Stromryder: 2010

Sunday, November 21, 2010

Nice Bikes

Another breaky at Wollombi this morning. This was the only worthwhile pic to show. Had nice bacon and eggs. Met up with Clive and Dale and had a nice time sipping coffee. Hope to take more pics next time.

Sunday, November 14, 2010

Out and about!

Somewhere near Yarramalong? Not sure how to spell it..

But a nice ride. Winding roads with lots of nice scenery to boot!

Not easy taking pics while riding at the same time. I should get the camera mounted on the bike...(make note to myself).

Stopped here to get a drink, but these guys were stuffed.

Rode to Wollombi in the morning and stopped for breaky...had Egg Benny with Salmon..yummy

Rode to Mangrove Dam. This is where we get our fresh water. They say it is only about 35% full.... looks pretty full to me?

Sexy hair baby!!

This is the, "I told you so" look.

Yes dear, you really think so?

My pride and joy. Notice the highway pegs that I added?

Saturday, May 15, 2010

V - Strom Gathering 2010 Urunga NSW

On May 1st I took a ride with my buddy Clive to the V Strom 2010 Gathering at Urungu NSW. I rode to Clive's place from Gosford to Raymond Terrace on Friday night, it was raining something fiece and it was dark when I arrived. Riding in the rain at night is no fun, especially on country roads with no street lights.

Anyways Clive and Dale were great hosts and served up a delicious dinner. That evening we had a few beers and watched Charlie Borman's new DVD, " By Any Means Sydney to Tokyo".

We left early the next morning and headed up in the rain to Gloucester where we had Breaky.

Click here to see a short video clip of the trip.

This is where we had Breakfast. Ordered Eggs and Bacon....nice!

Clive admiring the veiw. Finally sunshine!

This is me, have to say that Clive is a more skilled rider then me so he is usally in front most times waiting for me to catch up. But he never complains.

A quick fill up, both bikes and ourselves

Me again!

Clive just checking in with Dale on the phone.

Rode into Urunga and found the Hotel and Campground.

It was about 3.00pm so we got ourselves some hamburgers and chips for lunch.

Met some of the other V Strom riders, great bunch of blokes!

This is Richard's bike the Travelling Strom! Check out his blog http://www.travellingstrom.com/ he has been all over America, Canada and South America on a Strom and has only come back to Australia recently.

This guy was great, we called him "Sparkles" because he had so many lights on his bike.

Clive just relaxing.

And me too!

These are some of the fellas at the gathering.

We managed to raise some money for some Charities on the night as well.

This is Richard the "Travelling Strom" giving us a slide show on some of his adventures overseas. He's quite a character and had lots of intersesting things to talk about. There was also Margaret who also gave us a slide show and talk about her adventures overseas, unfortunatley I did not get a picture of her.

The next morning most of us lined up our bikes outside the Urunga Hotel for a photo shoot.

This guy won an award for the most 'Farkled Bike", which means the bike with the most added gadgets!

Morning at the campground.

The campground was adjacent to a national park and next to the beach.

I must say that it was very nice and clean. Here's the link for the campground http://www.urungaheads.com.au/

We stopped at some sites on the way back down the coast.

Clive looking like a regular tourist.

There where many beautiful places on the way back home, Australia has some magic scenary.

Friday, February 5, 2010

Trip to Canberra

Took a trip to Canberra on Sunday 31st January and back to Gosford on the Monday. We took the road less travelled, by that I mean we went through some of the smaller towns on the way down. We got caught in the rain riding through Sydney but we dried up pretty quick as it was a hot day.