Hey everyone, we recently held a Z cruise in Victoria to honor a very well known aus300zx forum member who passed away earlier this year. The cruise was held on the same day as the members birthday so it was fitting the Victoria members band together on what would have been his 65th birthday to celebrate and enjoy our Z cars the way he would have done himself and wanted us all to do ourselves as well.

 

Ok so here is how the day all unfolded;

 

The cruise was to start at the Watsonia Train Station Car park at 9am Sunday morning. Being one of the first to make it to the meeting point it didn't take very long to have a sea of Z's flowing into the car park and filling all of the parking spots.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

One of the crowds favorites on the day

 

 

 

 

 

The battle for who has the shiniest engine bay

 

 

 

 

By 9:30am we had reached the peak attendance for the event and I think we counted between 25-28 cars and this number could possibly rival the famous GOR cruise's attendance number record.

 

 

 

After a short briefing to everyone from the cruise organiser about the planned cruise route, we then left Watsonia for our first destination and with such a large group of Z's it was a struggle to even get out of the car park

 

 

 

A couple of shots as we cruised to towards Yea.

 

 

 

After some very long drive through some of Victoria's scenic country side we landed in the small town of Yea, where we got to stretch our legs and get some food and drinks for lunch. Again we were able to claim the car park as our own Z haven.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Couldn't help get a nice updated shot of my 2kspec Replica Z, so proud

 

 

 

After Lunch, we headed off for some twisty country roads and some spirited driving. Me being the nanny driver I am, I found it hard to keep up with the more adventurous drivers in-front of me who were leading the pack, but thankfully my OEM TT adjustable suspension helped me keep a fast pace through the twisties and kept me with the pack.

 

We stopped after the twisties to let the the rear pack catch up to the front pack. All the neighbors in the street came out taking photos of all the Z's and that is why I love these cars so much.

 

 

 

We continued on our way and after driving through some long country highway roads we finally arrived at the Flying Tarts Bakery for a breather and some snacks and drinks, along with abit of socializing time between the attendees.

 

 

 

 

 

From there we headed back to Watsonia Train Station and traveled along some of the scariest and narrowest twistie roads I've ever driven on. I was glad when we finally made it back to suburbia and the roads were not so narrow. LOL

 

After arriving back in the Watsonia car park one of the members did a small burnout from what I've heard and then we ended up with 4-5 police cars making an appearance and keeping a watchful eye on us.

 

 

We did do a group photoshoot with everyone who attended today at the end of the cruise but I unfortunately didn't take any photos of that and you will need to check they out on the aus300zx forums.

 

Here is the thread link: Doug Memorial Cruise 2014[/CENT

Great idea for a past member Adam and great to see so many lovely Z's. Thanks for sharing with us and we in turn should post up some of our events in the Australian site.

Thanks for sharing these pictures Adam. My condolences to his family and friends.

Great idea for a past member Adam and great to see so many lovely Z's. Thanks for sharing with us and we in turn should post up some of our events in the Australian site.

 

It was a fitting event for a member who would help anyone in need and would ask for nothing in return. He was the first member I ever met from the aus300zx forums and was the kind of guy who would make funny jokes and lighten the mood and did I lot for the forums.

 

It was a great day for cruising and we all believe he had a hand in it for us.

 

I think it would be great for you guys to post events on our forums and share the Z love around the globe. I have posted this on the US forums as well.

 

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Thanks for sharing these pictures Adam. My condolences to his family and friends.

 

thanks mate, it was my pleasure.

It's a great way to celebrate someone's life when they pass. Thanks for sharing the photos.

 

 

 

 

Absolutely loving that Zed. Any more information?

It's a great way to celebrate someone's life when they pass. Thanks for sharing the photos.

 

 

 

Absolutely loving that Zed. Any more information?

 

It differently was the perfect well for us to honor him. Unfortunately I have only seen this member bring his Z to a couple of events and he doesn't post much on the forums. Apparently his wheels were a little bit of a talking point on the cruise as he used a lime green accent strip to define the wheels and it did improve the overall look quite nicely.