Bathurst 1000 gathering 2005:

[whiteballz]

hokay; story so far:

blue_supra, fpv_gtho and myself-

are organising a gathering at the supercheap auto bathurst 1000 v8 race.
the plan so far because of our locations, would be good for simon and i to meet up on a train to lithgow (which goes through fpv_gtho's location). from there we would bus into bathurst and camp on site. as far as i am aware any others that wish to meet up with us can, and dont worry, we wont bite - hard.. This to me seems the most logical way to go about it, we would be staying most probably for two of the four days of the races. any aussies have previous experiances? and knowledge will help. motels etc are pretty much out of the question because we wont have a car, and motels and hotels etc will be booked solid.
any help please

[clutch-monkey]

i might join you guys i have tents which may be needed but i'll probably be driving.

[whiteballz]

ive got a 6/8 man tent its massive

[charged]

You have to pre-book your campsites at the bottom of the mountain, dont know about the top,Im planning on going in 2006. My nephews and their mates are taking our camp spot this year,try and have a shower early morning,and try and have a shit before 10 am or after the toilets have been cleaned and empty, they can be quite horrendous .You will have a ball,we never left the mountain, but theres shuttle buses and taxis for getting around.Take good sleeping gear as it gets f--king cold, I found out the hard way.

[Matra et Alpine]

Any cheap flights going ????

[fordfan2]

Dunno if im going this year...been the last 3 years because of the whole bob jane thing...got free tickets ...arrived by chopper and got best seats in the place all for free lol was gr8 dunno if im going this year tho

[Blue Supra]

Any cheap flights going ????

www.qantas.com.au

how cheap is cheap?
$2022 return edinburgh to sydney
and
$116 for entry to the race

hope to see you there.

[whiteballz]

yeah, weve seen the bookings, we can get from these sites still left:

Max Cameron Located behind Holden Corner, close to Harris Park $105

Reid & Sulman Located between Hankook Cutting and the Skyline at the top of the Mountain $140

personaly i would prefer the top of the mountian, but apparently thats where the bogans hide (aussie steriotype)

[Blue Supra]

mmmm, cheap is good!

[whiteballz]

cheap may be good, but we would be right in between and behind the grandstands.
wheres the fun of that? top of the mountian is good, plus, i would get better photos to share with these lovely people

can anyone send me their XD memory card for the duration? i want mega capacaty photos mines a tiny 16MB from memory.

[Blue Supra]

forget me flying up to Sydney! $200 return, itll cost me maybe 60 or 70 bucks in fuel to drive up.

[whiteballz]

so you drive up, we get lift to richmond station, travel with all our stuff to blacktown, get the mountians line train through st marys, and onto bathurst.

[Blue Supra]

have you found out how much trains will cost each? coz for a 3 hour drive return itll be about $60ish in fuel for me to drive.

[whiteballz]

i dont know
on the sites of cityrail they dont quote actual prices. but it costs me 8 bucks into central.

so i really dont know..

[Blue Supra]

well if its going to cost us a combined amount more then 100 bucks i think we should just pack the 200.