Over The Shoulder....Rides through the Decades

glitch

Mapping the next ride...
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2007...Flower Power

December

Still chewing on that incredible HIGH of the Tornanti ride, nothing local would really cut it.
No offence, but after those 6 weeks, our perceptions had somewhat shifted.

So we took the cage for a few days, threw a tent in the back and went for the hills.

Acheron Way

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Mt. Buffalo from Powers Lookout

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Mt. Buffalo



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At Mt. Hotham

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More pics etc here:
http://www.austouring.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1582
 

glitch

Mapping the next ride...
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2008...Charge of the Midgets _ The Run North

Early May 2008

2 weeks

After plenty of talk, it was time to either shit or get off the pot.
Which left Goodie and Yours Truly.

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Freighted the 2 little CT's to Brisbane, then rode them up the coast to Cains....via Cooloola....and Fraser Island...and...and...

A quick quote from the ride report says it best:
It’s a tale of deep joy, of desperate situations, of lots of warmth and the best of human interactions.
A tale of making mistakes (and learning from them)…of “impossible” routes and nearly getting beaten by the circumstances.

Of busted engines, T-shirt-riding along 90km beaches and cruising the twisties through the sugar-cane fields and banana-plantations of Northern Queensland.

Of getting bogged… running against incoming tides and ferry-departure-times….of saving the precious camera while sinking rapidly into sandy creeks, arse first.
Of shivering into the sinking sun on the washed-over decks of the barge to Hervey Bay in a half-meter swell…and of meeting lots and lots of wonderful people along the way.

Best-Of-All??
Doing all this as an early celebration of our 30th anniversary with my best mate in life


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Bowen, Yacht Harbour

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Dunk Island from Mission Beach

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Lake Tinaroo, Atherton Tablelands

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Stored the bikes with Heath from Gilders Transport in Cairns...ready for part 2 of the tale.
If you thought this was crazy...just wait for the sequel!! BWAHHAAAHHA



For all of the yarns and pics:
http://www.austouring.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1734
 

glitch

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2008...Easter

Oops, missed one.
Only got a couple of pics and can't remember where we actually went.
Being Easter, a 4 or 5 day ride sounds about right, though.

At least Stewy came along, Goodie was there...beyond that??

Moyhu Caravan Park (the tiny one next to the pub, GREAT place !!)


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stewy

Still young and stupid
Re: Over The Shoulder....Rides Of A Decade

was that the ride danny showed up in summer leathers for a winter ride through the snowys, I forgot to turn of the phone alarm, and it went off at like 5.30am and goodie was less then impressed, and we pushed started one of the wtf when it had a 'glitch' (get it, see what i did? :rofl:) and you 2 went home and then met us about 2 days later near the mitta mitta bridge?

Yeah that ride was like no other I have been on.
 

glitch

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2008...Charge of the Midgets _ Cape Run

August/ September saw the 2. part of this stoopid caper :doh:

The Run To The Cape:

Glen from Brissie and Rowan from Hobart had come good pretty much at the last minute...no time for details, just get the bikes ready as best you can, get a seat on a winger to Cairns and ....let it rip.
No backup, no 4WD coming along for spares or supplies, just carry everything and hope for the best.

Cape York and ~3000km of dirt, dust and 4WD tracks in 3 weeks....


...on a dinkytoy.


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Oops....

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The day after it was out turn...



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Another local

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A "shower" on the Cape


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The mighty "recovery-CT"...just helping out :rofl:


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Punsand Bay, The Cape


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Whaddaya mean, Bulldust??


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RAW Postie-POWER!! :guff


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It's still a bloody long way home...


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This...THIS....was one trip, I'll never forget!!



For all the pics, the yarns and little chinks:

http://www.austouring.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1925
 

glitch

Mapping the next ride...
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Re: Over The Shoulder....Rides Of A Decade

was that the ride danny showed up in summer leathers for a winter ride through the snowys, I forgot to turn of the phone alarm, and it went off at like 5.30am and goodie was less then impressed, and we pushed started one of the wtf when it had a 'glitch' (get it, see what i did? :rofl:) and you 2 went home and then met us about 2 days later near the mitta mitta bridge?

Yeah that ride was like no other I have been on.


No real idea...but sounds somewhat familiar.
Started off in Stratford or thereabouts....Goodie's battery conked out and we left the bike around the back of the maintenance shed of the caravan park... went home, got a spare batt and some other stuff to make sure, then met up again.

Yeah, that sounds right...must've been a long Weekend of some sort.
Danny still around?
 

stewy

Still young and stupid
Re: Over The Shoulder....Rides Of A Decade

Danny still around?

Yep, mostly rides dirtbikes now, seem to catch up more over a beer then on the road now though but it mostly cos I haven't been in the saddle this year, haven't ridden for probably 6 months or so now and only got out a couple of times last summer :(
 

goodie

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

was that the ride danny showed up in summer leathers for a winter ride through the snowys, I forgot to turn of the phone alarm, and it went off at like 5.30am and goodie was less then impressed, and we pushed started one of the wtf when it had a 'glitch' (get it, see what i did? :rofl:) and you 2 went home and then met us about 2 days later near the mitta mitta bridge?

Yeah that ride was like no other I have been on.

Yeah, that is right! Danny got so cold that he ended up wearing Pete's jumper over the top of his jacket. :p
And you, Stewy, left bits and pieces behind everywhere. A tyre needed to be replaced and you always wanted to go back and collect the old one later, your jumper/jacket at the pub in Moyhu... which couldn't be retrieved in the morning as the pub was still closed by the time we left and there was something else, but can't remember right now.

Great ride it was..... :thumbs:
 

glitch

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

.... mostly cos I haven't been in the saddle this year, haven't ridden for probably 6 months or so now and only got out a couple of times last summer :(


:eek::eek: What's happening? :(

Good to hear about Danny.
 

glitch

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2008...Beef'n Reef #2

Another Cup Weekend (November), might as well make a week of it.

Only Nev (on the Buell Uly now).... Jo on the new BM650GS twin just after an offroad-course... Marty on the "Toothy"-Strom and the 2 WTFs with Goodie and I signed in for this one.

Things got a bit dusty sometimes

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Busted belt on the Buell in the bush around Tolmie


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Rode the Whitfield-Lake Buffalo Rd, Trappers across to Mitta Mitta and enjoyed the hospitality, bumfluff included


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Crunchy mornings before hitting the Namadgi National Park and some old Apollo13 tracking stations in the ACT


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Captains Flat area...looking towards the coast

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Bermagui...Tathra and cutting back via some choice tracks to Jindabyne


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The Bonang, The Barry Way, Mc Killops and the Dargo High Plains....

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....whoohoo, what a cracker of a week!!


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C'mon....go and have a look at the whole lot!!
http://www.austouring.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1975





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