Tagged: Old Pacific Highway

MBCNSW July 2024 night drive – Wisemans Ferry 1

MBCNSW July 2024 night drive – Wisemans Ferry

Ever since we started the night drives in 2020, I’ve wanted to do a route going north from Wisemans Ferry.   The issue was the poor road surface along Wisemans Ferry Road as it goes parallel with the Lower Hawkesbury.   Some of the potholes were big enough to swallow up a W201. Given the lack of lighting it wasn’t really a suitable place for a...

Sydney scenic drives 0

Sydney scenic drives

Most of the articles on Sydney Scenic drives list the same old drives everyone knows.   I’ve had a free day once a week for the last couple of months.   Its given me the opportunity to explore different roads a day trip away from Sydney.    I don’t normally get the chance to go long drives, to it was also a good opportunity to give...

July and August Night Drives 6

July and August Night Drives

I’m a member of a few different car clubs (Mercedes, Jaguar, Citroen), but am rarely able to make events.   With a young family the times rarely work for me.   A lot of the time I spend either working on or driving my cars is late at night.   I figured I am not the only one in this situation, so after a poll of a...

The Devil in Disguise drive 0

The Devil in Disguise drive

On Sunday, I attended the Devil in Disguise drive with the Citroen Club.   So the story goes the drive is named in memorial for a member of the club who is sadly deceased who was apparently a mild mannered man, until he got behind the wheel of his DS, when the Devil in Disguise came out! On this trip, the Devil was the...

MBCNSW ‘Topless Drive’ 3

MBCNSW ‘Topless Drive’

The Mercedes Club organized a late spring evening ‘topless’ drive up the Old Pacific Highway to the Central coast.    I had forgotten what a nice drive the Old Pacific Highway is, certainly nicer than the F3/M1.   I took the 250SE, and it was the oldest car there, the best representation being from the R107, in particular the 380.   I also discovered...

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