Otago Community Hospice Charity Cruise + PICS!

SkylineObsession · Post by **SkylineObsession** » Sat Dec 05, 2009 9:32 am

Donate money now if you know you can't make it on the day!
ACCOUNT NAME: Otago Community Hospice Cruise
ACCOUNT NUMBER: 03-1725-0419233-000

WHEN
- Sunday, 21st November 2010
- Meet up at Tahuna Park, Victoria Rd from 8:00am TO 10:00am. Please try to be there by 10:30am at the latest.
- Depart for cruise at 11:10am after a possible briefing. NO later than 11:15am.
- Arrive back before 1pm for food/car show etc. Trophies will be given out to four cars (judges choice), as judged by Dougal Stevenson.

WHY
Aim of the event is primarily to raise as much money for the Otago Community Hospice as possible. http://www.otagohospice.co.nz/funding.html

HOW
By charging each driver and each passenger a minimum 'donation' of $5 (higher amounts are encouraged if you can afford it) to enter the cruise. And gold coin donation for members of the public at the opening of the car show at 1pm.

WHAT CAN I DO TO HELP
- Come along in your car!
- And also please try to spread the word in as many ways possible, this is what is gonna make or break a big turnout.
- Volunteer on the day!

IS MY CAR ELIGABLE
This is a hard one really. Basically, if its an exotic car (Lotus, Ferrari, Mercedes etc), muscle car (Mustang, GTO, Falcon, Camraro etc), classic car (Jaguar, Mini, Austin etc), hot rod or modified car then you'll be right. That includes FPV and HSV vehicles, all Mercs, Jags, higher specced BMW's and so on. If you've got a Suzuki Swift, Toyota Camry, Hyundai Accent etc with aftermarket wheels or anything else not factory/rare then its eligable too. And of course any Japanese sports car (Skylines, RX-7's, GTO's etc) is allowed, some even if they aren't modded.

CONFIRMED CRUISE ROUTE
1. Turn left onto Victoria Rd toward St. Clair, go through roundabout
2. Turn right at Forbury Rd
3. Turn left at Easther Cres just before Forbury Rd/Hillside Rd roundabout
4. Follow road as it changes to Middleton Rd
5. Turn right at Corstorphine Rd
6. Sharp left at Stevenson Rd
7. Continue on down hill
8. Turn left to the motorway on-ramp, but drive straight through into Green Island.
9. Turn right and head towards Sunnyvale (under overbridge) to stay on Main South Rd
10. Continue on Main Rd and through Fairfield
11. Right onto Morris Rd
12. Follow road as it changes to Quarry Rd then go through roundabout into Mosgiel
13. Continue along Gordon Rd and through Mosgiel
14. Turn right at Dukes Rd
15. Continue onto Three Mile Hill Rd and drive over Three Mile Hill
16. Continue onto Taieri Rd through Waikari
17. Turn right at first traffic lights onto Nairn St (past Cableways)
18. Turn right at the new lights on Kaikorai Valley Rd
19. Go through roundabout and continue along Kaikorai Valley Rd
20. Continue along and back into Concord onto Main South Rd
21. Continue up hill and onto Stevenson Rd
22. Sharp right at Corstorphine Rd
23. Turn left at Middleton Rd
24. Take the second right onto Isadore Rd
25. Turn left at Aberdeen Rd
26. Take the secondright onto Ravenswood Rd
27. Follow down hill onto Bedford St, go through roundabout
28. Continue onto Victoria Rd and back into Tahuna Park

BASIC ITENERARY
- Meet up from 8am-10am (earlier the better!)
- Pay money to officials (passengers need to pay $5 or more too)
- Sign a disclaimer form, so we aren't liable for anything you do
- Get a small sticker put on your car to show you've paid (any cars that arrive back from the cruise without a sticker will have to pay)
- Line up and park WHERE DIRECTED
- Be in your car and ready to go at 11:15am - you WILL be left behind otherwise. There will be plenty of time to chat when we get back!
- Do above cruise route - drive safely, its not a race!
- Arrive back and line up where directed again and wander round to see the rest of the cars and chat
- Judging of cars should be done/announced at 3:00pm (TBC), so stick around just incase!

THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS
- Mag & Turbo (trophies)
- Brian Wheeler Motors
- Custom Signs (signage etc)
- Brooklands Retirement Home (they paid for the hiring of Tahuna Park)
- Allied Workforce
- The Rock (keep an ear out for our ads in the week before the event!)

MORE INFO
- Full article
- Text/ring Andrew on 021 216 4593
- Join the Facebook group
- Reply to this topic (have to be registered there)
- Or send me a private message on the SSE forums (have to be registered there)

Please keep an eye out on the Facebook group and main topics on SouthernSkylines.com for updates etc!

Just an idea i randomly came up with at work last week. Who here would be interested in being in a meet/convoy of modified/performance cars all in the aid of charity, this time being the Otago Community Hospice (since Mum was there for the last few weeks of her life).

Was thinking of having each driver pay a minimum of $5 (anything more is accepted of course) to participate in the parkup and cruise, and maybe any passengers can donate either a gold coin minimum, or $5 again.

Another idea is that if members of the public want to have a ride in any of the cars during the cruise (proviso the car owner is happy) then they can pay a few $$ for the charity too. This may open the event up to more of the general public.

Then pretty much do the same cruise loop as the Special Rigs for Special Kids (out to Mosgiel via motorway, then back over Three Mile Hill to the Edgar stadium).

Its just an idea at this stage, but i honestly think that with enough support and publicity it could turn out quite well. Mainly wanted to do this to show that modified car owners are usually 'normal' people and thats where the charity donation comes in (rather than just being a big cruise of modded cars).

Will be open to any modified/performance cars (imports, Ferraris, HSV's and FPV's, American muscle cars, Mercs etc etc) too, so that more cars can come along.

Opinions? I'm very seriously thinking of going ahead with it anyway, even if we only get a handful of cars. I mean, why not?

Alex B · Post by **Alex B** » Sat Dec 05, 2009 10:32 pm

I personally don't like the idea of big cruises, but if others are interested, then all the best to you.

celica_xr9145 · Post by **celica_xr9145** » Sat Dec 05, 2009 10:46 pm

Could be keen, don't really think you could call my Celica a performance car though

SkylineObsession · Post by **SkylineObsession** » Fri Dec 18, 2009 8:37 am

No-one else keen? This really needs support if its gonna work...

Is it you i keep seeing all over the place celica_xr9145, while in either of my Skylines?

celica_xr9145 · Post by **celica_xr9145** » Fri Dec 18, 2009 9:50 am

SkylineObsession wrote:No-one else keen? This really needs support if its gonna work...

Is it you i keep seeing all over the place celica_xr9145, while in either of my Skylines?

Yea sure is, i see you and your skylines a few times a week.

Post by **Mr Revhead** » Fri Dec 18, 2009 12:08 pm

don't ask on here for major support...

Write up a good plan, find out who you have to contact re council and police for permissons etc.
Then send out a professionally wored plan/invite to other car clubs and maybe arrange to meet with secataries or presidents to talk and take it from there.

If you do that and get it off the gound you will get lots of support. If you start by asking TS for numbers you won't get far....

The old saying again, if you book it, they will come.

Alex B · Post by **Alex B** » Fri Dec 18, 2009 12:11 pm

Mr Revhead wrote:The old saying again, if you book it, they will come.

Yeap, not the first Toyspeed event that could have lurned from this, the moment you start saying things like "we dont have numbers for this to happen, whos actualy keen" then everyone looses interest.

SkylineObsession · Post by **SkylineObsession** » Fri Dec 18, 2009 12:35 pm

Its mainly just an interest check at the mo, so have only said it here, ClubSub and SSE. CS has showed support too, and one of the members there works in media...

shihad · Post by **shihad** » Fri Dec 18, 2009 5:05 pm

id be keen however im not in Dunedin so this is a useless post.if its after march count me in

jakesae101 · Post by **jakesae101** » Fri Dec 18, 2009 5:17 pm

id be keen but again not down your way

try_hard · Post by **try_hard** » Thu Dec 24, 2009 10:35 pm

good idea i'd be in

SkylineObsession · Post by **SkylineObsession** » Fri Mar 26, 2010 3:25 pm

Date is set for Sunday 21st November.
More details to come when i get time.

