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Hey everyone. It's time for another meet!

This time we're heading down the peninsula for a day cruise.

It's a great route with plenty of fun corners and amazing scenery.

We'll meet in the morning and have a few stops along the way for photos and lunch.

Any Japanese import can attend (don't bring down your mum's Mazda 2! :D).

When?

Sunday July 26th.

10am meet for an 11am departure.

Lunch at around 1.30 and arrive back in suburbs mid/late arvo.

Where?

Initial meetpoint: Bunnings car park. Corner of Cheltenham Rd & Springvale Rd, Keysborough.

Destination: The peak of Arthur's Seat.

Route:

View the route in detail by clicking here

Distance:

Roughly 120km. ~1/4 tank of petrol for most people.

What to bring:

- 1x jap car

- Petrol (at least 1/2 tank to be safe)

- Money for lunch

- CB radio (optional)

- Camera (optional)

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Let me know if you're coming so we can get a rough idea of numbers.

Hopefully see you all there!

Cheers.

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Stay late at an already paid for trance night...

Or SEI cruise.

Damn that's tough.

I'll leave it in the hands of the panel shop who will be repairing some damage to my car that week. If she's good and ready I'll come :D

Might be there provided my girlfriend can bring her skyline too...so sick of being the only chick driving at these things...

i dont understand if you are asking if your girlfirend is allowed to come (which she is) or that you'll come only if she is able to make it to the event. either way, you wont be the only girl driving. cassandra is too.

i dont understand if you are asking if your girlfirend is allowed to come (which she is) or that you'll come only if she is able to make it to the event. either way, you wont be the only girl driving. cassandra is too.

A bit of both! :D

doesnt really matter if it does :D Still happy to drive in the wet :P

Says you with the GTR :)

I think everyone will enjoy it more if they're able to drive through the twisties without the fear of writing off their car.

I went up Arthurs Seat in the wet once and it was quite scary. People sliding everywhere.

Well that is a fair point. One of my colleagues who does shift work asked me yesty morning as he was about to go home if it was very slippery and wet outside.

I told him i never notice anymore :P

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