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TB
Day 7
We awoke after a far sized evening I was chasing a welder as my head light / screen / tower bracket was cracked. I had lined a welder up the evening before so I stripped the front off removed the bracket and tore down to bamaga on Moose’s bike only to find ol mate had left town for another job WTF! Queensland I was told hurry hurry wait!
So I put the bike back together and led the boys out to Punsands bay. One more phone call and I located a mobile welder who was having a day off but said come around and he would fix it, HAPPY DAYS!
I left the boys to setup camp and rode the 30 k back to Bamaga and found the welders farm. He and his mate had a pile of cans around a fire and I thought here we go. I stripped the bike again and welded it up, made a gusset painted it and feed me xxxx! HAPPY DAYS AGAIN!
I sooted back, nick had setup my tent as well HAPPY DAYS AGAIN!
Moose had invested in a new cameltoe for the sandy conditions it wasn’t a genuine cameltoe but it was a Kirk’s
Kram was sober which considering it was after 11 was surprising!
We decided to rip to the tip, we took the beach track which was phat i have some helmet cam footage of it I will post when i get back to Mackay. Sandy deep ruts and seedy croc looking creek crossings that your eyes hanging out of your head. We all listed it as the highlight.
Once at the tip we rode onto the beach out to the water for a few photos which are on my camera and I will download later. We started the long steep walk over the headland to the tip
the views were amazing
We finally made the tip
More pics from that later
Jacko wanted a blue steel pic umm
TB
Ate like kings last night
Lobster, prawns, crab, oysters bloody awesome
TB
Yeah looks great TB. Looking at the Spot it looks as though you have been cutting a few laps around the top looking at the sites. Great pics and report.
When do you start to head south again?Cheers,
Lefty
Too bad yu doing it so tough up there :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: Keep it up looks like a blast.
Great post, great photos, I might even use a few of the photos – I did that ride from Brisbane (minus the weipa bit) at the start of may, although I wouldn’t recomend a KTM 525 for that again without some further thought for aftermarket seating….
(TB may or may not remember an old sh1tbox toyouta hilux with a 07 ktm 525 that wouldn’t start and held everyone up just outside of newcastle, tried roll starting down the hill to no avail) –
Did you get onto the frenchman’s track?
May sure you stop off at the lions den hotel and then do Bloomfield / coastal highway, and then through mossmans on the return.
Frenchmans track was also seen bloody sensational
I used Dunlop 606’s :first rear was still 2/3’s good brisbane to Mareeba, amazing for 2000+ km’s on the road, Swapped it out for a new 606 on the dirt just to be safe, just as well, it was well shagged (2mm left) by the time we got up and back to cooktown, love to know how your tyres held up on the big bangers (although we were on it – Up and back in 6 days, with a day off in the middle
The place is so big, I bet you’re up for another trip soon…..
We stopped at this lagoon ( where we lost Kram ) and in less than 5 minutes a croc started making it’s way over to check us out.
Yep we shit ourselves and ran like girls !!
Congrats on making it to the Tip fellas :cheer:
Must be a truely awesome experience
Enjoying the ride report…..you lucky ..lucky Bastards (to be read out loud by Kram)
Stay up right and keep trackin :cheer:
Bol :woohoo:
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