Mudgee Tamworth 981km by K100 odo
Chris and his Trumpy Stealth
Nige and the ‘Bird
Brettski and the Bumble Bee
The Baron and R65
Scrounger and R65
The boys on the move
Setting off from Spark’s Road
First stop Broke (which we all were at journey’s end
Second stop Denmam where first beers were had
Also first battery fail @@###%%. eh
Arty shot of bikes at Mudgee
Mudgee pub accommodation night one
Brettski’s BMW (Bumble Bee) attracted some female company
Coolah morning tea
Coolah hair
Beautiful!!! And FAST!!!! And it would go much faster without the best in the world BMW luggage.
Carona out door pub and nice old church
Werris creek for lunch. Delicious salad sanga
Tamworth Imperial Hotel. That’s a noisy intersection down there.
The Baron displaying the designer bath accessories lovingly prepared by his wife.
The Srounger reads newspapers AND hits people with them
Evening meal at the RSL Club with no beer battered fries.
Nige looking way better than he should have the morning after
Briz after an early night and early morning walk
We slept here
Bikes slept here and Brettski’s Bee fired up by itself thankfully
Red trees in Walcha and isn’t Nige impressed that I’m wasting time recording the beautiful autumn colours
Morning tea at Walcha
Waiting, and I mean Waiting for the R65s just past Bretti reserve.
We did get wet on this section.
Pies and a hot fire at Glouchester then home.
GOOD RIDE!!
Tamworth/Mudgee Ride
Plans were made at the inaugural meeting of the Nige Motorcycle Club for an overnight ride to Tamworth and on to Dubbo/Mudgee for a second night.
Departure: Tuesday 15th April 2008
Return: Thursday 17th April 2008
Riders Confirmed:
Brizzer, Baron, Scrounger, Brettski, Nige
Partial Riders: Trumpy is riding to Tamworth for the first overnighter.
Meetup: Sparks Road Carpark off the Freeway at 9am Tuesday
Proposed Route by Briz
Up F3 to Freeman’s Waterhole
Through Kurri Kurri to Maitland
Through Morpeth to Stroud
Through Glouchester to Walcha
Overnight at Bendemeer Hotel http://www.bendemeerhotel.com.au/accommod.html
We should contact and book rooms
Down through Tamworth to Werris Creek
Right out through Premer and Coolah
South through Gulgong to
Overnight at Mudgee
North again through Murragamba and Cassilis
Home via Golden Highway Merriwa Denman Broke
Inaugural Nige MC Meeting
A formal gathering of Nige members will commence at 7pm, Wednesday 9th April at the Clubhouse situated on-site at Scroungers.
Mrs Scrounger will be providing some nibbles (many thanks) but members are requested to provide their own liquid refreshments.
Items on the agenda include further planning of the coming holiday ride, election of officers, club constitution and strip/logo etc.
See you there,
Nige
Motocross at Raymond Terrace
Went to Raymond Terrace with the “kids”. Clint is riding 54, Ronette is on 231 and Curtis is on other KTM with the blinkers.
I was hopeless and rode with the juniors so as not to get run down by the quicker guys ie everyone. As I was picture taker there are none of me.
Fresh Blood
Saturday, 29th March 2008
Destination: Wollombi Pub
Riders: Brett, Ivan. Brizzer and Nige
Brett’s snazzy BMW R1100S looks nearly as good as the ‘Bird.
A long range shot of Ivan and his Trumpy.
Brettski enjoying a fag whilst perusing the bikes.
It does look alright eh? Goes pretty fast too!
The warrior (even if a little stumpy) getting ready for ride battle.
Squash and Diet Coke, what is going on? Hello?
Brettski’s reaction to Brizzer’s offer.
The boys studying a nice ‘Triumph Rocket 111’
Sun streaming onto the bikes at Catho Hill Bay Pub.
A bit deserted for a Saturday arvo but always a good place for an ale.
Dungog
After a couple of early setbacks, we did eventually get under way.
The ‘Bird parked outside the pub at Patterson.
Oh yeh! There was another bike there as well 🙂
There were some guys on Harleys BUT two of the Harleys had ‘Tank Bras’ on ……. and they were serious.
The Briz sporting his new, colour co-ordinated look.
The bikes framing a lovely old house that had been hit by the purple spray gun from hell.
Nige looking for the rest of the gang. Hello??
Briz drinking a ‘ridiculous’ amount of beer yet again.
Nige looking like a sheep (not monkey) caught in the headlights 🙂
The Bank Hotel, Dungog. Ready to leave.
Excellent and fast ride home, some good roads around this area for Nige to reach his favourite speed.