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  • #99712

    simon burke
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    Day 1
    Thursday 23rd June.
    Tamworth to Mungindi.
    Leave Tamworth at sparrows.(or when we are ready)
    Dirt roads through Attunga,Manilla,Crow Mountain,Barraba,Upper Horton,over the Mt Kaputar ranges, Narrabri.Onto Terrie Hie Hie,Moree,refuel and lunch, Onto Mungindi,Camp the night on the Barwon River bank just outa Mungindi.Drink piss and freeze our nuts off :woohoo: about 600 km

    Day 2
    Friday 24th June
    Mungindi to Lightning Ridge.
    Mungindi to Dirribandi,then south past the famous Cubee Station into Heble. Heble for a beer at the Heble pub (Very historical,Kelly gang use drink piss there..we should fit in well).Down back into NSW trough Angledool and the back way to the Ridge.Arrive at the Ridge lunch time.Book into cabins 2 mins from the services club.Go on a tour through some opal mines..something like this.. http://www.blackopaltours.com.au/tours.html … then hit the piss at the Lighting ridge services club ..goes off from what i hear.Stay the night in cabins .About 400 km. Info on the ridge

    http://www.visitnsw.com/town/Lightning_Ridge.as…bmz6cCFUqFpAodoSmCDg

    Day 3
    Saturday 25th June
    Lightning ridge to Boggabri.
    Through Narran Lakes, travel along the Barwon River and refuel at Walget.Then Burren Junction for a counter lunch, Pilliga and the Pilliga State forrest.(yowies and the pilliga princes Ghost..50,000 acres) Stay the night on the river near Boggabri or at a mates place just outa town.Or somewhere in the Pilliga scrub if we get lost. :huh: about 500 km

    Day 4
    Sunday 26th June
    Home stretch
    Accross to Manilla and back to Tamworth.Or highway straight to Tamworth.Arriving mid morning… about 200 km
    Then you can all piss off home..i may have to leave real early…have to be back for my daughters 1st holy communion at 9 am (arrrghhh!!!)

    Anyone travelling is more than welcome to stay at my place on the Wednesday night 22nd June.

    Could get lost in the Pilliga scrub…but that is half the fun
    Oh…and it will bloody cold :laugh:

    going so far

    Bollocks
    TB
    Nickj
    Razor
    Solesy
    Chicken

    Open to all old bulls.
    Capping at 10 :)

    Bol :woohoo:

    #198872

    Greg
    Member

    BOONY !!!! He hasn’t the ticker or the staying power (I have seen it first hand :laugh:)

    Looking forward to this Bolls great idea mate bring it on

    TB

    #198873

    simon burke
    Member

    :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
    Maybe i should put Snowy in there aswell…another G up !!!! :P

    Scary thing is…the both might come? :huh: :whistle:

    #198895

    glenn
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    Trailboss wrote:
    BOONY !!!! He hasn’t the ticker or the staying power (I have seen it first hand :laugh:)

    Looking forward to this Bolls great idea mate bring it on

    TB

    Ticker, yes

    Staying power no,, hell, I nearly fell asleep riding to and from nabiac… ;)

    #198903

    Greg
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    BOLLOCKS wrote:
    :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
    Maybe i should put Snowy in there aswell…another G up !!!! :P

    Scary thing is…the both might come? :huh: :whistle:

    I cant vouch for Snow but Boony’s never done and adventure ride. Closest he has was the Jurds ride where ya get on the cans then ride all day then get on the cans. But he was crashed out on the table at the halfway point on that one and then cut the last quarter of the ride and went home and missed getting on it :laugh:

    Nah leave it we will go without them :laugh:

    Funny thing Bollocks is there is a thread here somewhere Boony talking about buying a LC4 for adventure style riding :P

    Good fishing out there Bollocks ?? :silly:

    TB

    #198906

    Put me down Bol, sound like a good ride ;)

    #198874

    simon burke
    Member

    Onya Jeffro….wouldn’t be a ride with out the chief :cheer:

    Murray cod as big as your head TB :P

    #198907

    Nick Jackson
    Member

    Hey Bol
    Thanks for organizing this one mate ;) , looks like a top route. This will all be new country to me so I can’t wait !! :woohoo:

    Nickj

    #198875

    Bollocks, did the recky over the spoin kop road,plenty of creek crossings and good chance of being spat if wet cause of red clay /rocks. bit over 100 kms barraba to narrabri this way. from boggi to barraba best route, most remote,good chance to sight more of those moonshiners.
    cheers

    Razor.

    #198876

    simon burke
    Member

    Nice one razor
    we should do that road on the way back eh ?
    Or on the way up…if its wet :)
    Sounds like a bit of carnage…like it ..like it :cheer:

    #198877

    simon burke
    Member

    Trip has been changed a bit. B)
    (refer to first post)
    And i just bought a GPS.
    So….less chance of getting lost ? :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

    Bol :woohoo:

    #200856

    No sure if I will make this one now. This job will finish at the end of this month and assuming I have found a new one. I don’t like my chances of getting time off in the first couple of weeks, I’ll try though. Then again I might still be relaxing between jobs at that time. :D

    #200859

    simon burke
    Member
    Jeffro wrote:
    No sure if I will make this one now. This job will finish at the end of this month and assuming I have found a new one. I don’t like my chances of getting time off in the first couple of weeks, I’ll try though. Then again I might still be relaxing between jobs at that time. :D

    No worries cheif…i’ll leave you on the list any way…if you cant come,no drammas,just let me know a week b4..we will have a minutes silence for you over a cold beer if you can’t make it :)

    #198878

    Chris
    Member

    Hi Bol,

    What is the estimate time of return Sunday? Just determining if I need to take Monday off as well..

    I will probably want to bunk at your place Wednesday night as I would trailer to you.. Maybe Sunday night as well depending on return time?

    Put me on the list please……….

    #200861

    Mick D
    Member
    Krusty wrote:
    Hi Bol,

    What is the estimate time of return Sunday? Just determining if I need to take Monday off as well..

    I will probably want to bunk at your place Wednesday night as I would trailer to you.. Maybe Sunday night as well depending on return time?

    Put me on the list please……….

    Hey Krusty, Saturday the 25th will be a big one for you,if you are also having lunch with us in Sydney. ;)

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