NSW Cruise to Nissan Nationals 09.

Crew, we should start tossing idea's around for this now, find out who's coming up and when. There is practice on Friday afternoon on the track and wouldn't mind hitting that and registration is also on Friday afternoon, and it's about a 10 hour stint up there from Sydney with a few breaks and giving that it's a public holiday the plod will be out in force.

What's people's thought about getting up there?

My suggested route (from SYdney) will be up through Newcastle, Raymond Terrace, onto Buckets way to Armidale and then New England through to Warwick. Just under 800clicks and a fantastic route, not well known to most and generally deserted till Armidale.

Throw your ideas out there please guys as to when you were thinking of heading up.

 

not sure if the zed will be fit enough to make the trip i will either psa or fly up, but 90% will be there

 

We will probably be going up on the Thursday. 5 AM start and you are there around 3PM

Route sounds good

 

Google Maps route (modified)



I normally plan on a 11hour trip from Sydney to Warwick.

My technique is buy a 600ml coke (diet coke) right at the start and two hours later I have to stop for a wee-break, buy another 600ml and one-half hours later another stop, and repeat until at destination. Enforced stop-revive.

 

Or use a heavy foot and then you'll need fuel every two hours


Byron if you need a lift from the Airport or something let me know.

 

I would like to leave early Thursday, why not meet at Thornleigh Maccas for a 5.00 am departure?

 

5am at Thornleigh .. are you mad Ports? LOL. 3am leave home, thats when I usually go to bed. I'll have to sleep in the Macca's carpark Wednesday night .

Im happy with whatever is decided by the group

Caz.

 

Yep he's mad

But i'll be there.

 

5am start at Thornleigh not that redicules

5am start at Thornleigh is not that ridicules. I have to travel a little further than Warwick to visit family, so I am looking at a 12 hour day for travel including stops. Hence for me the optimum time to leave is 5am to 530am, as the time I leave is the time I arrive. And considering that dusk and dawn is animal movement times, plus the light is in a bad for driving. So I am looking at leaving at 5am, which will mean the dawn animal danger time will be covered on the Newcastle freeway so greatly reduced animal strike potential, and therefore arriving at the destination in the afternoon in day light and thereby missing the dusk animal issues (plus less likely to doze off in full day light).

Unfortunately, I will be leaving on the Wednesday instead of Thursday, so that I get a extra day with family.

So early to bed for me on Tuesday night ... what is it like to go to bed before mid-night?

 

Come on Caz you can do it, sleep is so over rated anyway.

 

Suggested stops points

I suggest the following stop points...

1. Thornleigh to Maitland ... 1hr 45mins
2. Maitland to Muswellbrook ... 1hr 24mins
3. Muswellbrook to Tamworth ... 2hr 02mins
4. Tamworth to Armidale ... 1hr 35mins
5. Armidale to Glen Innes ... 1hr 19mins
6. Glen Innes to Tenterfield ... 1hr 11mins
7. Tenterfield to Warwick ... 1hr 34mins
8. 10hr 33mins

 

I quite like Andymac's route. A little bit of fun while we are still reasonably fresh and only 60 extra, more exciting kilometers.

Andy, What's that road like ? Any dirt ? I've been on that road up to Gloucester. Then Buckets Way turns into Thunderbolt Way, but I've missed that one

Caz, We are only 5 minutes away from Thornleigh Maccas. You are most welcome to come and stay the night. (or should I say the first half)

 

Speed camera locations

Speed camera locations ... that I can find.

 

Alternate route

 

Stef although i am sure caz is thankful for your offer, it is caz, if it is to be thornleigh at 5am she will be ready at 4am after doing an all nighter and call us at 5 to 5 and say she is running a bit late and will be there soon

 

I will be going on thursday and doing the trip over two days. I will be going with the Sydney Zed Car Club. Was thinkin of leaving thornleigh maccas at about 9am and stopping at armidale. If anyone wants to join us, the more the merrier!

 

70km shorter and almost the same traveling time, plus 6 less speed cameras. Sounds like a smart choice on a Double Demerit weekend.
Thanks for doing the research Steven.
Thursday travel sounds good for us.

 

Definately keen on the bucketts way/thunderbolt way route.

 

Roads are good. No dirt, and very few people take this route. Although the distance is slightly more, it's generally a much shorter route. Few towns, no congestion, no speed camera's, and it's a very pleasurable drive from Buckets way through to Armidale. Last time we did it in a SUV and left Wahroonga at 5 and stopped in Armidale just after 9. On boxing day, we didn't see any plod until we got to Armidale and the New England highway.

 

me too,

cya at Maccas