Sat – Sunday 8th & 9th November 2008 FORSTER Motor Inn
Ride 51 600 klms Aprox 21 bikes, 1 trike, 3 Cars, 70 People
9am
Started off from Macca’s close to time 9.05am, Sky looked very overcast but it was cool & rather pleasant for riding, up through Kurri,Greta, a lovely ride through Clarence town, still no Rain but the sky sure looked gloomy, we made a left turn into Brookfield Road, apparently, so I was told later, Murray rode straight into some cow dung, nice and fresh too! It flew up all over Dave Gilberts pride & joy Softail, poor Dave he will be hoping for rain, along this quiet stretch of road, one passes through some beautiful countryside, you can smell the cattle & their dung, how fresh it is eh Dave? Then right turn & onto Dungog for our first break & morning tea, looked forward to this after 2 hours in the saddle, arriving at Dungog, we were escorted into town by a tractor brigade both sides of the street, all of a sudden we were in the town parade, the old & the new.
11.45am
After refueling both machine and bodies we hit the road once more, crossing over some very narrow bridges and running streams, right in the middle of the bush, I’m sure all the riders enjoyed this bit of scenery, traveling around some nice bendy bit’s on the bucket’s way, I received via cb radio from Norm that a lady rider had stopped, due to helmet problems, so I slowed the pace right down to allow them time to catch up, I think this may have pissed off some of the faster riders, Oh well it kept us all together, and within a minute or so, Norm called me again & we were off to a good pace once more, just before Gloucester we hit a few drops of rain that fizzled out as quick as it came, that was a relief, the cops seem to be everywhere these day’s, cars coming in the opposite direction flashing their headlights to advise of highway patrol, hiding in the side roads, coming from 100 to 60k one could easy get caught, a nice ride from Gloucester across the mountain, we picked up a little bit of wind and down into Kramback Hotel for lunch….Hey what’s this more bloody cops….this female in tights was waiving her baton about & handing out bluey’s, What a greeting, Excellent Denise, well done.
2.20pm
After a couple of cold ones and a bit of tucker in the tummies it was time to hit the road for our last 40 min ride into Forster, sitting out on the balcony of the Kranback hotel, overlooking the mountains was so relaxing, & the beer was every bit as nice, unfortunately they were a bit slow on the serving lunch side of things, but they are new owners, a nice casual ride to the Forster turn off whilst we were waiting for oncoming traffic, Big Steve sneaked up beside us and pinched lizzy on the arm, she nearly had a fit, as that was the last thing you would think could happen to you on a bike, earlier on in the trip we went under a viaduct & Big Steve revered his exhaust, Elizabeth thought a freight train was going overhead, Steve rode in 2 position most of the way, going over the Forster bridge & into the motel we were greeted by the lady officer again whom was most friendly……….
We all chattered & socialized within our group some heading to the pub, others having a swim, munchies & chatting, a few more drinks, & off to the bowling club where we all had a scrumptious meal at Danny’s restaurant, because of the entertainment being cancelled some went to the RSL others back to the motel, but I am sure a great time was had by all……………..
Thank You to Norm Francis for his help on the cb radio, keeping us all together from the rear.
Thanks also to Phil & Archie for tailend Charlie in the car, & the brown eye Archie showed coming home, from the rear window of the car as they went past.
Special Thanks for Denise whom once again gave us some light hearted entertainment, her kind gifts for the bluey’s, she purchased herself, & the assistance in organizing Forster with me helping from the Forster end
YES THERE WILL BE A RETURN IN 2009, WITH SOME CHANGES
Bye for now. REDBACK
