Pacific Palms and Nurbushring Run

28 February 2016 / Words Greg Cox; Pictures Keiran Rodgers

Nestled between the Pacific Ocean and Wallis Lake and surrounded by National Parks, the destination for our February run was Pacific Palms, part of the Great Lakes region of the Mid North Coast.

It was under clear skies and rising temperatures that our 5 car group departed Port Macquarie on our run south down the M1 Pacific highway.

We welcomed new members John and Margaret for their first run with us in their new ND, and look forward to their regular participation.

The first leg was to Coopernook, where we turned off the highway onto the winding back roads through Lansdowne and on to Taree, where Kevin was waiting to lead us to his home at Wingham.

On arrival, Kevin and Carole provided a sumptuous morning tea which we all enjoyed along with a catch up chat.

Fully refreshed, our now 6 car group followed Kevin south down the M1 to the Wootton turnoff that leads us to our favourite MX5 road, the Wooton Way ( Nurbushring ) through to Buladelah.

This 20 kilometre stretch of old Pacific Highway which is mostly used now by motor bikes and sports cars due to its wide flowing curves, is a real joy to drive in an MX5.

All to soon we were back at the M1, which we crossed to join the Lakes Way through to Pacific Palms, where lunch was taken at Pacific Palms Recreation Club overlooking Wallis Lake.

After an enjoyable meal with great company we said our goodbyes and made our respective ways home.

Our sincere thanks to Kevin and Carole for inviting us into their home, and generous hospitality.