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Aust female rides on this site
- From: Aust03shadow
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Mmmmmmm........I'm thinking (yes that's the funny noise u can hear) that I may b the youngest female Australian rider on this site, where r all the Australian girls/women??? I've joined groups etc, but haven't been contacted by many females at all and certainly none from Australia as yet. U guys r great don't get me wrong, I really enjoy talking 2, just wondering where the female riders r :) Come out, come out where ever u r, I don't bite unless provoked :)
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- 2 days ago
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Day 3 & 4: Road Trip - Albury
- From: Dimitra
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Day 3: Road Trip - Albury to Canberra
We woke to a beautiful day, 32c degrees. Headed out from Albury, across the Hume Weir across a huge girder bridge. Absolutely awesome road along the Murray River (pic on right of page) to Jingellic, where we crossed back over the border into NSW.
Then headed from Jingellic up to Tumbarumba, all bitchumen with big sweeping curves which Dim really loved. Except for one spot where we came around a corner and had a 5 foot long Red Belly Black Snake sunning itself in the middle of the road!! Adam went to the right of it (on the wrong side of the road), it lifted it's head to look, and Dim passed it on the left side, right in front of it's raised head. (No pics of the snake, didn't really want a closer look!!)
Got to Tumbarumba and checked out their Information Centre / Museum which had a lot of information on a famous 1930's plane crash called the Southern Cloud. From there another fun ride up through Batlow to Tumut where we had lunch, beautiful food from a run down looking little milkbar.We asked some rangers about different roads through to Yass, one road we'd been told about was very rutted and dirt and wasn't advised even for 4WD vehicles. So they sent us on a back road from Tumut through Brungle, then to Gundagai which was a really good ride! It was on this strip of road, that Adam spotted a massive Goanna on the side of the road... (He must have scared him off cos he was gone by the time I passed by).
Pulled in to Gundagai and took some photos with the Dog on the Tuckerbox (pic right of screen). Got back onto the boring Hume Highway and droned on to Canberra. So boring Dim's average speed crept up to 120km p/hr to avoid falling asleep. (Will that defence work with the cops?)
Booked into a nice Country Club in Canberra who were very good by letting us park the bikes under cover
and even gave us sponges & a bucket to give them a wash the next day.Day 4: Road Trip - Canberra
This is where Adam ran into some trouble, his bike refused to start after the wash.
He'd had a regulator / rectifier replaced just before we left and this had died again. One in a
million chance, faulty part failed. We searched out a local Yamaha Dealer (Canberra Motorcycle Centre, Mitchell). They checked out the bike and confirmed it was the regulator again. They ordered the part in after our local Yamaha guys from home (City West Yamaha) faxed up the paperwork to do a parts claim through Yamaha and we went off to do our sight seeing at the Canberra War Memorial and Parliament House.Cruising around Parliament House we were approached by a security officer on a bicycle, and we were expecting to be told off for going in so close, but he just suggested a good spot for taking pictures. Then we cruised to the War Memorial down Memorial Drive, which is a long stretch of road between the two buildings and
the middle of the road is divided by red gravel and on the sides of the road are monuments the whole way down, which represent each of the wars Australia has been a part of. All the while expecting Adam's bike to die at any minute, because it wasn't charging.
The Australian War Memorial is well worth a visit. A huge place and very interesting. Adam loved it and could have stayed there overnight looking around. Some amazing interactive video, light and sound displays and the most amazing exhibit of the Japanese Mini Sub which was sunk in Sydney Harbour.
Took the bikes back to the country club and did a 'once over' on the bikes before Adam's bike goes in for work & hopefully we can leave town!
Stay tuned for the next episode... will Adam's bike ever be fixed or is he stranded in Canberra while Dim galavants off into the sunset? LOL
Dim & Adam
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- 4 days ago
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Parliament House Canberra
- From: Dimitra
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Description:Parliament House in Canberra Australia
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Day 1 & 2: Road Trip - Werribe
- From: Dimitra
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Sunday 1 November 2009
Day 1: Road Trip - Werribee to Albury
Our bags pre-packed from the night before, we strapped them onto the bikes in the morning and headed off to fuel up on day one of our riding adventure.
We're ready!!
We headed off towards Hurstbridge on a typical Melbourne spring morning - lovely drizzling misty rain which started just as we got on the bikes! Stuck on the freeway until we got out of Hursbridge, where the road started to improve. But as we headed up to Kinglake, we rode into a massive fog bank so thick that it engulfed us and you couldn't see the bike in front of you. We crawled up the hill averaging 15-20km the whole way. It was very spooky with blackened trees looming through the fog like burned match sticks standing on either side of the road.
Scariest ride I've ever had (at this stage of the trip), with hairpin bends and steep cliffs dropping away on one
side of the road, the road was barely two lanes wide and because of the fires there earlier this year, there were no armco or marker posts showing the edge of the road.Stopped at Kinglake for breakfast (or really to change underpants), and met some other riders out front and had a chat.
