Leave Richmond at about 8.00am after the group photo's and ride by session, this time we have had breakfast before we leave. First stop Julia Creek then onto Cloncurry and MT Isa stop for the day arriving at about 1.30pm, short easy day ready for the ride to Tennant Creek tomorrow.
During the afternoon we have been told that another 7 riders have been booked today and this is becominga problem that we will discuss tonight.
The Burke and Wills Motel is good and we are booked to have dinner and breakfast here but we all want an early start so we will have to discuss this as well.
Combined distance 3,454 Klm's
Saturday, October 9, 2010
Day 7 - Friday 8/10/10- Weather Overcast but hot and still about 31 deg
Leave Townsville at 6.30 am and ride to Charters Towers arrive there at 8.30am and stop for Fuel and breakfast, ride on through Pentland and Hughenden onto Richmond at 2.00pm where we are booked to stay the night.
Order of events was a swim then to the pub for a beer with the whole group, they are very social group who seem to love a beer at the end of a hard days riding,then back to the Ammonite Inn Motel for dinner and bed.
Combined Distance 3,037 Klm's
Order of events was a swim then to the pub for a beer with the whole group, they are very social group who seem to love a beer at the end of a hard days riding,then back to the Ammonite Inn Motel for dinner and bed.
Combined Distance 3,037 Klm's
Day 5 & 6 - Wednesday/ Thursday - 6/10/10- Weather, Sunny hot 30deg
Leave Mackay at 6.30am stop for breakfast at Bowen and lunch at Ayr then arrive at Townsville at 1.30pm.
Nice to have a two night stop and the Aquarius on the Beach was really nice my room was on the 12 floor directly overlooking the beach and supplying a nice sea breeze.
Thursday was a wash and recoup day we walked the 3 kilometers to town centre and back then got onto the bikes and went to a bike shop so I could buy a light weight coat as the one I had was far too heavy even with the lining out.
We went up to the top of Castle hill and took some photo's and had a swim basically relaxing, I did a repair job on my bike's fuel cap, it was not breathing so the bike was starving for fuel at crucial times not a good thing but easily repaired.
Combined travel distance 2479 klm's
Nice to have a two night stop and the Aquarius on the Beach was really nice my room was on the 12 floor directly overlooking the beach and supplying a nice sea breeze.
Thursday was a wash and recoup day we walked the 3 kilometers to town centre and back then got onto the bikes and went to a bike shop so I could buy a light weight coat as the one I had was far too heavy even with the lining out.
We went up to the top of Castle hill and took some photo's and had a swim basically relaxing, I did a repair job on my bike's fuel cap, it was not breathing so the bike was starving for fuel at crucial times not a good thing but easily repaired.
Combined travel distance 2479 klm's
Day 4 - Tuesday 5/10/10 - Weather, Mist to Fog then clearing to really hot
Leave Bundaberg at 6.30am ride to Miriamvale for Breakfast and then onto Rockhampton at about 10.45am stop for lunch at Marlborough and finish day at Mackay at 3.30pm.
Accommodation at the Central Tourist Park was very ordinary and the cabins were rough, Dave Cook suggested Glenn Martin and myself join him for a couple of beers at the Oemio pub as he was there about twenty years earlier and thought it was a great place, great views out to sea and nice spot.
We dined at the RSL club and drowned a few sorrows as 11 of the group got booked on the way into Marlborough.
Combined distance travelled 2,089 Klm's.
Accommodation at the Central Tourist Park was very ordinary and the cabins were rough, Dave Cook suggested Glenn Martin and myself join him for a couple of beers at the Oemio pub as he was there about twenty years earlier and thought it was a great place, great views out to sea and nice spot.
We dined at the RSL club and drowned a few sorrows as 11 of the group got booked on the way into Marlborough.
Combined distance travelled 2,089 Klm's.
Thursday, October 7, 2010
Day 3 - Monday 4/10/10 - Weather, Overcast but Mostly Dry
Official start of the ride.
Leave Tenterfield at 8.30am after having group photo's for the press releases at the Tenterfield Rail Museum.
Head onto Bundaberg through Warwick, Toowoomba & Goomeri, arriving at Bundaberg at about 4.00pm.
Stay at the Bert Hinkler Motel, good accommodation and big rooms, dinner at the motel and breakfast booked for 7.30am but we are leaving early to beat the heat so we will have breakfast on the road.
Combined distance for 1,383 Klms.
Leave Tenterfield at 8.30am after having group photo's for the press releases at the Tenterfield Rail Museum.
Head onto Bundaberg through Warwick, Toowoomba & Goomeri, arriving at Bundaberg at about 4.00pm.
Stay at the Bert Hinkler Motel, good accommodation and big rooms, dinner at the motel and breakfast booked for 7.30am but we are leaving early to beat the heat so we will have breakfast on the road.
Combined distance for 1,383 Klms.
Day 2 - 3/10/10 Weather, Overcast patchy Drizzle
Leave Tamworth at 9.30am and head to Armidale for breakfast, stop of at Guyra looking for Tracey's old house which we could not even find the street let alone the house, we think that all the indicators I was given to check have changed or looked different in the rain. Moved on through Glenn Innes and stopped at Tenterfield at 2.30pm.
Book in and meet the group over dinner, many different bike and personalities but all in all they seem to be a good group, time will tell.
Combined Distance is now 762 Klm's.
Book in and meet the group over dinner, many different bike and personalities but all in all they seem to be a good group, time will tell.
Combined Distance is now 762 Klm's.
Day1- 2/10/10 Weather, Overcast Patchy Drizzle then Rain
Leave Sydney at 6.15am for Tamworth travelling through Scone at 12.00 lunch time where we were pulled over and breathalysed it appears the Police are actually getting the same bike as Steve's so they wanted to talk to him about his bike and the test was just a ploy. Then we got into Tamworth at about 2.00pm with a heap of time to spend we decided to do the Tourist thing and look at the Golden Guitar and shop.
The City Sider Motel was good and we then had dinner at the local RSL Club.
Travelled 452 Klm's.
The City Sider Motel was good and we then had dinner at the local RSL Club.
Travelled 452 Klm's.
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