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Look like I missed a crackerof a ride, guess I will have to get used to that for a whie
. Well done Bol’, on the ride and being the first to overdo the celebration drinks 
Look like I missed a crackerof a ride, guess I will have to get used to that for a whie
. Well done Bol’, on the ride and being the first to overdo the celebration drinks Great report and Pics Gents. Kinda makes me wish I’d gotten a leave pass to come along :blush:
I’ll have to get the Quinn ready for the next one
Kram
The night before
TB,Nickj and Chicken rolled into my place Wednesday arvo and the poor bastards looked bloody cold :ohmy:
They told me stories of adventures in the highlands with sleet and extreme weather conditions around some place called “Noondock”
I offered them a hot shower to warm em up but all they wanted was a beer :cheer: ..Thats the spirit !!!
A few of the lads came around for a suasage sanger and a beer or two and the night turned out to be a piss take on poor old Bollocks ..just as well i am thick skinned.Side bets were laid as to how long before all my gear etc would fall off the back of Heidi and perhaps the adventure ride would consist of a ride to the far end of my drive way and back…Blah Blah Blah
It was good to see,Boony,House,Buzz and Snowy getting as exited as we were about the big trip.I think even Snowy said “aww…i wish i was comming with you :whistle: ….yes,you did…or something like it :laugh: .Bed reasonably early as Micknmeld knocked the stuffing outa them the night before :huh:A rumble of motors heralded the arrival of the 3 amigos up my drive way
Snowy (future ADV rider),Boony..whose neck looked like it turned to Jelly,and Buzz who looks like hes..Buzzing :woohoo:
After many jovial pokes,hedi’s gear is tied up tighter than a back packer in wolf creek
Day 1 next
Bol :woohoo:Well thanks Bollocks for a great 3 days riding mate it was a ripper mate. Chicken and I had planned to ride to Micks to meet Nick for a ride to Tamworth before the ride officially kicked off.
My bike at Chickens early Tuesday morning
We got away early and had a great ride up around Barrington etc all the way to meeting Nickj at Comboyne. Once there we left for Micks, I turned the group into the tracks we used for last years poker run, yes you doubters of the adventure bike we did some of those trails. We wandered around the front of Comboyne lookout or whatever Mick calls it and tackled some challageing trails. Some of the tracks I remembered from the years of riding up there with Mick now some I didn’t but it didn’t matter cause we was GPS armed :laugh:
Once we got into Wauchope and completed our motorised vehicle permits we pulled up outside Micks so I could yell for the shed keys. Once we dumped our gear in the shed we stole Micks patrol and hit the bottleshop, again I was reminded how hard it is to drive in your riding boots :laugh:
Back to Micks, he was there, I told him I had done the ring around and a shed party was in order
Well that wasn’t the smartest move I came to work out the next morning :sick:First Nick had two new tyres to fit, the back he couldn’t get to pop the bead
So it was down to the old side stand trick
Then the front was done. Nick has had 3 separate GPSs fail now so we thought maybe we would wire them straight to the battery. Chicken got in and helped and you can see Mick showing in the back ground showing how much he helps :laugh:
From then the beers and Bundys flowed (maybe to fast :laugh: ) anyways and then the pizzas turned up, by this stage I could have eaten the arse out of a rhino :laugh: So I hung up mid conversation on Boony, sorry mate I don’t remember that
And we dug into the pizza, Nick was into double pepperoni
The night continued until later, whenever that was and we went to bed
Day two
It was up and a few headache tablets, cuppa and get ready. We left and went and fueled
Chicken filled his camelback with Wauchope water, maybe he can read :laugh:
And Nick showed true hard core adventure riders spirit and purchased a double, triple filtered spring water for his camelback
From there we left and followed the little green line on the GPS I had plotted which by chance was the same as Mick has suggested in the morning while we suited up.
