1st Annual Port Douglas cruise/cannonball run 2009

just over a month to go:

Departing Townsville 0723 on the 25/10/09

First leg will be to Ingham McDonalds for an epic mans breakfast which includes, brekky roll and chocolate thickshake. (the person to eat the most breaky rolls gets a prize)

Second leg to Cardwell, for epically recommended pies and a urine stop, and maybe some pre douglas photos.

Third leg to a fuel station BEFORE INISSFAIL and pre douglas photos.

Fourth leg to Cairns for an epic break and a Go Kart race of doom. ( 3 races, best out of 3 gets a prize)

Final leg, up the Captian Cook hwy to Port Douglas, for a few days of epic fun. Check in time at reflections is 1430, these timings should be easily met, but we will aim for a 1500 arrival.

Sunday afternoon: Unpack, shotgun best bed, stretch out legs, drink the complimentary bottle of bourbon but on some stepping out gear, and then we are off, epic dinner, and pub trawling.

Monday: Barrier Reef trip + booze + epic underwater pics taken by white rhys, monday night, epic dinner, and pub/bar trawling

Tuesday: slight sleep in, 0830 brekky on the pier, hit the beach, maybe hire a catamaran. OR: hope in the cars, drive 30 mins north to Mossman Gorge for epic water hole swimming.

NOW, Tuesday afternoon we will head back to cairns, this is where we have to make a choice and its open forum here, either start driving back to Townsville or hit up cairns for a night.

well i now have my time off work for this so ITS swift ON!!!!!

was going to be on anyways


anyway, suggestions on change of stops?
once its in concrete it aint changing!

P.S i will fly in around lunch time on the 24th, give us time to grab some comms gear inbetween vehicle and.....get fukn wasted in town!

speaking of which....what hotel should i book??

i have no problems with the current plans.

as for hotel, the cas will probably be your best bet.

p.s, you dont want to get too wasted the night before the big drive

you raise a good point....but with only 14 days before returning to this glorious place...im gonna drink every second im there haha,

casino is good...but...it is ageing....im thinking Rydges on Palmer street...

ok some info on Port Douglas trip itself.

Apart from the cruise up there

Cairns:

http://www.cairnskarthire.com.au/

Although we would have had a fair drive by now, i thought it would be cool for a bit of a race, so we will do a "best out of three" sort of thing as races only last a short amount of time. this will give us a rest from the long open road, and wake us up for the last..epic section of the cruise.

Accomodation: http://www.reflectionsofpd.com.au/

Her name is Carmel, She has been very helpfull to me organising this special event, We have grapes, cheese, bickies, dip and BOOOOZE awaiting for us at our 3 bedroom top floor Penthouse!
so we'll settle in on the sunday, relax, watch cable, and get a good feed.

Monday: http://www.tallarooksail.com

Now i have done this before, every part of it is epic, being that the reef you goto is only alowed 20 people at a time on it, your guarenteed to have a awsome timw with just your mates, and the fact that they put on a good feed..and booze is plentifull!

Tuesday:

No plans, so we can check out PD......4 mile beach, pub life, trawling for chicks

simply epic man, simply epic.just had a look through the hotel and the boat, goddamn awesome.

this aint no caravan adventure buddy, 1st class all they way

swift sick man. It swift sucks ass here atm and im hanging out bad for this trip.....

yeah man, same! 67 days till my leave...70 days till we depart!

just over 2 months...hang in there guys!
Fuk its gonna be a trip to remember

im hanging out forr this too. going to be the first time in a veeeeery loooong time that all swifts will be re-united.

Swiftest_gti wrote:im hanging out forr this too. going to be the first time in a veeeeery loooong time that all swifts will be re-united.

thats why its so special, 1 1/2 years since all GTi's (and there owners) were on the road together

swift, one and a half years? swift me swinging.

oh yeah just re-read the original post, why the 0723 leave time?

it will all fall into place, my friend...also if i say 0723....that actually means YOU might turn up at the real leave time

haha sweet man. see yopu at 0800 then?

you get there at 8............and you'll have to drive quicker than those standard cams can go

haha ill be there dude, ill be there.

Yeah fire up you hoover sounding swift and get there on time or we will be brappin to ingham.

you'd better be beleiving that ill be hoovering it up to p.d.

unless i donate you my cams in time that is

come on, the cruise aint perfect...yet..

Red Rhys: thought you would have wanted to stop at Cardwell so you can attempt to look for your lost Pirate ship?

White rhys: thought you would want to stop at that sugar cane world so you can swim around and get trawlin for backpackers??

is it too early to start a countdown yet??

if only i was good at math!

pretty sure its like 73 days?

either way, just over 2 months dudes...

ok so im gonna lock in the stops then, will be doing a google maps, itinerary soon...so you can all bask in its glory

far out, its going to be here before we know it. i think that whilst in innisfail we may need to stop and grab some lunch, but other than that, i think the plan is awesome.