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Small group ride (2 so far  ;D).  Meeting Bonegilla (Albury-Wodonga) Friday 10 Dec and spending the next 5 days riding all the fav roads around.

Granya Pass, Murray Vally Hwy, Murray Valley road, Alpine Way, Snowy River Way, Bonang Hwy, Great Alpine Road, Falls Creek, Mt Hotham.  And anything else we can think of inbetween. Mostly sealed roads.  Little bit of good unsealed.  [moto]

Weather forecast is looking very promising.   [clap]

Anyone else want to join in.  Be quick as I'm planning accommodation right now.  [thumbsup]

Dam you H :'(
Can't get away at that time.
Am planning on some touring in Jan/Feb

Have fun as always.
Who is going with you?

Cereal killers never reveal their victims  [evil]

sounds like mr 0ne point left perhaps.......... [laugh] [laugh]....enjoy ...its some classic riding on those roads.....make sure you fit in kanchoban to adaminiby....its a cracker

Yep Adaminaby is on the list   [thumbsup]

I have some points left (I think  [roll])

Me too, Looking to do 3-4 days away

Okay time to post up maps & photos I suppose. (seeing as I have been reminded  ;D).  Weather and roads were so good last week that it's depressing to be home with the rain, hail and snow.  To think that last weekend on Mount Hotham was sunny and warm but this weekend it was covered in 10cm of snow.:o  Glad I didn't have to ride in that. Not very many photos were taken due to lots of riding being done instead.

So the trip went pretty much as planned apart from the road to Cabramurra being closed on the first day so a different route was taken then two days later the road was open so up it we went which made the day a little longer than planned (491kms - sorry Gino  [roll]) which was good practice for me as I rode 780kms the next day to get home  [moto]  All the roads in the mountains are okay.  Heaps of landslips on the way up Falls Creek but the road surface was practically clear of debris by the time we went through.

I had a friend recommend the Red Bank Rd (Gundowring Rd) as an alternative to the Keiwa Valley Hwy.  It's also listed in the Motorcycle atlas.  I found the road absolutely boring apart from the river running through a farm driveway.  The only other entertainment along this road was someone getting stung by a bee and, being allergic to bees, ripping clothes off on the side of the road to get the sting out and trying to be clothed again by the time the other rider turned back.  Almost managed it.   [laugh] [laugh]

So here's the biz:
Photos here (http://www.flickr.com/photos/heatherp64/sets/72157625636530724/with/5276839586/), Day 1 Bonegilla-Jindabyne 302kms (http://maps.google.com.au/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=209687874795420052259.000497bd584eb61f4d61e&z=9), Day 2 Jindabyne-Lakes Entrance 327 kms (http://maps.google.com.au/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=209687874795420052259.000496eee1002aae5fb95&ll=-37.147182,148.480225&spn=2.408116,5.795288&z=8), Day 3 Lakes Ent-Omeo 365kms (http://maps.google.com.au/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=209687874795420052259.000497bdabb0213af7e09&z=9), Day 4 Omeo-Tumut 491kms (http://maps.google.com.au/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=209687874795420052259.000497bd1a53d342e2890&z=8)

The only thing I would change would be to go to Adaminaby and back to Jindabyne on day 4 instead of going to Tumut. But it was fun anyway.

All I can say is  :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(

But then I just sent out a bunch of invoices so January look out.

Wanna do it again?

Looks like a great ride.....   [thumbsup]

Looks like you had fun ... some of those roads look vaguely familiar.

I remember the trip down from Falls Creek to the Oh-me-oh-my Highway being pretty treacherous ... sounds better now.

At one point you were only five minutes from Bazz's ... not tempted to drop by for some roo jerky?

Buggar.  Would have liked to have caught up with Bazz.  Didn't have his address tho.

Beautiful photos.  [thumbsup]

Some people seem to have a knack with taking great photos. I watched the slideshow a couple of times.  Great work, and looked like a fun ride.  [clap]

MMM.... might be do-able, Febuary maybe??






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