Over The Shoulder....Rides through the Decades

2014_Longwood Pub Lunch

A glorious October-day loomed for the Longwood Pub Lunch ride.

Some new faces, some new roads...Nev and Jo joined in for the afternoon...and a DR650 with a chair attached!


Cutting across to the Murchison Gap





Some slippin' 'n sliding' out of the Tallarook State Park





Fabulous sights...











...an old pub...





....and some exciting way home.









More??

Here!!

http://www.austouring.com/forum/showthread.php?t=5248

2014_Charge Of The Midgets!! New Zealand's Northland

2 incredible early-November-weeks through the backblocks of New Zealand's Northland on Posties


http://www.austouring.com/forum/showthread.php?t=5288

Fantastic pubs





Brilliant beaches











Magic roads











...and places.













Heart-tearing sunsets







The stuff dreams are made of...












More pics, info and yarns right over here:
http://www.austouring.com/forum/showthread.php?t=5288

2014_Yanakie, Beer and Dingo Creek

The OpenRoaders had invited to Yanakie, right at the gates to Wilson's Prom National Park.
A fantastic overnighter with lots of laughs, great November-weather, lots of great tucker, enough cold beer to sink the Titanic and some ohh-so-sweet roads getting-to and getting-home.

It was a bloody hoot!







Dingo Creek was some hard going...





....but soon forgotten.









Lots more here

http://www.austouring.com/forum/showthread.php?t=5296


and here


http://www.austouring.com/forum/showthread.php?p=55607

2014_Kinglake Husky-Muster

Late November and it was time for the planned get-together of the local TR650 Husky-Punters.
How many could we get?

The weather played along and it all turned into a fabulous day on the bikes, on the gravel, rocks and root-hopping along some pretty special scenic bits in Melbourne's hills to the north.


Lots of Terras + Stradas





Lots of gawking and prodding and fiddlin'






Skimming the ridges






Great roads












Another awesome day under the belt, Yeeha!!

(I just LOVE!!! that pic!!)







Lots more here:

http://www.austouring.com/forum/showthread.php?t=5303

2014 Xmas Lunch Kinglake

Tim SF had rung the bell for for a short-notice Xmas-lunch meet at the Kinglake Pub.

Sticking with tradition, there were a couple of new roads to check out, the occasional spur to climb and the odd "connector" to discover.

All that amongst lots of cock 'n bull, laughs galore....and a Kiwi playing monkey.















More !!

2014 Xmas Day

With PERFECT weather and not much else to do, what better than to hit those deserted roads out there and enjoy a near traffic-free day in the backblocks ?


From tucked away Singlelaners






to some gravel-action and contortions






And all pretty close to home.







More of the Jingle Bells here!

http://www.austouring.com/forum/showthread.php?t=5327

2014_ late December

With Xmas "in the bag", it's another glorious day despite the mediocre forecast.
More new roads are begging to be added to the "stock"....this time towards the hills in the East.


Towards Labertouche







A friend of a friend...with a quarry and a dam!








and a gem-of-a-place called Rowleys Ridge









What a sparkler of a day, great company and a swag full of surprises.



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2015_Kickoff

Happy New Years (Day)...and so it was!


From the Strickland Spur






...and some pleasant surprises in the backblocks of Marysville/ Rubicon







...to some sweet,scenic paddock tracks near Alexandra...










...and a "golden" afternoon around the Goulburn River Flats.



More new roads, more happy smiles? Click here!

Re: Over The Shoulder....Rides Of A Decade

As I told every time:
It´s a window out of my small world
like an almanac.
Many thanks
Hans

Re: Over The Shoulder....Rides Of A Decade

asphalt said:

...
like an almanac.

Click to expand...

Mate...this thread has become the only way for me to find the "When, Who, Where, How, etc etc"... dig for the pics that I know are around, but where?...even keep track of which bikes we had when and for which trips....check on roads/places/ areas traveled that I seem to remember but can't pin down...and all that sort of stuff.
Sometimes I trip over a Gmap link on the WWW and get all fired up, then discover that we've been there 12 years ago and I'd forgotten all about that road/ track/ lookout/ whatever.

All it needs is an index of some sort, perhaps I'll get around to it one day.
Thanks for checking in