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  • #210780

    Greg
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    Dejay wrote:
    And watching TB fail his first attempt I began to S the G!!!! Dejay

    Before Tommy distorts the truth here like fb :laugh: :laugh: I failed my first run, yes! I was also the only person who attempted the hard run first up ;) when I aimed up to the middle track 2nd run at Big Red, MY FIRST RUN ON THE MIDDLE TRACK I WAS SUCCESSFUL FIRST GO same as Tommy!! Also was first up the top hope that clears it up :P :laugh: :laugh: :whistle:

    Sensitive boy aren’t you Tommy :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

    TB :laugh:

    #210781

    Nick Jackson
    Member
    Trailboss wrote:
    Dejay wrote:
    And watching TB fail his first attempt I began to S the G!!!! Dejay

    Before Tommy distorts the truth here like fb :laugh: :laugh: I failed my first run, yes! I was also the only person who attempted the hard run first up ;) when I aimed up to the middle track 2nd run at Big Red, MY FIRST RUN ON THE MIDDLE TRACK I WAS SUCCESSFUL FIRST GO same as Tommy!! Also was first up the top hope that clears it up :P :laugh: :laugh: :whistle:

    Sensitive boy aren’t you Tommy :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

    TB :laugh:

    You did a great job conquering all aspects of Big Red TB ;)

    Guess I’ll stick to sand castles hey :)

    #210783

    Greg
    Member
    Nickj wrote:
    Trailboss wrote:
    Dejay wrote:
    And watching TB fail his first attempt I began to S the G!!!! Dejay

    Before Tommy distorts the truth here like fb :laugh: :laugh: I failed my first run, yes! I was also the only person who attempted the hard run first up ;) when I aimed up to the middle track 2nd run at Big Red, MY FIRST RUN ON THE MIDDLE TRACK I WAS SUCCESSFUL FIRST GO same as Tommy!! Also was first up the top hope that clears it up :P :laugh: :laugh: :whistle:

    Sensitive boy aren’t you Tommy :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

    TB :laugh:

    You did a great job conquering all aspects of Big Red TB ;)

    Guess I’ll stick to sand castles hey :)

    Nah if you had as many attempts as fish deejay and I you would have shit it in, look at your first go on the hard one. We had 4 cracks each :P

    Least you got a ride finishers medal ;) :P

    TB

    Disclaimer there really isn’t a ride finishers medal its a private joke

    #210782
    Trailboss wrote:
    Dejay wrote:
    And watching TB fail his first attempt I began to S the G!!!! Dejay

    Before Tommy distorts the truth here like fb :laugh: :laugh: I failed my first run, yes! I was also the only person who attempted the hard run first up ;) when I aimed up to the middle track 2nd run at Big Red, MY FIRST RUN ON THE MIDDLE TRACK I WAS SUCCESSFUL FIRST GO same as Tommy!! Also was first up the top hope that clears it up :P :laugh: :laugh: :whistle:

    Sensitive boy aren’t you Tommy :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

    TB :laugh:

    Fish funnily enough taught me some good Fishing tricks when it comes to drop a line out there and waiting for a bite, i didn’t even try that time and look what happened!!!!!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwMOmteSSR4

    Dejay

    #210784

    Greg
    Member

    Maybe :laugh:

    #210750

    Wayne
    Member

    Changing a flat 2km out of Innaminka
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    First night camp sunset
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    Fish still at work
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    Regroup at the first sand dune
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    Royal Hotel in Birdsville
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    Where Dejays bike was stashed overnight near Birdsville
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    #210839

    Wayne
    Member

    Our Dig Tree camp
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    Bush fire on the Cordillo Rd
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    The sheering shed at Cordillo Downs HS
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    Dawn after second night camp
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    Dejay at Lake Eyre South
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    Bikes on big red looking south
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    #210139

    Chris
    Member

    Well it has been a busy week since returning so I’m a bit late….

    I want to Thank TB for organising the ride and Nick for assisting.. I must admit I probably would have never got to where I did without you… Thanks guys it has been an honor…

    Gaz.. What can I say… No real clue as to what you got yourself into until we were in the middle of it.. :woohoo: Good on ya mate you made it and conquered many things… :) Thanks for being my wingman…

    Mickp and Lotsa… Thanks for the great conversation and sharing your experiences whenever queried.. Top blokes and I hope I get a chance to ride with you all again…

    Boulder, man I’ve seen it all now… Not sure how many times I’ve said it in the past but you are tops and always number one whenever strife rears its ugly head and always thinking of everyone else even when you yourself are in strife… Its a pleasure to have experienced what I have along side you…

    Fish… What can I say… Same as your Bro.. Always jumping in first in line as well… Your kind words and encouragement provided the whole trip meant a lot even if I did give you a hard time at times(all in good fun)… Thanks for pushing me at the bottom of Big Red I was ready to give up… You get my vote for Old Bull of the Year for towing your brother 750+ k’s back to safety…

