Monday came too quick for me. I don’t know about anyone else but it seemed like one minuet it was Friday and then it’s Monday and time to head home. Where furrk did the weekend go?
Anyway after all the thanks and see ya latter’s Eugene and I headed to Jindabyne for fuel with an obligatory stop at Dead Horse Gap.
We were going to have lunch at Jindy but decided on Berridale, as we would split up there. Eugene taking the sensable alternative and heading back to the coast where it was a bit cooler and me heading to a mates place in Canberra via the back roads to Adaminaby then more dirt to Tharwa.
It was too late to stop at the observatory so I’ll have to leave that to next time. I arrived in north Canberra around 6pm in time for me to do a quick change act and head for the golf club with my mate for a couple of coldies and some take away Indian – more fuel for the next day….. ya didn’t know my strom runs on natural gas did ya…..!
I was getting a bit tired now not having done these sorts of miles before, so after a bit of casual conversation early night was on the go.
Next day I was up at 8:00 for toast and a cupper then packed the bike for the trip home. As I rode out of Canberra I decided to stay off the highway as much as possible and take the back road via Tarago. Here I noticed a road that went to Bungonia which I hadn’t taken before and would allow me to miss more highway than going to Goulbourn, so off I went.
Not many photos here as I just wanted to get home now.
Windmills just east of lake george on the back road.
I didn’t realise it was mostly dirt but as I had already travelled about a third of the way by the time I hit the dirt and didn’t want to go back I decided to push on with the confidence gained over the last few days fresh in my mind.
Suffice to say I made it, although I did have a wobbly moment right at the end where the dirt met the tar and there were some road works and they had laid a heap of gravel.
It was like riding into a tray of kitty litter, oh shit,
a bit more right hand rotation and I came out – just.
Bugger that was close, so now safe back on the tar I headed to Bungonia and then Marulan to refuel one more time before taking more back roads via Bundanoon and Bowral and picking up the old highway again that Eugene and I used at the start.
Arriving back home at 2pm tired and sweaty and 1830km later I unloaded the bike, showered and had a beer or two thinking I would unpack tomorrow as I still had one more day off.
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It’s a couple of weeks now since we were all down at Khancoban and it seems like ages ago.
Yes when is the next one?
I know others have expressed their thanks to Pete, Goodie, Nev, Jo and co but I would personally like to say a thanks to everyone.
With the exception of Eugene I didn’t know any of you from a bar of soap apart from the few threads here on AT but all of you welcomed me to the mob.
A special big thanks to Pete, mate I don’t want to embarrass you but you’re one in a million
. To finally meet you in person was a privilege, you are a gentlemen no matter what everyone else says.
How was that Pete did I say it just right. Is the $50 in the post or will ya fork up in NZ.