Wiseman's Ferry Cruise - 26/03/06

[autumn acid]

Tom: Ok guys (and girls) here's the plan! Sorry I don't have an actual map at this point, my scanner is screwed and 'll need to duck into uni and use their's. Don't worry, a printed cruise info sheet will be handed out to everyone on the day. The itinerary may seem a bit short with the cruise officialy ending at 3pm, but I've put in a lot of slack for points of opportunity to take pics, go bowling at Wiseman's (if they're open) or if some people want to drive around more, I'm sure something can be arranged by either Don or myself. Afterall its your cruise and we want everyone to enjoy themselves.

Meet: Meet at Thornleigh McDonalds Car Park @ 9am.

Itinerary:

-9:00 Meet at Thornleigh Maccas behind the 'Cars Only' area
-9:15 Advance Party departs
-9:30 Cruise departs
-11:00 Arrive at Wiseman's (Extra slack allowed for regrouping and photo ops at Rep's discretion)
-11:00 - 2:00 Eat. Drink. Muck around. Socialse! Pics!
-2:00 Depart Wiseman's
-3:00 Arrive back at Thornleigh Maccas (Via planned return leg)

Route Plan:

- Turn right exiting Thornleigh Maccas and turn right onto Pennant Hills Road
- Turn right onto Boundary Road and head toward Dural
- Turn right at a large around about onto New Line Road whch transitions into Old Northern Road and follow all the way past Dural and into Glenorie
- Regroup Point 1 at the turn off before turning left onto Cattai Ridge Road (marked with large sign)
- Follow Cattai Ridge Road until first fork intersection, turn right onto Dural Road
- Follow Dural Road until next fork intersection and once again take a right onto Pitt Town Road
- Follow until the road ends at a T intersection with Cattai Rd, turn right and pull over for Regroup Point 2
- Follow Cattai Rd all the way as it transitions into Wiseman's Ferry Rd
- Turn left back onto Old Northern Road and continue all the way to Wiseman's
- Turn right onto Singleton Rd at Wiseman's and follow until you see Wiseman's Ferry Park.
- Meet up with Advance Party and eat, socialise, muck around!

Return Trip:

- Same route as the first except we take Old Northern Road all the way back to Dural.

What to bring:
- A full tank of petrol.
- A safe, roadworthy car.
- A CB Radio.
- Water & Refreshments.
- A soccer ball, frisbee, any outdoor games.
- A good attitude


Those attending thus far:

Whole Cruise:
- autumn acid (Cruise Captain)
- CyberianKnight (Advance Party Duty)
- Bades2001 + Dad + Bro
- Iain
- tubby 17s
- MADV12
- demonik
- KEIZER SOZE
- moonwalker
- Technik
- Jason + GF
- tazza0712 + 2 Friends
- etez
- Simon1 + 2 Friends w/own cars
- digger

Tentative:
- Uwush + Friend (Tentative)

Meet Up Only:
- Aaron318is (Meet up only)
- sherv (Meet up only)

Car Count: 18
People: 22

Either Don (sorry to hijack your post! Its all in the name of teamwork I SWEAR! ) or I will keep updating those numbers and the list of people coming throughout the week.

Wet Weather Plans:
We'll still meet up at Thornleigh Maccas but we'll be heading up to Hornsby AMF for some indoor bowling action instead. If you do not wish to come at all should it rain, call 0402 456 389. If anyone has a nice BBQ and backyard they'd like to volunteer, we can head there instead for lunch and/or do both. I'd offer to do it at my place but we don't have any outdoor furniture whatsoever or a BBQ

WATCH THIS SPACE!


Now For Something a Little Different..

Here's something I've wanted to try for a while to try to get cruises to be more organised and less ad hoc and make it up as you go along. Therefore I present to you the DTM Trial Cruise Organisation. If someone can think of a cooler (and SHORTER name) I'm open to suggestions This will be a system that will be used from now on for all formal cruises and will evolve as we iron out any problems that we may come across as well as from member feedback.

DTM TRIAL CRUISE ORGANISATION

To avoid cruises getting split up en route and the difficulty of 20 cars trying to follow the one guy at the front, we are trialing a simple arrangement that takes advantage of having multiple "cruise leaders" and a car buddy system.

