July ride a fantastic day, with a bad ending

Well a mid winter ride with a min around 8deg C, sorts the men from the boys....but what a glorious blue day to have a ride ......... one of our favourite longer rides out through Beaudesert ( & a cuppa/brekky at Macca’s), across the border ranges along the Lions Rd to Kyogle then back up through Murwillumbah to the pub at Tumbulgum for lunch before winding our way through the hinterland to the freeway & home.

We are alway's wary of those wandering cows (just ask Ken & Dave B) on the road but nothing except those annoying cars. It was David Eames first time over the mountain and despite what seemed to be an increased number of "pot holes" he certainly enjoyed it.

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The road from Kyogle to Murwillumbah again seemed to have degraded since we last road it, lots of roadworks detracted from some of the magical moments and views. We though had the Tumblegum Tavern and its great chicken burger to look forward to.

We were joined there by Larry and his mighty Vespa scooter after having serious battery problems....but showing his true grit ,he soldiered on and caught us for lunch.

After that delicious interlude Larry lead us up the back way to Tugan, then a quick trip back on the M1.......and the end of another GREAT RIDE...or so I thought....

They say the most dangerous time for a ride is the last few minutes from....well I unfortunately was the one to experience this. A little too excessive front braking coming onto a busy round-a-bout, front wheel dives to the ground and 300kg green machine does a 20mtr slide....with me following.

Thanks to some great crash bars and the right riding gear meant only some scrapes,bent crash bar & broken panier lock......oh yes, I only have a sprained knee and ankle....but how good are people (yes even drivers)...checking out how I was, calling an ambulance (which didn't need) and had a biker stayed with me till the "trouble & strife arrived (she thought he was part of our band of bikers). God was good ,with so much traffic around was fortunate they stopped....so Dave, does give me membership of the "bruce" club?

A short June winter ride - Mt Tamborine looking great

Some great views on a fresh morning

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It was another chilly winters morning as we left Gateway for a short ride up to Mount Tambourine and over the hill for a great Brunch at Canungra's "Trading Post Cafe".

We welcome Geoff and his Honda 1100 to our "band of bikers", after a few years away from the bike it was impressive to see he had not lost any of his skills.

Daves was very happy with his new tyres on the big BMW 1200LT...... agreed it makes a BIG difference

Getting ready to roll back home, Dave thought he had been pull over by the "constabulary"

Well that was another refreshing ride, great country side and great mates...ahhh, can't get any better than this.

Catch you on our next ride on the 17th July .......and some news about a "Road TRIP" later in the year

Paul C

May - A brisk & awesome ride up the range

Well May's ride was fantastic with just a hint of Winter....but a with a winter coat, some long-johns and heated grips hardly notice ( just kidding). It was good to see Leon & Maggie on a Kwaka and Murray & his big boulevard along.
















................and was this Ewan McGregor doing the intro to the "Long Way Across"?


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Riding off in clear skies we made away along the freeways to Blacksoil, picking a couple of additional riders for the ride up through Esk, with a what was suppose to be a short stop at Wivenhoe Dam...... but a rear puncture changed that...but despite all our repair gear couldn't fix so it was RACQ to the rescue




....nice try Ken!



Off to Esk and the obligatory stop at the Bakery....a great coffee and pie.....Pete even got stuck into the devonshire Tea




Left Esk with a wonderful ride up to Perseverence Dam, site of some of Dave Batest great army memories?



Then Lunch at the Farmers Arm hotel....we can certainly recomend this great pub




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Check out David's videoing, hanging off the big BMW 1200LT

A JANUARY RIDE ALONG THE LIONS RD

This is one of our favourite rides, out through Beaudessert (& an obligatory coffee at Macca's), take a left on the road to Rathdowney .....onto the Lion's Road then enjoy. Thankfully no cows on the road this time, though a little work happening in replacing the old wooden bridges.
Whilst admiring the beautiful views you need to be alert with sharp bends and plenty of damp shadows.
Coming out of hills we headed to Kyogle on some great sweeping curves, filled up with fuel then it was a keft at the BP and another awesome leg of the journey to Murwillumbah and our usual pub counter lunch. The road has something for everyone, Ken & Brendan tested out the corners while the might green machine enjoyed the cruise.

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THE BEAUTIFUL QUEEN VICTORIA FALLS - 21st November 09

How good is the ride up to Queen Mary's Fall's........after our mandatory coffee/breakfast at Macca's Beaudessert , through Boonah then through the amazing lowlands leading up the mountain to that awesome plateau.
This time we stopped on the plateau for a lunch overlooking the escartment, that was a great time. This is the third time we have done the run and in any weather,there is nothong like it...then a run home through the plains around Warrick just topped off a great day.

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A GREAT RIDE TO TYALGUM 20TH MARCH

It was a really enjoyable and interesting ride down through the Numinbah Valley to Tyalgum, then to Tumbulgum and home.
The weather was kind to us we enjoyed the beautiful scenery and various riding conditions of the Valley. The first surprise was the posse of brightly covered police cars on the boarder....from both QLD & NSW.They were doing some licence checking & RBT. We all survived and rolled on down the hill, turning off at Chillingham for Tyalgum.
After suffering the 80km/hr on the Valley run we were looking forward to open speed road to Tyalgum...then we hit a cavalgade of vintage Austin Cars,interesting but SLOW. We eventually got past them met up again at Tyalgum....where we had a great chat and banter with the locals at the very dainty "Flutterbies" cafe/gift shop...there was some suggestion that the wives would love the place.
Larry then introduced us to the local at Tumbulgum....and nice ride up over the back of the tweed. This is a great part of the world...definitely keep on our list of regular rides.

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ANOTHER GREAT RIDE....AND BIKE SHOW..20TH FEB 2010

Had a great Band and of Bikers ride down tot he Gold Coast Bike show.......the threatening skys scared a few away but we had a clear run up Mt Tamborine , down to Canungra and over to the Gold Coast.

We enjoyed the views from Mt Tamborine, "Father Bates" did some preaching and Steve fell in love with the "Victories" & we all got into "helmet hooks"...very sylish

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