Posts will be starting to happen in the Club Chat and Events
I won't repeat myself, I've said it there.
It was the most awesome cruise. Gee we covered some kms!!! 馃檪
Lots of pics will be coming very soon
Maybe we can start posting here as that string is getting very long from all of our pre cruise posts
You will regret not coming with us once you see the pics and hear the tales:jesus
As for Bel she is born to cruise, she came alive, had to even rein her in at times:o
No inland route home from Apollo Bay, I had to drive the GOR again馃槑
Cheers
[Edited on 30-12-2002 by jenz58]
david 路
i saw some of you guys in albury it was great to see and i was jealous
david:o:o
Grey 57 路
I had to drive the GOR on the way back from Appollo Bay too. Was an excellent drive. Passed Herb on his way to Apollo Bay about 15 mins before we got to Lorne. Was a great drive for this bit.
My son had a surf at Torquey then it was straight into hot northerly wind gusts all the way up the Geelong Road to Melb. This was not a pleasant cruise. More like a fight with the steering wheel for an hour. Was pretty glad to get off the freeway and onto Kings Way. Think the 57 was too. It was vveeerrry hot after all that.
Was a great cruise tho. Really good to meet the gang from New South. We really made an entrance when we arrived at the camp. We also made sure they didnt forget we were there either right up to 3.00am. Pity I couldnt have stayed a few more days . Damn work.
Happy New Year all
Dean :beer
jenz58 路
fatboy told me that you'd pulled up next to him at a set of lights in Albury on the Sunday 馃檪, and I missed seeing you馃檨
We'd been wondering earlier (Sat.) how to get in touch with you or how we could meet up. We'll have to get your phone number next time.
There's going to be a combined states cruise next year, to Wagga Wagga. We should be passing through Albury, maybe you can joing us on that one?
Hmmm, that first cold beer at the Ettamoga Pub was so good!!!馃檪
Hey those walky talkies were so much fun on the cruise 馃榾, and were excellent for keeping in touch with where to group was, vital :thumb
The_Bronze. 路
Hmmm - Sounds like more fun than packing Boxes 馃檨.
jenz58 路
It was!!馃榾
Had a couple of Queenslanders drop into YHA Travel Centre today and they saw the Sydney group on the Hume Hwy Saturday, NSW side.
Needless to say I was telling everyone about the cruise, I was still buzzing馃檪 Nothing like spreading the enthusiasm for Vee Dubbs. I was impressed, the guy could rattle off the rides he saw:thumb
david 路
hey jenz, i was next to that really cool purple bay dropped on its guts who does that belong to ,i was taking people canoeing to the river otherwise i would have went to the pub for a look , imay have my 60 11 window ready to go to the nationals in sydney ,so would love to cruise with the melbourne folk up there
dave:o:o p.s
we want that meet for albury as its heaps better here
[Edited on 31-12-2002 by david]
jenz58 路
That was Greedy51's (Steve d Rae). Pretty sweet isn't it:thumb
Wagga was decided on so that it is more of a central point for everyone, except for anyone from QLD/Nth NSW/WA etc. Hmm, the Taswegians get a semi break on the trip across the strait, but they would need to start way earlier than most of us. By the time we all meet up it is huddle time to talk VW's anyway, and not much of seeing a town.
After the drive last Saturday, meeting at the pub in the late arvo and having a social beer we were all ready to prop at the caravan park. We ordered in pizzas, giving us all a chance to chat, chill and wind down before the run the next day.
At least June will be less hot for our rides and drivers馃檪
It was the best cruise I've been on so far. Props to the organizers from both ends.
I particularly enjoyed the "campfire" side of things in both Albury and Apollo Bay. I just wish I didn't have such an incredible antipathy towards camping so I could hang around longer.
I had a good fang towards Apollo Bay (a little one, however - too much traffic on the Great Ocean Road). I hope I didn't scare Rob and Helen too much, but they did get to their other car in one piece, which is cool. Hope their other ride gets back together soon.
fatboy 路
Hi guys its fatboys wife,
Happy New Year to you all. Hope you had a good one. Ours was quiet after the trip home.
Staying the extra night was good for a rest but the weather went to hell. Big winds and lots of rain. The marquee that the NSW crowd had up blew down and broke, everything got wet and they pretty much wanted to go home. 馃檨
We had a nice mini cruise home with Col we went the back way to avoid torquay so a trip through the bush was nice even in the heavy rain.
All in all it was a fantastic cruise and thanks to those that organised it.
jenz58 路
I hope the weather improves for the rest of their stay. Today doesn't look hopeful but maybe tomorrow:sandrine
Even though Monday was wet it was still warm, now it is wet and cold. They may be getting some good waves though for surfing, here's hoping馃檪
*Jen is downloading pics of the cruise and really hopes she gets sizes right this time*
Hey Happy 2003!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :party
[Edited on 1-1-2003 by jenz58]
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The Melbourne group, just arrived at the pub
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Flat Fours
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Sweet slammed kombi
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Another
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Arrived at Apollo Bay
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Kombi heaven
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fatboy and wombat
*Have to upgrade that camera of mine!!*
[Edited on 1-1-2003 by jenz58]
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Col setting up camp
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3 sweet Melbourne beetles
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A hill with a view
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Cos I like it
vanderaj 路
Nice images!
