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From: bikerbetty on 3 Aug 2007 08:24 "Moike" <bmwmoike(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:46b31dd8$0$11059$afc38c87(a)news.optusnet.com.au... > bikerbetty wrote: > >> Ooh, an ausmoto ride??? Bring it on!!! Just let's not plan it for the >> same weekend that the Ducati Club does its annual Khancoban Ride!!! > > Absolutely. I still have a clear mental image of meeting the Ducati > support semi-trailer on a bend near Cabramurra during one of their "tours" > a couple of years back. Not good fun. > > Moike erk..... was it full of 'problematic' Ducatis by that stage, or still waiting???? (oh, slap my wrist!) betty
From: PostmanPat on 3 Aug 2007 08:44 On Aug 3, 9:27 pm, "Nev.." <id...(a)mindless.com> wrote: > Tex wrote: > > Yup. But I don't mind Can/Cooma that much. There are much worse roads IMHO. > > Bairndale - Sale for example (shudder) > > About 1km after you cross the railway lines at the Melbourne end of > Bairnsdale there is at turnoff to the left which is signponsted to the > local airfield... marked as C106. If you take that road it hooks > around, through Bengwarden, then a few km before Stratford there's a > intersection and the C106 goes off to the left signposted to Sale... too > easy. On a bad day there might be half a dozen other vehicles using > that 70km stretch of road. > > Nev.. > '04 CBR1100XX Done that a few times now--it's a couple of kays longer than the highway,but worth it.
From: Tex on 3 Aug 2007 08:55 "PostmanPat" <postman64pat(a)yahoo.com.au> wrote in message news:1186145062.281585.317520(a)x40g2000prg.googlegroups.com... > On Aug 3, 9:27 pm, "Nev.." <id...(a)mindless.com> wrote: >> Tex wrote: >> > Yup. But I don't mind Can/Cooma that much. There are much worse roads >> > IMHO. >> > Bairndale - Sale for example (shudder) >> >> About 1km after you cross the railway lines at the Melbourne end of >> Bairnsdale there is at turnoff to the left which is signponsted to the >> local airfield... marked as C106. If you take that road it hooks >> around, through Bengwarden, then a few km before Stratford there's a >> intersection and the C106 goes off to the left signposted to Sale... too >> easy. On a bad day there might be half a dozen other vehicles using >> that 70km stretch of road. >> >> Nev.. >> '04 CBR1100XX > > Done that a few times now--it's a couple of kays longer than the > highway,but worth it. Excellent. Will definitely try it come GP time
From: Nev.. on 3 Aug 2007 11:10 Tex wrote: > "PostmanPat" <postman64pat(a)yahoo.com.au> wrote in message > news:1186145062.281585.317520(a)x40g2000prg.googlegroups.com... >> On Aug 3, 9:27 pm, "Nev.." <id...(a)mindless.com> wrote: >>> Tex wrote: >>>> Yup. But I don't mind Can/Cooma that much. There are much worse roads >>>> IMHO. >>>> Bairndale - Sale for example (shudder) >>> About 1km after you cross the railway lines at the Melbourne end of >>> Bairnsdale there is at turnoff to the left which is signponsted to the >>> local airfield... marked as C106. If you take that road it hooks >>> around, through Bengwarden, then a few km before Stratford there's a >>> intersection and the C106 goes off to the left signposted to Sale... too >>> easy. On a bad day there might be half a dozen other vehicles using >>> that 70km stretch of road. >>> >>> Nev.. >>> '04 CBR1100XX >> Done that a few times now--it's a couple of kays longer than the >> highway,but worth it. > > Excellent. Will definitely try it come GP time Buy a map and look at it, but don't look at the #1. You can get from Merimbula to Melbourne (or Phillip Island) and about 99% of the trip is off the Princes Hwy, some of the best roads in Victoria. Nev.. '04 CBR1100XX
From: Kevin Gleeson on 4 Aug 2007 01:15
What's all this mainland stuff? Day1: Hobart, Swansea, Bicheno, Elephant Pass, St Mary's Pass, St Helens, Weldborough Pass, Scottsdale, Sidling, Launceston, pub. Day2: East Tamar Highway, Batman Bridge, Holwell Gorge, Bracknell, Poatina, Bothwell, Hamilton, New Norfolk, Hobart, pub. Get that up ya! Cheers Kev |