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Old 10-07-2011, 03:39 PM   #1
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Over the ditch here things are normally covered in the white stuff this time of year but its been rare as rocking horse poo,finally got a bit last night so drove up for a look see,not much but a start at least.It was however bloody cold with a howling wind so didnt stay long,felt a bit sorry for my mate on the back to be honest.

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Old 10-07-2011, 04:25 PM   #2
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Where abouts did you take the photo's


XR8's are fun in the snow...



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Old 11-07-2011, 10:45 AM   #3
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XR8's are fun in the snow...
Pig Route mate,its just down the road.Normally completly covered and road closed from time to time but this year not much at all.What about yours?looks a healthy dumping,this year?
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Old 11-07-2011, 02:50 PM   #4
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Pig Route mate,its just down the road.Normally completly covered and road closed from time to time but this year not much at all.What about yours?looks a healthy dumping,this year?
Love that road

Mine were from winter 09 or 10 in South Canterbury
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Mine were from winter 09 or 10 in South Canterbury
Me to though more on this than in the ute.
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Old 10-07-2011, 05:54 PM   #6
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Nice pics. I've been told it's bitterly cold in south east Aus right now. Not looking forward to returning from Hawaii on Tuesday. It's about 25 degrees here at 10pm, with a nice breeze from Waikiki Beach.
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Old 10-07-2011, 10:22 PM   #7
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its global warming ,but its ok cause its been fixed today with the carbon tax ,so tomorrow everything will be perfect
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Old 10-07-2011, 10:52 PM   #8
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I honestly believe my falcon has never, ever seen snow.
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Those are 2 very nice XR8's guys. Also good to see snow falling in NZ.

Thanks for the pics.
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Im heading up to Tumut in the coming weeks. Catch some of the white stuff!
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Hate to be a downer, this is the snow we got last year in Pittsburgh. My Focus is a whiter blob than normal

I imagine your mate loved the temps and the snow!

Halfway to spring for you all, that means I can plan a potential trip for September or November!

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Hate to be a downer, this is the snow we got last year in Pittsburgh. My Focus is a whiter blob than normal

I imagine your mate loved the temps and the snow!

Halfway to spring for you all, that means I can plan a potential trip for September or November!
Normally mate the place i took the pics would be similar to where you took those,ski fields have only just opened in the last week.
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Old 13-07-2011, 12:25 AM   #13
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Im heading up to Tumut in the coming weeks. Catch some of the white stuff!
Mate if ur goung past tumut up to the snow make sure u book a set of snow chains, we've had heaps and heaps of snow here and most 4x4s are using snow chains its that bad

Law requires all non 4x4 cars to carry snow chains. Though over the last week at least 20 brain dead idiots have crashed their non snow chain fitted FWD cars thinking they can drive through snow :-S makes me wonder
Local tow truck driver is loving it lol
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Theres snow and then there is NA snow, stuff that, sorry.
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I LOOOOOOVE the snow. This just makes me wanna go to the snow even more. Did you cars love the extra cold air???
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Old 11-07-2011, 01:06 PM   #16
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I LOOOOOOVE the snow. This just makes me wanna go to the snow even more. Did you cars love the extra cold air???
Wondered the same but with the road covered in grit wasnt game to get to heavy on the loud pedal,stuff is like marbles and i was bloody glad i wasnt on the bike.
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Not enough snow to build a snowman?
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Old 11-07-2011, 09:35 PM   #19
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Great timing....

Here I am sitting in a hostel room in Hobart... 2 nights ago I did one of the most nail-biting drives I have ever attempted.

Got into Derwent Bridge pretty late, was raining but the snow on the road was light and doing 50ish kept the car driving straight. Didn't worry all that much, Tom Tom said we would arrive in 5 minutes so dropped the speed down even more.

Checked in, and the wind and rain was like nothing I had ever experienced.

Woke up to this:





Bugger... we needed to get to Southport, 270km south.

Ok.. apparently there was sun and a raise in temp on the way. Spent an hr at 'The Wall' (tourist attraction just down the road)....



No change.... bugger.... hmmm do we stay put or try and head on? Chose to head on...



Very VERY carefully.....



The scenery was stunning, certainly not expecting this on our trip to Tassie.





We caught up to two 4 wheel drives... how did I catch up?? There were behind a Corolla driver who thought it was smart to do all the snow ploughing.... Watching him zig-zag and swerve all over the road uphill... I just hung back and let them clear the track and I took most hills with minimal fuss.



Our vehicle...... Hyundai i45 hire car. (Was that or a base Camry... no brainer really).



It performed very well. This drive tested the ABS and traction control many times over lol. Avg speed was 35km/h till we hit clean tarmac.

Along the way we passed a new beemer who was stuck at the bottom of a hill I had just went over, a Focus who lost it and crashed and a TOYOTA COASTER (22 seater bus) who came around a hair-pin bend at a 45 degree angle and missed us by a foot. They driver was frantically waving to us to get out of the way as soon as he saw us... seeing the side of the bus (as opposed to the rear) continuing up the hill taking up both lanes.. Couldn't believe the stupidity of the bus driver....

Got to Southport at 5.45pm after leaving Derwent Bridge at 11:30am to have a meal and drink at Australia's southernmost Pub.
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Yellow Festi - who did you hire the I45 through?

Not to take this thread OT but how do you rate the i45 in general? PM me if you want.
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Yellow Festi - who did you hire the I45 through?

Not to take this thread OT but how do you rate the i45 in general? PM me if you want.
Hey Blueoval. No worries, did a write-up of the i45 here:

http://www.fordforums.com.au/showthr...1330822&page=3

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was snowing here in Dunedin(NZ) yesterday and had to take a day of from work (paid) as i might have gotten stuck if i stayed
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Some great shots there too guys
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I'm going to Tassie for 4 days in August.

I have NEVER seen or been in real snow at all - only the odd bit of artificial stuff.

Kind of looking forward to it!
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Heading to Queenstown the first week of August, can anyone give me a report for the snow fields around there atm? First time in NZ for me, which parks do people prefer (some of us ski and some of us board)? What is it like to travel to and from them on a daily basis?

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Heading to Queenstown the first week of August, can anyone give me a report for the snow fields around there atm? First time in NZ for me, which parks do people prefer (some of us ski and some of us board)? What is it like to travel to and from them on a daily basis?

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Argh! The only year i cant go to the snowfields, its the best time. And there's a thread on AFF about it. Its like rubbing it in.

So so cruel!

Ah well.....great pics everyone.
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[QUOTE=98TLS]Over the ditch here things are normally covered in the white stuff this time of year but its been rare as rocking horse poo,finally got a bit last night so drove up for a look see,not much but a start at least.It was however bloody cold with a howling wind so didnt stay long,felt a bit sorry for my mate on the back to be honest.


hey mate just wondering what rims are they ? ? ?
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