Looking for suggestions - day trip from Newcastle

Dandaman · Postby **Dandaman** » Mon Mar 21, 2011 10:48 pm

Nice i will probably be out there sunday then! PaulF, i too am a young bloke who nobody has met before lol. What are you driving at the moment?

Dan.

PaulF · Postby **PaulF** » Tue Mar 22, 2011 12:22 am

I'm just out of school and still living with the parents, and we have 4 cars between 3 people, so I'm just using theirs for the moment. :mrgreen:

These are the interesting ones though:

Dandaman · Postby **Dandaman** » Thu Mar 24, 2011 9:01 pm

Nice, i'd drive them too!

JBT · Postby **JBT** » Sun Apr 17, 2011 12:58 pm

Slight hijack: Heading south out of Newcastle to Moss Vale, which is the more scenic route - east through Toronto or west through Swansea around Lake Macquarie to pick up Hwy 1 :?:

JBT · Postby **JBT** » Thu Apr 21, 2011 10:17 pm

Oh well, I guess nobody lives around the Newcastle area who knows anything about Lake Macquarie.

We drove down from Armidale to Newcastle today in the old MGB GT. We went via Thunderbolts Way through Walcha to Gloucester, Bucketts Way to Willy Town and then out via a tour around Nelson Bay to Mayfield. Parts of Thunderbolts and Bucketts are a bit chopped up but it was a great drive with fantastic views...would be better by far in the MX-5. We had brunch at Roadies Cafe at Gloucester - highly recommended.

Postby **NitroDann** » Thu Apr 21, 2011 11:00 pm

PaulF wrote:I'm just out of school and still living with the parents, and we have 4 cars between 3 people, so I'm just using theirs for the moment. These are the interesting ones though:

Mate i see you driving the GT all the time particularly around broadmeadow as i remember, if you see a loud NA covered in primer waving you down pull over and ill give you a drive if you dont own one yet.

Dann

PaulF · Postby **PaulF** » Sun May 01, 2011 1:07 am

JBT wrote:Oh well, I guess nobody lives around the Newcastle area who knows anything about Lake Macquarie.

We drove down from Armidale to Newcastle today in the old MGB GT. We went via Thunderbolts Way through Walcha to Gloucester, Bucketts Way to Willy Town and then out via a tour around Nelson Bay to Mayfield. Parts of Thunderbolts and Bucketts are a bit chopped up but it was a great drive with fantastic views...would be better by far in the MX-5. We had brunch at Roadies Cafe at Gloucester - highly recommended.

Sorry JBT, I would have tried to give you some advice but I've had limited access to the internet recently. I saw your car a couple of times at NatMeet but didn't get the opportunity to meet you and introduce myself.

NitroDann wrote:Mate i see you driving the GT all the time particularly around broadmeadow as i remember, if you see a loud NA covered in primer waving you down pull over and ill give you a drive if you dont own one yet.

Yeah, that would be me. That would be awesome. There seems to be a few Novocastrians on the forum; maybe we could organise a small meet?

Postby **NitroDann** » Sun May 01, 2011 3:07 am

for sure.

New thread?

Dann

Postby **NitroDann** » Sun May 01, 2011 3:08 am

In mx5 general new thread re Novacastrians.

Dann

WetWed · Postby **WetWed** » Mon May 23, 2011 7:50 pm

Some of the Hunter's best roads are litte drives and the trick is to string them all together. Take the Maitland Vale road from just past Tocal all the way to Singleton - a great drive, one of the few winding roads where you can usually see two or three corners ahead and it's in reasonable condition.
For a short sharp blast on a narrow demanding road where you have to a watch for oncoming 4x4's - the road from Broke to Wollombi.
For a scenic drive where you can have fun and she who must be obeyed can enjoy the scenery - Peats Ridge to Wyong down through Yarramalong Valley.
The road alongside the river through Wiseman Ferry past the ski park.
For a road where you can have fun without speeding - sit on the 100km/h posted limit and you'll be busy - Washpool Road to Dungog
Booral road from Gloucester to Taree has been mentioend and is a great drive, drom tight twisties to open sweepers.
Wooton Road - the old Pacific Highay just outside Bulahdelah - is absolutely awesome but Great Lakes Council does not maintain it and it can be covered in broken branches. I led 20 sports cars along that 27km stretch at full noise 6am one Sunday morning and it was just sensational.