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Well the cruise was fun, good value, nice to put faces to names, next time we will have to wear name tags to make it easier because it is awkward for most, including me to do a mass introduction. I am not good at remembering names so I didn't meet every one :Oops: Thanks for the positive comments about my 4 door they are much appreciated. And i hope to see everyones pics posted up soon! :D Looking forward to the next cruise :aroused:

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Did the BBQ go ahead? I turned up at the car park at about 2:30, no way in hell i was going to attemp that speed hump in the middle of the car park. Whats with that car park any - what a joke!! Was there another way in?

Didn't see any other liners, apart from a R31 blue and grayish.

Anyway, sorry to miss the cruz

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there were two ways in. i'm not sure if both had speed humps or not cant remember the bbq was nice a decent amount of food and drinks about 15 or so cars from memory about 20 people all together some kids as well. Damper was the melbourne weather but wasent too bad.

Hey guys.....

The BBQ was nice... had a great fun today...

that vortex almost got ppl killed many times hehe :D

I gotta learn how to throw 'em properly... or maybe

if there's a turbocharged one, I'll buy it :(

Anyway my photos are up here (Warnings to 56K users):

http://users.bigpond.com/rianto/sau_photos/elwood.html

Thank's guys.... the panoramas were also my favourites... I love my camera :P

With so many pics I took on GOR cruise, skidpan days, BBQ etc, maybe I could be the SAU club's photographer (if there is such position)...

here's my pics, was only able to grab pics at the start, coz i was runnin around doing stuff when the 2nd contingent arived... so din get any pics of the "T1 R32" or "GOLGO!!!"

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Should be able to blow up the group pic n get some identification happening.

At this moment in time I'd like to remind ppl to fill out the name field in your user profile in the user cp. It will show your real name and your nick next to your posts (like on mine) and will make identification a lot easier...

Also ppl who have labels in their vans *coff* Al *coff* should pass them around next time instead of remembering about em AFTER the event :P

Excellent work Smithers, Funky can you tee me up with a 150 inch monitor so i can view everything without side scrolling? :bscreen: Fantastic photos of a great day, thanks guys :P

:P I got 2 monitors with that dual view shit happening, so the other half gets shown on the other monitor :) In other news.. i noticed the pic in your avatar has different rims towhat your car was sporting on the day... or are they 2 diff cars altogether?

I have so many spare monitors it's not funny! I must need a kick ass video card! The avatar is from the nissan japan website, an original R33R, this link has since dissapeared and there is no access from the Impul site either :) The rims in the J-spec container will see me with the same rims :P




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