Anyone up for a run to Mt Donna Buang on 2/9/2007

[FknDubbin]

If theres any interest, i would like to organise a drive up to Mt Donna Buang via Warburton next Sunday. Mainly as a get to know people thing and also to go for a drive with some like minded people! Let me know whos down for this!

P.S i just couldnt wait for Bay Cruise! j:

Travel 77.72 km,
Est. Time 1 hour 15 mins

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[Tensixty6]

Sounds good, only problem being it's Fathers Day.

[FknDubbin]

No. tommorow is fathers day. woops i got the date wrong... next weekend!!

[Tim]

Im in.
Can u modify the first post with a departure time and location. Also do u have a specific route in mind? Im not overly familiar with that part of the world. Also save the map u plotted and rehost it somewhere. cos the link has expired!

oh and also
Come on the rest of u lazy buggers. Lets get out and about. I wanna see at least one of each Mk of golf

[FknDubbin]

Mad. Ill do that tonight Tim.

[FknDubbin]

Nobody at all besides Tim???

What a lazy bunch you guys are.... n:

[Tim]

no worries it will be very romantic if its just u and i :P

i can hear u praying now someone else wants to come

[gpk_gti]

hehehehe,,,good one you love birds! hahaha ,, id join you 2 if i wasnt 2000kms away!!! enjoy ......:D

[FknDubbin]

no worries it will be very romantic if its just u and i :P

i can hear u praying now someone else wants to come


Bring your gf and ill bring mine. We can play swapsies!!! ;)

[Uomo]

I've no idea where Mt Donna Buang is??

Where are you meeting up, i would be keen if meeting close to city.

[99gti]

It's a tentative from me. Hopefully I can make it. I'll get back to you on this one!!! :)

[Oneofthegreats]

What's happening with this.

May try & make it. Definately a long trip for me! 1.5 hour's just to get to Melb.

Where's the meetup point & at what time?

Also, where is MT Donna Buang?

[Oneofthegreats]

Is this cruise over before it started?

Car's finally finished & wanting to cruise!

[golf3]

Yer, I guess I'm in...

You just wanna go for a drive with all your new fun bits...;)

[Uomo]

who is organising this???
There are a few of us keen? but no time, meeting place etc..etc...:?

[FknDubbin]

Time: 1pm for a 1.30pm depart
Where: Volkspower 12 Florence Street
Burwood.

I will have cruise details printed out and available for all members to follow!

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[Tim]

awesome. ill try and talk a couple of my mates into coming as well.
a mk1 cabby and a barely run in mk5 gti.

[Water Boy]

Is this on this Sunday??? :?

[FknDubbin]

Yes its on Sunday.

[Water Boy]

Ill see what my ol man says... :(

[Oneofthegreats]

Look's like going to be a long day for me!

Can't wait.

Anyone from near the city centre want to meet up at Albert Park roughly around noon?

[ausgolfer]

I could be in, see how sat night goes. Would be up for a noon meet at Albert park if I can make it.

[FknDubbin]

Awesome! Cant wait for Sunday!

[Tim]

I could be in, see how sat night goes. Would be up for a noon meet at Albert park if I can make it.

Im taking the mrs out for dinner tonight so ill probly be crashing in brunswick. Im happy to meet anyone at the albert park meet carpark and then cruise up to the departure point. Although i need you guys to commit to it. Else ill just head out and meat Matt at volkspower.

I also have one passenger seat for anyone that is trying to use the "my car isnt up to scratch" excuse.

And i know most of us probly have eachothers mob numbers but for any new guys thinking of coming along my number is 0411380529. its handy to have it in case u get lost or something.

[Tim]

ok so we have 2 meet points.

Here at 1PM
http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/


or here at 12pm SHARP for anyone wanting to cruise up tot he other meet point from the city
http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2007/09/albertparkmeetspot-2.jpg

[Oneofthegreats]

I'll meet you there Tim. I reckon you'll know your way around Melb. a ton of alot better than what I do. I'll follow.

What's the number's upto now?

[Tim]

a quick look back over the thread shows some interest from the following people.

fkndubbin
Tim
Tims mate #1
Tims mate #2
Uomo
99gti
golfworx
golf3
Ausgolfer if he gets his arse into gear.

