VIC: Great Ocean Road Cruise #5

What a massive turnout!!! Does any1 have official numbers? I tried to count, but ran out of fingers, toes and other appendages.

Thanks to Big Col for organising this wonderful event, and to everyone that showed up. I met quite a few new people.

You guys have my insomnia to thank for these piping hot out of the photoshop oven pics.

The Temperature on the day was nice for cruising, got a little cold in some bits, and slightly wet as well But mostly fine weather especially closer to home. It would have been nice to see everyone with their Targa's off (cept for the hardtops obviously)

Next time I come on a cruise like this, I'll have to take a friend/photographer. There were so many shots that i wanted to take as I was driving. You'll notice I didn't take any photo's on actual GOR, too busy driving!! Awesome scenery and the Fleet of Zeds were just so colourful. For a group of people that own the same car, I don't think there are 2 alike!



Leaving Melbourne via the Westgate, (first pic of the day, and was a bit blurry)
This is me leading 4-5 Black Zeds to Apollo Bay

Two very nice White Zeds

NYTFYR topless on the beach

Lotsa Zed booty, or Towel Rack Display.

4 Zeds by the sea, Got a better angle thanks to a generous tree

Attracted alot of attention at Apollo Bay, The police drove by a couple of times, Plenty of cyclists came by.

A very clean white Zed, who owns this by the way? And Russ what were you pointing at? (Hope you don't mind but I photoshopped you and your girfriend out) 10 points for guessing where he was.

Everyone pulled over just after leaving Apollo Bay. I got greedy and wanted to take a pic from the front of the line, This was a rushed shot, I really wanted to try and get every single car in the pic. In hindsight I should've just taken the pic with my car in front I had to run back to my car so I didn't hold every1 up as we were leaving.

Has any1 got any of these kinda pics, the whole frame packed tight with Zeds around a bend? I tried a few times to capture this but this was the best I could do.

 

that was the best cruise ever ( the person with the S. A plates the red zed infront of me ) your the man we killed it around the twistis,
my car loved it , it was one of the best cruises iv ever been on, we had a killer turnout . i left early due to me and my cuzz having a headache .
but once again it was the best. thanking everyone for coming up .
i had been told of by my girl for not taking her lol imagine i did around thos twistis she would had chucking up lol.
thanks for everything .

 

Wish I could have come. The pics look good. I'm waiting for more pics to come up.

 

Excellent cruise

I've got a few pics that came out ok, so i'll throw some up when i get home tonight. I was one of the few that took the targa's off for the GOR and got seriously sunburned on the old bald head for my efforts Was a great day though.

The 30 tourists parked on the side of the road photographing Koala's on the way back was a bit hair raising for some that came round the corner into the back of a stopped line of cars

I saw a lot of cameras and video cameras out so there should be a lot of pics and a lot of footage to come!

I counted 31/32 cars at Torquay, making it a pretty impressive turnout.

 

Some Pics

Yep, was an awesome day.. Thanks to BigCol again for organising.. Lots of new faces to mingle in with the old timers. Sorry I didnt get to talk to everyone, but there were just heaps of folks. Anyway, here are some pics I took on the day. Please be aware, to view the pics, just accept any prompts or alerts that may pop up in regards to Monash security certificates:

Meeting point at Shell servo on Todd Rd








ZXTT-1's (Jack) car alarm. After 5 years of seeing me, he still snarls at me.


Trying to keep everyone together while passing through geelong was difficult. We had a few meet points along the way to try and get all 30+ zeds together. Nightmare.


Finally out on the open road.....




We stopped at Point danger in Torquay to meet some other zedders. Good time to stretch the legs and take some photo.






I too have been bitten by the Fleet bug. Thanks again Pete, awesome gauges. My only gripe is that they are hard to see at night, but I aim to fix that with some very bright LED's instead of the light bulb that they provide.


They're my pics so im allowed to show off my car.


