Bathurst 09

[Lord Pig-Pen]

Ladies, Gentlemen & Brethren.
Having watched the above on TV many times and the DVD's sent by nickliv (rudolfucker) I am tempted to try and organise a mission down under so we can show them how its done properly.

I have no idea of how the event is organised with regards to camping, drinking etc but will find out this year as I am an Usher at a wedding in Perth for my mate Brad who lost his LM virginity in 04.
He is a V8 boy and will be able to get me all the info on BH.
Even better.... Lady PP has family friends who are in the area and have money dripping from their Holdens so things could be reeeeeeeeal good.

This is not an arse about face ramble, so anyone interested please respond or Pm me so I can get things underway.

PP

[Paddy_NL]

I know we speak Freeky Deeky Dutch, but us DfH have had the same thought for a while now!

http://forum.drinkingforholland.com/viewtopic.php?t=1008

[Lord Pig-Pen]

After a couple sessions with my Berlitz book and CD, I am now confident to say that I think I have learned Dutch and have typed the following: I hope my smelling and granmar are collect

Juist. Een van de evenementen die bij een Endurance-fan op het "must-do-one-day" lijstje zou moeten staan.

Naar wat ik begrepen heb, heeft Pieter hier al een keer serieus naar gekeken, een en ander onderzocht, en erachter kwam dat dit toch wel iets te duur is voor een "geintje". Hoe duur? Ergens zeker €2000 voor de gehele trip. Erg duur dus. Tenzij we dit ver van tevoren plannen, vθr van tevoren. De Bathurst is pas aan het einde van het jaar (ergens oktober?), wat ons meer dan 24 maanden geeft om te sparen. Een €100 per maand dus, met hier en daar een uitzonderingsmaand waar je niets spaart.

Wat ik ondertussen begrepen heb is dat Bathurst ιιn groot feest is, met gebeurtenissen waar wij "westerlingen" schijnbaar nogal van op zullen kijken. Pieter zal dit ongetwijfeld verder toe kunnen lichten, hij had tenslotte al wat contact met Australiλrs. Hell, vanwege dit is unitedracefans geboren! (zover ik begrepen heb )

Probleem met Australiλ is dat het zo'n pokke-eind weg is. Bijna niemand gaat er naar toe voor een kleine week, een maand lijkt over het algemeen het minimum te zijn. Een kleine 24 uur vliegen doe je natuurlijk ook niet voor je lol, dan wil je wel wel waar voor je geld. Maar dat was vroeger eigenlijk het zelfde met de US, daar ging je niet een week naar toe, minimaal een 3 weken ofzo, anders was het "zonde van het geld". Echter zag ik diverse Engelsen "just for the weekend" naar Sebring komen de laatste keer, dus waarom zouden we niet een weekje Bathurst kunnen doen? Een beetje meer spaartijd is het enige wat we nodig hebben, en 26 maanden lijkt wat dat betreft toereikend.
Het lijkt mij wel gaaf om met iets van een tiental DfH'ers Down Under te gaan 

Iemand voor te porren?

[Lord Pig-Pen]

I know we speak Freeky Deeky Dutch, but us DfH have had the same thought for a while now!

http://forum.drinkingforholland.com/viewtopic.php?t=1008

I lied in my earlier post.... obviously!! I didnt need the CD!Ik houd van meisjes met een bodem zoals een bentley mulsanne turbo en een gezicht zoals een zak van moersleutels .
So there!

Anyway... Bathurst is best discussed over a few beers.... see you soon!!
 
 

[knetter]

You like your girls to have a face like a bag of wrenches Hope I spelled that last word correctly, but you get the point!

[knetter]

Those where his own words Peter, only in freeky deeky. He also states that they need a behind like a bentley mulsanne turbo

[Lord Pig-Pen]

Those where his own words Peter, only in freeky deeky. He also states that they need a behind like a bentley mulsanne turbo

Calm down boys... It was a moment of "over refreshed" poor humour! Sorry!!

So is anyone up for Oz next year??

Oh... Babel fish does a mean translation!!!

I must have been thinking of work in Pompey when I mentioned faces like bags of spanners and asses like a Mulsanne turbo.

PP

[Paddy_NL]

So is anyone up for Oz next year??

On our forum Paul, Dirk, Marc, Martijn, Pieter, Mogie and myself have reacted positively on Bathurst 2009. Of course it's a long time away, but you can bet there will be a few of us there!

If the road trip from Denver to Sebring works out positively, I'd like to repeat the idea and fly to Perth and drive to Bathurst (fly out of Sydney) It's also 4000 kms, just like we have planned now!

[Lord Pig-Pen]

So is anyone up for Oz next year??

On our forum Paul, Dirk, Marc, Martijn, Pieter, Mogie and myself have reacted positively on Bathurst 2009. Of course it's a long time away, but you can bet there will be a few of us there!

If the road trip from Denver to Sebring works out positively, I'd like to repeat the idea and fly to Perth and drive to Bathurst (fly out of Sydney) It's also 4000 kms, just like we have planned now!

Sounds like a plan. My mate Brad is in Perth (and my ex!) so there is scope for free digs for a few days and I can give a guided tour if sober. Love the place. Its cool as f**k. I can just imagine us lot goin for lunch on the Freemantle coffee Strip, followed by beers at Little Creatures brewery, sat on the ocean side..... oh yes!
I had super cheap car hire last time I was there... will find the details. Other option is the Indian Pacific railway.... saves a 4 day drive over desert with nothing to see. Party train!

This is sounding more  and more interesting!!

[Paddy_NL]

Always great to have an insider!

But...

Other option is the Indian Pacific railway.... saves a 4 day drive over desert with nothing to see.

The whole trip is only about 4000 kms. How many miles a day do they drive in Australia?

Just googled the trip and it looks great, lots of coastal driving

[Lord Pig-Pen]

Always great to have an insider!

But...

Other option is the Indian Pacific railway.... saves a 4 day drive over desert with nothing to see.

The whole trip is only about 4000 kms. How many miles a day do they drive in Australia?

Just googled the trip and it looks great, lots of coastal driving

I was going on what I had been told by my mates in WA. The coastal route would be wicked. Much more to see and drink. My one day driving record is in Canada, the year before last, 996k in a day. That was in a 5.7  V8 LWB camper van... runnin on petrol. Best memory of the drive was seing a corner... think it was most of Manitoba... but cant be sure.

Anyhoo.... lets do it....

[Paddy_NL]

My one day driving record is in Canada, the year before last, 996k in a day. That was in a 5.7  V8 LWB camper van... runnin on petrol.

No competition. I used to be a YorkieMan in the early nineties, record on one tacho disc was 1350 kms with a limiter set on 90 kms (22 hours of straight driving)



But the idea is great. Let's try and plan about 6 - 7 days for the trip to Bathurst, take it a little easier than the Sebring trip

[Doris]

Count me in for the Bathurst trip guys.  If you're doing the coastal route you can pick me up enroute from my Dad's place somewhere along the Victoria coast.    

After the race I'll probably jump across the ditch and visit the rest of the family in NZ.   

Dx

[nopanic - neil]

Roadtrip, 

Where is the starting point, and  which route - (roughly) to Bathurst

[Paddy_NL]

Where is the starting point, and  which route - (roughly) to Bathurst

I have google-mapped it last night. Basically it's the route leading from Perth to Sydney and includes about 350 miles of coastal roads. Johan (jc_nl) knows how to copy the direct link, I don't know how that works