As we headed out of Kinglake, through Kinglake West and towards Flowerdale, the fog got thicker and thicker. As we passed through Flowerdale, the weather changed. All of a sudden we were looking into massive sunshine and incredibly hot weather! The ride through to Yea was beautiful fast flowing roads and let us make up some time from our slow trip up the hill earlier.
Stopped in Yea for lunch and caught up with Adam's (aka "Rent-A-Hubby's") parents (pic right), then headed up the Maroondah Highway through Merton & Eildon. Crossed over Lake Eildon, but it's almost nonexistent (no water to be seen), then on to Mansfield. Found a brilliant road from Mansfield through Tolmie to Whitfield. That put a smile on the dial. Up and down the mountain, very twisty & enjoyable riding. Dozens of "high risk area for motorcycles" signs to put the fear into you. But we did good.
Continued on through King Valley to Wangaratta (pic of King Valley on left). Stopped for drink and to check out a local street festival, and within 5 minutes of being there, the heavens opened, a massive heavy thunderstorm downpour hit us and drenched everything. Talk about 4 seasons in one day! After this weather, not much could surprise us now.Found another brilliant riding road, hilly and twisty, through Beechworth and then on to Albury where we stayed for the night (actually two nights).
Day 2: Road Trip - Albury
After breakfast we cruised out to the Ettamogah Pub (Table Top, NSW). It was a nice, warm 32c day. Didn't realise we were there so early, and nothing was open yet, so we got to look around outside the place with no distractions. The Ettamogah Pub is based on an Aussie cartoon strip, by Aussie artist Ken Maynard. It's basically the comic come to life, with lots of Aussie outback humour.
After enjoying a drink at the pub (when it finally opened), we headed back to Albury and found a nice park on the banks of the Murray River and relaxed on the grass in the shade of a Coolabah tree. (singing...)Then down came a Jumbuck to drink at the Billabong... (oh wait, that's another story)
Well Adam relaxed, because I was being stalked by a pack of vicious killer ducks. One of which was faking a limp to try and get close to me with sympathy. It didn't work! (My fear of ducks is a LOONNNGGG story!!!)
Had a late lunch in Albury at The Burger Bar (on Dean Street) and the burgers were great, highly recommended (and the best crunchy beer battered chips we've had anywhere). Took a walk around Albury after lunch and explored the Albury Art Gallery (quite interesting & it was free).
Stay tuned for the next episode in our travels... Will Dimitra make it down the mountain to the Janolan Caves? Only one way to find out... LOL
Dim & Adam
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- 4 days ago
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stopped in the city
- From: hagar1
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went for a ride around the country near Canberra Australia today and on the way home stopped for a cold drink in the city.
dammmm its hot here
- 6 days ago
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kapoola
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what a day
- From: Englissh
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What a day I have had, my day started at 00.01 when it was raining and the wind in the wrong direction caused another night moving buckets and bowls about to stop the leaks, after a while I got hacked off and decided to go to bed.
One hour later I was awake 02:15, got up took some more pain killers and went back to bed 03:15 got up went to the bath room and looked at my PC to see if any mail, 04:40 got up switched on the TV watched the news, more UK army killed in Afganistan, Australia v England on Saturday and I think NZealand are playing Wales or was it Ireland. Went back to bed now 06:00 got up time for all my pills and potions, coffee and back to bed.
Wow must be a record I got up about 09:15 had some toast and coffee fed our pet cat and fed our wild cat that lives by our back door in a flower box, sat down in front of the PC and low and behold flashing across my screen was a skype warning that KING of AMERICA was on line and wanted to say hello, as I am not proud I will talk to any QUEEN / KING or any other person of good standing.
I was so impressed that he found time to say hello and with the 7.00 hrs time difference it must have been 02: something in the USA, I can only say that CCC has got some real good guys and girls all over, it was a great thing to speak and see him for about 20/25 minutes and then I had to go. After that the rest of my day has not been so bad, sold one or two little things and made a bit of money, showed a woman my leather jackets as she wants to by one for her husband and one for the son ( not top of the range Perfecto’s but good enough for the price that I sell them for, one must eat you know! )
Its now 22:00 and I am going to sit down and watch THE UNIT and have some more coffee.
Keep the grey coming long and slow.
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- 2 weeks ago
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My 1st Blog
- From: Shadow2357
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Ok here we go ... This is my first time at having a go at this so please be kind ...lol
I have just about got all the bits I want ...well should really say need, as there's always more you want hey... on my bike which I've now had for almost 12 months and have recently added pics of her with them all on.
I have had some big adventures on bikes over the last 5 years with the biggest being a round Australia ride on my old bike ... an 09 model Shadow ACE ... which lasted 6 months and covered aproximately 26000 kms.
