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just wondering how many people in the forums are from this lovely town?

Well there's me in town..... infrequently. There's heaps of nice clean Skylines around I reckon, saw 2 very tidy examples today, silver job & a white one down the main drag about 2-ish, I've been outta town for a while but there were 4 Stags (counting mine) around that I knew of last time I was in town....a 260RS out in Kambodia as well. Dunno if they are all still around or all on the forum or active but. Problem is work rosters. nightshift, 8 & 6, month on week off..fifo, dido..satphone comms in the boonies.....whatever. One of these days I would like to take a run with the local Nissan boys to the Broad Arrow Tavern or Widgiemootha Roadhouse or just somewhere, for a burger (excuse for run/pics/say gidday)

Work rosters rule,

Gotta grab it while you can,

Cheers GW :miner: out.

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a kalgoorlie skyline cruise would be sweet, there are a few nice skylines around

i have a couple mates with some nice ones and i've recently met a guy with a couple sweet r32s

not many people know this but a HPI feature car now resides in kalgoorlie,

its a red 4 door r34 "gtr" built by C-red in perth, i saw that up close the thing is beautiful.

then i know of a few other imports too

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My mum worked in a medical clinic at Kalgoorlie last year.

I've being there about 3 times, driving there is a pain in the ass especially when you are driving around in a white Camry... the most boring-est car in the world.

Not to mention on the way there, from the 1/2 way point (from Merredin onwards), the over-taking lanes disappears all together & overtaking 3 stage road trains is annoying as hell in a underpowered Camry.

The only import I've seen while I was there was a Soarer, otherwise all I see is a bunch of bogans driving around in their Chevy badged bogandores.

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not many people know this but a HPI feature car now resides in kalgoorlie,

its a red 4 door r34 "gtr" built by C-red in perth, i saw that up close the thing is beautiful.

Hey I have that issue! Full Eastbear kit and Hakosuka front GT-R badge?

Did you get the cooler kit in one piece Erik? teehee.gif

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