Helluva holiday....

[Blknight.aus]

Man Do I love my break time.... but Im still gunna be one busy little bee...

IVe got to have some surgery and recover.

Drop some tyres to someone in melbourne (thats you Lucas)
Swap a gearbox over (that'd be you slunnie)
Grab my newish spare wheel carrier (still need the bank details Bluetongue)
and Drop some cabling over to Perth (still need the lengths P38arover)
Ive got to showpony my son to all the relatives so thats going to mean a trip to charleville, albany, rockingham, pemberton, and who knows where else.


So so far here is my plan.....

ignoring the surgery and the recovery...

on the 15th of december I'll be tootling down to melbourne to drop of some tyres to Lucas who has kindly offered garaging services for big red and a ride to the airport. Kudos, thats one problem delt with and some $$$ back into my pocket for Xmas.

While Im over in perth I'll deal with relos and dropping off the jumper cable to P38aRover and Im sure beers will be tested and warries swapped.

about the seventh of January will see me winging my way back to melbourne to scoot back to wodonga to hook up the trailer, get a nights rest and then hoik it up to sydney on the 8th where I will drop off the transmission after picking up the spare wheel carrier. which gives me about a week to fit it up in charleville.

If that doesnt pan out then I can put the sydney stop on the other side of the charleville stop and do the box and carrier on or about the 18th or 19th of january.

then its back to work on the 22nd of Jan....

If anyone is in the areas Im likely to be in when Im likely to be stopped (overnighting or doing some work) feel free to drop a line and catch up on some brewskis over a feed....

Or if your on the route from one place to another and dont mind us dropping by for a driver reviver that would be appreciated too.

[HangOver]

While your here in Perth maybe west-AULROians can put together a little day/ 1/2 day trip for you to have a look at some WA tracks if you have time in your schedule?

Any volunteers ?

[RichardK]

I''d welcome a chance to be in that

Drop some Jumper cables off to P38aRover in Perth?

[Blknight.aus]

I appreciate the offer of a trip, and I can always invent time to go 4 wheeling...

specially since WA is my home ground..

[HangOver]

I appreciate the offer of a trip, and I can always invent time to go 4 wheeling...

specially since WA is my home ground..

Just wondering where about in perth/wa will you be spending most of your time??

[Blknight.aus]

North of the river, In carine, bout a 20 min walk from the warick train station and directly over the road to the Carine Senior High schools Letter box...


ANd I need to make a correction to the plan... I'll have to drop the cable off to P38arover in Sydney... (sleep deprevation is gettin to me again)

[HangOver]

Well I'll be up for a bit of a run, you are welcome to ride shotgun.
Unless of course you get an offer in a more civilized vehicle, my 81 RR is a bit rough.

Hmmm wonder if there is someone with a new RR or D3 can offer you a ride.:D

If not you are more than welcome to rough it with me.
You’ll have to keep us posted with more specific dates when you get them so we can pencil in our calendars. Unless you have dates now?

[Blknight.aus]

Of course IF i could keep track of my messages Id have realised.... Its Dirtydawg in WA whose getting the cable not P38a Rover....

sorry for the confusion....

which means p38arover is about to get a PM that will make no sense to him whatsoever....

If he turns up when Im gettin my beer, ummm gear, I'll have to buy him a couple..

[Blknight.aus]

the short version of the dates are

15dec leave wodonga drive to melbourne and fly to perth
hang around in perth doing the family thing
6 jan leave perth, fly to melbourne to drive to wodonga
plan a 7/8 jan leave wodonga to drive to sydney
10 jan drive to charleville
18 jan drive back to wodonga
plan b 7/8 jan leave wodonga to drive to charleville
15/16 jan drive to sydney
18 jan drive to wodonga

22 jan show up at work again

[HangOver]

that's good you 'll have a good 2/3 ish in Perth, hope to catch up, I'm sure others will want to go for a run too.

[Blknight.aus]

If you guys can touch base with each other and pick a date thats good for you that isnt

24/25/26 dec or 31dec 01/02 jan then that should be good with me...

