CBR929RR Ben Warden CBR929RR Darryl Chivers
ZX7R Tim Walker FZ1 Rob Langer
R1 Geoff Jones VTR1000 Dean von Schill
YZF1000 Renzo Cunico VFR750 Daniel Kosinski
These rides take a bit of planning,
particularly accommodation wise. And this year was the biggest ever with as
many as 20 people indicating they were coming. This posed a problem because the
Walwa Pub only has eight rooms and really only sleeps about 11 people
comfortably, and over three days of hard riding, you want to be comfortable. I
sourced what I thought would be fabulous alternative accommodation at the Walwa
Resort which had 16 cabins and 4 motel style rooms, most with air conditioning
and very reasonably priced. Alas, this fell through at the last minute when
they could not offer us accommodation for the full three days. So, Dave and Bron
ended up quite happily in a Bed and Breakfast in Corryong, and Dave Moore,
Neville Maggs and Darryn Webster were accommodated at the Cudgewa Hotel. Other
options such as the
At
We did the hard yards up to Moyu, Oxley, Milawa and Myrtleford for more fuel. I had a play at replacing my tail-light. Alas, it is not the usual bayonet type but rather the modern giant instrument all glass push in type. Rob Langer also nipped down to the local bike shop to source a helmet visor screw at no charge. He was mightily impressed.
Down to Ovens and across the
At Tallangatta we fueled up again
for the final 90 km to Walwa across the Granya Gap and around the
Tea consisted of the usual country massive meals. Wayne Grant (ZX900) arrived safely later in the evening with his bike on the trailer. I waited up for Pete Weyermayr (CBR929RR) and Liz Oliver (CBR919RR) to arrive, having ridden up after work. They now have a better appreciation of why it is not ideal riding at night. The wombat made sure of that!
Dave Ward (996 SPS) and Bronwyn
Manifold (Monster 750) did their stuff, bikes in the van, arriving late. Dave
Moore (R6) and Darryn Webster (TL1000R) trailered their bikes up to Cudgewa as
did Neville Maggs (VTR1000SP). The deal was all to meet at Tintaldra, Saturday
morning,
Ben Warden (Honda CBR929RR)