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The next cruise is on the Melbourne Cup weekend, i.e. Sunday Oct-30
We will head west of Melbourne, with a stop on top of Mt Macedon
Meetup is 7:30am on Sunday morning at the Tullamarine McCafe, for an 8am start. (Melway 5:J10)
There's Shell, Caltex, BP & 7-Eleven/Mobil servos nearby.
Comments and suggestions welcome

Notes for those on their first cruise wrote:

• The early start is to ensure other traffic is light, so we can enjoy the roads!
• Bring a CB radio if you have one.
• Make sure your fuel tank is full!
• Make sure Ric knows your first name, plus those of your passengers, so he can make club name-tags for you.
• The drive will be at a brisk but legal pace over some nice winding roads. You should have fun without terrifying your passenger(s).

Confirmed

1. Ric - Ric & Marg (has badge)
2. MH3.0R - Mark (has badge)
3. jaydece - Justin
4. brainy - Brian (has badge)
5. Penga - Andrew
6. Pundit - Keith (Ric still has it from last time)
7. Doyab - Jake & Jess (need badges)
8. cruisn - Mark (need badge)
9. xyz - George & Sylvia (Ric has George's)
10. dmh87 - Huy (need badge)
11. eckymosis - Eddy
12. JaDaM - Adam
13. Jtek - Joe
14. AB501UT!0N - Chris (need badge)
15. XT_for_me - Bryce & Anne
16. GTB-R - Clive (50% chance) (Ric has his badge)
17. bosc0 (6.9% chance...)
18. ndlibgt - Nelson (50% chance)
19. Gambit - (first half)
20. AB501UT!0N's friend - Luke in a blue Impreza (need badge)

Interested

1. chaotic2050 can't make it
2. Tek doing the Eildon road instead.
3. hin249 can't make it
4. acko
5. brainy's friend Joe

Route

First Second Third draft of the probable route: (now includes a stop at "Gravity Hill", point E, for an interesting optical illusion )
Tullamarine to Werribee 264km 5 hours 13 mins (driving time only)

or you can bail out half-way:
Tullamarine to Ballan 147km 2 hours 56 mins (then cruise back to Melbourne down the Western Highway)

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Total    Time
Distance Interval Time  Description
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.   0km   0:00    08:00 Start at Tullamarine McDonalds. Corner of Mickleham Rd and International Drv.
.                       Take the Mickleham Rd exit from the freeway and turn right.
.  65km   1:17    09:17 Mt Macedon summit.
.  65km   0:30    09:47 Allow 30 min for photos and a walk out to the giant cross. There is a cafe for coffee, ice-cream etc.
. 104km   0:55    10:42 Trentham Falls
. 104km   0:18    11:00 Allow 18 mins for photos and sightseeing of the Falls.
. 139km   0:43    11:43 Ballan. Can refuel here. Easy run back to Melbourne if you want to skip the second half
. 187km   0:58    12:41 Meredith. Loo break at the Meredith Hotel.
. 259km   1:18    13:59 Werribee, via Anakie, and Little River.
.                       Finish at McDonalds on corner of Synnot St and Pine St. Late lunch

Special notes:
Detailed notes for the first few km, as we may get split up by traffic lights, and some warnings for later on...

• 0.0 km Exit the McDonalds carpark and turn right into International Drive.
• 0.1 km Turn right from International Drive into Mickleham Rd, southbound towards the freeway.
• 0.4 km Turn right from Mickleham Rd onto the Tullamarine Freeway (towards the airport)
• 1.5 km Stay in the right hand lane as we pass the airport. There may be queued up traffic trying to get into the airport in the left lanes.
• 7.6 km Just after the roundabout at Oaklands Rd, we will pull over onto the left shoulder if we need to wait for stragglers
• 10 km Sunbury Rd in Bulla. We have a loopback here, so you will see Libertys going the other way. Cameras ready!
• 16 km Wildwood Rd. Single lane bridge. Be prepared to stop if there is a car coming the other way.
• 22 km Wildwood Rd. Road is about 1.5 cars wide here, so you need to put two wheels onto the shoulder if you meet a car coming the other way. Slow down & be careful, there's loose gravel and potholes!
• 42 km Sutherland Rd. Fresh roadwork. Leave a gap between you and the car in front, as the stones will kick up.

Mt Macedon Cafe http://www.visitmacedonranges.com/Membe ... -the-range (Note: the new owners normally don't open until 10am on weekends, but they're going to open at 9am just for us )
Trentham Falls http://www.trentham.org.au/attractions# ... tham-Falls

Sounds good to me.

I'm a maybe at this stage.

Colour me interested

I live not far so yeah.

Once again I must place myself as a maybe ric?

Thanks

In.

We can stop at Gisborne or Woodend shops for lunch, several cafes, bakeries, icecreamery etc and lots of parking.

Have to say, interested, no, that is an under-statement....CONFIRMED

Would love to come, but think i'll be best to sit this one out as may be cutting it a bit fine with the impending bun. Don't know that I want to start the cruise with two in the car and finish up with three

You can be our collective first!

What if it's twins?

Well, we will have the names sorted if it's a girl, Liberty !!!

One of each could be "Elizabeth" and "Tyson"

Nah... How about Liberty and Rex!!!! Stay on theme here mate!

Opps, better get back on topic...

I'd be interested if I can bring this? It's almost a Liberty really!