Headin Sth Roadtrip - day 2 Twisty-a-thon

Day 2 began with a quick run down to Walcha for breakfast the mandatory pic in front of the intersection of 2 awesome riding roads in the state, Thunderbolt Way and the Oxley Highway.
With Bellies full it was then onto the bikes for a great ride down the Oxley Highway punctuated with a stop at Gingers creek for a break (from the million curves) and a coffee.

Gingers Creek...sorry about the Car

a beautiful bike lurking under the tree

As we sat sipping our coffee all sorts of bikes rolled into the cafe, a real melting pot of bikers and bikes. So off we headed for more corners (you know how us cruiser riders luv corners :) we stopped at a vantage point a little further on to watch bikes scream down the mountain, some even kept repeating the same curve ... yea, even one of our crew had a go ... way to go Steve...and thx Des for the pics

 That was a whole lot of fun, even for us slower cruisers, its great to get into a Rhythm and the Oxley has some fantastic high speed sweeping curves that Des and I thoroughly enjoyed enjoy at the end of the Oxley....a whole lot of fun for some crusty bikers.

so we all manage to make it through with no slip ups or encounters with the boys in blue, though there were a few out and about.

 We could not expect to always stay on these marvellous roads and so after a scrumptious lunch in Wauchope (thanks again Leigh for picking out these places) we faced our demons, the pacific highway with some roadworks thrown in ...up towards coffs harbour and the turn off to Bellingen  and the Marvellous Waterfall Way.....and another unspeakable beautiful road up the hill to Dorrigo.

Richard , Megan and Drew enjoying the break on the Oxley and watching Steve trying yo scrape the corners

now entering paradise...so green, so beautiful

 What a beautiful part of the world and so amazing run up to Dorigo, we stopped halfway up to admire the views and encountered the mystery of the Rooster on Waterfall Way!!

what could be the story with the rooster....how did it get halfway up waterfall way...but seemed to be scratching out a living.







Dave was obviously contemplating some finger lickin rooster for dinner....but alas no cooking utensils...so it was off to Dorrigo for the night...and more fun and frivolity.

So all the bikes tucked away for the night we had a wander around the town then off for dinner at the hotel...hmm another Chicken Palmasharna , oh that that road trip waistline.

time for a chat before dinner as the day draws to an end

Headin South - 2015 roadtrip DAY1

Along with Paul's singing Santa we were all excited as 8 bikes and 9 riders prepared for four days of awesome riding on some of the best bike roads in NSW .....imagine doing the Oxley Highway, Waterfall Way ,Armidale rd and the Gwyder highway to name a few.....and yes, Steve verified that this 1,700km roadtrip included 1,700 twisties ...OMG!

ahh the open road beckons...to Boonah

 but didn't get off to the best of starts as we headed to breakfast at Boonah...we managed to lose Richard for a time....but our location app, life360, soon showed us where he was. We were soon well on our way to Flavours @ Boonah to enjoy the the first of a long list culinary delights.

It was then off to to Stanthorpe for a rest stop and Texas for lunch...and I got to say that it was surprising how many twisties there were. The sign to the left did highlight the realities though there was a question as to was it 15 dead Kangaroos?

strange things indeed...was that a Darlick shadowing steve?

the temperature was rising so we enjoyed our lunch stop very much

drew & megan cocker on their Honda Goldwing

We thought Megan  was particularly brave to be the only lady on the trip abd we thoroughly enjoyed her company...it actually made us shower daily:) With the big,bright and bold goldwing around we never got lost...there was no way you could miss it. 

Johaan, thx for getting into the spirit

Des's green bear added a festive flavour

 good to see some of the riders got into the Christmas spirit ....though some town folk though Drew's red beast was Santa arriving into town.
We had to keep going with 580 km's to get through on day 1 ...so we did spend a little time quenching  the thirst of both our bikes and ourselves on this hot day.

Richard enjoyed his desert a little too much !

It was a thankful group of bikers as we pulled into the Thunderbolt Inn at Uralla and found our rooms and had a refreshing shower and searched out a place for dinner.... finding the "Top Pub" for a great meal and lots of fun.
After a good sleep we assembled outside the hotel for our tradition picture with bikes

Gearing up to leave "Thunderbolt Inn"

Christmas Run december 2014

Christmas 2014 is only a couple of weeks away and we enjoyed our final ride of the year .... and of course , the Belgium waffles!! Start with a short run down West Mt Cotton Rd...off to Tamborine, coffee at Canungra then up the goat track to Eagle Heights on Mt Tamborine.

The weather behaved with just cloud cover whiich, after the rain we have had in SEQ over the past few weeks...we were thankful of So 15 bikes and 18 people on the ride we welcome Craig and his nice looking new Harley Street BoB.

BoB bikes stacked up for parking at the Outpost

After all the rain the landscape we passed through was brilliantly green though the temperature did drop up on the mountain.

Steve was lost for words...or at least his mouth was full of a good breakfast having arrived in from Hong Kong at 6:30am this morning,jumping on his bike to join us for a ride.. what commitment!

Paul and Ray raring to rip up "the Goat Track"

So as we all headed home after our short but great ride another year was drawing to an end...so many great memories, great people and of course great bikes. It was great to welcome so many new riders this year....I love this community. ... 

and lastly a big thanks to all those Band of Bikers who donated to the Angel Tree project of prison fellowship....we contributed well over $300 to buy toys for Children who has a parent in prison at this Christmas time...we look forward to welcoming the state executive director of prison fellowship, David Way to the band of bikers soon as he gets his Honda Revere on the road in 2015.

A "Hot" Ride in November

It was a beautiful blue sky spring day with the promise of high temperatures ....and it didn't disappointment us as we circle through the hinterland from Canungra, Beachmont, Binna Burra and Mt Tamborine.
We appreciated some relief as we wound our way up from the valley's.
We were greeted by some great views and open roads... obviously a little too hot for some.

bikes all lined and keened for a run

Riders head for the shade!

We welcomed Brett back with his new Honda...so gorgeous (can I say that?)...and yes, I forgive him for selling his Kwaka 900

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So some 16 bikes and 18 bikers headed off for Canungra and a late breakfast at the Outpost

riding past some of Canungra's horse studs


After some good food top up we headed off up the beachmont road to Binna Burra  for some cooler temperature...good views and food of course.

couldn't resist the opportunity for a selfie with a few of the bikers at the Binna Burra cafe.

On a hot day what else could we have but a nice cold ice cream... now I must confess that it was my cornetto , not leigh's though he did seem tempted !

I was a little intrigued by Leo's perch at the cafe...but it was just to get a good photo.

Off we headed back along Beachmont road and down into into the scorching heat of the day.

no hang gliders on this hot day...no wind

Back up Henri Roberts drive to Mt Tamborine ...a little cooler temp and a great view at the lookout.

Tim had his daughter and mate along and enjoy a quick pic at the Mt Tamborine look out.

After a quick look it was off for the twisty ride down Mount Tamborine for lunch (yes we do like our food) at the Bearded Dragon at Tamborine ...and yes, it was hot and we chose the air conditioned inside for some relief.