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Well to all those that actually turned up... *cough cough* Adam.... what the hell???? Was a good cruise on some awesome roads! Didn't do the "planned" cruise (sorry if anyone was planning to meet up with us) - but made up our own and did some roads that I'm sure most of you hadn't been on before. Gold star to the guys from the northern suburbs, hopefully it was worth the drive down south. So apart from the odd shower or two you missed out on a good drive if you didn't come!!

just spoke to adams misses cos the little biach hasnt been answering my calls or messages today... Apparantly she picked him up from town at like 5 and he was well loose been in bed all day..... :S

that dodgy son'biatch! :D

was a good cruise tho! enjoyed it very much, and will prlly be my last cruise before i leave the country, so was great to get out one last time :down:

thanks for the cruising guys!

dont worry bout it mate the weather was to crappy to be heading out to victor anyway... we'll defiantly help organize one... me and rodders got few good roads in mind... some of which we covered today...

Hey all, was a good cruise.

Sorry to the guy in the ford and the stagea that got stuck behind me (granny spec magna!!!)

was interesting in the random rain/hurricane bit we went through :)

I was going to take pictures but was way too cold / wet :)

Once again, sorry if I slowed anyone down :)

will deff be putting another one together with rodders and alex soon.

Where's the love Adam!!?!?!? Haha... I vote we do another cruise of similar roads to today - some very nice smooth roads - especially the hill climb section, one of my favourite bits of tarmac.

I reckon the Magna and Nigel's Falcon kept up pretty well considering.

me and rodders got few good roads in mind... some of which we covered today...

The one from Strath through Echunga to Hahndorf gets 5 stars.

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Yere was a good for part of the run i did sorry i didnt go for the whole cruise had no petrol.

Was all good getting stuck behind ya madcat.

yeah you just vanished... no one had any idea where you went...

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