[Pedro_The_Swift]

sort of a busmans holiday then,,,:p

[p38arover]

and Drop some cabling over to Perth (still need the lengths P38arover)

Umm, I'm in Sydney and not expecting any cables. :)

OK, who else is logging on as me? :eek: :mad:

:D :D

Ron

[Pedro_The_Swift]

you just watch out for runaway trains you---:p

[HangOver]

If you guys can touch base with each other and pick a date thats good for you that isnt

24/25/26 dec or 31dec 01/02 jan then that should be good with me...
Dates that would be good for me if they suit anyone else????
I put possible for 27-29 as I am away for a few days over new year but can't remember which dates, I will find out.

16 Dec
17 Dec
23 Dec
27 Dec poss
28 Dec poss
29 Dec poss

edit : 29th taken, all the rest OK

[Blknight.aus]

How cool is this.....

I finished my course early.... I only have the final realtime gumpfh (ATS) to do.. 4 weeks worth. but due to my upcoming surgery im not allowed to go till next year :(

I had a sort of bet going with the boss. no new leave applications were to be approved as of 1 nov... With 9 weeks of course study left to go (not includince ATS) If I could finish my course before the end of november Hed authorise a parental leave app for me. Bet on...

28 Nov with 2 days off I was finished and with quite a comfortable pass mark . boss signed off on the proviso I turn up for the parade this morning.

My holiday started 8 hours ago.

I dont go back to work for oh 9 WEEKS
:D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :ehigh5: :ehigh5: :banana: :banana: :arms: :arms: :arms: :tease: :tease: :tease: :beer: :beer: :beer: :clap2: :clap2: :clap2: :woot: :woot: :woot: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :twobeers: :twobeers: :twobeers::D :D :D :D :D :D :D

Oh yeah, thems paid weeks to...
(crud we dont have smilies for that much happieness)

[George130]

Nice work there. Your welcome to stop off on your Sydney run at my place.

[stusgonesailing]

Dave

I'm in Rockingham and off work from 22/12-2/1 if you want a beer down this way

[Blknight.aus]

IF your sure thats ok Im in, Still have to pick up Slunnies gear box and the swing away tyre mount not too sure on timings, how much lead time do you need and how much room do you have? I'll have the tandem on the back.

on that note, If anyone has anything going to melbourne VIA albury wodonga that will fit in the back of a deefer let me know I'll have room.

And Ditto for wodonga to Sydney on the dates Ive given earlier but I will have the tandem on with about 3m cubed available.

[HangOver]

Hi

Looks like there will be a trip on 2nd Jan, sure you can't make it on that day??
It won't be too far from you either, just north of whiteman park.

[Blknight.aus]

I'll take a PDA full of names and numbers to perth, My limiting factor is going to be transport for Alex, he'll only be 7 months old and the vehicles we travel in will need car seat restraints

Those of you who wouldnt mind hosting us for revalation beers and BBQ's if you can pm me I'll see what the gonkumalator can work out time and space wise to fit in with you.

but Im up for anything i can wangle

[Blknight.aus]

well part of its changed.... thanks to the mighty green machine and our quest for more free tax payers money....


so far heading over to perth is much the same with the addition of a brief stop on the way down to melb to visit turtle and his newly repaired disco.

once in perth Im going to try to make it to the do at the yacht club down in rockingham and then need to organise dropping the cables to dawg.

the real changes occour once back. From Melbourne, after landing (6th)its time to go hell for leather back to wodonga, (hopefully I'll be right for wheel time by then)

then at oh dark early on the 7th head for sydney to be in for lunchish to start the running around dropping stuff off, guys, you know who you are and pms will be sent shortly.

then up to newcastle for a little bit of play time then onto charleville.

from there at oh dark hundred on the 13th we will head out of charleville and back to Wodonga.

[lokka]

G'day dave whilst in newcastle if your up for a trip up the beach or a play in the mud we can orginise a place to stay if your up for it and we have room for the traler to mate so pm me for more details ok

cheers

chris :D:D:D

[Blknight.aus]

Thanks mate but dobbos already playing lynch pin for this idea (if it turns to poop im going to lynchhim then pin him to the wall by his joy department :) (always wanted to use that line)
The basic outline is to go for a quick trip along stocktons with my trailer on just so I can see how it goes on the sandy stuff as its the trailer I will be converting to a camper later on in its life. And Id rather do it while I have plenty of people around to help when I make a Nuff Nuff of myself.

