The 2nd annual Doug Memorial cruise was without a doubt another great cruise event with lots of driving and socialising for all the members who attended on the day. It has become one of those events I believe every Victorian Z owner should attend and be apart of, but not just for the memorial of a fellow Z owner who has past away, but because it is becoming one of the fastest growing iconic Z cruises I seen since my First GOR cruise in 2007.
Anyways enough talking onto the photos. I tried to keep them to a minimum this event, as sometimes too much can ruin the overall presentation of a good thread post.
Starting meet point
If your wondering what Mark meant by "getting everyone lost by following the GSP" well this is where we waited for the pack to follow us back down the narrow street Mark accidentally took us up. I don't know how but only 2 of us follow mark back to the turn off we weren't suppose to go up and while we waited, mark called Col to organise how we could link back up with the pack of Z that he had with him.
We ended up meeting the rest of the pack on our way to Gembrook so it all worked out in the end.
Gembrook
Gembrook was our first stop along the cruise route and where would have lunch for the day. Most of the Z's got scattered in different parking spots along the main street unfortunately, so I didn't get many photos.
Lake Mountian
The road up the mountain has to be one of the twistiest roads I've every driven on and though it was fun pushing my Z which has the OEM TT suspension setup to give me more stability through the tight turns at speed, there were definately a few corners I took a little to hard causing me to use the entire edge of the road which scared me half to death that's for sure. We also had motor bikes zipping past us on the way up the hill and then one of the members in the green and black Z span out right behind me while doing a power side around a tight corner. No damaged was sustained but it was quite scary and though I had a laugh with the driving when we arrived at lake mountain, I was still like F#@k me that was close. lol
We we arrived at the top of mountain the view was spectacular to say the least and with a massive car park to accommodate the everyone it was a great place to socialize and photograph the best cars on the planet in my opinion :zlove:
The 2nd annual Doug Memorial cruise was without a doubt another great cruise event with lots of driving and socialising for all the members who attended on the day. It has become one of those events I believe every Victorian Z owner should attend and be apart of, but not just for the memorial of a fellow Z owner who has past away, but because it is becoming one of the fastest growing iconic Z cruises I seen since my First GOR cruise in 2007.
Anyways enough talking onto the photos. I tried to keep them to a minimum this event, as sometimes too much can ruin the overall presentation of a good thread post.
Starting meet point
If your wondering what Mark meant by "getting everyone lost by following the GSP" well this is where we waited for the pack to follow us back down the narrow street Mark accidentally took us up. I don't know how but only 2 of us follow mark back to the turn off we weren't suppose to go up and while we waited, mark called Col to organise how we could link back up with the pack of Z that he had with him.
We ended up meeting the rest of the pack on our way to Gembrook so it all worked out in the end.
Gembrook
Gembrook was our first stop along the cruise route and where would have lunch for the day. Most of the Z's got scattered in different parking spots along the main street unfortunately, so I didn't get many photos.
Lake Mountian
The road up the mountain has to be one of the twistiest roads I've every driven on and though it was fun pushing my Z which has the OEM TT suspension setup to give me more stability through the tight turns at speed, there were definately a few corners I took a little to hard causing me to use the entire edge of the road which scared me half to death that's for sure. We also had motor bikes zipping past us on the way up the hill and then one of the members in the green and black Z span out right behind me while doing a power side around a tight corner. No damaged was sustained but it was quite scary and though I had a laugh with the driving when we arrived at lake mountain, I was still like F#@k me that was close. lol
We we arrived at the top of mountain the view was spectacular to say the least and with a massive car park to accommodate the everyone it was a great place to socialize and photograph the best cars on the planet in my opinion :zlove: