[Dwayne OMember]

G`Day Rachael,
Was terrific to see you out there with Wolfie the other day,,, and that cake was awsome :woohoo: Thanx again
As Kat said, It`s good to see some more dirt chicks out there having a ball and keeping us fellas on our toes :whistle: :laugh:

Hope you had a good intro to what we are all about, and look forward to seeing you out there on the 310

Cheers

[Dwayne OMember]

Looks like the Old Man & Uncle Boulder have taught you well mate
You rode like a champion all day saturday.
Was great to meet ya out there on your first OBT ride (even though it was canned) :whistle:
Looking forward to many more hey ????

Cheers

[Dwayne OMember]

:woohoo: Hell Yeah , you are in the exact place to be right here JPG
Hook up for a blat and you will be hooked mate,,, I promise ya

Cheers

[Dwayne OMember]

Boll :laugh: YOU ARE A NUTTER !!!!

ALL HAIL THE KING :woohoo:

Keep it coming brother , laugh a minute stuff

[Dwayne OMember]

Some of Blackfellows Hand Rocks (awsome place this is)

Bikes at the Royal Hotel Hill End

I saw some bloke put this sticker on the window a few years ago,,, anyone recognise it ?? (hard to see)

The bikes were sad & wet outside :laugh: We were warmer inside

It was hard to get these guys back outside & onto the bikes again :whistle:

That`s it for the pics sorry

[Dwayne OMember]

Ok here are some pics from friday & saturday,,, Not too many cause I had too much fun riding and the weather wasn`t the best for pics anyway :laugh:

A quick stop along the lake on route to St Albans

Ace on the Ferry to Wisemans (nice Beemer)

Mist in the Mountains

Ace & Bones on the Webbs Creek ferry

The steeds having a rest :laugh:

The group on the Colo Bridge

View down the river

View from the switchbacks climbing toward Mountain Lagoon

Flying Fish giving her approval of the Mt Irvine Trail

The bridge at the bottom of Mt Irvine

Looking across the ravine back at the trail (in the middle of the rock faces)

On the way back out

Replacing a loose bolt in the front guard Did it herself (good APC practice)

There were some good comments & a laugh at this point

More soon

[Dwayne OMember]

Thanx a lot Mick ??? I think :laugh:

Hey Chris,,, Enough of the OLD Boy :whistle: :silly: Was good to catch up with ya again

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

I will try and load up some pics I took on fri on my IPod ,,, quality may be a bit dodgy at best …….

[Dwayne OMember]

Well the Whoops is what lure them all out there King Boll

Good Luck this weekend Gibbit :woohoo:
Give it hell mate

Cheers

[Dwayne OMember]

:laugh:
No wuckers Teza,,,

We had a ball really, despite the wet from sat arvo thru till I got home yesterday about 2pm :whistle:
Bones, Amy & Ace seemed to really appreciate the trails & dirt roads I led them along on the friday. I had done them all before but it took a few little stops & turn arounds to keep on the corect route :dry:
I had been 3 yrs since I had done BHT and out towards Portland,,, other than in the car last year

Cheers Man

[Dwayne OMember]

Just worked out that I did around 1300k in the 2 & a half days , no wonder I was cold today & a bit stiff now :laugh:

My route took in some of the Watagan Mountains (in the pitch blackness) :whistle:
Bucketty to St Albans & Wisemans Ferry, Wheelbarrow Ridge Trail, Upper Colo & Comleroy Rd, Mountain Lagoon to Bilpin, Mt Irvine trail, Blackfellows Hand Trail, then Portland to Sunny Corner SF

On Saturday was Sunny Corner Rd, Cupitts Lane, Mt Horrible (which was slippery as buggery & HORRIBLE) :laugh:
Palmers Oaky Rd, thru Turon Gates to Capertee for fuel.
THen Mt Vincent Rd at Running Stream to Ilford, Crudine Rd to Aarons Pass and down to Hill End for a burger Pub and a beer

Had to cut back before Sofala and do some back roads including some blacktop because poor Bender threw a Countershaft sprocket bolt & was immobilised :S Needing a recovery by trailer from the Wolfman.
Damn, the blacktop run from out near Bathurst was a killer in the blasting rain and I haven`t been that cold in a long time :blink: (Since the Caves to Caves ride actually)

Today was a cold blacktop run to Bilpin over the mountains before retracing the route from friday on the dirt to The Putty Rd where I said goodbyes to Amy & Bones who decided to follow me this morning
So the rest of the way I was riding solo solo solo across the wet dirt trail back up to the Watagans and home to a well earned hot half hour shower :woohoo:

I reckon after not having one for the past 3 days, I had earned the right to a good one :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

[Dwayne OMember]

Well Unfortunately the weekend festivities were cancelled while I was enroute to the location
So I camped out anyway to make use of my 3 days off .

Had a ride out to Hill End on Saturday for a pub lunch then returned to the campsite. Met some other like minded ADV riders on the road to Turon Gates , two of them being Wolfman Steve & Clubby from Trailzone magazine . Really nice guys they are to So I stuck with them for a ride and a chat over lunch !!! Really good day it was .

I had another long wet ride home today (5.5hrs of rain actually) :pinch:

Might load up a GPS track later and recount some of my trip for ya 44
Track log here http://www.everytrail.com/view_trip.php?trip_id=1608638

Cheers

[Dwayne OMember]

Yep, Sure did

Well seeing as I had ridden from Newcastle (departing 5am) and arived to see that most had received the bad news & either stayed home or returned home anyway

I had my gear to camp on the bike, and it was too far to ride back safely in one day in the dark,,, so I camped a couple of nights and rode out to Hill End on saturday for lunch & back in the rain :whistle:
Lucky for me there were a few other guys that also had thought of riding to Hill End, so they rode with me

Then I had to ride back to Newcastle today in the rain again :blink: :S :dry:

I might load my GPS track later if I can load up

Hope you all had a good weekend and weren`t put out too much with the cancellation ??????????
Maybe I will catchup with you guys next time instead …

Cheers

[Dwayne OMember]

Well, The day has finally come
Been up since 3.30am, light brekky now before heading downstairs to gear up & roll out about 5

All that are not attending, have a good weekend, All that are attending ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

LETS PARTY :woohoo:

[Dwayne OMember]

:blink: That sucks Ollie ,,,,

Ok ,we will just have to party hard without ya & find someone else to pick on :laugh:
,,,,,, Boony is it then 👿

Off to try & get some sleep now ( as if thats gonna happen) :unsure: :unsure: :unsure: , Night All

[Dwayne OMember]

Piss Off Boonit :laugh: You blokes have more chance of getting lost than me tomorrow And, If you see any goats on the roadside we will prabably never see you again :sick:
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Anyway,,, How good is this, ready to go, gear all at PTW`s (poor PEte has to load the ute when it gets home) :whistle:
Bones called over as well for a beer and we sorted out finer details with Flying Fish on the meeting times etc

Pete is off the chain with excitement and will be a handful all weekend I reckon 😆

10 hrs till lift off, let the adventure begin :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

See ya`s all at the Sunny One ,,,

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