Darkness
Sep 21 2007, 03:17 PM
QUOTE(Brett gts-4 @ Sep 13 2007, 08:30 PM) [snapback]1281432909[/snapback]
OK guys and girls this is DEFINATE, FINAL PLAN. GOING AHEAD
SUNDAY 23rd September 11:00am
Starting at Casuarina beach - top car park, beat the heat will be there on display before the start. Tickets will be handed out when you pay the fee, keep these as prizes will be handed out and also these will get you the free BBQ. Maps for those that want them will be handed out.
Permits from both council and transport have been obtained to ensure we do this correctly. Trying to get Police escort, Nightcliff police station don't think they can supply the escort but they sent emails out to other stations asking if anyone can do it. Talking to the superintendent today he can not offer us green lights through ( unfortunately)so road rules need to be obeyed.
Meet at Water Gardens for the BBQ, play area is available if anyone is bringing the family and of course we will not charge for children to come and join the fun. Area 3 and 4 have been reserved through the council for us.
Beat the heat will again be there on display at the end.
Don't worry about food, drinks etc all organised.
Thanks for the support, can you start letting us know the definate numbers so we can organise the food also if we blow way out in numbers I may have to re-contact the Police regarding the green light situation.
You can let me know on here or in a PM would be preffered, just saying whether your definatly in or not.
thanks heaps guys it looks like this will be a good day out for everyone, and as usual any questions that arent covered in this post please pm me.
Price $10 per car Mandatory
Passenger $5 where possible
Children Free
Okay, seeing as so many people lack the ability to stop bitching and fighting like little children, or through just being lazy and not bothering to read through a few pages you now have this.
If there is anything else that needs to be added then the organiser will update, I don't want any crap or spamming in here, if you don't have anything constructive to say then don't bother posting anything.
RBNT
Sep 21 2007, 03:49 PM
Bump.
Captain Avatar
Sep 21 2007, 04:00 PM
Interested and will definantly try and be there.
autobot1
Sep 21 2007, 05:08 PM
try and be there!!!
JET_RB25
Sep 21 2007, 05:11 PM
Will be there
Darkness
Sep 21 2007, 05:22 PM
QUOTE(SwiftCorey @ Sep 21 2007, 04:15 PM) [snapback]1281458249[/snapback]
oh man you suck take my little initiative away from me. Talk about repeating threads omg the irony. You could of just re-opened my other one anyway im coming lol
Yes, but you started yours after complaining that you couldn't be bothered reading through 3 pages.
And due to the other one starting into a big poo fight and quite a few people misbehaving I made the call and closed it.
So now everyone will behave here.
And will have lot's of fun on Sunday.
zacowacko
Sep 21 2007, 06:18 PM
QUOTE(autobot1 @ Sep 21 2007, 04:38 PM) [snapback]1281458298[/snapback]
try and be there!!!
Hey Jason
Should se ya there mate, be in the mini
Zac
Jenkins
Sep 21 2007, 10:09 PM
Hey all will definitely be there in the Karmann. See you all Sunday.
Zmit
Sep 22 2007, 04:37 PM
so you arent joining us alex?
you know you want to!
Darkness
Sep 22 2007, 05:49 PM
Probably be there for the Christmas one, and should have the new exhaust sorted for my skyline.
But well family time, plus house hunting.
But I wish everyone else all the best and to have lot's of fun, and to take care.
Brett gts-4
Sep 22 2007, 06:57 PM
just adding more stuff to make you wanna come along a bit more.
Prizes will be awarded for the following:
Best presented.
CEO's choice of best car overall.
Oldest car there.
Smallest car there.
Best motor bike.
Best wheels
if anyone else has any ideas for prizes please put em up asap
Zmit
Sep 23 2007, 08:04 AM
hey..... sweet
see you guys in a few hours.....
VWRX
Sep 23 2007, 02:22 PM
Thanks for organising this event. Was great to get out and cruise.
Lets hope the next one pulls in even more support!
Megz
Sep 23 2007, 02:57 PM
Saw a few of you out and about - Reub, Tim, Sam. Icandy around the city
Zmit
Sep 23 2007, 02:59 PM
hey guys.... the few pictures that i got are up.
http://www.zmit.info/gallery/kokodacruise
UZZ30_Soarer
Sep 23 2007, 03:00 PM
Never made it due
Was keen too...
How was it? Tim you got any pics????
I spent all morning cleaning the celsoir and servicing it, now to do the missus car this afternoon.