After a loooooooooong drive through the twisties (which was heaps of fun) we got to Apollo Bay. We didnt stop in Lorne this year as parking was just not possible. Maybe I'm getting old, who knows, but driving from Torquay straight to Apollo Bay was tiring.... Maybe cos I was hungry as well...




I'm jealous. Ben is the only forum member I know of that has been able to pat Sam (jacks car alarm). He still growls though while being patted....


Last stop, was Lavers Hill, about a 25 minute drive from Apollo Bay. But it was a very brief stop once we got there, mainly because the weather took a turn for the worse at this point. Cold, windy and just generally unpleasant. I think we were there for a whole of 5 minutes before everyone said there good bye's and headed home. Most of the zeds stayed together for the trip home, but everyone eventually splinted off into little groups and went there own way...




Anyway, top stuff. Cant wait for the next one..

Oh by the way, I still have a CB radio in my car? is that yours pete?

Cheers

 

Great Day, Great Z's!

Nice to meet everyone. So many people, didnt get a chance to say hi to all of you. Thankyou Col for organising a great cruise. Never seen so many Zeds in one place at one time. Would have been a site to behold, driving the other way!

I got a few nice pics myself which I will post tonight when I get home. I counted 35 Zeds at Apollo Bay at which point we decided to head back home. It was very cloudy down that way, but suprisingly the heavens never opened Nightfalltech, I think you and me were the only ones with the targas off !! I had them off from the start but had an emergency pull over when it started to rain just as we left Melbourne! Didn't lose anyone though :zlove:

There were a few of us along the Great Ocean Road to Apollo Bay that had a nice 'spirited' drive. Zed was loving the cool air also

Look forward to seeing everyones photos & videos!

 

ah, i saw someone off to the side of the highway

ah, i saw someone off to the side of the highway, rushing the targas on , I didn't put mine off till gelong and had them off all the way to apollo bay... But wow.. am i burnt!

 

damnnnnnnnnn looked like a VERY nice cruise, would have loved to come on it but the zed was being a pig and hunting like a mofo, only found the cause about 30 mins ago. woulda been good to see the yellow beast amongst some of the zed's there
ahh well always next year

 

Big Thanks

To Doug (red32) for letting me drive his beast. Don't under estimate the dirt.
It was a very mean machine!



I'm looking forward to the next tech day, hopefully i can offer some assistance of just pass spanners etc.

Regards

Rik

 

I spent the weekend throwing my Zed back together so I could take her for a run down the GOR and I wasnt dissapointed. What an awesome drive.
There was a few new faces but Im pretty pleased with my myself to be able to say I knew at least 80% by first name. Those I didnt get a chance to speak to Ill catch up with at the Tech Day

The family came with me so for the 1st time the 2+2 was using all the seats, baby seat included




Meeting in the morning Todd Road service Station Westgate Bridge in the back ground




Up the road on the way to Torquay I got a nice view of Alex's (BADXTC) ass the whole way



Spencer (4) was loving the first 20km but was pretty green by the time we got to the Lunch stop

Heres a small vid


The trouble with only driving your car every 4 months is that you never know whats gonna go wrong. When I got to Apolo Bay my battery was giving me issues and thought I was going to get stuck, Doug helped me out there, and Pete did a quick Conzult check, thanks guys.

On the way home something else starting giving me grief, my SAFC started beeping at me when I was boosting and was killing my power, havent had a chance to figure that one out yet. Maybe something for the Tech Day.

Cheers

Stu

 

what a day .

Hyper101 I think your wife was taking a vidio of others and me on the twistis ( as you were bihind me ) any chance of geting that put up.

all in all i had a mad day , i am so im next year , its good to see new face

onya boys and GIRLS,

P.S 2 girls tryed to pic us up on my way home lol ,

cheers hearbreacker lol alex

 

that was a great cruise i loved it...and it lookd mad wen we were all on GOR racing up

 

sounds like the kids loved it more then you stu

 

Gotta love the twisties!!!

......especially in a Z! :zlove: :zlove: :zlove:
what a great section of road to drive!

