Hi NSW folks (South Coast, Sydney and Newcastle owners)
The Detail of the weekend drive and meet up out of Sydney-Hunter Valley
Sun 3rd November 2013 (CONFIRMED)
Time: 9.15am-5.30pm
Google Map Drive Directions (Updated Drive Map):
https://www.google.com.au/maps?saddr...=h&mra=ps&z=13
The round trip at Hunter on the map is about 90km, we can certainly shorten it if you want more time enjoying the food and wine sections
Sydney Travelling North Meeting Place and has not been to Corrugated Cafe at Peats Ridge9.15 am: Deerubbun Reserve Car Park (you have to go around) after crossing the Brooklyn bridge on M1 Pacific Motorway. Will depart about 9.25am so should get to Corrugated cafe about 9.40am
Newcastle/Central Coast Meeting Place 9.30 am: Corrugated Cafe, Peats Ridge Road (large cafe and parking area)
Aiming to arrive the first winery about 11am.
RSVP: Now Closed
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The following are confirmed for the drive:
Coming from SYDNEY:
KT x1
AMJAM x2 (MR and MRS - will team up with KT to meetup at Lindfield and drive up to Corrugated Cafe)
Minijet x1 (You can meet us at Corrugated Cafe)
Coming from Newcastle:
HFW003 x1 (DR-JKEL will PM you for meeting place to Corrugated Cafe)
DR-JKEL from E90 forum x2 (MR and MRS, might have an M3 fan coming)
Everyone is welcome and also sent some invites to fellow Sydney 1/3/5 owners, hope a few more to join.
Wineries to Visit:
Bimbadgen, Brokenwood and Mt Pleasant (the flow of traffic in this case), feel free to suggest another wineries, but aim to go max 4 as we probably can't drink and taste much as drivers! I could go to Bimbadgen to pickup my computer there as I had recently worked with the winery during the vintage.
Lunch Venue:
Esca Bimbadgen (Modern Australian):
http://www.bimbadgen.com.au/esca_menu (LUNCH MENU) over $30, book for 8 at 1pm
Meetup, BMW Stealership talk, Detailing Advices, Coding Suggestions (H might get your coding done!)
Photo Shoot:
I'm prepared to bring my 5D and few L lenses for some photo shoot, feel free to bring your gear to take some moving car photos in the less crowded and crowded sections of Hunter Valley. If you have a GoPro Hero, bring along for some nice scenic videos.
What to Bring!
Yourself and invited friends
Your Bimmer, remember we are going through the country, you will have quite a few bugs kissing your bumper! BUT NICE CLEAN CAR WILL MAKE THE PHOTOS POPPED! would like to chat about the cleaning your car to the madness symptoms (I am suffering it every weekend)
Full Tank of petrol
Cameras
We do not promote hoon driving and driving under influence of alcohol. So if you decide to drink above the legal limit, please keep them for your non-driving friends and family members.
A condensed short GoPro Hero 3+ Black Edition Video. Sorry for the poor mounting technique, it was a bit shaky and i am new to Video Editing, so may not be as good as everybody expects...