SkylineObsession · Post by **SkylineObsession** » Mon Mar 29, 2010 10:05 pm

Right! Basic idea is up on the main page of SSE (not trying to advertise the club, just the easiest place to put it since i'm an admin there) and i've also made a Facebook group thanks to a suggestion from a ClubSub member.

www.southernskylines.com (only article on page at time of this post).
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=106248699409876

Brawler · Post by **Brawler** » Tue Mar 30, 2010 5:54 pm

ah yeap, might take the supra in it

try_hard · Post by **try_hard** » Thu Apr 15, 2010 8:27 am

Excellant that gives me heaps of time to tidy up the 7

SkylineObsession · Post by **SkylineObsession** » Sat Apr 24, 2010 11:28 am

It would be a huge help if ya'll could spread the word around other forums and such, i don't really have the time and also don't have internet access at home (i'm at my partners place 20km from home at the mo, and i can't get here too often).

Can copy & paste the below to make it easier. You may just have to make little updates every now and then as things get confirmed/changed etc.

Might have to either remove the [ size ] coding or modify it to suit the forum you're posting it in, as some forums it may turn out really big or really small.

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Well since its all official now;
[url=http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=106248699409876]Facebook group[/url]

[size=150][b]WHEN[/b][/size]
- Sunday, 21st November 2010
- Meet up at (location TBC) from 7:30am. Please try to be there by 10:45am at the latest.
- Depart for cruise at 11:30am after a possible briefing.
- Arrive back before 1am for (TBC) a BBQ lunch (which may not be free)

[size=150][b]WHY[/b][/size]
Aim of the event is primarily to raise as much money for the Otago Community Hospice as possible. http://www.otagohospice.co.nz/funding.html

[size=150][b]HOW[/b][/size]
By charging each driver a minimum 'donation' of $5 (higher amounts are encouraged if you can afford it) to enter the cruise, and also let participants have the [i]option [/i]to charge passengers/members of the public to have a ride in their car for the duration. The passengers themselves will donate the money, so to prevent unhonest drivers pocketing half or more of the passengers fare (can never be too safe!).

[size=150][b]WHAT CAN I DO TO HELP[/b][/size]
- Come along in your car!
- And also please try to spread the word in as many ways possible, this is what is gonna make or break a big turnout. Word of mouth is a powerful tool and we can easily get a lot of cars if a lot of people know about it!

[size=150][b]IS MY CAR ELIGABLE[/b][/size]
This is a hard one really. Basically, if its an exotic car (Lotus, Ferrari, Mercedes etc), muscle car (Mustang, GTO, Falcon, Camraro etc), classic car (Jaguar, Mini, Austin etc), hot rod or modified car then you'll be right. That includes FPV and HSV vehicles, all Mercs, Jags, higher specced BMW's and so on. If you've got a Suzuki Swift, Toyota Camry, Hyundai Accent etc with aftermarket wheels or anything else not factory/rare then its eligable too. And of course any Japanese sports car (Skylines, RX-7's, GTO's etc) is allowed, some even if they aren't modded. 

[b][size=150]MORE INFO[/size][/b]
- [url=http://www.southernskylines.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=28&Itemid=1]Full article[/url]
- Text/ring Andrew on 021 216 4593
- [url=http://southernskylines.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=3195]Reply to this topic (have to be registered at Southern Skylines)[/url]
- [url=http://southernskylines.com/phpBB3/ucp.php?i=pm&mode=compose&action=quotepost&p=33747]Or send me a private message on these forums (have to be registered at Southern Skylines)[/url]

Thanks a lot for your support and help.

SkylineObsession · Post by **SkylineObsession** » Sat Sep 18, 2010 1:00 pm

Main post updated.

Brawler · Post by **Brawler** » Mon Sep 20, 2010 11:38 am

How many people/cars you got going ATM?

SkylineObsession · Post by **SkylineObsession** » Wed Sep 22, 2010 11:41 pm

No real idea until the day unfortunately. Should be easily over 100 though i'd say/hope.

Brawler · Post by **Brawler** » Thu Sep 23, 2010 10:54 am

You thought about driving past the drag train line up and handing out flyers to every car? Bound to be some people interested.