    Fish and boulder thanks for the Trophy…

    DJ… As I stated at Big Red you were my motivation for giving Big Red another go… Watching you keep going back for more and more trying to conquer the harder run up Big Red gave me the final push I needed.. Thanks.. I was glad to be at the top with the rest when you finally made it…

    It appears the story has been pretty much told… Here are some photos and some of my perspective to go along…

    Day 0

    On our way…

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    The gangs all here and ready to go:

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    Day 1:

    Hows this for a wood duck… We were not 30 minutes into the ride when I decided I was going to adjust my steering damper while moving in muddy terrain… Looked down made an adjustment and looked up.. Whats before me but a huge hole and about 3 4WD ruts a 1/2 meter deep and muddy… Well this is going to hurt… Tried to balance between ruts and the rear slid into the right rut and the front into the left.. Back end bounced around left and right and out the other side then over the bars and into the mud… Lotsa witnessed it all… Only thing hurt was pride… Oh and me left peck but come good 1/2 way through ride…

    First nights camp site

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    Day 2:

    Heading into the Flinders National Park

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    A Break on the way to Lyndhurst

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    Lyndhurst Pub – Where the Decision to go to Cameron Corner was made on the shitter :laugh: :laugh:

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    On the way to South Lake Eyre

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    South Lake Eyre with Water in it…

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    Day 2 Campsite: – Coming in we had to cross an empty creek full of sand.. I hadn’t realised how deep it was and hit it too slow and some how just went in a circle and fell over.. Apparently Nick was really amused and laughing his ass off.. After I got annoyed and yelled over if anyone was going to come and help as I was pinned under the bike DJ was kind enough to come and help… He asked me if I needed help and I must admit I was a bit rude and said” No I just wanted you to come over and see me”(or something like that) He ignored me and helped anyway.. Thanks for not walking off because I probably deserved it if you would have… :laugh:

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    Day 3: Biggest Day totalled just under 600 k’s and it was f$%^&n HOT!!!! The great adventure to Birdsville!!!

    Mungerannie Hotel – Best Burger I ever had… Nick said to get the Wiley Burger and thats what I got… Hot Digity Dog or should I say Burger.. It was awesome!!!

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    Into Queensland

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    We finally made it!!!

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    Day 4:

    Only photos I got from the maintenance/recover day was DJ’s tire during bike retrieval..

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    Day 5:

    Day started early and we went to conquer Big Red.. The ride out was pretty trick as it was deeper sand than I have experienced in the past.. Just took my time and rode with pinched cheeks most of the way… :laugh: Once at Big Red TB bolted up then Fish… No one else appeared to be ready so without any thought I just went and went well until I got about 1 meter from the top and stalled dam down shift to 2nd gear.. Fish and TB went on to tell me that attempt was a no go and take my ass back down and do it again.. So I did…

    Next attempt I thought I would just go faster and lean forward.. :laugh: :laugh: 3rd gear climbing, climbing oh no cross rut bounce bounce head first into the sand… Glad it was soft… :laugh:

    Third attempt.. Re-read second :laugh:

    Was truly rooted at this point and all confidence was all but gone… I give up I thought and stripped down and started to prepare myself for the ridicule for the coming days… Drank some water had a ciggy and sat back and watched the show… Fish came down to try and encourage me a few times but I wouldn’t listen.. F%%^&* it I told him I’m done and wimping out…

    DJ was next with a little words of encouragement and then up the hardest bit of Big Red.. Fail and then again fail and then again fail and then again fail.. I thought look at this bloke he is not going to give up.. Righto Krusty get your ass up there, so I suited up and off I went…

    This time 2nd gear and ringing its nuts off leaned back and up I went all the way to the top.. Woo F%^&n Hoo!!!!

    Then I watched DJ conquer his climb…

    Leaving Birdsville

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    Look the Desert is on fire

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    Day 6:

    Leaving the Dig Tree

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    On the road to Inn-a-Minka where everything else is Out-a-Minka :laugh: :laugh:

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    Well on this day we all made it safe and sound to Cameron Corner.. Once everyone was here and had a drink in hand:

    TB raised a toast to his very good friend Mal (RIP).. Cheers Mal!!!!

    We had the Corner all to ourselves and it was a great night with great company and many war stories… Glad I was able to share that night with all who were present… Cheers fellas….

