On departure we determined that we will use corners markers from here, as the route took us north, and almost immediately right, along the Highland Way (Tallong, Wingello, Penrose and a few zigzags around Bundanoon), and at Exeter we stayed on the Werai Road, and left onto Mount Broughton road at Currawarra. A short 20 minutes later or so we arrived Mossvale, where the Sunday recreational traffic was somewhat frustrating. Clear of Mossvale, we travelled along Argyle Street as we entered the southern outskirts of Bowral (this is the little area known as “Bong Bong”). A hard right and a few km further on, we arrived at the destination “Bong Bong Picnic Racecourse”.
Crowds were there, but none too much to keep Mick away. We begrudgingly paid our $10 entry fee to see what the pies are like. And the first food van we see is a “german sausage van”. Hmmph, not authentic, simple kranskys with no sauerkraut to be seen anywhere. That's not what I’m here for anyway, I’m in for some nice pies. We decided to settle on a 2.30 meet for the return ride (unless we individually choose to leave early and make our own way back), and broke away to mingle independently. *
I found a few different pies – some savoury, some sweet – but my favourite was the Alpine pie made by Heatherbrae (you know the one, the pie shop near the Illawarra Hwy (Eling Forrest) Service Centre – with the green FJ Holden in the front of the shop?. No?. Well, you should definitely try it next time you go through there).
The weather had not warmed up one bit, so I chose to have a nice mug of Porter with my pies. About this time (and it was only 1PM or so) I caught up with (most of) the others, and we decided to head home by way of the same route. Mick had already left by the time we got back to the bikes. Errol was going to peel off in Goulburn and make the journey directly home along the highway.
Alan suggested we take the “back roads” out of Goulburn to get to Gunning. Little did any of us know it’s a bit of a challenge to find this back road out of Goulburn. Essentially, it means getting onto Gurrundah Road, winding back and forth toward the wind farm at Cullerin Range. The road surface is a bit dubious, but eventually we cleared the problem area and the run into Gunning. A quick rest stop was had, and as it was by now beginning to get late (and colder), we headed straight home by way of Gundaroo. At Sutton, Al, Chas and Tony broke off onto Tallagandra Lane / Mulligans Flat Road, while I continued onto the Federal and home.
Thanks for a great day (despite the wintery conditions).
Chris
Riders:
- Chris Dietzel (Kwaka GTR1400)
- Alan Munday (FJR1300).
- Mick Beltrame (BMW GS1250)
- Errol Pentland (FJR1300)
- Tony Henderson (Tiger 800)
