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Jun 02
Preparing for the Black Dog Ride
WOW, I have been waiting since September 2011 for the details of this ride to be available. Can’t believe time has gone so quickly but unfortunately it hasn’t been uneventful. Too many losses have occurred during this time and two of them in particularly have torn my heart to pieces. One of these losses inspired …
Mar 28
Tintaldra 2012
With the hard work all done, Karl & I woke early Friday morning excited to begin the annual pilgrimage to Tintaldra. This event has been going for 6 years and now is a co-ordination between Sydney, Victoria & Canberra riders. It’s cool and dark what else would I expect at dark o’clock and we head …
Feb 20
FarRide East #18-Nambucca Heads
FRE #18 Nambucca Via……. Canberra. Yep you read it right, that’s what we FarRiders do. I ran out the door of work Friday and obtained my start docket from the local ATM with a stamp of 3:14pm, excellent. Then straight on the M7 to the Hume Highway heading for Canberra. The blue sky had disappeared and turned …
Oct 06
FarRide East #17- Eungella QLD part 1
Day 1 – Home to Goondiwindi Angel’s packed and raring to go at 6:00am as we roll out the driveway in the rain…it’s a FarRide so of course it’s gonna be raining (wouldn’t be right if it wasn’t). First stop for fuel on the F3 at the twin servo’s. Pretty non eventful up the freeway and through …
May 29
FarRide East #16-Euston
Make the plan and ride the plan is trusty advice that you’ll find here on FarRiders. So when Charlieb asked whether Karl & I were we going to register for FRE#16 my brain instantly went into plan mode before even registering. Unfortunately Karl couldn’t make this one so it was me & Charlieb. Two days …