Earlier this year I rode from Adelaide to Penrith via Jyndabyne and following the Murray river to get to the Ulysses AGM ...which was my first ... and had a great time. The home trip I did straight through ... probably about 1600 kms... and boy did I pay for it over the next few days.
Now that the bike is all decked out with a shield,lowers and a custom seat ... I am about to set off on another trip to Sydney to be a flag marshall at the last ever race meeting at Oron Park .... a raceway on the outskirts of Sydney .. and travel back to Adelaide via the Great ocean road. It is a motorcycle 6 hour race and I am so looking forward to being right in the middle of the action.
I will try and get pics of the trip and post them on here.
Well that's about it for now,
Regards to all ... Stay upright and and safe riding
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- 2 weeks ago
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Re: New to the Blog!
- From: lucky57
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yep love to go me n the wife but a long way to go from OZ. plenty of frieds here to chat to anyway
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Aust03shadow
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Australian Slang!
- From: Robin001
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Australian Slang! - The language we speak in Australia seems to baffle other people no-end. I don’t know why? Aussie Slang, or Strine as it is sometimes called, is I guess a reflection of the harsh, remote Australian landscape, and the no-nonsense "lets get on with it" attitude of the Australian people. So a lot of corners are cut both with what we say and how we say it. Here are a few examples for CC who maybe interested in coming to Australia.
A bit more choke and you would have started. misc:- a statement said to somebody who has just passed wind in public rather loudly.
A few Kangaroos loose in the top paddock. adjective:- someone who is mentally 'not quite there, also picnic short of a sandwich , lights are on but nobody is home, etc.
Back of Bourke. noun:- a long way away from wherever you are, specifically inland and away from civilisation. Bourke is an inland town, hence...
Cackleberry. noun:- an egg
Cactus. adjective:- something has had it, doesn't work anymore, or someone in a lot of trouble.
Dad 'n Dave. noun:- a shave.
Dag. adjective:- bits of manure that stick to the long wool around a sheep's bottom forming small dangling balls. Also a term for a funny person, nerd, goof, loser. In this respect it can have either an endearing or disparaging meaning, although is usually used for a likable fellow.
Daks. noun:- a man's trousers or shorts, now also a brand name. However in New Zealand, daks means underpants, underdaks in Australia. Be sure you know which one they are talking about.....
Dead horse. noun:- tomato sauce
Idiot box. noun:- television, often abbreviated to "the box".
Jackaroo. noun:- a young male station (ranch) hand or apprentice. A Jjillaroo is the female equivalent. Perhaps from the Spanish, "caballero", meaning horseman:
Kick the bucket. verb:- to die. Same as to push up daisies, keel over, go west, buy a farm...
Lamington drive. noun:- a traditional way of raising money for charity by selling Lamingtons. Similar the Brownies selling cookies in America. However, these days fund raising is done by selling manufactured chocolate and the likes which doesn't seem to have the same feeling.
Matilda. noun:- the old term for a swagman's bedroll, swag, pack, or sack which contained essentials (sometime complete belongings) when traveling in the bush by foot. See Waltzing Matilda.
Ocker. adjective:- pronounced ocka, a stereotyped uncultivated or uncultured Aussie male who exhibits excessive drinking of alcohol, womanising, chauvinism, and worships the God called Footy! To call a female ocker is to suggest that she is somewhat butch. Similar to the US redneck.
Onya. misc:- an expression of encouragement, short for good on you. My favourite expression.
Razoo. noun:- a fictitious coin made from brass. The term is usually used to indicate that someone has no money. "I haven't got a brass razoo!"
Sack. noun:- a bed. Used as "hit the sack" = go to sleep.
Sandgroper. noun:- a resident of Western Australia, after a sand-burrowing desert insect.
Sanga, sanger. noun:- a sandwich.
Underground mutton. noun:- rabbit.
Ute. noun:- a utility vehicle, invented in Australia. US = pickup truck.
Waterhole. noun:- a pub or hotel.
Yakka. noun:- hard manual labour. Possibly an Aboriginal word.
Yarn. noun:- a story, usually long, intriguing and entertaining, either fictional or not.
Yobbo. noun:- an uncouth person.
Yonks. noun:- a long time, ages.
Zack. noun:- a Sixpence. Pre decimal currency used before Feb 1966. The term is still used today, but to indicate that someone is broke. "I haven't got a zack".
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- 2 weeks ago
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Steampunk Triumph (Pink Ribbon
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The pink ribbon ride 2009 in Victoria Australia raises funds to aid breast cancer research
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Custom helmets (Pink Ribbon Ri
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The pink ribbon ride 2009 in Victoria Australia raises funds to aid breast cancer research
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Custom trike - front detail (P
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The pink ribbon ride 2009 in Victoria Australia raises funds to aid breast cancer research
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What a cutie (Pink Ribbon Ride
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The Pink Ribbon Ride, Victoria, Australia 2009 - all funds raised go to aid breast cancer research
- 2 weeks ago
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