Bowral - 21 September

Sunny skies for the team on this ride ! Our early morning meet up time was almost marred by a petrol truck wanting to mow all our bikes down while parked at the EPIC Caltex (arguments were raised for using the BP at Watson for meet ups instead) - the impending disaster was watched by a fearful few from Macca's (Macca's is a good reason NOT to use the BP at Watson for meet ups instead) while Gary sorted it. Turned out the truck driver was actually a nice bloke and gave us 45 minutes to get out of his way. This was more than enough time for our fearless leader to brief us and get us on our bikes.

Our route took us through Bungendore, Tarago, Windellama and on to Marulan for a quick stop.

 Marulan

The beaut stretch of road that is the Highland Way didn’t disappoint, and it was fun for all as we travelled in the dappled light of the trees. Two intrepid Hondas experienced the joys of off road riding on inappropriate tyres when one rider missed a turn, however we were soon all back on the way.  


Despite the look on Andrews face in this shot, he really did enjoy his messy Angus Beef Burger. Honest. And just look at the happy faces on these blokes - you can tell they are well fed and watered.  

Mark gave a demonstration of how he scares small children on Halloween with only his eyebrows, and Peter gave us an informative tour of the preserved dingo tracks from medieval times out front of the pub. 

We left the delightful little town of Bowral to fuel up again at Marulan, as we had all been assured by an eagle eyed price watcher that petrol was 10c cheaper there. 

The lunchtime feeding frenzy.

The lads at rest

Always a pleasure ! - Kim Moorey

Team Honda:

Peter Arday - ST1300
Garry McCurley - VFR1200
Kim Moorey - DN01
Ron Tito - CTX 1300
Ian Patterson - GL1800
Mark Wagner - NT700V
Sandy Fisk - NT650V

Those batting for another team:

Kevin Shanley - Bandit 1250
Andrew Campbell - ZX14R
Trevor McLeod - FJR1300
David Robinson - FJR1300
Robert Apps - R100RS