    Day 7:

    The long road back to Silverton. Gaz and I decided we were going to ride the whole way back to Silverton with Fish and Boulder.. It was the easy way back but I believe the brothers would have done the same for us… The first leg was to Tibooburra for brecky and fuel…

    The gang at the Corner

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    Krusty at the Corner

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    Welcome back to NSW

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    Tibooburra shots

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    All loaded and ready for the long drive back to Sydney at 4 am the next morning…

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    Along the way back to Silverton we had no real dramas just a bit of Emu and Kangaroo scares… Poor Gaz as he was nearly taken out twice once by an Emu and the second a Roo… Someone was looking after Gaz that day as a Roo shot straight out and in mid stream came to a complete halt mm from contact and turned around and went back from where he came… It was like slow motion.. If he would have kept going it would have been a dead centre broadside and at 110 kph, probably messy.. But nope Roo turned on a dime, it was amazing to watch and scary as well…

    A few k’s out of Broken Hill I’m riding along side Fish and he is making these weird arm movements with his left hand lifting it in the air and tilting his head back.. I thought oh he wants a drink.. I gave the thumbs up and said to Gaz who was leading in the Blue tooth that he shouldn’t be surprised if we head straight to the Silverton Pub before going to the trailer park… :laugh: Thats what we did and we found the boys who went the other route just arrived and drinks in hand…

    We had a drink or 2 and then Gaz and I headed off first.. This proved to work against us.. Shortly after arriving back it starts to really piss down rain and lightening/thunder the works… The skies opened up after staying closed for us the last 7 days.. Anyway Fish’s 4wd pulls up with the rest of the gang all 7 of the bastards who come bolting out of the truck like there is a fire and yelling “quick pack up we need to get out” “the creeks are filling we’ll be trapped for 3 days”.. “hurry hurry”.. Well Gaz and I run like chooks with our heads cut off into our cabin and start packing.. I’m trying to quickly deflate my self inflating pillow and Gaz is yelling “Theres no time for that Krusty” and everyone is laughing or nearly crying their heads off.. We finally get it these crackers were just joking and we fell right for it… I must admit it was a funny ass sight to see and even I laughed… Bastards….

    The evening wound down and off to bed we went it was the end to one hell of an adventure and something I truly will never forget…

    OLD BULLS – CAMERON CORNER 2011

    Tick

    Thanks for reading………

    #210846

    Nick Jackson
    Member

    Nice one Krusty !! Great pics and I’m glad you laughed as much as us at the Silverton prank , we’d all have done the same mate but you took it better than most ;)

    #210849

    NEVER SAY DIE???

    Means.—- I hope to get old enough to throw a leg over an adventure bike???
    But for now and a little longer, I hope. Give me HELL. Bring it on!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :woohoo: :woohoo: 👿
    Lovin the reports and especially da pics. YEEEEHA
    Cheers
    Murphinskli
    JUST FOR A CHANGE???!!! :woohoo: :woohoo: :whistle: :pinch: B)
    Cheers
    One more time. 😆 😆 B)
    Love all ya fools a N uvver day
    Cheeers again
    Murph (aint quite right) da surf

    #210851

    Sorry Dudes
    But I can’t even see a tadd of the pics, due to a very old school computer????!!
    I’m sure there are some great pics though
    Will check them out come Wdnesday (at Work)
    Glass is again empty???!!

    #210847

    Greg
    Member

    Great read and pics Krusty. I love reading it through someone else’s eyes ;)

    Ah the creeks are rising, yeah that was bloody funny the look on your face :P Cheers for reminding me

    TB

    #210140

    Craig Hatton
    Member

    top read you blokes, almost makes me want to join you,:lol: NA, no chance at the moment, but congrats to one and all. Some great memories that will last a life time.;)

    hatto

    #210744

    Clive Carre
    Member

    So you were the bugger that kept me awake all those nightsWill put my tent miles away from you next trip !!!!:laugh:
    quote=”Trailboss” post=114191]How hard core is Nick having his 1.30pm nanny nap :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: he wants it mentioned it was on the lay day after the big night on it in Birdsville. So having mentioned that I have to mention while this was going on most everyone else was in the beer garden having a quiet one or two :P I had left the boys to go over the maps to lead the run to Camerons

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9WufsT2Jwk

    Nice work Champion at least you dont snore as bad as DeeJay :laugh: :pinch:

    TB[/quote]

    #210785

    Clive Carre
    Member
    Dejay wrote:
    Trailboss wrote:
    Dejay wrote:
    And watching TB fail his first attempt I began to S the G!!!! Dejay

    Before Tommy distorts the truth here like fb :laugh: :laugh: I failed my first run, yes! I was also the only person who attempted the hard run first up ;) when I aimed up to the middle track 2nd run at Big Red, MY FIRST RUN ON THE MIDDLE TRACK I WAS SUCCESSFUL FIRST GO same as Tommy!! Also was first up the top hope that clears it up :P :laugh: :laugh: :whistle:

    Sensitive boy aren’t you Tommy :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

    TB :laugh:

    DeeJay you learn fast mate, it’s a great sport with those big fish !!!:P

    Fish funnily enough taught me some good Fishing tricks when it comes to drop a line out there and waiting for a bite, i didn’t even try that time and look what happened!!!!!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwMOmteSSR4

    Dejay

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