[LandyAndy]

Hey Blacknight
Looking forward to catching up at the BBQ.
Kill 2 birds with 1 stone we will instruct the Dawg to turn up at the BBQ.He has been very quiet lately,Im sure he is blaming daylight savings and everybody needing a mad irish brickie.
Andrew

[lokka]

Thanks mate but dobbos already playing lynch pin for this idea (if it turns to poop im going to lynchhim then pin him to the wall by his joy department :) (always wanted to use that line)
The basic outline is to go for a quick trip along stocktons with my trailer on just so I can see how it goes on the sandy stuff as its the trailer I will be converting to a camper later on in its life. And Id rather do it while I have plenty of people around to help when I make a Nuff Nuff of myself.

yep no worries dave will talk to dobbo but id say wewill meet up on the stocko beach run as my self and bro will prob be asked to attend as we both live in stocko about 200m from the beach soi look foward to meeting you :D :D 4 a :beer: or 3 :p :p :p

cheers

chris

[Blknight.aus]

Ok the flesh out of the itinerary is complete..

heres the maps and apx timings...
(the times above the maps are the guestimated start times for the leg and the times below the stop times)

2300 oclockish land and depart melbourne to head for home... (the 6th)
2300
1189
0300 (the 7th)
call it 4 hours later roll into home hook up the trailer and high tail it outa wodonga for panania to meet with bluetounge to grab the wheel carrier.
0330
1193
1100
6.5 hours later arrive at blue tongues, pick up the carrier, chat, rest then leave blue tongues to head for slunnies to pick up a gearbox
1130
1190
1200
Arrive at slunnies, swear, curse cause the run didnt work out like ID hope and I'll still have the 3 box and bulkhead on board spend 30ish sorting that then onto meet with Disco dave
1230
1191
1245 pull into the maccas in thornleigh and drop off gearbox and bulkhead then lunch and up and hauling for newcaslte.
13:00
1195
14:30 pull into dobbos and do what needs to be done for the stockos beach run.

Got Dobbos address and this edit sees the itinary shortened and slightly rewritten to reflect this (also cut the run to charleville as i can only attach 5 pics.

[Ace]

What date is the stockton run? It may have been typed somewhere but i cant find it. Matt

[Blknight.aus]

the stockton part of the run will be starting at (guestimated time) 1500ish on the seventh

[Wortho]

Love to meet up with you guys let me know were to meet at stocko and i'm there.

[Blknight.aus]

itineraray edited (again)

to reflect the change of timings to hit dobbos place instead of newcastle general and further conflabation with him will see another post by me to square out APX timings for departure to stocktons.

AS its been freaking yonks since I last visited stockos Im letting Dobbo run with this one and counting my blessings that at this time of year theres people out there who are willing to take on these sort of short notice trips so I can get a meet and great in on what might have otherwise been a stress fest of a trip.

(funny how most of those sort of people drive a landrover of one sort or another)

[shorty943]

itineraray edited (again)

to reflect the change of timings to hit dobbos place instead of newcastle general and further conflabation with him will see another post by me to square out APX timings for departure to stocktons.

And I thought getting things organised in the Navy was a snot job.

shorty.

[Blknight.aus]

The final run is pretty much as above however instead of a dedicated stop for aces and discodaves stuff Slunnie has graciously approved dumping their stuff at his place...

This is a big bonus for me as it allows me to dump all the stuff I need to dump at one place and do the last pickup without further parking manouvers.

which in theory providing nothing else changes means I'll be hitting dobbos a good half hour to an hour earlier...

Hope you all have had a good xmas and are planning a better new year.

[Blknight.aus]

The part of the trip to charleville has been cancelled due to the people we were ment to be going and seeing having some unexpected changes in their plans and as a result wont be in charleville.

So now I get some more playtime on the trip so monday will be a flexday to recover...

this shouldnt change the overall plan by much but SWMBO now wants to hit the markets in sydney and Im not against that now that Im not pressed for time so I may be running a little late to dobbos.