I take the Sultan Rd pretty much anytime I head up that way. You'll save around 80kms by taking that instead of taking the 17 over to the 129 and going up that way. As far as CAA? Good luck getting a cell signal anywhere near there..
Sorry for the laziness boys, I finally got some pics uploaded.. Fishing with Zuber, Oliver and Ches was a riot, hopefully we can all do that again sometime soon.
Stick with well known sites, etc... Other then that, nothing... I wouldn't lose any sleep over it, it's not like you'll get stuck with the bill anyhow. Definitely not worth get riled up about it.