Story: Brett Varga Photos: Brett Varga, Tracey Varga & Yannick Anderson
Run to Meeniyan Mid 911 Register 17th February 2013
roads and scenery. All drivers happy no damage was done on the bump in the road that at least 3 cars had scraped on. Scones, coffee and tea were enjoyed by all. The inside of the Old Dalyston Church is a simple beautiful building that has been converted into a restaurant and made a great location to catch up with new and old Porsche club friends.
To many the Mid 911 is the coolest. The iconic 80’s and 70’s shape that survived 15 years with little change. Only catch is on a 30 plus degree day the cabin is far from the coolest place to be. The air conditioning is more a volume control for the fan than an effective cooling system. The weather was forecast for mid 30’s so after meeting the cars, drivers and co drivers for the first Mid 911 run of 2013 we headed off on the M1 towards Warragul. The drive soon had us off the main hwy and onto some back roads. Trip notes were very detailed, even warning of pot holes and advising of photo opportunities. All drivers missed the photo opportunity as we were busy steering some great winding roads around Glen Alvie. The pot hole wasn’t to be found as many of the roads we drove had had or were having repairs done. One bump on the road wasn’t noted and a few cars scraped their under carriage on this large bump in the bitumen as we rounded a corner. I heard many bumps in my days four wheel driving but have never heard and felt the bottom of my Carrera scrape like this. What seemed like a minutes silence in the cabin pursued before Tracey enquired “is the car OK???” Jo Lo (that’s the nick name a friend has given my wide bodied 911) was fine! We arrived at The Old Dalyston Church for morning tea and parked in the shade of several pine trees. This was a mid 911 drive but as we parked there were a mix of Porsches, all with drivers and co drivers smiling from the great 56
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The 80km drive from Morning Tea to Lunch had more back roads in the Gippsland region. After a short blast we hit road works which allowed for a great photo opportunity. I jumped out of the car with camera in hand to get the line up of Porsches, stopped at some weekend road works. The picture was almost a perfect mixed row of Porsches. Boxsters, 911’s and a 944. At least the Subaru at the back of the row has a boxer engine!
Pictures taken and we were soon off in the direction of Leongatha on the A440. Off the A440 and the back roads were lots of fun with twists and turns as well as lots of bumps which keep the steering wheel jiggling in hands of mid 911 drivers. The final drive to Moo’s Café at Meeniyan had all drivers looking for shade from the 34 degree Summer heat. Not all found the shade but the air conditioning in Moo’s was a great relief from the heat. The lunch was great. 2 Courses with some going for entree and main and others taking the main and dessert option. Moo’s is well worth a visit as are the roads that took us there. Lunch over and most took the straight route back to Melbourne. A big thanks to all drivers and co drivers. In particular Graeme Anderson for his organisation and trip notes.