2006 E34 Winton Raceway / Victorian Alps / Snowy Mountains Tour

[The Bigfella]

So - we set off last Thursday for Wangaratta, spent Friday at Winton Raceway, Saturday in the Victorian Alps through to Thredbo in the Snowy Mountains of NSW and then I had to make an early departure and missed the bit through Adaminaby back to Wodonga then home.

12 cars - an E28 M535i, 5 x E34 M5s, 6 x E34 540i/6 LEs. I from Hobart, 2 from the ACT, 5 from Sydney and the rest from Melbourne (2 of them with passengers). One of the M5s came complete with an E39 M5 V8 in it - easily the quickest car at the track.

Here's mine leading two of the V8s:



Us in a section of forest on Mt Buller that had been killed by a bushfire:



Some paddock ploughing with an M5 - my only spin of the day, which I did with another car 10' behind me:



The E34s



I did 1950 kilometres of which 10% or so was on the track. I missed a big kangaroo by about 4' as he crossed from driver's side to passenger side in front of me - he was in a pack of 15+ that came at me from all directions up near Tom Groggin Station in the Snowys just after dusk. I had 115kg of pressure on the brake pedal at the time!

We had a brilliant group of guys and two women, fabulous cars, superb mostly deserted roads (I saw only one other car in one 75km stretch) and great driving conditions and a lot of fun.

It will happen again next year.

Ian

[BigKriss]

Nice writeup. I wish I was there.

[genphreak]

Nice writeup. I wish I was there.

Let's tag along next year Kriss! You know the Americans will want more pics next time Ian, especially of the 200km/h alpine racing super-roos that come along near side as you wind through those Alpine twisties! Nick

[The Bigfella]

There's hundreds of photos and videos.

More photos you say? How about a 540i/6 LE:




Or twisty bits:



On the road:



Another 540i/6 LE



Ian

[CharlesAFerg]

rofl RHD

[The Bigfella]

rofl RHD

Yep, even the Corvette that I blew away on the track was RHD