Zmit
Sep 23 2007, 03:26 PM
hahaha....... too quick for ya
Enrage
Sep 23 2007, 05:54 PM
u didnt stay long corey...
nice photos zmit
Zmit
Sep 23 2007, 07:40 PM
cheers enrage. i left most of it up to the other guy.... a quick chat to him showed that he has a HELL of a lot more experience and knowledge about it.....
why did you leave corey?
you paid... and left.... there were drinks and lunch...
Jenkins
Sep 23 2007, 09:23 PM
Very nice pictures Tim.
Well done man.
Also did you happen to find out if we can get copies of the pictures the other guy took?
Pure-SX
Sep 24 2007, 08:41 AM
You probably weren't there long enough for pics lol.
Well done to Brett for organising it, was a blast, even with the "detour" through the city
hehe Tim you hoon lol
Megz
Sep 24 2007, 08:54 AM
Check out Page 4-5 of today's paper boys and girls
Zmit
Sep 24 2007, 09:46 AM
:D hooray!
.... ill check it when i see it..
and i overheard a convo between the photographer and brett. he said that he is going to send previews to brett and then everyone can contact him about what ones they want. i have absolutely no idea when, how, or anything else related to that.
i told you it was gonna be "hoons"
http://www.ntnews.com.au/article/2007/09/24/2133_ntnews.html
Enrage
Sep 24 2007, 10:14 AM
QUOTE(SwiftCorey @ Sep 24 2007, 09:44 AM) [snapback]1281463944[/snapback]
haha got the paper. They still called us hoons ? ohwell
lol i thought this bit of the article was so random:
"Edward Francais, 20, of Jingli in Darwin, brought his silver Nissan Skyline R32 GTR twin turboto the rally.
"I thought we were going to be doing burnouts ... Just joking," Mr Francais said.
Mr Francais said his car could beat all Commodores but there was no way it could "beat the heat" as it was a stock car."
lol @ eddie for that 1 hahahaha
zacowacko
Sep 24 2007, 12:49 PM
Great to make the paper, let alone the front page, pity about the other dickheads that took out that fuel bowser.
Jenkins
Sep 24 2007, 01:01 PM
Yep, what should we expect. Still called hoons. "Hoons with heart" but still.
Anyone else read the rest of the "Good Bad and Ugly" story?
3 Kids escaping from don dale and stealing a car to try and get away is hooning?
Megz
Sep 24 2007, 01:05 PM
Course it is - young boys in a car oh no they must be hoons.
The fact that they are criminals and thiefs has nothing to do with that story it's much more fun to label them hoons to sell more papers.
Totally off topic though
Is there anyway of donating money even though we didn't go - or has it all been handed over?
Zmit
Sep 24 2007, 01:57 PM
does anybody else find it frustrating that no matter what we do... we still get labelled hoons?
to me it hasnt helped anything, the whole point of these cruises is to try and distinguish a difference between 'car enthusiasts', or even 'revheads', and hoons
Megz
Sep 24 2007, 02:01 PM
The principal of this cruise was there it's just unfortunate that these idiots decided yesterday was the day to crash their cars.
vh-holden
Sep 24 2007, 02:03 PM
QUOTE(gemzu @ Sep 24 2007, 01:31 PM) [snapback]1281464967[/snapback]
it's just unfortunate that these idiots decided yesterday was the day to crash their cars.
say what?
Megz
Sep 24 2007, 02:06 PM
QUOTE(vh-holden @ Sep 24 2007, 02:03 PM) [snapback]1281464972[/snapback]
say what?
Have you not seen the article???
The front page story is "hoons" taking out a fuel bowser. Which takes away from the positive nature of the cruise. If that hadn't happened the cruise could have been the focal point of the article.
vh-holden
Sep 24 2007, 02:17 PM
nah, haven't seen it yet. i thought you meant someone pranged on the cruise.
Megz
Sep 24 2007, 02:20 PM
QUOTE(vh-holden @ Sep 24 2007, 02:17 PM) [snapback]1281465031[/snapback]
nah, haven't seen it yet. i thought you meant someone pranged on the cruise.
Nope. Check
http://www.ntnews.com.au the front page and the cruise articles are both there under each other from memory
Zmit
Sep 24 2007, 02:27 PM
yes. we were mentioned in another article though "the good, the bad and the ugly",
im just disappointed that we still get lumped in with the 'hoons'.
