DB1k 2010 ideas thread

[NordieBoy]

Yep probably. On the SBC you wont have to stop and write down KM's, instructions and draw diagrams at every important intersection and obstacle! I also doubt that we'll be much faster between the points two up with 3 nights worth of gear.

Cheers R

Stop?
I thought you were going to have a co-pilot.

[cooneyr]

Fantastic route Ryan.
Any ideas on dates yet?

Daylight hours are still pretty critical to the event so late December early January is the ideal time. I'm keen on after New Years for family reasons so the 3rd/4th or 9th/10th work for me. Bit to early to fix a date just yet I think but I'll run a poll in a few months.

Cheers R

[BMWST?]

Plan at this stage is for some time in Aug/Oct to do the scoping ride. Ride will be two up with my wife on the back as note taker for the roll chart and auto gate opener. Will probably take 3 or 4 longish days at the slow pace we will be able to achieve. Plan is to scope some possible alternatives and some overnight places for the 2 day riders at the same time.

I'll post more details closer to the time if anybody is interested but it will not be a normal ride with lots of stopped time.

Cheers R

I would be keen to have a look/help out.

[cooneyr]

For those that are interested, have another look at the DB1k Southern South Island Page. I've been working on some Points Of Interest (POI) that the two day riders might like to stop and have a look at. I've got plans for 16 more POI's (total of 20 POI's) - the one dayers wont have time to see many if any! Sorry about some of the photos, they are all from my personal collection, including some of the photos from our 2002 or 2003 4wd trips in a ex-military 109v8 soft top long wheel base Landy.

If the page, specifically the POI, aren't working properly please let me know

Cheers R

[buggsubique]

Daylight hours are still pretty critical to the event so late December early January is the ideal time. I'm keen on after New Years for family reasons so the 3rd/4th or 9th/10th work for me. Bit to early to fix a date just yet I think but I'll run a poll in a few months.

Cheers R

I think the Yammie safari is on here in Marlb 9-10Jan for those not awesome enough to live here...

[cooneyr]

I think the Yammie safari is on here in Marlb 9-10Jan for those not awesome enough to live here...

Thanks for reminding me of that. No point in running both on the same weekend.

Cheers R

[cooneyr]

Plans are starting to form. This is a heads up and not a definate but my bro and I are currently thinking of Labour weekend for the DB1k roll chart prep run. This gives us our Canterbury Show weekend as backup.

Latest plan is to put together a roll chart using maps on the computer and just ammend it where necessary on the ride. Hopefuly this will keep speeds up during the ride and minimise stopped time.

Both my bro and I are likely to be two up with our partners and I intend on getting more photos and GPS waypoints of the Points of Interest i.e. having a look around. This will be a farily relaxed, see the secenery trip. I'm expecting that we might head to Fairlie on the Friday afternoon and will start the ride on the Sat morning with the intention of doing about 350km a day for three days and then running back up the blacktop to Chch on the Monday evening. Intermediate stops will probably be at Lawrence and Cromwell.

Cheers R

[Jantar]

More ideas needed. Has anybody got any good ideas for accommodation for the two day riders in the area around Lake Onslow, Lake Poolburn, Alexandra? We could just stay at motels or camping grounds but that really isn't in the spirit of the DB1k to date.

Access to a one big or a couple of smaller bachs (or is it crib down that way) at Lake Onslow or Lake Poolburn would be more fitting. Shearer's quarters would also be an option.

Cheers R

Plenty of room for camping at our place in Alexandra, but I might have a contact for the use of a woolshed at Poolburn. Its one we have used on the Cavalcade a couple of times.

[cooneyr]

Plenty of room for camping at our place in Alexandra, but I might have a contact for the use of a woolshed at Poolburn. Its one we have used on the Cavalcade a couple of times.

Thanks for the offer and info. I'll be checking out the options over the labour weekend prerun so might have to try and catch up with you then.

Cheers R