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!
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| 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? |
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| the temperature was rising so we enjoyed our lunch stop very much |
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| drew & megan cocker on their Honda Goldwing |
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| Johaan, thx for getting into the spirit |
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| 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.
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| 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
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| Gearing up to leave "Thunderbolt Inn" |
