you'll be waiting a while! If I find it i might be wearing a grey VW hat too.

See you all later this morning.

---------- Post added at 06:08 AM ---------- Previous post was at 05:58 AM ----------

Oh Last Thing, Taylor Blend DOESN'T have Eftpos (well not the last time I went) so if your planning on joining us there best be aware of this! :cool:

[phaeton]

I've decided to come to :D

[mk1turbo79]

There may be a few guys coming from ozaudi as well

[Aussie]

Had a great time. Was a great day except for my problems. Sorry for holding you all up and thanks a bunch for all the help. It did the same thing again a tiny bit coming up cement hill... Going to have to look into that. Was a great to meet all of you. Will have to do this more often. :)

[GTi Crow]

Enjoyed the day - well until I left at Mt Lofty. Here are the pics I took. Great to catch up finally with everyone.

http://s27.photobucket.com/albums/c199/GTiCrow/Golf%20Cruise/

[AdamD]

Great cruise guys! Good to meet you all, and many thanks to WhO (http://www.vwwatercooled.org.au/forums/members/who/) for organising the day!

A few photos from our stop at Mount Lofty:

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2012/02/20120212_vwwatercooled_cruise_001_800x53-1.jpg

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2012/02/20120212_vwwatercooled_cruise_002_533x80-1.jpg

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2012/02/20120212_vwwatercooled_cruise_003_800x53-1.jpg

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2012/02/20120212_vwwatercooled_cruise_004_800x53-1.jpg

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2012/02/20120212_vwwatercooled_cruise_005_800x53-1.jpg

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2012/02/20120212_vwwatercooled_cruise_006_800x53-1.jpg

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2012/02/20120212_vwwatercooled_cruise_007_800x53-1.jpg

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2012/02/20120212_vwwatercooled_cruise_008_533x80-1.jpg

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2012/02/20120212_vwwatercooled_cruise_009_800x53-1.jpg

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2012/02/20120212_vwwatercooled_cruise_010_800x53-1.jpg

See you all next time!

[Vee-Dub]

Hey guys cruise looks like it was good ! Woke up late then headed to loftys and saw a few of you there will defitnitley make the next one ! Pretty keen to go on a vw cruise :)

[TomC]

Photos look awesome - so jealous I couldn't make it... Weather was perfect! Next one I'm lockin' it in early :)

[veedubnutz]

Already sent my apologies to WhO! I was feeling a little err, rough after the night before... so didn't get motivated until the arvo. I did manage to do something car related on Sunday though... the British car display at Uraidla :)

Definitely make the next one I promise :facepalm:

[WhO]

Thanks to everyone that came along, was a great day. Looking forward to the next meet up, we should make it a more regular occurrence! Good to put some faces to the forum names :)

[SUMO MK1]

Nice pics, sorry I missed it. Hey this pic got me thinkin . . .

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2012/02/DSC_0001_20120212_113056-1.jpg

I was going to bring my mk1 hillclimb car to Day Of The Volks but it's not ready yet so I am going to bring my poo yellow mk1 instead, we should all park together . . . Yellow Mk1's FTW!

[Transporter]

Thanks to everyone that came along, was a great day. Looking forward to the next meet up, we should make it a more regular occurrence! Good to put some faces to the forum names :)

I agree we should meet more often. I wanted to go but got stuck at home after my first morning job, swapping the stuff from Golf 5 to new Tiguan and preparing Golf for sale. :)

[mk1turbo79]

Thanks Rob for getting it all together, thanks everyone for a great drive.

[veedubnutz]

So when's the next one? ;)