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  • GRUVY HD
    GRUVY HD
    16 years ago

    Riding down to Melbourne next week to see the Socceroos smash Japan. Leaving either late Tuseday or earlly Wednesday via the Hume. Coming back via the coast road over two to three days from Thursday. Anyone wishing to tagg along is welcome. Any ideas welcome also

  • MJ
    MJ
    16 years ago
    9 hours will see you in melb .......

    via the hume ....... tarcutta the halfway cafe food is good at night .....

    pub on left opp the submarine at um shit cant member the name town great counter meal there .........

    other than that watch the cop's they hide every where down there ......

    oh and watch the mexicans they do weird things like turn right from the extream left
  • Chips
    Chips
    16 years ago
    That would be Holbrook MJ. Watch out for cops around Tarcutta and Holbrook...
  • GRUVY HD
    GRUVY HD
    16 years ago
    I have decided to leave Tuesday lunch time and stay over night at Gundagai, does anyone know of biker friendly pub/hotel with some where to lock up the bike over night?
  • hattown.nt
    hattown.nt
    16 years ago
    I don't know if you can lock bike up or not, but worth a phone call,not sure of name but if you rang the shell they'd give you number or tell you the name of it. It's the motel next to the shell at gundagai does a real good feed and nice rooms, they are truck friendly so biker friendly I would think as well....
  • GRUVY HD
    GRUVY HD
    16 years ago
    Thanks very much everyone, Im staying at the biker friendly criterion hotel, they have a shed to lock up bikes, $30 for the night for accom.

    Sheridan Street
    Gundagai
  • MJ
    MJ
    16 years ago
    yes holbrook the pub op the sub good countermeal .......

    gundi is only 4 hours from syd ........

    go for the border :D

    5 1/2 hours from syd mate :D
  • GRUVY HD
    GRUVY HD
    16 years ago
    yeah I know, 1st long trip, taking my time. Leaving around 1300 so i get in before dark. Meeting a mate at Seymour on Wednesday to ride into Melbourne so that will give me some time to have a look around in the morning before I leave.
  • hattown.nt
    hattown.nt
    16 years ago

    Yeah gundi far enough if your not leaving till 1pm, a few roo's on that road at night, not heaps but a few, they worse from Glenrowan south as well as koala's and the odd wombat...

  • MJ
    MJ
    16 years ago
    fuck seen more than the odd wombat down there Hat ......

    seen a few of them mostly driveing lennons trucks
  • MJ
    MJ
    16 years ago
    well ok lot of owner driver types as well

    pulling star track trailers ......

  • GRUVY HD
    GRUVY HD
    16 years ago
    Well I’m back, had a great run, little rain on the way out on Tuesday but once I got down to Goulburn all was ok. Got into Gundagai around 1600 booked into the criterion and settled in. Met a few of the locals and sank a few beers. Wednesday and after some advice about all the road work around Holbrook I decided to take off on a small detour that would bring me into Wodonga a different way. I left about 9am and headed southeast to Wondolga then up to the apple growing country of Batlow before stopping for some refreshments in Tumbarumba and then it was into some meandering hills and curves for the next couple of hours passing through Tooma, on to the Murray Valley Highway to Corryong and Tallangatta to Wodonga. From there to Melbourne, arriving at around 5pm was boring as bat shit, there has to be a better way.
    Yeah ha, the Socceroos beat Japan 2-1 great game, great atmosphere, the MCG and our boys put on a good show.
     
    Thursday morning I had to wait for the fog to lift and finally got on the road around 1030, I cut straight through the heart of Melbourne via the M1 and picked up the South Gippsland Highway passing through Korumburra, Leongatha, Foster and Yarrum a great ride but from Yarrum to Sale, 75 clicks of boring dead straight road. Sale to Bairnsdale was much better, plenty of big hills and fast curves, the same from Bairnsdale to Lakes Entrance. What can I say from Bairnsdale to Lakes entrance the scenery was spectacular and I wish I had more time to explore, next time? Got lodgings in a little motel on the water front and finished up the evening with a feed of fresh seafood washed down with a few cold beers. Friday morning saw me leave at around 8am for a bloody freezing run up north through Nowa Nowa, Newmerella to Orbost and then onto Cann River for some light refreshments. Once again great scenery large hills and fast curves all the way up to Eden arriving around 11am. It was great sitting and chatting to some locals while drinking hot coffee and eating muffins in the sun down at the wharves. Once rested it was on my merry way up through Pambula then Merimbula, Tathra, Bermagui, Narooma, Moruya and into Batemans Bay before cruising up to Ulladulla and onto Sanctuary Point arriving at 5pm. What a day and once again some great scenery and some fantastic country. Today would have topped it all but after spending the morning over breakfast with friends in the sun, I had to finally hit some rain, lots of rain, the very cold and wet variety from Berry all the way home to Sydney but I'm home and all the more better for it. It was a reasonably quick trip but its one I would do again in a heart beat and the next time I will try and spend some more time taking in those great places that I blew past on my long but short journey.
     
     

     Gruvy

     

     

  • hattown.nt
    hattown.nt
    16 years ago
    Good stuff, yep you saw some great roads and scenery, I've spent a bit of time up and down the south coast, great place except for school holiday periods...
  • Hoodaman
    Hoodaman
    16 years ago
    shit Gruvy ya make me wish i coulda done it with ya.............sounds a hoot.........next time ay?
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