Dubbo Accident

I think there are a lot more people riding these days.its never good to read about it tho.my thoughts go out to his family.

rode past it queitly on the way home yesterday(mitchel creek) coppers ferensic squad fire truck heaps of cars did not no someone died but .herd it was a head on with a car befor we left ballimore news travels

Hi guys,
I attended this accident that day. On the way it was a report of an MVA near Balimore. I thought “bugger, 100km/hr head-on on the highway, won’t be pretty”. Few minutes later we heard over the 2way of it being a motorcyclist fatality there. Few minutes later again it was not on the highway but on a side dirt road. Dirt bikes then, darn it. A lot of us ride out there from Dubbo to Goonoo forest. I didn’t know any of them but was told the victim and son were from Gilgandra, which later found was not correct. Both were trail riding in the crown land/reserve between the highway and the properties along the highway. The road they were on was a simple dirt road from the highway to the front gate of a property, probably 400m long that runs along the base of a hill (yes a hill in Dubbo). Last time I rode there I ended up with a pinched HD tube from rocketing up that rocky hill…
Sparing everyone the details the important lesson I guess is that many tragedies occur due to a “series of events” and sometimes these do happen.

My best guess at these “series of events” were:
1) Dirt road probably gets 5 cars a day – at that exact second, there was a GU Patrol right there.
2) We don’t get alot of rain here anymore – right now the grass near the road is nice and long (1m) because of the rain. The road sweeps around the hill and it’s a blind corner no doubt about it. This time last year they may have seen the other vehicle coming over that grass.
3) Sunday morning was a nice ride day. Few bikes about. Pretty good chance of finding a bike power sliding a nice dirt road.

So that 1 time in 1,000,000 a bike power slides around a corner there just might be a 4WD there to slide into sideways and end up dragged under.

We were all pretty sure the poor fellow died on impact. Protective gear really would not of helped. If he hit straight on or with the bike more upright he may have survived going over the BBar, maybe not. Who knows.
We were all very sorry for his son who saw the whole thing behind his dad. Considering the circumstances as I mentioned above, it will be a tough one to live with for rest of his life doing what you and your dad enjoyed together. Very tough.

Anyway, I’ll be sure to keep that experience in the back of my mind next time I’m hurtling through the bush, I can tell you. Then again, when it’s your time to go, it’s your time to go.

i have come across cars on this short section of road before axel but perfect surface for opersite lock action.old mate lived a couple of blocks behind me its a small world a bit of a wakeup call.