We stopped and rested on a bridge which we did on Micks birthday ride
We eventually ended up on the top of the mountain ridge on a track we used on Micks orginal birthday bash
Chicken
Bikes
More later
Day 1
Cold frosty start.Met up with Solesy at Maccas and the lads reckoned i had,a fair bit of Oil dripping out of Heidi :ohmy: I tried to explain to them that she was just exited and had a little accident :unsure: .Charlie5,a new old bull member happened to drive past munching on a hash brown.Matt(Charlie5) said bring her down to the workshop for a bit of a check out..(he owns Bikes & Bits..and gives Old Bulls discounts..Plug Plug).Turns out someone had given her too much chain lube the night before..probably Boony or Snow..bloody terrorists .All good and on our way…Thanks Charlie5 .
Took some nice tracks to Barraba and met up with Razor at his place.Razors wife Helen cooked us all pikelettes and cuppas..God bless ya Helsy :kiss: Razor led us through some inteseting tracks and Heidi had a little lie down as i tried to get on her…all i wanted to do was find out how heavy the dirty little girl was…bloody heavy..she needs to go on a diet .Tb & Nickj beeped their horns in delight..bloody Galahs :laugh:
Got into Narrabri at lunch time and BundyRoy came down and had a counter lunch with us..cheers mate..good feed
Hooned towards Terry Hie Hie and then onto Moree to refuel.TB was getting abit worried we wouldn’t be at Mungindi before dark.She’ll be right…all running to schedual :laugh: Driving into the sun with a rutted road certainly has its moments..and my Sun glasses are still on the road somewhere :angry: .
Razor had a great place for us to camp on the river which is the Qld border.I got a bit exited and drank 6 beers and 3/4 of a bottle of rum…what a silly thing to do.What ever happened after that is all lies i tell ya :blush:
Just after this photo Hedie fainted and took me with her..i need longer legs :blush:
Razor got x rutted and fell in the mud.He lifted his finger to let us know he was ok..we were very worried :laugh:
Solesy and Nickj talk politics :huh:
we are about to ask Razor how he got his name…ask him sometime..its worth it :laugh:
I think this was the start of my…Downfall :sick:
Next morning…who bombed my tent? :huh: ..oh well..some one had to feed the possums :unsure:
Day 2 next
Bol :woohoo:
Day 2
My head…ffs my aching head…who hit me? :huh: ..stuff it…lets go :woohoo:
On 2 Dirrinbandi after refuelling at Mungindi at a fuel station that looked just like a donga :blink:
Got there in no time and the landscape changed..we sure as hell were in Qld..bloody big trucks and even bigger Roos :ohmy:
Cubby station was exellent and went on for bloody miles.Found a bog hole and all the punters made it through and lined the edge to watch Heidi and Bol go down !!! Got through with the grace of a baby Giraffe …Not pretty…but a great result all the same :cheer:
Heble and back into NSW and crusied into the Ridge bang on schedual.Dodgey Dave took us on a mine tour which was awesome.Then me an Razor an Solesy went for a dip down at the Artisian hot baths…you know…just hung around with the caravan folk..all good
Nothin better than checking out 70 year old sheilas dripping with hot water and steam :sick: :laugh: .Big feed at the pub,few beers and bed early…i think we beat big dog :unsure:
Dirranband/Mungind rd
http://youtu.be/fcJl0ve5D8A
Me an Razor clowning around…hard driving while holding a vid camera
http://youtu.be/SdQ182n4v0M
The bog hole near Cubby station
http://youtu.be/CL9CiU-eGzADay 3 to come
Bol :woohoo:Day 3
This was gunna be a big day :ohmy:
Frosty start…Lighting Ridge for Gods Sake ? :angry: Waved good bye to the shifty miners wth shifty pasts..and the women who open beer bottles withtheir nostrils..:blink:
Onto a little place called Cumborah.Red roads were great riding with that soft hard compact dust made the riding tops…then gravel :angry: ..then rocks..:angry: …then back to soft dust again :cheer: Chicken ran over a baby goat :ohmy: …but its ok…really..it is…the goats are pretty tough out that way.I nearly got flattened by a steer that bolted out and front of me and every one had a few hairy moments with Roos…them big Red bastards :ohmy:
Pulled up at Narran Lakes…Bloody National parks locked the get so we didn’t get a look at the lake…spewin…ah well..seen one lake…seen em all :cheer: Headed south and made it to Walgett by following the River..or “Woolgit” as Nick calls it :laugh:
