"Running of the Sheep" 6 Oct 2013 Boorowa

Riders:

The Sheep Run!

• Garry McCurley - VFR1200
• Mick Beltrame - Victory XC
• Peter Arday - ST1300
• Leo Farrelly - BMW 1200GS
• Arthur McGlynn - Vulcan 1700;
• Jeff Jarvis - Triumph America;
• Jen Woods - XVS 1100;
• Terry Mills - Shadow VT750;
• Peter Fenwick - Guzzi V750;
• Andrew Campbell - Kawa 1400.

Sunday 6 Oct 2013, was a beautiful day weather wise for motor bike riding & the day over at the Boorowa Irish Wool Festival was simply a fantastic fun day.

The ride over to Boorowa was good as we had warm fine sunny crystal blue sky weather, nil breeze, rolling green hills dotted with live stock along the way, a few road kill on the side of the road just to contrast the perfect picturesque scenery :-) & bright yellow paddocks of Canola flowers emitting a pretty smell from the flowers in full bloom, as we rode by.

The organisers of the Boorowa "Running of the Sheep Irish Wool Festival" need to be congratulated for putting on such an enjoyable, entertaining & very well organised day.

There was a lots to see & do at the festival before the actual running of the sheep event.

It was very enjoyable walking along the main street looking at all the exhibits, stalls & shops including chatting with the very friendly locals.

The running of the sheep event was then followed by a street parade, lead by very pretty ladies displaying woollen fashions in a fashion parade.

The street parade also had numerous floats, pipe band, and a variety of other fun & interesting things, including just to name a few things - trained Flyball dogs, a working shearing shed on the back of a semi with shearers shearing sheep with sheep dogs watching on, colonial day's uniformed police officers on horse back riding up the main street carrying antique rifles & pistols, old fashion tractors, the world's longest push bike, bouncing kangaroos, trucks  & lots of other great things to see.  

Just before the sheep ran, Peter Fenwick & I both were asked to be part of the group who were riding the world's longest push bike in the parade.

A very long cycle

We both agreed to help out & help ride this very long push bike the full length of the main street of Boorowa as part of the parade - it was a fun thing to do.

After the parade some of us had lunch & then rode home via Young.

In summary the whole day was very enjoyable, entertaining and a great taste of Australian culture.

Garry

Ride Leader for the day.