The entire cruise will be broken down into groups of ideally 4 cars each, led by a selected Cruise Leader who will be briefed on the specifics of the route beforehand. These groups will convoy behind the Cruise Captain's (one of the Reps) own section that will serve to set the pace for the whole cruise.

Each car will be allocated to a group of their choice on the day and teamed up with a "buddy". The idea here is to never let your buddy out of sight in traffic and that everyone is looking out for one another. Think about your buddy behind you when the lights turn yellow, at a roundabout, when you’re overtaking etc. This will make for safer and smoother cruising.

REGROUPING POINTS

There will be formal regrouping points on every cruise usually before a nice set of twisties or a good photo op and will serve as a chance for seperated sections to catch up and any potential problems to be dealt with by the Rep. These points will be marked on the cruise route.

ADVANCE PARTY

On cruises to destinations that do not have assured parking on the day, one of the Reps will depart 15 - 20 mins early to the destination to gather up to date info and to make parking arrangements. Hopefully getting a convoy of 20 cars to do U turns every 5 minutes in order to find appropriate parking will become a thing of the past!

Up to 3 other cars may join the Advance Party should they so wish. Joining the Advance Party will give you an opportunity to have a more ‘spirited’ drive, however its not a licence to be stupid and a decent CB radio is mandatory.

RETURN LEGS

The return journey is a lot more flexible depending on when and where people need to go. There will always be a planned return leg but the Reps will be open to suggestions on the day.

COMMUNICATIONS

CB Radios don’t tend to work too well over long distances, a mobile and handsfree set is recommended should you become seperated. A list of names, cars and phone numbers will be taken down for every driver on the day prior to departure by the Cruise Captain.

DRIVER BEHAVIOUR DISCLAIMER

Any illegal activity will not be condoned by the DTM Reps and the DTM Power forums. Any illegal activity is at your own risk, however it will not be appreciated and DTM Power members who deliberately drive unsafely and put others at risk will be severely reprimanded. Drive safely!

[uKnowSergio]

Theres also this place, really close by to wisemans. IF people want to get pic's there.

When Don posts up the route, we might drive through it, if not...it wont be far from it anyways.

[autumn acid]

I think I'm familiar with that road, but could you please pm me where it's located and I'll try and work it into the route?

Buggered if we'll get a photo that looks that good... rural + autumn might be a little hard to achieve during a drought-like summer.

[catalk]

I remember the BMW Driver Club has their Show & Shine there 2 years ago. It is a beautiful place with good view & parking space for gathering & photo shot. I don't want to miss this criuse again. Looking to this day with lots of fun can be expected.

[Iain]

The spot where Sergio took that pic is on the Central Coast side of the river.

But I can't make it. Will be in QLD for a mate's engagement

FARK I HATE MISSING THESE RUNS!!!!

[autumn acid]

Damn Iain. Wanted the central coast crew to make it along (hence north)... but if you have prior arrangements then we won't hold it against you

There will be many other cruises for central coast/north folk in the future.

[Aaron318iS]

Sound's like a great run Don but I'll have to confirm closer to the date

[Bades2001]

Im in!

[mitch-f1]

AAAAHHHHHHH, same day as the Historics at Eastern Creek *cries*

[Ideotique]

In like flynn. Will prob meet you lot at Wisemans however, or at a more northern meet up point along the road to Wisemans from Sydney

[Iain]

Originally Posted by autumn acid

Damn Iain. Wanted the central coast crew to make it along (hence north)... but if you have prior arrangements then we won't hold it against you

I'm still going to punch my mate in the throat and then pack his freezer full of Coke for having his engagement on that weekend.

[autumn acid]

Originally Posted by Ideotique

In like flynn. Will prob meet you lot at Wisemans however, or at a more northern meet up point along the road to Wisemans from Sydney

Sweet man. That's no problem. Would be asking too much to have you meet at p6 anyway

[Ideotique]

I have a moral objection going anywhere west of Leichardt, that's all

[tubby 17s]

count me in don

[1q2w3e4r]

Originally Posted by Ideotique

I have a moral objection going anywhere west of Leichardt, that's all

That's okay. Plenty have objections of going anywhere north of Hornsby