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SCDR 01 – Mannum SA

Plan in place, start docket acquired from the local servo and off I go in the general direction for the 1st Southern Cross Distance Riders SA ride to Mannum – SCDR 01 SA. Now to make things interesting am going Silo hunting along the way. It’s quite windy and you can see the smoke & …

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Border Run 23-Day 7

Huntly Resort VIC – Home-Corryong VIC Another sleep in morning in a comfy bed….YAY!!! The final leg today and it’s a short 392 kms to get home. Mick & Lynne are coming out for a ride too this morning and we decide to have breakfast in Violet Town. It’s still fresh so we don our …

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Border Run 23-Day 6

Mildura tVIC o Fatman & LTP Huntly Resort VIC Thankfully this morning there was no frost and I got my sleep in til 7am which I thought was a bit rude as I could’ve slept a bit longer. All packed up again and load Dudley before getting away around 8ish into another beautiful sunny but …

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Border Run 23-Day 5

Wudinna SA to Mildura VIC To say it was cold overnight was an understatement – poor Dudley froze at -2deg. No amount of clearing the windscreen or mirrors helped as they just refroze, as for the seat…it was rock hard. It really was a lovely mornings sky though with the pink streak and moon shining …

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Border Run 23-Day 4

Border Village to Wudinna SA All the time zones messed with my head and I didn’t get the greatest nights sleep. Was eventually woken by the music of exhaust tunes. Waves from rooms across the carpark and the banter and comradery is fantastic. Had to put a little air in Dudley’s rear tyre and then …

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Border Run 23-Day 3

Ceduna to Border Village – The Event!! Got a good night’s sleep and woke to the alarm. Get ready but tummy is not happy so wait another half hour before heading out the door at 6:30am. Noticed a friends bike parked up next door but considering the hour and not knowing when they got in …

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Border Run 23-Day 2

Renmark to Ceduna Woke early, porridge for breaky and just got going, left Renmark about 6am in a clear and warm morning, lights blazing. Still required the heated suit though. Noticed the sun starting to rise in my rear view and couldn’t resist at least having a crack at getting the pic without stopping and …

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Border Run 23-Day 1

Home to Renmark Now the time stamps on the camera photos are wrong as I forgot to set the time before I left, however the time stamp on my phone pics are correct. Surprisingly, I was out the garage on time and up to get fuel and my start docket before 7am. The fog, potholes, …

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FRE S#67 – Bermagui

Different plan of attack for this one….up and back in the day. Stayed at Mum & Dads on my camp mattress with my sleeping bag but an upset tummy was root of a disturbed nights sleep. After fighting to gain more sleep was up and out at stoopid dark o’clock and off to the Metro …

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FRE 65 – Tooleybuc

So much for the ride calendar this year but thanks to relaxing of some restrictions we were able to still proceed with a slightly modified FRE #65 to Tooleybuc. Simple plan, leave the local Shell servo @ 12:02pm Fri 6th Nov, head out through Lithgow via Bells Line of Road, onto Bathurst (no stopping at …

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