$4 for a bacon & egg roll Bargain !!!..and some amusing scenery to go with it ..she was all happening in Woolgit 😆
Time to head to the Pilliga :cheer: .Good dirt road between Cryon and “Woolgit” and i managed to drive past a few propertys that my Grandfather used to own which i had never seen before
Had a drag race with the 2 Gay boys on there Teneres just before Pilliga.Heidi in the middle and the other two locust looking things either side of us….WE SMOKED EM :cheer: :cheer: :cheer: . After collecting my trophy we pulled up at Pilliga (on schedual) had a great feed at a nice little cafe there and got some fuel off Greg at the servo..he knew we were comming and was very exited to see us..i think we supplied him with his drinking money for the night :laugh:.Pulled up at Gweggebar checked my GPS..did a sign of the cross (which seemed to un nerve a few) .Pilliga forrest (or scrub) is certainly different.Some of the road we went down had sapplings growing right up in the middle of them :ohmy: Sand sections made it alot of fun with a few offs..Heidi fainted again and those Galahs beepeed there horns again We got half way and it was touch and go there for a while and we had a team vote and decided to press on :cheer:
you would not understand my relief when we popped out between Baan Baa and Bogabri..i was hoping there was a gate…and there was..and the BASTARD WAS OPEN.. HOORAY :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: .Pulled into Boggabri servo (on Schedual) said hooroo to Solesy who had to bolt.Got a few stubbies and set up camp near a bridge on the Namoi River just outa town..More beersSolesy on one of those reallly nice roads out near Narran Lakes
The crew
Aboriginal artifacts and stuff on the history of Woolgit and the river
Chicken has some chicken at Woolgit
i fed this dog a bit of my bacon & eggs roll.She was cute…and hungry..and probably would have taken off my hand..there was heaps of them just festering about the main street. :huh:
Solesy…what a neatly packed bike.
Tb takes evasive action…chicken is playing chicken
a VERY rare photo…TB covered in dust
aint a ride with out the big man doing a blue steel in a bluey singlet
Razor beeing Razor
Nick still shattered that Heidi kicked his arse in a drag race
Over looking the Great Namoi River
The Run Home …next
Bol :woohoo:
Without a doubt, one of the best photos I have seen posted on this site!!
Great action shot Bollocks!! It says it all!!
I didn’t realize it was so cold!! Look at all the frost in TB’s whiskers !!
The Run Home
We camped near a bridge..which was on the way to a mine…bloody hell, the first truck roared over the bridge at 4.30 in the morning :ohmy: .I was sound asleep and i thought it was a 747 bearing down on my tent..Then,car after car heading heading out to start there shifts at the mine followed..one after the other..some beeping there horns…Bastards..haven’t they heard of car pooling in Boggabri ? :angry: .Oh well…another frost.said goodbyes to TB and Chicken and Razor Nick and i headed off towards Manilla.Bloody visor kept fogging up and i couldn’t see shit :huh: Left Razor and Nick at Borah crossing and headed home “Full Beans” as nick calls it :cheer: ..sooo cold…But i had a dead line.I had to be back for my daughters 1st Holy Communion.It was extremly important that i got there in time :ohmy: .Skidded into the drive way..and guess what ?…RIGHT ON SCHEDUAL :cheer:This is me and my 2 girls Willamina & Eva,about to head off to Willas 1st Holy Communion.To think that 10 minutes befrore this photo i had a 4 day growth and was covered in dust and Heidis oil..and a little bit of Vomit :blush:.But thats Adventure riding :cheer: :cheer: :cheer: :cheer: :cheer: :cheer: :cheer: :cheer: :cheer: :cheer: :cheer: :cheer:
Big thanks to Razor for beeing my wing man and leading some of the ride.Double thumbs up to Chicken,Nickj and TB for comming so far to ride with us.And Solesy for showing us all a V Strom should be riden.A great buch of fellas and it is a trip that i will never forget.Thanks to all the Old Bulls that posted on the site with words of encoragement and hopefully you can join us next time.Cause it will be on like Donkey Kong :woohoo:
Bol :woohoo:
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