[VIC] Feb cruise

[Tim]

we will have to see how we go with this one due to the bushfires at the moment. A lot of areas will be burnt out. Im assuming it would be best to stay away from severely affected areas

[Water Boy]

Id be keen

[Ben_GTI]

we will have to see how we go with this one due to the bushfires at the moment. A lot of areas will be burnt out. Im assuming it would be best to stay away from severely affected areas

Well we'll see how it goes but they should start to go out by the end of Feb. Once its burnt, its burnt I suppose and shouldn't be too much of a hassle.

[Silver dub]

I have to agree with Timmy, The clean up is going to be a long a slow process up there and i think the last thing they want is heaps of cars travelling through. Also the roads will be really bad up there, they will still be covered in ash and tree's etc, not to mention there saying some of the fires still buring at the moment could take up to a week just to put them out.

[Tim]

Its very difficult as the fires are in every direction except over in the west. I think we can only wait and see how things pan out. The feb cruise may need to be postponed even.

[GoLfMan]

Its very difficult as the fires are in every direction except over in the west. I think we can only wait and see how things pan out. The feb cruise may need to be postponed even.

that would be a very good call Tim...

[Silver dub]

If you do decide to postponed the cruise mabye instead we could all just meet up somewhere and go out for lunch or just catch up anywhere, just a thought

[Tim]

If you do decide to postponed the cruise mabye instead we could all just meet up somewhere and go out for lunch or just catch up anywhere, just a thought

We have the monthy pub meet on monday the 16th.

[Silver dub]

unfortunately living so far away in rye and been a week night it's a bit hard for me to get up there, unlucky

[Water Boy]

Maybe go down the beach way... Geelong

[Jarred]

Yea I'm thinking maybe some where in the city, along the beach to frankston or something like that perhaps?

[Y2008]

I think the feb cruise should keep going but maybe we should organize some fund raising scheme to help out with the fires. It would be my first time to participate in a cruise and it would be good if we can put it to a good cause. Lets brain storm some ideas and see what we can do to help out.

[Tensixty6]

FWIW, The guys over at GOLFMKV started a donations thread to enable members to pledge to the Bushfire Relief Fund. The current tally is $7,120.00.

I'm not suggesting that this money would not have been given anyway, but it just implemented a sense of "community" on the part of the forum members.

Maybe VWW members might care to do the same.

Also, you can register your services as a volunteer through www.govolunteer.com.au.

[Silver dub]

I definatly still think the cruise needs to go ahead, a charity cruise with a donation from vw watercooled is a great idea too. We could all just make a donation on the day. mabye we could have a photo shoot of all of our cars with a sign in front saying something like " Vw Watercooled 2009 Bushfire Charity cruise"

[Y2008]

I definatly still think the cruise needs to go ahead, a charity cruise with a donation from vw watercooled is a great idea too. We could all just make a donation on the day. mabye we could have a photo shoot of all of our cars with a sign in front saying something like " Vw Watercooled 2009 Bushfire Charity cruise"

I think we should make it a more chilled out cruise maybe with less driving time than normally would while stopping somewhere where we can take some photos and another idea is that maybe we can donate anything we can for an auction with the proceeds going to support the fire victims. I think anything from a nice bottle of liquor, any VW memorabilia, or anything car related that we can donate. Another idea is that we can designate one or two people to do take some photos that day and we can put a symbolic fee to get them, again with the proceeds going to support the fire victims. That way i think we can enjoy a nice day while doing our bit. And for us being the best and friendliest VW forum out there we are no less than others who have taken initiative

Please post all your ideas and hopefully we can organize something nice *SPREAD THE WORD*