Not many have committed 100% yet though! id say we comefortably have 5 which is actually a nice # for a cruise anyways. Easier to manage.

I have a UHF radio somewhere at home. ill try dig that up in time to bring it if anyone else is bringing one might make it a bit more interesting

[Water Boy]

Hope u guys have a great day and take heaps of pics for me... Unfortunatley i couldnt get the day off work as im having next sunday off to compete in a hill climb... Oh well...

Have fun and take it easy :D

James :)

[awestonvp]

95% sure I'll be there. Meet you at volkspower

[Water Boy]

Report and pics... Howd it go guys and girls???

James :)

[Tim]

was a nice day out!
I was happy we got a mk1 GTI, MK2 GTI, MK3 VR6, Mk4 1.6L and a nice black MK5 GTI.

we cruised out to warburton for lunch then up mt donna buang. Nice twisty bit of road and not too much traffic out that way. Although we did encounter a couple of slow-coaches.

But yes certainly and enjoyable day.

The other guys took plenty of pics im sure they will post some soon.

[Oneofthegreats]

As Tim said.

Was an awesome day for me, even though it was 10.15am to 7.30pm for me. Back's absolutely rapped! Ahh Well.

Sorry for the quality of the pic's. Haven't loaded the software for mum's good camera yet. The other's have some good pic's.

Awesome scenery, drive, road's, company & day for it. Pitty there wasn't more but suprisingly got all the different mark's of golf's! Also no problem's either.

Alway's good to meet some new face's & good to catch up with the familiar one's too.

Larry's beasty black Mk5 GTI,
Matt's suprisingly freakish handling Mk4 1.6,
Tim's cool lightly smoky MK3 VR6,
Carl's skitish Mk2 16V
& my fuel gussling Mk1 GTI.
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[Oneofthegreats]

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I'll have to get the other camera up & going. Cool scenery pic's.

[Water Boy]

Hey hey all the Mk's... Looks good guys... Great weather too...

James :)

[FknDubbin]

Hey guys!
Awesome day today! Loved every minute of it. The drive was great and the weather even better. Alan, sorry we lost you so early on. Unfortunately we didnt even realise till we were in Warburton! To those that didnt come, you guys missed out big time!

I enjoyed organising this cruise and if you guys show interest, i would be willing to organise more events. Cruises, GTG's and other social stuff on a once a month basis. You guys dont seem to get out and do much stuff as a club and i wouldnt mind changing that!!

Once again, great company, great cars, awesome day!

BRING ON BAY CRUISE!!!

(Pics to follow 2moro)

[Oneofthegreats]

The good camera didn't have the memory card in it & this is all I got of the good pics

BLEEDING!

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[Oneofthegreats]

Who's afraid of height's?;) Was only a few in feet in elevation.

I was knackered climbing the lookout!

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[FknDubbin]

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More 2moro!

[Jarred]

yea twas a nice troop of cars you guys had
nice pics tim, wished I coulda been there, but oh well
hope carls handbrake didn't fail him again? hahah

[Oneofthegreats]

hope carls handbrake didn't fail him again? hahah

Ha Haaaaa.

I had to keep reminding him to leave it in gear.

Pissa

Heat & disc brake handbrakes don't mix! Period.

[vwthunder]

WOW

Love the MK2 looks sweet, what wheels are they.

I was going to come, but have to wait till I get my KW's put in
I will try to come to the next one if they do start happening on a regular basis

[ausgolfer]

Thanks Thunder, They're my original 'small bumper' 16v wheels they're called Montreal style. I just don't have the centre caps on them.

The tyres on them weren't confidence inspiring yesterday to say the least, or it could be the shot front wheel bearings or the major need for a wheel alignment. But still awesome fun through the twisty bits. Plenty of traction lost by me....

I have heaps of pics to come just haven't had the chance to resize them yet.

PS. Shame on you for not coming ;)

Oh and was saw quite a few other cars of interest on the cruise namely about 8 Ford Focus XR5's, a few Mk5 Gti's going the opposite direction throughout the day and a Black Mk5 Gti 3door that lined up in front of Golfworx(Tim Mk1 Gti) and myself at a set of lights, and had a bit of a squirt up a hill.