I hope the last black Kombi gets back okay. The engine has the distinct rattle of death about it, but the aircooled engines are very resilient.
Andrew
jenz58 路
Must admit Bel has developed a new sound in her engine, sort of an unwanted chirping sound, not crickets. I think the heat got to some of our rides a bit and I'm keen to have Bel checked over to make sure she is OK, even though she ran so well. She used some oil and I had to more than just top her up.
vanderaj 路
Tomorrow morning, when you go to Bel, check her oil level before starting the car. One of the guys on the type 3 list discovered that he had somehow overfilled his after an oil change and it's stuffed the engine seal, requiring the engine to come out.
It's pretty easy to let some out if you've put too much in.
Hope the noise isn't anything bad. Do you have a laptop with a microphone? If so, record the sound and post it here. One of the technical wizards here (which is surely not me!) might be able to identify the noise.
Andrew
jenz58 路
Have been reading my idiots guide. I did have a flickering oil light going back along the GOR when I changed down gears around bends, hence the oil check. John Muir talks about 'expensive sounds', Bel is developing one but at least not a death rattle. She is still sounding sweet most of the time. I'll drive Dr L until I can get Michael to look at her.
Grey 57 路
Hope Bels OK Jen. Was certainly a test for the air cooled mob in that heat. Let us know if you need a hand with anything.:beer
Oh great pics, got any more ???:thumb
[Edited on 1-1-2003 by Grey 57]
david 路
my 71 camper developed a bit of a chirp and it turned out to be a cracked fan and the chirp was it vibrating ,so i hope that is not the problem good pictures by the way
dave:o:o
jenz58 路
Col has posted his pics in the 'club events' post
It worked out well, the three of us took different types of shots, but I guess we just didn't repeat what others have posted.
I don't think it is too serious with Bel. I'll rest her until Michael opens shop again. Don't like taking chances with her, too precious to me:kiss
KruizinKombi 路
Rob's bus was sounding worse for wear, but he was going to continue driving it anyway, what else was there to do?
Murray's twincab developed a noise in the water-pump, so they were looking to pick up a replacement on the way back, possibly in Thomastown.
Neither problem was as bad as the oil-dripping experience Robert and Helen had though! 馃槈
PS. Andrew, is there an easier way of viewing your pics, like a slideshow or something?:bounce
vanderaj 路
Sorry, I'm fixing up the site now.
The XP slideshow powertoy is simply asking too much of older browsers and killing them. So I'm returning to a very simple thumbnailer/viewer which should work on every browser from the dawn of time.
Andrew
vanderaj 路
Okay, all my images are:
* properly thumb nailed using the one simple tool
* culled all my 2001 folders
* re-sampled all the images to q=50
Now my images take approximately half the space, and the albums should work on even Netscape 2.0.
Andrew
jenz58 路
Hey Andrew
Your pics work great now :thumb:
Just repeating incase it goes unnoticed in amongst the none cruise talk
Col has posted his pics in the 'club events' post
Cheers
[Edited on 2-1-2003 by jenz58]
KruizinKombi 路
OH MY GOD!!!:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o
Andrew took photos of a new mini and linked to it here!!!!:P
vanderaj 路
Couldn't help myself. They are so cute.
Andrew
jenz58 路
Until the Flat Fours get to see the pics when they get home. It was disappearing馃檪
Cheers
Jen
OvalGlen 路
I hope that My fellow Flat Four members Behaved themselves.
This is probably asking too much for them.
There will certainly be some fines for the lack of mechanical preparation .
- Boy did those pics make me wish I had gone along. Especially to meet up with all you Forum People.
Grey 57 路
Should have come Glen, it was a great trip for the Vic kruisers. The Great Ocean Road was an excellent drive.
Behave naa not really. The camp Komandant threated to turf us out a couple of times. But Kolin (Kruisin Kombi) filled him up with beer and it was kool after that.
jenz58 路
Hey Glen
You certainly did miss an event on the cruise from Albury to Apollo Bay馃檪
Loved meeting your fellow Flat Fourers, such an excellent bunch of Vee Dubbers馃槑:thumb
Looking forward to catching up some other time:bounce
OvalGlen 路
They are starting to get "Creative in Planning " their trips now as More and more places refuse them entry.Ha Ha Ha 馃榾馃榾....馃榾馃榾....
Grey 57 路
I'm pretty sure you can scratch that off the list. 馃榾馃榾:beer:beer:beer
jenz58 路
Why refuse them entry they are an asset!!!馃槑
Steve's choice of caravan parks are apparently notorious e.g next to a rail line with goods trains running through every hour馃榾 Who needs to sleep anyway?:jesus
Next night no goods trains and we stayed up until 3.30 am having a good time. Kept the camp nazi on his toes trying to keep us silent. As Grey said Col just plied him with beer and some other nearby campers picked up on our tactics. Who said we were lemings? Tax on plying the camp Nazi with beer $100!! Noise after midnight tax $250!!!馃榾 Laughing after 1 am tax $356 lol
KruizinKombi 路
I'm looking forward to hearing from Greedy, I expect they'd be back home by now. I hope they didn't have too many other problems mechanically - it was pretty warm so I'm curious how they went towing the trailer home. 馃槑