On Monday 26/4/04 we met up for a drive day to celebrate the latest public holiday. There were 4 206's who turned up on the day. The participants were: MMC in his 2000 Gti, Leigh in his Gti 180, Tim in his black Gti and me in my Diablo Red Gti. We also had Jude in his 306 Gti 6 and Quentin in his Citroen Xsara VTS. MMC only stopped by to say hi and catch up with everyone. The rest of us headed east towards the hills for a run up Gorge Road.

Being a public holiday the Police were out in force on the roads. We waved as we rolled past them sitting right on the speed limit. We stopped briefly at Cudlee Creek to re-group and then headed through Lobethal and back through Basket Range on our way to our lunch stop at Hahndorf. The roads there are a brilliant combination of 2nd & 3rd gear corners with a few hairpins thrown in for good measure. After a schnitzel we headed south via Mt Barker, Flaxley, Macclesfield, Kangarilla and onto our final stop of Willunga.

There we did a few runs up and down Old Willunga Hill Road which is one of the best 4k's of roads you will find anywhere! Took a few photos of the cars as a group and then headed back up into the city.

All up was a brilliant day with good weather, good food, and importantly great roads! All up covered just under 300K from memory.

Until next time

MichaelW

Photos and Video courtesy MichaelW and TimA