3 states and more ride report 2011

some top shots there looked like you had a great time

Top ride and company. Here’s some pics.

visiting parliament house

old Adaminaby

causeway crossing day 1

Ensay pub for lunch

motodude playing in the traffic at Ensay

the mighty DR at Jindabyne

Tryhard

me being a knob at Mt Pinnaba

Tryhard being less of a knob

old bull on a hill

Threadbo pub

Lake something

heading up into the hills

Mickp

Nope, Wrong again
They are pushing on in true OBT spirit afterall :woohoo:

Faith,,,, I have Faith :laugh:
Did read that they were planning on camping though, that might change hey, cold & wet out there like here is it ???

Confirmed they are pubbing it in Bathurst. TB and Nick seen picking up coolant supplies from Dan Murphys in case any repairs needed.

Cheers
Aidan (as introduced by TB to Nick as “that BMW bloke that crashed” )

Day two

TB and crew left Jindabyne early and headed to Tom Groggin crossing. Lotsa, Tryhard and myself got up early to break camp but it took us longer than we expected to pack up all the damp gear.

We caught up with the rest of the crew as they were crossing the Murray river. They had just pulled Tb’s bike from its swim as we pulled up. :sick: They managed to get his bike across to the other side and out of the river.
Apparently they sent Kram across first as his bike was the lowest and they figured if he got through the rest would be OK.

The last four bikes got across safely but there was no style in it as the flowing water tried to take you down stream. It felt like you had the steering on full lock to try and counteract the current flow as you followed a long arc across the river to follow the shallow water.

Once on the other side TB’s bike was dewatered and we headed off to the Davies Plains track.
We only went about 5kms and came across a deep creek crossing. There was a group of about 20 blokes camped on the other side of the creek that came running towards the crossing as we pulled up (this did not look good, as they obviously knew something we didn’t). :S
Nickj was voted by TB to try the crossing first??? Nick tore across and out of the creek without a problem so TB went next. TB’s mighty steed balked at a large rock in the water and threw him into the chilly water where he was trapped under his steed. His head went completely under as he was pinned down and couldn’t shake himself loose. He managed to get his head above the water as all the spectators on the other side of the creek watched to see if he would drown. :sick:
Boulder and Lotsa threw their bikes down and rushed into the creek to help Nick get the bike off TB. Once the obstacle was removed from the creek the rest of us managed to cross safely.
The group camped turned out to be locals from the Cooma/Jindabyne area who were all bike riders. They had brought all their bikes across on the back of utes and had the best organized camp setup complete with kegs of beer. They welcomed us as fellow riders with hot coffee and egg & bacon sangas as TB & his bike were dewatered again. Thanks for your hospitality boys.

The Tenere looked like a pressure washer as it squirted water out of the plug hole as she was cranked over.

On the move again we followed the Davies Plains track then onto the Misery Trail to the Limestone rd. :woohoo:
TB’s engine oil was very milky so he wanted to head into Omeo to give it some fresh oil. Nickj went with TB while I lead the rest of the group through the forests down along Nuniong Rd towards Ensay. TB and Nick would meet up with us at Dargo later in the arvo.
Boulder got a flat tyre on the way to Ensay and managed to repair it pretty quickly. We arrived at Ensay at 2.30pm and after speaking to the publican about possibly getting some lunches ( as there is nothing much else in Ensay) he opened up the dining room and his wife made up 8 chicken parmagana, chips and salad meals for us. :woohoo:

The pub was under new management and the publican was keen to advertise his pub saying they could accommodate 38 people. Another big thankyou.

Another group of 20 trailriders from Bairnsdale arrived just after we got to the pub and were staying overnight. Talking to their group leader it was evident that we would not make Dargo before dark if we followed the route we had planned. We looked over the maps and selected a new route bypassing the haunted stream track much to everyones disappointment. The other group on enduro bikes had taken 2.5hrs from the start of the haunted stream track to Ensay and as it was 3.30pm when we left the pub, we would have to leave the track for another day. :angry:

With our bellies full of food and beer we headed up the Alpine Way to Swifts Creek and turned south towards Dargo down Brookville Rd then Jones Rd and onto Upper Dargo Rd and finally we arrived at Dargo to find TB and Nickj having refreshments in front of Dargo Pub about 5.30pm. They had organized some accommodation in a house just across the road from the pub with the good folk at Dargo General Store. Only beds for 5 people but plenty of floor space for our airbeds and swags. TB organized to have the laundry unlocked so he could use the clothes drier to dry his wet gear from the morning swims. The combustion heater was fired up to warm the house and dry our wet boots and gear.
While unloading his bike Motodude found his Ventura rack had all but broken off. I don’t think they are made to handle a swag tied to it while bottoming out his suspension over successive erosion humps.
Most were in bed fairly early, with three exceptions. We could hear Krams laughing from the pub across the road as he entertained Moose and Motodude till stumps. In the morning we found Kram asleep snoring on the lounge with Moose and Motodude sleeping outside on the verandah guarding the bikes. Apparently they reckoned it was better to get some sleep out in the cold than no sleep listening to Krams snoring. :laugh:

Nick, Get TB to take you up 10 Steps fully loaded and get some pictures.

Good luck