5th Annual Sunrise on the Great Ocean Road Run Oct 9th 2011

japester · Postby **japester** » Tue Oct 11, 2011 2:49 pm

de Bounce wrote:Impressive pictures japester.
Appears you took the scenic route complete with gravel road, nice.

"Scenic" definitely describes the route. 2.5 hours out, 7.5 hours back

The return trip did include an hour's walk to the Stevenson Falls, via gravel and mud, and a lunch break at the Forrest Country Guesthouse, which served us some rather delicious fish.
and a wash, polish, claybar and wax when I got home. Boy did she need that. Lots of mud, dust and stuff (Tm) came off the panels.

emex · Postby **emex** » Tue Oct 11, 2011 4:14 pm

Thanks again to everyone that planned and executed a brilliant day, as a first timer this was well and truly the best run I have ever been on, was great to be able to put faces to names!

Hot Rodders · Postby **Hot Rodders** » Tue Oct 11, 2011 4:19 pm

Was in Bright flying on the week end. Unfortunately couldn't be in two places at once. Next time gadget, next time!

funmx5 · Postby **funmx5** » Wed Oct 12, 2011 6:48 pm

i got just past aireys inlet and stopped to put the top on heavy rain felt sorry for the bike riders!! went from lorne to apollo bay with roof off
did wid dog rd loop went past some mx5s heading towards deans marsh
got back on gor followed a blue na mx5 and another red na mx5 towards lorne ,the sun was good coming back
always good fun gor any conditions

joni · Postby **joni** » Sat Oct 15, 2011 12:29 am

Thanks to all that showed, esp considering the weather! If I wasn't organising it, I probably would have hit the snooze button too ...

After 5 years of running it I would LOVE to see 100 cars there in 2012 - not for the ego but the challenge & thrill of it ... so c'mon one & all - keep the rain away & tell your mates to get involved!

Many thanks to the inter-staters from Adelaide & Queensland, also the guy from Canada. I hope the weather didn't put you off to much & come back next year for some blue skies.

Also thanks to all who got up so early to come over from the other side of Melb & beyond to drive this great road.

See you in 2012 all, Joni & Chris :mrgreen:

PS As per usual any suggestions to improve are most welcome. Also, can I please have some feedback on the new starting point of BP @ Little River versus KFC @ Westgate. Ta x

joni · Postby **joni** » Sat Oct 15, 2011 12:30 am

Oh & also the Rotary Club @ Apollo Bay have suggested that they could put on a breakfast BBQ for us instead of going to the Cafes, What do you think of that? Give your Breakfast dollars to charity for egg & bacon rolls!~ Joni

funmx5 · Postby **funmx5** » Sat Oct 15, 2011 1:44 am

everyone seen to go there own way once hitting apollo bay ,so there wasnt a lot of people to chat to at the end ,my son and i grabbed a hot drink walk the main ,then did the wild dog road
so more of a meeting point would be good

de Bounce · Postby **de Bounce** » Sat Oct 15, 2011 2:33 am

Agree, a BBQ would make an excellent meeting point at the end of the run and promote a social atmosphere.
Those who want to go their own way can still do so.

mxfive95 · Postby **mxfive95** » Sat Oct 15, 2011 7:51 am

de Bounce wrote:Agree, a BBQ would make an excellent meeting point at the end of the run and promote a social atmosphere.
Those who want to go their own way can still do so.

Agree. Otherwise most ppl stick to there own and the newbies feel left out, maybe even do a group photo at the end...

Great run as usual Joni and the starting point was perfect :beer:

funmx5 · Postby **funmx5** » Sat Oct 15, 2011 8:37 am

and proberly change the geelong meeting point to the service road in front of the waurn ponds hotel

lee · Postby **lee** » Sat Oct 15, 2011 10:29 am

joni wrote:After 5 years of running it I would LOVE to see 100 cars there in 2012 - not for the ego but the challenge & thrill of it ... so c'mon one & all - keep the rain away & tell your mates to get involved!

How many turned up this year?

funmx5 · Postby **funmx5** » Sat Oct 15, 2011 12:57 pm

53 cars lee

specmiata · Postby **specmiata** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 4:02 pm

I reckon a local club putting on a breakfast BBQ is great idea......confirming numbers will be the challenge.

Be great to support a local group.

If this doesn't work, i do know the owner of the Apollo Bay Hotel, and i reckon he would do a cracker breakfast deal for us.

TSM

joni · Postby **joni** » Sun Oct 30, 2011 12:03 pm

Great. We liked the new start point too as clean, hot food, toilets & plenty of parking...

I'll follow up with the breakfast BBQ and/or Apollo Bay Hotel owner for b/fast there -thanks

. We used to have a set place "Great Ocean Rd Deli"and this is the first year they had closed down - so everyone spread more than usual. I was also thinking that with no known numbers for the BBQ but I reckon if we got 50 cars on such a crappy weather day, then we can count on that as a minimum - if they run out then there's always the cafes as a back up.

Ill also talk to John G from Ballarat group re: change of Geelong pick up as he brings the majority of that pick up point from the Western plains area. It would be good for them to have a coffee spot too (rather than a carpark) but then again when the Geelong ring rd goes straight over the top, this may also change things down there.

Thanks for your suggestions and as ever - look forward to riding with you all next year

Fingers crossed for sunny weather x

Joni & Chris