Over The Shoulder....Rides through the Decades

glitch

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2009...Merrijig

January

The new year kicked off with an overnighter in late January.

7 Stroms showed up.
Richard (K1W1) ...Doug (Dougman1)...Jeremy (aussieflicker)...Marty...Adrian....Goodie and yours-truly pounded the tar+ dust from Mt. Baw Baw, across Mt. Skene, some backroads to Merrijig and up Mt. Buller, cruising home via an east-west crossing of the Strathbogies to Highland.


Marty cracked a sump

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Somebody lost a chain....and some chasing down was done to catch a couple of wayward pilots



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Goodie was still punting the 1000 around

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Doug had a lot of fun


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...and some locals just watched the show at Highlands, where the Primary School still had a row of old trees in front.

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More?? :chug:

Here !!

http://www.austouring.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2075
 

glitch

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2009...'Bogies Boogie

March...
....and we just had to re-run that Strathbogies crossing from January.

Only Adrian (Adrianox) and Pete (Vtwin) showed up for this one...Goodie giving the Shrek its maiden-run...and oneself.



Penny's Pinch above Lake Eildon

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Pete going AWOL at Polly McQuinns


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Between Ruffy and Highlands


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GREAT DAY!!!:glu


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Thread and pics:
http://www.austouring.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2256
 

glitch

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2009...Broadford

Some Classics-Racing in Broadford/ April

Upper King Parrot Road/ Flowerdale

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glitch

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2009...Cairns/ NQ

Late May


When flights are cheap and a camper even cheaper....


A snap decision to get out of the cold to join the rest of the southern clan counting stingers in North Queensland.



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Granite Gorge/ Atherton Tablelands


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Undara Lava Tubes


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Inland route to Cooktown, 20k's south of Lakeland...crossing the Great Divide.


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Cooktown Estuary



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Nothing much about bikes but some usable info about places to go and things to see....and some nice shots :chug:

http://www.austouring.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2364
 

glitch

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2009...Tornanti #2 Euro-Alps

September/ October

3 weeks and a bit.

The one, the only!

T1 had turned things from bad to worse... the hook was in, Alpine Fever running rampant!!


The only time of year any self-respecting Alps-Junkie will ride the place. Temps are down, tourists are out, autumn colours and low-season prices are in, roads are empty.
Lots of blue skies and occasionally some fresh snow overnight for the perfect dream-finish of the whole package.


This time the bikes came from Switzerland, the main targets were roads and tracks of the Eastern Alps that didn't exceed a lane-and-a-half in width.
Or had gravel.... and/or led to some spectacular places waaaayyyy up there.

Marty was in...and so was Moike.
TimTim from Hobart again and Tassie-Dave.
Goodie and I ....

Met some of the Alpenbikers in southern Austria and "the Flying Dutchmen" in Arraba/ Dolomites for some unforgettable scratching up and down the passes.

From the Old Town of Aarau/ Switzerland....

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...to the cobblestones of the Grossglockner/ Austria...


....meeting up with Hans (Asphalt), Elisabeth and Michael (Castle-of-Teck)

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Rode the Vrsic Saddle and Mangart in Slovenia


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Dined like kings


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Rode the Radovna Rd., gawked at Lake Bohinjsko

Took the Slovenian Border Ridge Rd. on a historical interlude

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The breathtaking Casson di Lanza and a night at Granny's at Paularo in the Friuli



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Wild horses on The Panoramica delle Vette/ Friuli/ Italy


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Many others in between that brought tears of pleasure to minds and souls, before the quirky San Boldo appeared from no where

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Spent a day climbing around the Piz Laguzoi and WW1 trenches and dug-outs before getting jelly-kneed on the descent to the Falzarego-Saddle


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Passo de Manghen on the way south


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The Kaiserjaegerstrasse above Lake Caldonazzo makes you stammer and stutter


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The little town of Storo at night

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Passo Maniva, and the Vivione..

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....the Gavia

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I better quit here, I'm gettin' the shakes again...


For the whole yarn and the rest of the ~1600 pics, most of it quite exceptional:

http://www.austouring.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2645
 

glitch

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2009...Strathbogies Backwards

Back home after Europe and it was another major effort to find our home-feet again.

A December Day-Ride.

Nev and Jo turned up, so did Dave (farawayman)
Stewy skidded the SVthou around on road-tyres all day, Steve and Linda did the same on the old Waterbottle...
Doug (dougman1), Tracey (canary) and Pete (Vtwin) were there on their Stroms, adding Goodie and I to that corner as well.

Some great gravel roads, brilliant views from Mt. Wombat and a bucketload of laughs.

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All the bits and yarns:
http://www.austouring.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2753
 

glitch

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2009...Xmas High-Country

December

5 days, 1500k's, over 500k's of dirt

With only a few days on our hands, it was yet again back to the High Country and hopefully cooler temps than staying along the coast.

Gippsland fog...from the South Face Rd.


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The Walhalla-Cowwarr Rd. through the plantations...the lesser-travelled parallel-roads to Briagolong...a brilliant Dargo-morning promising a great day to come...


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Meeting Nev and Jo along the Dargo High Plains Rd.,

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Omeo Hwy

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Also met Tim and his mate in Myrtleford...

Lookout above Myrrhee

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The steep descent from Mt. Samaria

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All of it, pics and story:
http://www.austouring.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2779
 

glitch

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2010....AT Forum Rally Khancoban

January
Australia Day weekend saw the 2010 AusTouring Rally in Khancoban and boy, they came from everywhere.

Don (Donunder) was there from Qld, lots of folks from down south....and half the Victorian Vstromers. The Choccoloco-tribe with the babs from Canberra....Senfiddy and the 3 Musketeers from South Australia...Stewy, Farawayman, Mr Farkles, Marty this time on a KLE...I've got no hope to get ALL the names together!

Around 35 all up, all with their own pics and stories in the ride-report (check for link below!)


Rode the hills and high loops, went past Dogs Grave, dipped into Dargo, the WTF's jumped with joy

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The way it ought to be

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Steel-belt-Stewy on day1!

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Seldom Seen, the Barry Way...

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Michael, as always swarmed by the girls

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Jindy

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Some "Dirty Money" around, too

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Man, what a party!! :clap::clap:


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All the goss and all the pics here:
http://www.austouring.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2812
 

glitch

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2010....Easter Saturday

Early April.... just a tootle through the neighbourhood.

Jaime (Mr. Farkles) was there....Steve and Linda... Jeremy (aussieflicker)... The Shrek and yours truly.

Melbourne CBD from the Memorial Tower at Kangaroo Ground

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It still had the old, STEEEP timber staircase and platforms then.

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A few more pics over here:

http://www.austouring.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2920
 
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