[Tim]

Plenty of traction lost by me....



me thinks someone got bored behind that 4wd on the way down the mountain. either that or your brake bias is all wrong :P

[Water Boy]

Carl your Mk2 is looking so good... Just got to get the rims on and some go fast bits... I love the stance from the DMS's...

James :)

[burtybear]

Hey Guys, sorry I couldn't make it. It certainly looked like a good day out, weather was really nice for a trip like this. Good to see the whole spectrum of GTI's on show! I'm not sure whether I would have fitted in with such esteemed company, but I look forward to another cruise like this. I'm gearing up for the charity cruise in Movember, but if there are any other cruises planned, I may be in!:)

[Oneofthegreats]

Black Mk5 Gti 3door that lined up in front of Golfworx(Tim Mk1 Gti) and myself at a set of lights, and had a bit of a squirt up a hill.

I had him right where I wanted himj: In front of me.

Only pulled roughly 5-7 car length's on me going up the hill & he caught me off guard. You could tell he was into it. Had the compulsory black smoke from the back.

[Uomo]

me front brake disks were smokin hot from hard breaking all the twisties...j:

[Oneofthegreats]

The road's were awesome for some spirited driving.

Was abit hard on the brakes as you say Uomo.

[WABIT]

i didnt know it was on.......... goes to show i dont look here!!

wabit

[ausgolfer]

me thinks someone got bored behind that 4wd on the way down the mountain. either that or your brake bias is all wrong :P

Boredom indeed, brake bias is good.j:

[ausgolfer]

i didnt know it was on.......... goes to show i dont look here!!

wabit

You must have a new phone, I txt'd you. j:

[ausgolfer]

Here are my pics finally, sorry for any that are the same as others but anyway...
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Golfworx mk1 and my mk2
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http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2007/09/mk1side-3.jpg
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Tim when he finally arrived...

[ausgolfer]

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Tim cleaned his wheels just for the day....
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Shamless plug for the site, on a lovely clean mk3...
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Dandenong road on the way to the 2nd meet spot.
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Warburton Visitors centre.

[ausgolfer]

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The cars in Warburton where we stopped for a bite.
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Approaching the Moutain in the distance.

[ausgolfer]

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Apparently the sign knows the way.
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Bit of an action shot.
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Stopped half way up the Mountain at a lovely droppit toilet. Steamy!

[ausgolfer]

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More action.
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Here's the view from the top.
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The view tower and a bit of an arty shot.
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Standing around up the top.

[ausgolfer]

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Cheeky mk5.
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On the way down was fun!
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[ausgolfer]

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The procession.
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The other mk5 we saw with custom plates.

[ausgolfer]

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Passed Revolution Racegear on the way home.
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One for the Coupe fans and Diesel fans alike, couldn't resist. Loved the 406 Coupes myself!
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Final one on the Eastern Fwy into the sunset.

[GoLfMan]

nice shots mate

[FknDubbin]

Great pics!!

[Water Boy]

Carl im must say again your Mk2 is looking ace... Are they the G60 flares?

James :)

[ausgolfer]

Carl im must say again your Mk2 is looking ace... Are they the G60 flares?

James :)

Yeah mate G60's all round (just need some wheels to fill them), thanks for the comments ;)

[Oneofthegreats]

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Awesome pics Carl. Didn't realize you took so many, & especially action shot's.

Top job.

[ausgolfer]

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Awesome pics Carl. Didn't realize you took so many, & especially action shot's.

Top job.

;) hence my strange driving from time to timej:
lots of the action pics were too blurry to put up, and rightly so we weren't going at a relaxed pace.

[BlackVr6ix]

Sorry I couldn't make it guys, stupid work.

Nice to see the mk1-mk5 progression, some awesome shots there guys.

[Uomo]

Thanks for the awesome pictures of my black monsta!:D

Regretting i didn't bring my camera....:? oh well next time.

[99gti]

Bugger! I forgot all about it!!! Thankfully I'm finished doing my graveyard shift for a few months at least. Now....what day are we again????

Awesome shots guys. Will we see you all for the bay cruise?

[FknDubbin]

Bugger! I forgot all about it!!! Thankfully I'm finished doing my graveyard shift for a few months at least. Now....what day are we again????

Awesome shots guys. Will we see you all for the bay cruise?


Fkn oath!!