There are always idiots crashing their car anyway
TheHeat
Sep 24 2007, 05:11 PM
dont get offended by being grouped in the story on hoons guys.....what you did was a good thing and something to be proud of. The paper puts up stories to sell papers remember they done care how. What they showing was the good side and the bad side. There is a big difference between car enthusiasts and irresponsible 'hoons' that give everyone a bad name. The paper just needs to be educated about the difference between the two
Darkness
Sep 24 2007, 05:31 PM
tee, hee, hee, hee
HOONS with hearts of gold rallied to help disabled Territorians with a convoy of hotrods yesterday.
I noticed the emphasise on the Hoon bit.
Could just have been, people with hearts of gold.
Zmit
Sep 24 2007, 05:58 PM
ok. so the article about "the good, the bad, the ugly" understandable (yet still wrong)
but we didnt need to be labelled 'hoons' in the separate article about our cruise.
"revheads rally for noble cause" i dont mind at all. but then they ruined it with "hoons with hearts of gold"?
how can you use the same term for a road offense and a group of people driving around to fundraise money for a non-profit organisation?
it is a small thing... and im not getting THAT worked up about it, but if we dont MENTION that there is a difference, and that we dont LIKE being called hoons, then they will never know.
that is all
/rant
i dont know if you can call them hotrods either
(although some had cooling issues
)
Darkness
Sep 24 2007, 06:03 PM
Yeh, that is a thing, I mean what happens for the Christmas charity cruise?
I mean people seeing the article will be like, it's about time those no good hoons do something useful for a change, blah, blah.
Someone should give the reporter a good speaking to.
*Shano*
Sep 24 2007, 06:11 PM
QUOTE(Darkness @ Sep 24 2007, 05:33 PM) [snapback]1281465982[/snapback]
Yeh, that is a thing, I mean what happens for the Christmas charity cruise?
I mean people seeing the article will be like, it's about time those no good hoons do something useful for a change, blah, blah.
Someone should give the reporter a good speaking to.
i'll do it but can someone pay for bail
Brett gts-4
Sep 24 2007, 06:11 PM
hey guys, thanks to all who showed up and supported the event.
about the hoon thing i didnt really think it was the best way to describe us either but like mark said they have to sell papers no matter what.
im hoping the christmas cruise will be bigger and better this year as the profits are now goin to kokoda HPA and not the red cross. which is great news for us.
once again big thankyou and hope to see you all at the christmas one
Lancer Guy
Sep 24 2007, 06:31 PM
well done guys sorry i couldnt make it, but i promise i wont miss the next one
vh-holden
Sep 24 2007, 07:20 PM
QUOTE(Brett gts-4 @ Sep 24 2007, 05:41 PM) [snapback]1281466005[/snapback]
im hoping the christmas cruise will be bigger and better this year as the profits are now goin to kokoda HPA and not the red cross. which is great news for us.
was the salvos before
obviously i wasn't there on sunday, was worn out after saturday night and then getting up early for church. depending on dates, i should be in for the christmas one.
Darkness
Sep 24 2007, 07:29 PM
Yeh, I should be good for the Christmas one, was out scouting houses most of the weekend.
Well just looked in the paper, and yeh, saw the story, not so great, saying about hoons who crashed a car, then got you guys right next to saying you are hoons but with heart.
Not exactly a nice thing, plus totally different things.
RIPHSV
Sep 24 2007, 07:41 PM
good work brett, sorry could not attend,looked like a good turn out though, should be at the chrismas crusie
zacowacko
Sep 24 2007, 07:43 PM
Maybe someone could write a letter to the editor of the paper, i was considering doing it as i think it puts down a really bad name.
Maybe someone with some good english skills could do it?
Darkness
Sep 24 2007, 07:48 PM
Yeh, would be a good idea.
Set them straight.
Darkness
Sep 24 2007, 07:51 PM
Sounds like someone has a crush, tee, hee, hee.
RIPHSV
Sep 24 2007, 07:53 PM
not pickin on any1 or defendin th nt news(fukwits), but u guys gota realise that this has been goin on 4 a while,( be called hoons) wit all the burnouts from tc an with tdz etc.
its gunna take a little bit more than 1 crusie 4 a good cause.
dont worry bout it.
Darkness
Sep 24 2007, 07:58 PM
I think would be better to do up our own story, and pics, then submit it, not let someone who doesn't know what they are talking about do the story.
Mr Mopar
Sep 24 2007, 07:58 PM
Yeah. Let it go. Writing a letter to the nt news will only result in the whole 'hoons' debate getting blown up in the media (well the letters to the editor section anyway). It never, ever works out in our favor. Just continue to do good things like the cruise and be the best driver you can be on the road and eventually they should run out of the negative stories huh?
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