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we will meet at the start of the freeway at 7:30am friday morning
heading off around 8:00am stopping at Tailem Bend to meet up with a few more members
then on to Naracoorte for lunch then on to Mount Gambier :D

this year for us from home its about 460km there
instead of 1,870km just a few km less than last year :lol:
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instead of 1,870km just a few km less than last year
That was a mammoth effort you guys put in last year Dave. 8)
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Hope there is a trophy for the shortest distance travelled..... :lol:
About 3 1/2K's to Country Comfort Motel headquarters, and the same for the show n shine at the Valley Lakes, for us this year!
Haven't been home for the last 8 years on the June long weekend, really strange, no "adventure" for us this year. :roll:
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Hope there is a trophy for the shortest distance travelled :lol: I wonder how many miles you and Roger have clocked up travelling to the Nationals over the years...?
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All great fun we love it! :) Poor old panelvan has done 49,850 miles (80,220k's) since Nowra and a fair portion are the nationals adventures (and holidays around them). Many more to come.
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it was a great trip to Sawtell and id do it again 2morra :) the car loved it just as much as we did
but im still trying to get rid of the calluses on my ass from sitting for so long :lol:

Lesley your vans going to think whats going on is that it 3 1/2km somthings wrong
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The shortest nationals trip from me was Bendigo and I had the most trouble :roll: .
Because it was so close I didn't bother doing my pre- nationals trip going over on my car and payed the price :oops: .

Good luck, see you there :thumbsup: , Trev.
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Should have packed your compass for Bendigo Trev :shock: :lol:
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space ace wrote:Should have packed your compass for Bendigo Trev :shock: :lol:
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:lol: At least I make it every year Pete :P .
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OUCH :roll: Touche :esurprised: Good one Trev :wink:
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Hey Trev
Heeded your warning! :lol: Services done, brakes on sedan done. :thumbsup:
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Cruise... :lol:

More like, let's all put our foot flat to the boards and see how fast our cars can go.

At least this is how it was when we went to Bendigo, I had reports of other members doing 140k/kmh to try and keep up.

Just a word of warning for anyone looking to join. Make sure you have a fast car, and have room on your licence to get some points added if Mr plod happens to be watching.

In their defence everytime there was a big turn off or something they would stop and wait, which was good as we didn't have a gps or a street directory as we didn't think we would need one.
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every now and then you have to give the old girls a good run :D
im not sure if i hit 130k's my speedo wasnt working :shock:

but you do have to admit you were towing a house mate not a caravan :lol:
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igor wrote:Hope there is a trophy for the shortest distance travelled..... :lol:
About 3 1/2K's to Country Comfort Motel headquarters, and the same for the show n shine at the Valley Lakes, for us this year!
Haven't been home for the last 8 years on the June long weekend, really strange, no "adventure" for us this year. :roll:
see you all in 17 sleeps
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Lesley

nice, we like it... :P
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