{"id":4249,"date":"2010-12-13T18:19:06","date_gmt":"2010-12-13T08:19:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nige.com.au\/?p=4249"},"modified":"2010-12-13T20:11:55","modified_gmt":"2010-12-13T10:11:55","slug":"katoomba-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nige.com.au\/?p=4249","title":{"rendered":"Katoomba 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lucky, Mohawk, DD and Nige headed off to Katoomba via the Putty and Bells Line.<\/p>\n<p>DD nearly didn&#8217;t make it into Macca&#8217;s carpark as he went sailing past before chucking a U-turn in the middle of traffic.<\/p>\n<p>He arrived to find that he had forgotten to replace the Beemer&#8217;s dipstick after he checked the oil that morning, oil was everywhere.<\/p>\n<p>Woodies was no help and so an alternative had to be found.<\/p>\n<p>DD rode to Colo Heights (where we tried to help a bloke get his Triumph going) and left us to ride home with another group of riders who happened to be there.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-4249 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.nige.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Katoomba01.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"145\" height=\"145\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nige.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Katoomba01-145x145.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4252\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4252'>\n\t\t\t\tThe mother of invention&#8230;..\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.nige.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Katoomba02.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"145\" height=\"145\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nige.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Katoomba02-145x145.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4253\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4253'>\n\t\t\t\tGood as &#8230; eh?\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.nige.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Katoomba03.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"145\" height=\"145\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nige.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Katoomba03-145x145.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4254\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4254'>\n\t\t\t\tLucky tried to keep his hands off the Ninja but could not resist any longer.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.nige.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Katoomba04.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"145\" height=\"145\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nige.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Katoomba04-145x145.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4255\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4255'>\n\t\t\t\tMohawk checking all the things that need to be checked ..\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.nige.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Katoomba05.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"145\" height=\"145\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nige.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Katoomba05-145x145.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4256\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4256'>\n\t\t\t\tStopped for lunch at another &#8216;Pie in the Sky&#8217; at Bilpin\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.nige.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Katoomba06.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"145\" height=\"145\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nige.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Katoomba06-145x145.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4257\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4257'>\n\t\t\t\tLucky hoping that someone will take it while he is not looking.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.nige.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Katoomba07.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"145\" height=\"145\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nige.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Katoomba07-145x145.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4258\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4258'>\n\t\t\t\tLucky saying grace AFTER eating his pie.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.nige.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Katoomba08.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"145\" height=\"145\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nige.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Katoomba08-145x145.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4259\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4259'>\n\t\t\t\tHow much would you expect to pay for this level of luxury??\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.nige.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Katoomba09.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"145\" height=\"145\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nige.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Katoomba09-145x145.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4260\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4260'>\n\t\t\t\tNo, not Dicky Knee but the back of Dodgy Dave.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.nige.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Katoomba10.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"145\" height=\"145\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nige.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Katoomba10-145x145.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4261\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4261'>\n\t\t\t\tThe conversations got even MORE serious as more beer was consumed.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>After beers were drunk, we wandered over to the Family Hotel for a feed and then back to the Gearin and then I mostly forget &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Some older people went to bed and someone else went downstairs and drank some more .. I think<\/p>\n<p>Mohawk had free music piped to his room until 2:30am. Did I mention it was loud AND free.<\/p>\n<p>Woke up with a terrible headache, I knew that food at the Family Hotel was no good, couldn&#8217;t have been anything I drank.<\/p>\n<p>Packed up, couldn&#8217;t find any staff members to return our keys or retrieve our deposit and so headed off to Blackheath for a hearty breakfast. I didn&#8217;t like heart all that much so had scrambled eggs.<\/p>\n<p>Decided to break the mould and return via Sackville and Wisemans Ferry and after a little bit of an adventure on new and interesting roads, we did sorta find our way.<\/p>\n<p>Finished the day with a break at Jerries before heading home.<\/p>\n<p>Not one Mr Plod was sighted the whole weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Amen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lucky, Mohawk, DD and Nige headed off to Katoomba via the Putty and Bells Line. DD nearly didn&#8217;t make it into Macca&#8217;s carpark as he went sailing past before chucking a U-turn in the middle of traffic. He arrived to find that he had forgotten to replace the Beemer&#8217;s dipstick after he checked the oil [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-rides"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.nige.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4249","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.nige.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.nige.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.nige.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.nige.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4249"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"http:\/\/www.nige.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4249\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4251,"href":"http:\/\/www.nige.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4249\/revisions\/4251"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.nige.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.nige.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.nige.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}