Wednesday, June 24, 2009
AAAARRRRRGGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!! I'm getting f#cking cabin fever.
Rest assured, we will return to our normally scheduled program as soon as possible.
In the meantime, I'm off to basket weaving class. I'll catch up with you all soon.
Sunday, June 7, 2009
The rain seems to have finally stopped and I'll be heading out on a ride in the next day or so. I just thought I'd let everyone know that I'm still here and the blog will continue. "Oh thank god" I hear you all sigh. "What would we do without the ramblings of that nutcase to keep our planet revolving around the sun?" Well, fear not, I am still here and the earth is safe once more. Sorry, cabin fever kicking in from all this wet weather. AAAARRRGGGHHH!!!!!!!!
I can't believe the amount of rain we've had in the last few months. We've literally had one flood after another on the east coast of Australia. It seems that every other week there's a town somewhere that's going under water as the locals frantically fill sand bags to stop their homes from being inundated. I don't know what I'd prefer - bushfire or flood? We seem to have more than our fair share of both.
Anyway, as I said the rain seems to have cleared and the forecast for the next week is for sunshine. We're in winter here now but the days will still be good for riding. Temps are expected in the high teens / low 20's (60 to 70* F) and that is something I can't complain about. I can't imagine what it's like to have snow in winter. I've seen snow (many times) and it does snow here up in the mountains, but only in a few locations and rarely does it get very deep except in the highest parts. Those parts capitalise on it and the area becomes a ski haven. Ironically we call that part of the range The Snowy Mountains. Gotta give us Aussies credit for ingenious place names huh?
That's a long way from here though and we shouldn't have to worry. Nothing but a week of sunshine and some twisty roads to carve up.
Stay tuned, we'll be back after this short commercial break......................
Now where did I put my helmet and gloves???
Sunday, May 17, 2009
If someone can tell me how to post a google map that would be great. I've posted pics to forums and websites but can't seem to work out how to post a map here. I'm sure it's simple though.
Anyhow, enough complaining, on with the show. I went for a bit of a blast yesterday afternoon. I didn't get far as it was getting late in the day and the 750 started leaking fuel (sticking float) but I did get a few pics before dark.
I set out from Bulahdelah and decided to head down The Lakes Way towards the coast. This is 80km of twisty forest and farm road that winds its way through 'the lakes' of the area. I'll do lots of rides down this road in the next few months as there are dozens of cool places to go and lots to see.
Anyway, I made it into Bungwahl without running into Grandma and Grandpa and filled up with fuel at the general store.
It was about now that I decided that it may be time to head home as the sun was going down and the bike was dripping fuel constantly (as you can see in the pic). I even moved it away from the bowser when I went in to pay, just in case.
Just as I was leaving a guy pulled in and said that there was a garage sale 'just down the road' and the guy had a few old motorbikes for sale. "Maybe I'll go a little further" I think to myself, so I did.
I cruised another 10 kms or so and couldn't find any garage sale. I did get to Pacific Palms though and got some pretty cool pics.
This is the road out of Bungwahl and I thought the hillside looked nice in the setting sun. Most of the land along this road, that isn't privately owned, is part of the Myall Lakes National Park.
This part of the road is dead straight for numerous kms as it crosses the sand dunes of Seven Mile Beach. We'll come back here again soon and I'll show you the beach and the rainforest in between the sand dunes.
This is one of the many tracks that head off the road and down to Seven Mile Beach. That's the Pacific Ocean peeking through there.
Anyway, it's time to say "next time Gadget" - as it's getting dark and we need to get home before the bike leaks all the fuel and leaves us stranded in the middle of nowhere.
We'll head out earlier next time and get to see lots more cool stuff
Friday, May 15, 2009
G'day and welcome aboard.
http://maps.google.com.au/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=markwell&sll=-32.259265,152.155151&sspn=0.627107,1.230469&ie=UTF8&ll=-32.333559,152.20871&spn=0.313297,0.615234&z=11 (I can't work out how to post google maps, I'll get the hang of it)
This is my first attempt at blogging but the plan is to cruise the Mid North Coast area of NSW Australia and show off some of the amazing scenery in this little corner of the global village. I live in a very scenic area, surrounded by forests, beaches, lakes, twisty mountain roads etc etc (you get the idea) - a veritable motorcylist's paradise. I love living here and plan to take as many rides as possible and hope that you'll join me as we take in the scenery.
Anyhoo, I hope you'll call in every so often and have a look at what's going on in my part of the world and I hope you enjoy the ride. Feel free to comment and ask questions as we go along, just tap on my helmet as necessary.
Cheers
Zooks (aka Dave, call me what you like).