Putty Rd Sunday 17.01.2010

[two40]

Is this the route we're taking or am I making sh*t up?

http://www.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&m ... 83905&z=10

Try this

That's more like it. Thanks mate.

[sliq]

I'll probably go whether it rains or not if other people are up for it. going to lunch near gosford anyway, might as well take the long way around.

if you're leading the pack then don't go too hard, my tires are nearly shagged and i need some tread left for pink slip next week

[Midori]

I am not a meteorologist and the weather forecast for tomorrow probably means afternoon rain or thunderstorms but that is an experienced uneducated guess due to high temperature forecast, high UV, afternoon southerly change moving up the coast and what has been forecast over recent days. I plan to be at McGrath's Hill by 6.00 am ready to go and to meet up with one or two friends for the run. When I last drove past the roadhouse site the apron was fenced off and there might not be any accessible parking at the site. If you can't stop at the old road house site then that is not a problem. Even the most navigationally impaired driver cannot get lost on the Putty Road that does not have any substantial turn offs before the Hunter Valley. Regrouping at Milbrodale in the open area a short distance past the Putty Road for 5 minutes is a minimal requirement.

If everybody zeros there odometer at McDonalds and remembers that the right turn to Broke, off the Putty Road, onto Mibrodale Road is sign posted at 150 kilometres (plus or minus a kilometre or two depending on your car's set up) then nobody should get lost. The short 12 kilometre drive from Milbrodale to Broke is across open farmland and as with the Putty Road their are no substantial intersections on the run down to Wollombi or across to Pokolbin if that is Sliq's breakfast destination. Caution is necessary as the road leading down to Wollombi when it leaves the farms heads into wooded hills, the sealed road narrows to a tight two car width and goes through sections thick close bush with twisty bits followed by a narrow bridge and 500 metres of dirt just outside of town.

Without setting any land speed records everyone should get to a breakfast between 2.45 to 3.15 hours from the time you leave McDonalds subject to traffic and time put aside for regrouping. A drive from Wollombi or Pokolbin to the Pie in the Sky takes about an hour.

If you are one of the people new to a run then see my attached links to Run Rules and an Incident Sheet used by the MX5 Club NSW to give you a few tips on etiquette and everyone's safety on the road:-

http://www.mediafire.com/file/wdmhzn2mtjm/MX5 Breakfast Club Run Rules.doc

http://www.mediafire.com/file/zgmwzty2jie/MX5 Breakfast Club Incident Sheet.doc

[sliq]

someone came prepared

[mr2 spyder]

raining at penrith at the moment . as stated by sliq not a road to do in the wet. i really want to go but the wet puts me off. especialy in a mr2 they love to lose there tails. hopeing for a dry morn but not looking good at moment. might do drive to windsor anyway and keep fingers crossed.

[two40]

Stupid freaking tomtom, Its taking me hours and I still cant program the route it properly, keeps wanting to go to singleton. Maybe should have got a different sat nav, the route maker online doesn't even have all australian roads just major ones, so disappointed. And it wont stop freaking double clicking, and viewing maps is slow. grrrr

See you all tomorrow morning.

Try importing the google maps one Guran posted. Most gps's can import google maps.

[sliq]

it's raining where i am now...

i ought to be out there tomorrow morning if weather is fine. otherwise if it's pissing down where i am, i won't be out there

[two40]

Just click on this link and on the top right click on Send. Select GPS and then select Tom Tom from the menu. Will do some black magic I can't explain after this and you're done.

Ya, I'll be there with acidkid and a mate of mine rain or shine.

[Alex]

not raining here. Its not that bad to do in the wet, its like any other road, just take it easy.

Yea, last time we did it in the wet we turned back out of boredom probably didn't help that there was only a total of 2 cars. That was of course back when I actually drove my car.

[acidkid]

woot up at 4 am for this run (hardly slept) i know im gonna take it easy at the back just gonna enjoy it! hope to see u all there very soon

[gobsmax]

gunna give it a miss guys...going fishing instead! ....take lots of pics and drive safe....it should stay dry.... have fun!

[sliq]

had a great run today guys. sorry i had to break away from Pie in the Sky - had a bike accident on the pac hwy, had some serious delay :S

thanks to gerard for leading today

nice to put some new names to faces too.

[hamx5ter]

had a great run today guys. sorry i had to break away from Pie in the Sky - had a bike accident on the pac hwy, had some serious delay :S

thanks to gerard for leading today

nice to put some new names to faces too.

Hey Sliq, are you talking about the bike accident at the gosford intersection or something you were involved in? hope everyone is ok? Yeah, it was an awesome run. Thanks Gerard for leading today; that run up Old Pac was the BEST

Great meeting up with like-minded people out to have a bit of fun... lol. Thanks for organizing this run Sliq.

[two40]

Aye thanks for organising it sliq. Had a great time today and as always a pleasure to meet some new people.

Just after we hit Putty I blew a hose. For a while I thought it might have been engine or turbo related so I was really really happy to see a disconnected hose when I popped the bonnet. Thanks to the 3 cars that pulled up to help. Without the screwdriver (still in my car Li) I would have been screwed. Umm, pun intended.

From there it was clear skies ahead and all smiles. We kind of screwed up near the end when we split up. Some of us kept following Sasso who was lusting after the convoy of Ferraris and also had to be somewhere else. We drove past Pie by accident and then I nearly caused one. Sorry again mr2 spyder. I didn't notice you sneaking up on me there but should have guessed since you were a forerunner most of the day. Hope I didn't scare you too much. After that I was following you and ended up on the freeway. With Pie in the Sky a fair while behind me and my tank nearing empty I headed back to Sydney. Sorry to anyone that was waiting at Pie.

Great day all up. Thanks all.

[broady]

nice to put some new names to faces too.

haha i think you mean faces to names thanks for organising sliq!

also sorry George for not stopping, didn't realise at the time you were broken...

anyway, awesome run guys, except for that bloody camry! and thanks sasso for setting the pace, pretty spot on for me anyway most of the time.

here are a few pics i got from my iPhone: also got a 30 sec video but probably not a good idea to put it up..!