The great "alternative" Cruise - 10 Mar 2012

[Ric]

There's obviously enough interest to organise a one day cruise in parallel with the full one.
I'm also thinking about just doing the first day.
At the very least, We'd do the run up to Jamieson together.
From there, we could either:

• Turn around and do the road back to Eildon
• Continue up to Mansfield, then run back to Melbourne down the highway.

Confirmed coming

• Ric & Marg
• Corsair
• dmh87
• egg
• MH3.0R

Interested

• slevo

Rough Itinerary

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.  Time Odo Description
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.  7:30 --- Meet in Lilydale, at the Lilydale McCafe, right next door to Lilydale Subaru.
.  8:00   0 Leave Lilydale
.  9:30 102 Arrive Eildon. Photos up by the dam
. 10:00 102 Leave Eildon
. 11:30 163 Arrive Jamieson - Brunch
. 12:00 163 Leave Jamieson
.  2:00 273 Arrive Yea - Petrol + afternoon tea
.  2:15 273 Leave Yea
.  3:20 354 Arrive Mill Park


Leg 1 Healesville to Jamieson

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Leg 2 Jamieson to Mill Park via, Flowerdale and Whittlesea

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[SH30RB]

Turn around and do the road back to Eildon

well why dont we do that ric, you seem happy enough?

[Corsair]

• Turn around and do the road back to Eildon
• Continue up to Mansfield, then run back to Melbourne down the highway.

I'd rather avoid the highway too, as it's all speed cameras and straight road. Eildon please.

[Ric]

Leg 1 - Lilydale to Jamieson - 163km 2:55
http://maps.google.com.au/maps?saddr=Ma ... s&t=m&z=10

Possible leg 2 - Jamieson, Eildon, Yea, Flowerdale, Whittlesea, Mill Park. - 190km 3:10
http://maps.google.com.au/maps?saddr=Ei ... s&t=m&z=10

or - Jamieson to Mansfield with the two day crew, then back via Yea - 193km 2:48
http://maps.google.com.au/maps?saddr=Ei ... s&t=m&z=10

[Corsair]

Leg 1 - Lilydale to Jamieson - 163km 2:55
http://maps.google.com.au/maps?saddr=Ma ... s&t=m&z=10

Possible leg 2 - Jamieson, Eildon, Yea, Flowerdale, Whittlesea, Mill Park. - 190km 3:10
http://maps.google.com.au/maps?saddr=Ei ... s&t=m&z=10

or - Jamieson to Mansfield with the two day crew, then back via Yea - 193km 2:48
http://maps.google.com.au/maps?saddr=Ei ... s&t=m&z=10

I lean towards Lilydale to Jamieson and then Jamieson to Mansfield, so we avoid U-turns and driving back over the same road. Thoughts?

[Ric]

...so we avoid U-turns and driving back over the same road. Thoughts?

That's meant to be one hell of a good road we'd be driving back over though.

[Corsair]

As a married man, I lead a life built on consensus. Back through Eildon is fine with me. Let's do it.

[imania]

Just some advice, eildon-jamieson road is 60km's of goodness! BUT, tiring to take in one hit, it's just constant corners, I'd recommend stopping at least once each way, especially of you're going back along it too.
There's a great lookout about 8km outside of jamieson

[MH3.0R]

Just some advice, eildon-jamieson road is 60km's of goodness! BUT, tiring to take in one hit, it's just constant corners, I'd recommend stopping at least once each way, especially of you're going back along it too.
There's a great lookout about 8km outside of jamieson

I did a recce of this route on 28 Dec and it looks like this:

http://youtu.be/r2Etw3NzTrw

You will also see the lookout referred to above.

[imania]

Just some advice, eildon-jamieson road is 60km's of goodness! BUT, tiring to take in one hit, it's just constant corners, I'd recommend stopping at least once each way, especially of you're going back along it too.
There's a great lookout about 8km outside of jamieson

I did a recce of this route on 28 Dec and it looks like this:

http://youtu.be/r2Etw3NzTrw

You will also see the lookout referred to above.

I did it even before that in November iirc, my videos are around too

[dmh87]

Ric, I'm down for the one day cruise

[Egg]

If its confirmed I might go as well as Im off that weekend. If coming back via Flowerdale I could just go via kinglake - Yarra Glen and back to Narre Warren way.

[Ric]

Yep, I'm definitely doing this.
I think we'll most likely do the second leg via Flowerdale, but I'm open to which way we come back from there.

[Corsair]

Managed to convince my wife to come to enjoy the scenery. Hope that's ok.

[Egg]

Any more news on this cruise? Who's coming so far? If possible if anyone has a turbo model that could let me have drive? And you could drive mine? I just want to see what the difference is between the 2 models. If not then doesn't matter, was worth the ask.