Lake Macquarie & Lower Hunter Cruise 30.5.21

For all to see & come along to enjoy if you are able.
Cheers

 

Ill be there!

 

Thanks for the date change, I'm in Dave unless something else comes up. hahaha

 

Great stuff Kylie.
See ya then.
Cheers

 

Nailed the final route for this cruise today.

It's very picturesque with autumn colours. Very relaxing cruise. So if you'd like to come along you're most welcome.

To ease the way on the day here is the menu so there's no dilly/dally at order time

https://www.royalfederal.com.au/autumn-menu

About 18 of us on that veranda on the 30th so far.

Cheers

 

Hey David,
Unfortunately, Leanne and I cannot do the cruise but would like to still catch up for lunch if that’s ok? Long story short, Elsie is not roadworthy and will be left in the garage, so we’re either using the Golf or the Honda.
Let me know if it’s ok we still join the group at the pub.
Craig

 

We'll join in on lunch David, the veal schnitzel sounds great......mmm.

 

Sure is okay to join us at the pub @Elsie 76 . You're also welcome on the cruise in another vehicle.
It's a nice drive with a stop at Allandale Winery on Lovedale Rd for a wine tasting &/or chat & park with just 15 mins into Branxton on Wine Country Drive.
Cheers

 

Lol . watch yr speed if you do a lap. 60 kph all the way around.
It's great thing to see you supporting yr friend,it makes their battle a little easier.

 

Hey Craig, it's hard to believe that Elsie would not be roadworthy!

 

x3 on above comments. Hope everything is alright.

 

Hi Team,
I’ve been doing a lot of interstate travel, Vic, SA over the last couple of weeks and Perth this week then other commitments on weekends prevent me from fixing the new lifters I had put on the poptop. I was hoping it would just be a quick changeover as I was replacing the whole unit, like for like. The tension in the springs is so tight that it takes two people to put the poptop down and I have put a strap over the roof to lock it in place. When, I release the strap the tension on the material is so tight it is starting to lift up the aluminium strip that holds down the material. So I need to remove them and put the old ones back in after I refurbish them with new nylon rollers. Unfortunately, I don’t have the tools to do this so I’ll consult a few KC at the Nationals on how to it. Which also means I can’t take the Kombi to the Nationals. Bummer, but that’s the way it is. Hopefully I can get this done quickly over the next few weeks and be back on the road. Anyway, I hope to see your smiling faces on Sunday.

 

What we recommend is only changing the 2 side ones and leaving the rear one if possible. The flat bar lifters are much stronger than the new tubular ones as well. You can reduce the tension by removing a spring from the rear lifter too.

 

Thanks Kai,
I've been considering those options as well. As a matter of fact, the lifter at the back that I took off, only had one spring in it. I used the tubular ones as they had the lowest lift weight capacity on them so I figured they would be more suitable. I'm not sure how to remove the springs but will have a look in the morning and I might get lucky. Thanks for the heads up.
Craig

 

Update for all, woohoo, I took Kai’s advise and removed one of springs on the rear lifter and it fixed the issue. Thanks Kai.
So, David, Leanne and I are back in and will be there next week meeting at Maccas, then the cruise up through the Hunter. Looking forward to it.
Craig

 

So will we
See David I told you I'd respond

 

In Kims diary so no choice for you.
Good stuff KC'ers @rstucke @Elsie 76
Where's @Mr Beckstar?
Looking forward to the cruise.
Cheers

 

He might be still on cloud 9