Awesome to see such a huge turn out!!......a few familiar faces & some new ones as well!

Didn't you just love the look on people's faces as 30+ Z's went past!!

Big thanks to BigCol ......cant wait for next year!.....or perhaps even again with all the interstaters when they visit us for the Nationals in a few weeks??? :zlove:

 

an absolutely great day of driving. i've got some pics that i'll post up tonight. it was a real sight with a 30+ zed convoy going around the twisty bits.

too bad about some of the selfish people that refused to pull over to let us all through. one that really annoyed me was a green honda CRV. she ignored a few of us for 30 kays or more before finally pulling over. there were signs that said 'CONSIDER OTHERS BEHIND' but she just ignored all of them

zealous and bion1c got pulled over by cops on the final leg. he must have been really bored to pull them over out of 30 other zeds and give them a bretho. gotta thank you guys though, i found myself at the front of the queue after pulling over to wait for you guys and had the honor or leading the pack on the last leg. absolutely amazing experience.

 

No probs, Rik. I really wanted to go on this trip as it looked like being a biggie... it was... but no way was I going to drive that far after a night-shift. So tired on the way home, I was seeing double at one stage.

Refilled with petrol this morning... 53L for 530+km (10L/100km) Jeez, you drive like a Granny! Nah!, I seem to remember you having a bit of fun through the twisty bits, totally different sensation from the pax seat, though.

Great cruise, Col!

 

Yeah, I also feel sorry for the people that have to give way to us. It's like... I'll let this one Zed through... and the one after that, after that one.... after this one.... They're probably sitting at the intersection for like 5 mins

The traffic in Geelong on the way back got us plenty of looks.

I had my roof off from Torquay to Lavers Hill, and it started raining about 5 mins before we got there, None of the rain came into the cabin though, just hit the windscreen. But when we got into town and were travelling slowly, the rain started to come in. But thankfully it was just spitting. I pulled into the first parking spot (or two) and put the roof back on.

 

WHAT A FIRST CLASS CRUISE

Frstly a big thanks to Big Col for organising the cruise,it was great to get together with 30+zeds and it was a sensational day and very well organised.
I got stuck amonst a bunch of red zeds in the twisties and we had great fun flying through the bends
It was great to meet up with new faces and cant wait to next years one.We have a heap of pix and dvd video ,thanks to Kathy and i shall post them all up later
ANY ONE WANT TO DO IT AGAIN,I KNOW I DO ,there is no way i waiting another year to do that
And to all the tourists that blocked the road to view a koala and nearly caused a dramatic moment,youre a bunch of idiots
And to the guy who had the 900 hp 9 sec 1/4 mile xd street/drag car at the servo ,thats a great car mate,heres a few quick pix of it below,we kept him so long at the servo his wife had to come and get him lol

408 ci xd falcon


very nice motor


moses freaking out at it


a little bit of n.o.s never hurt anyone

 

Top Cruise

Thanks Col for the great day, great to meet fellow members, sorry I did not get around to meet everyone maybe next time

Alex maybe you could have offered the girls that cut lunch you had for me lol: )

 

BEST drive i have ever been on...was well worth it...wen i left my home in s.e.suburbs i filled her up full tank...and today i have just checkt how many kms i did and it says 541kms....thats gotta bring a smile

damm the twisties were awsome, some very very very sharp turns on that hehe, but not once did i loose traction or skip a beat...blipman i loved the way you handled the road though, i was actually taking advantage or the 2 lanes when i could, but you actually kept within the one lane all timeesss and boy were we giving the cars a good run...

i think i counted 35 zeds aswell...

i think the only thing missing was a bbq for lunch hehe....

all in all best drive i have ever been on, and to have 20~ zeds infront and 15~ behind was an absolute awsome feeling thru the twisites...

simon i agree, i seriosuly fkn thought someone had died or soemthing very tragic had happened when those fkerz were looking at some koalas pissed me off baddd, coz we all broke like no tomorow to a complete stop...