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| Ken,Peter,Dave and Phil ready to ride |
The 3 Muskateers (Paul,Dave & Ken) grew to the Fabulous 5 with the addition of Phil and Peter for our 2012 roadtrip to Cania Gorge.As we prepared to leave at 7am the sky was a beautiful blue but the forecast had plenty of storms forecast.
Some Christmas bling was mandatory with some santa hats, tinsel, bells and even reindeer antlers gave us some of the spirit.With plenty of rain the previous day and threats of rain coming we gave the twisties of Mt Glorious a miss...so it was two BMW's , two Suzuki's and my Kawasaki Custom that headed off to Esk then up past the beautiful Somerset dam |
| In NZ the fish were this Big! |
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| Dave always the Bakery connoisseur |
Check out a quick video of our ride up to Cania Gorge HERE
Thanks to Dave we ended up at Monto's best (only) caravan park (ask Dave about our hosts) for an overnight stay and enjoyed their annual Christmas Street party......with fire eaters...true.
But before the fun we had a great country Pub dinner...and country banter....and on to the street party and fire eaters.
Thanks to Dave we ended up at Monto's best (only) caravan park (ask Dave about our hosts) for an overnight stay and enjoyed their annual Christmas Street party......with fire eaters...true.
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| "Come on guys..there's a street party on" |
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| We told you their were "fire eaters" in Monto |
We awoke from a BIG night in Monto ,Peter had a particularly interesting one having encountered Dave's ability to keep the dead awake with his snoring...so we packed the bikes ..and headed off for breakfast a "do duck in"....Having digested a wonderfully healthy breakfast we made our way off to our destination...Cania Gorge...a great road and some great ah,ha moments.
So...tha'ts it ...time to head for home...... back through Monto.....find a BIG storm to ride through, a great winery and an ovenight at the Proston Pub!
Check out the "storm chasing" video HERE
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| Ken enjoying a well deserved rest |
We had seen this on the way up but the lads wanted to play "boy racers" and we missed the turn but on the way back we made sure we stopped in a "Clovelly" wines . Arrived mid-afternoon as the restaurant was closing but managed to negotiate a large platter and Tempura prawns at the "Cellar door" as we tasted a great range of wines.Ahhh...life on the road is tough but I guess someone has to do it.
We discovered "lucky" Phil was the wine connoisseur and manage to fit four bottles into his pannier for home . It was a great interlude on our roadtrip....something to savour....but we had to finish our prawns and wine and find our evening accommodation at the Proston pub and we were in for a real treat as Pete found a great back road there.
So where can you get accommodation, breakfast,dinner and great country pub conversation for under $50...Proston of course.....I think we doubled the number of patrons and we had a great night listening to stories as the storms rolled in. It was great when you can just park your bikes under the shop awnings in the main street
Check out the ride home video HERE
....and the final unsolicited endorsement....of sorts
....one last image in my mind symbolising the freedom of the trip was Pete with his hands raised in the air riding the wonderful road around Proston, unfortunately I never seem to have the video on at the time...but Phil did his best coming down the Gateway Bride as we were finishing...thanks Phil
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| look mum...no hands |
