The, "youve Gotta Be Kidding", Cruze

[luke gtr]

hello people, organising a run up to the 3 sisters, to see the sun rise.

organising for sunday, 18th july as per the heading.

meeting at penrith kk's(krispy kremes) at 4:45, to leave at 5:15.

i know what youre all thinking, but this will be the second time fo rmyself,and its deffinately worth it.

be preparred with numerous jackets, beanies, scarfs, and anything else warm.

this early there isnt really anyone else around, so you get a great view.

post up any questions or suggestions on here, and ill reply as soon as i can.

hope to see you all there.

p.s. also putting this on the western sydney commodores forum, but not expecting a big turnout.feel free to invite anyone else.

[Cassbo]

I'd be interested if it wasn't the day after SAU Wakefield day

[Liz]

yeah im a bit bummed about the date!

I'd have loved to come!

[luke gtr]

sorry bout the date guys, i didnt realise when this fell.

fortunatly, for those who arnt going to wakefield(those like me worried about doing damage), this cruse can be an alternative.

for those who were thinking of coming, but cant make it, im thinking of turning this into an annual event.

btw, there are some great photo ops

[benm]

Don't forget that parking at the 3 Sisters costs money, unless, you park about 400m away and walk

Also seeing as though you are in the area you may as well stop at the old Catalina Race Park and walk a lap of the retired track. Afew of us SAU members walked it about 2mths ago on a cruise and it was quite fascinating.

[luke gtr]

Don't forget that parking at the 3 Sisters costs money, unless, you park about 400m away and walk

when did they start charging for parking?

It's been about 2-3years since I last went.

Oh well, I don't mind a brisk morning walk

[benm]

I've been going there daily for 7yrs and im pretty sure they have been charging for all over those 7yrs. The closest you can park without buying a parking ticket is Birdwood Ave / Raymond Rd.

Also it's very likely that the area will be covered in fog which means the only thing you will see is the end of your nose for the entire day (unlike the metro areas the fog in the mtns generally hangs around atleast until lunchtime).

[Stanley Chung]

how many ppl are currently in?

going to have a holiday soon so may be show up

been there before at 4am and its amazed when you look downhill into the darkness

p.s its freezing at that time

[GTR-N1]

Don't forget that parking at the 3 Sisters costs money, unless, you park about 400m away and walk

Also seeing as though you are in the area you may as well stop at the old Catalina Race Park and walk a lap of the retired track. Afew of us SAU members walked it about 2mths ago on a cruise and it was quite fascinating.

If any of you have a friend or relative that lives in the Blue Mountains, and pays Council rates, he/she has what we call...

Echo Point RESIDENT PARKING PERMIT Permit # xxxx - For Use In 8 Hour Zones Only (to be placed on the left hand side of dash)

I'm not sure if Parking Rangers would be up at 5am though - unless your exhausts wake the Dead lol

(...anyone want a loan of mine?)

Footnote: At that time of morning, waves of clouds often hug the valley floor. People often go to lookouts like these around the world to view the scenery + the hues of the rising sun hitting the clouds/cliff faces - whether it be Mt Dandenong VIC or Lishan TAIWAN etc.

NB Probably a good idea to keep watch of the 'bom' website, because if it's rainy/misty/overcast, it can get pretty bleak.

[luke gtr]

hi, yeah, last time at that time in the morning, no one was there.

it was roughly the same time of year, had a light fog that cleard.

it was nice towatch though.

and no people from sau have announced attendence as yet.

c'mon people, its not THAT early

[UW8NCY]

im interested in going but am concerned about the fog dont want to be driving and can only see 5metres in front of the car

[Ben GTR]

Hey Mate, Yeah count me in, Sounds good, nothing wrong with a early morrning drive up the Mountains..

[luke gtr]

im interested in going but am concerned about the fog dont want to be driving and can only see 5metres in front of the car

be a man, do the right thing. jk.

cant say 100%, but last time, no fog....

that early in the morning, hopefully there wont be.

ben, one in, hopefully more will change thier mind

[FloydWestwood]

Bureau of meteorology

[UW8NCY]

ok count me in havent really taken my car on a decent run yet

[MRSAMO]

Add another R32 GTR to the list, its practically up the road from me

[luke gtr]

nice to see some guys coming out for this.

so far theres about 12 cars between this group and the commodores(mostly commodores)

alot more than i thought id get with this idea...

hope to see more on the day

[Sheng]

im a maybe at this stage

[MRSAMO]

Luke, I'm going to wakefield. If you can organise another one like this I'll be down.

[UW8NCY]

count me out now clutch is gone didnt like the launches at the wsid last wednesday slippn bad was looking forward to the cruize as well