Dstock's Bonfire

sublime19 · Post by **sublime19** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 4:14 pm

Ok, figured might as well start a thread.

- General Consensus so far : Depart 5am from Sydney
- Where to meet is yet to be decided.

Also this will help us get confirmation with numbers.

Can one of co-ordinators please provide some options

J · Post by J » Mon Mar 16, 2009 4:51 pm

^^^ yes please.

I know we are posted on D's thread but for nsw meetup confirmation purposes i think we should start a list.

1. Aza
2. Sublime19
3. Jay

Btw ill bring a few six packs and a jack daniels bottle.

Post by **aza013** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 6:42 pm

well if I dont drive down to dstocks on Friday night I will be leaving at about 05:00 Saturday

still thinking about what way I want to go this time coast road or freeway

J · Post by J » Mon Mar 16, 2009 7:12 pm

aza013 wrote:well if I dont drive down to dstocks on Friday night I will be leaving at about 05:00 Saturday
still thinking about what way I want to go this time coast road or freeway

Im good for friday night aswell... The earlier we get there, the more parts i can sort through muahahaha

xSlurpee · Post by **xSlurpee** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 9:43 pm

jay6 wrote:
aza013 wrote:well if I dont drive down to dstocks on Friday night I will be leaving at about 05:00 Saturday
still thinking about what way I want to go this time coast road or freeway
Im good for friday night aswell... The earlier we get there, the more parts i can sort through muahahaha

oh you evil bstard

sublime19 · Post by **sublime19** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 12:00 am

Hmm, 5am Saturday sounds fine to me, dunno about Friday night though

Post by **aza013** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 2:09 pm

I think the 05:00 Sat is the way to go

koolio1234 · Post by **koolio1234** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 9:28 pm

1. Aza
2. Sublime19
3. Jay
4. koolio1234

Count me in....usually I'm a night time person but for safety and visibility concerns, 5am Saturday might be the way to go. As long as everyone gets some sleep though.

Should we meet at Car Park PF6 @ Homebush or is there somewhere more appropriate as we are heading south?

nicholas · Post by **nicholas** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 6:57 pm

OKAY guys, i was thinking about how we can get there.
Here are two proposals. Direct it's about 4 hours by Google's watch (typically google is pretty pessimistic by FTO standards!) Twisties is about 6 hours (again, Google doesn't know FTOs go through corners faster than trucks).

Plan A - scenic twisties:
420km / 6 hours 9 minutes

Go via the M2, LCT, SHT, ED, M5 (all TOLLS)
RNP, Mt Kiera, Mac Pass, Robertsons Pies, then direct to Hume Hwy + Goulbourn

http://maps.google.com.au/maps?f=d&sour ... =UTF8&z=15

Plan B - highway direct:

Direct onto M7 (TOLL), Hume Hwy, Goulbourn
325km / 4 hours 16 minutes

http://maps.google.com.au/maps?f=d&sour ... =UTF8&z=13

Bennoz, if you can let me know which way you were planning on going, I can map that out too.

bushido · Post by **bushido** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 7:20 pm

f*ken oaf Im in too. Bloody peer pressure

1. Aza
2. Sublime19
3. Jay
4. koolio1234
5. steve

Post by **aza013** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 7:25 pm

I have a way set out for us

I will post up the info tomorrow for you all

bushido · Post by **bushido** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 7:31 pm

does it include stopping for brekkie???

Astron_Boy · Post by **Astron_Boy** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 8:53 pm

Far out, I thought I was over ambitious waking up at 6am.

J · Post by J » Fri Mar 20, 2009 2:14 am

m7?! Don't you need etag? I dont have one of those

I would prefer the twisties, good way to wake everyone up and by the time we get to d's we're all happy. Straight through sounds so boring - save that for the drive home when we're all buggered

sublime19 · Post by **sublime19** » Fri Mar 20, 2009 12:19 pm

6 Hours will be a bit much lol

But I'm up for it if I HAVE to be, pretty excited for this Bonfire now

J · Post by J » Sat Mar 21, 2009 1:20 am

6 hours will be heaps, but might as well make the most out the drive down (@ fair speed again

)

But then again, it won't really be six hours, more like 5 if theres no vans or trucks in the way again

koolio1234 · Post by **koolio1234** » Sat Mar 21, 2009 2:25 am

6 hours of driving straight.....

time to break out the v, redbull and mother *goes to check the fridge*

bushido · Post by **bushido** » Sat Mar 21, 2009 9:17 am

or you could bring your ponytailed security partner khalil

koolio1234 · Post by **koolio1234** » Sat Mar 21, 2009 2:42 pm

bushido wrote:or you could bring your ponytailed security partner khalil

I will bring my Cousin, I hire him as security for all my functions, events, meets, etc. Never can be too careful these days.

Scenario:

We're driving through down to the bonfire one after the other... Some trucker or granny is holding us up on the twisties. Security Man will hop out and chase the perpetrator and hunt them down, dumping their remains and vehicle in the undisturbed bushland.

Problem Solved

Post by **aza013** » Sat Mar 21, 2009 7:58 pm

this is the best way for the ppl in the west to go

you can get a feed at Pheasants nest servo as it is a truck stop

Driving directions to Kings Hwy
258 km â€“ about 3 hours 37 mins
Via Hume Hwy, Hume Hwy, Moss Vale Rd

start point - Pheasants nest
1. Head south on Hume Hwy 56.2 km
2. Take the ramp 0.4 km
3. Head east on Illawarra Hwy toward Old Argyle Rd 13.4 km
4. At the roundabout, take the 3rd exit and stay on Illawarra Hwy 3.8 km
5. Turn right at Nowra Rd 1.2 km
6. Turn left to stay on Nowra Rd 16.1 km
7. Continue on Moss Vale Rd 3.1 km
8. Turn left to stay on Moss Vale Rd 0.4 km
9. Turn left to stay on Moss Vale Rd 9.3 km
10. Turn left to stay on Moss Vale Rd 14.8 km
11. Continue on Cambewarra Rd 2.8 km

64.8 km â€“ about 57 mins
Cambewarra Rd

12. Head southeast on Cambewarra Rd toward Princes Hwy 0.1 km
13. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Princes Hwy
Go through 5 roundabouts 120 km
14. At the roundabout, take the 3rd exit onto Kings Hwy
Go through 1 roundabout 15.8 km

136 km â€“ about 1 hour 54 mins
Kings Hwy