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Wonthaggi Ride 3 February 2019 with South Gippsland Branch

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Our leader's Thruxton and Jeff's BM
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Geoff's Deauville
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Dennis'Ducati
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One of Sam's many toys
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Officer Road
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House beside Officer Road - I managed to photograph things that were not moving there
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There are bikes in there somewhere
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Greg passing an obstacle
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Approaching Korumburra
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Korumburra-Warragul Road
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Sam looking distorted!

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Gippsland scene. Much drier than normal
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Those hills were not so Green
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Not so subtle message !!
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On the road to Wonthaggi
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Gippsland - I love those roads and hills
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Here they come
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Nice bike that. Another ST1300!
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And a vineyard too
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Peter on the Hayabusa - no punctures this weekend. Safer in Junior's hands.
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Here come more of them
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One of the South Gippsland Crew followed by Ian on the W 800
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Dennis doing a sterling job
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He even waited for me
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Can't remember when I previously last saw the flying red horse?
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Proper bikes taking advantage of Victorian parking laws. It was too hot in the sun!,
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Our lunch venue at Wonthaggi
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These bikes were subjected to the heat of the mid day sun!
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Ian's lovely looking W 800
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Alf's "new" old club plated Gold Wing
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More of Wonthaggi
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Still more of Wonthaggi
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I got distracted on my home and went up towards Glen Forbes
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More of South Gippsland
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Coming off the escarpment towards Glen Forbes and Westernport Bay
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Whoops - overshot the Bass Highway
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Western Port Bay - French Island in the background
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More of Westernport
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Pics by Greg G

Greg led us on a great ride to Korumburra where we met the South Gippsland Branch for morning tea - refreshment and we then rode on together to Wonthaggi

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Tallangatta Australia Day Long Weekend 2019 Ride

I am still working on a ride report Update 5 February: OK here it is;
What can I say?

Two years running we had a combination of extreme heat and some rain. Hang on, that sounds typical of a Victorian summer day come to think of it.

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The ride home from Tallangatta

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The group arriving in Beechworth Gorge
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Beechworth Gorge
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Some disgraceful looking visitors
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The Gorge
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The bikes stopped while we took in the view
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Greg R leaving town
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Colin
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Mick
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More Beechworth Gorge views
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Another photographer - puncture fixed
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Alf
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Jack also took some photos
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Farewell Beechworth
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A final look back down the gorge
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An opportunity to regroup at bridgeworks
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The Gorge
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Dirt roads? Where's Pat Ryan when he's needed???
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Photographers 2 and 3 photographing each other!!
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Photographers 1 and 3 photographing each other!!
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Oops - photos by Greg.... Jack's pic had me modelling it!! Looks much better this way.....
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The Gorge
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Who Doesn't Want These Guys On Your Ride?
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The Ususal Suspects.... In Yackandandah!!!!
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Photos by Jack

And So We commit His Tyre To The Ground - Ashes To Ashes, Rubber To Rubber...
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The Man of Many Bikes Spent Hours Looking At This..... (sob)
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The Man of Many Bikes?
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This bloke managed to lose his "ride group" two years running! 2019 in Yarra Glen, 2018 in Bonnie Doon. Dohhh!!
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Photos by Jack

That *#@$&*!@!#$%% Man of Many Bikes - Again?
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We took in Beechworth Gorge, Violet Town, Strathbogie (that road is getting too rough now) the Merton Gap, Gobur, Caveat and Highlands on the way home, most of which proved very successful in avoiding long weekend traffic

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Australia Day Weekend 2019

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Our accommodation for the weekend
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Our man of many bikes smiling before..
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We saw all sorts of bikes
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The Tallangatta Bakery proved to be a great venue for breakfast
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There was a bit of a breeze in the back yard
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The Wymah Ferry still takes you from Vic to NSW. The ferryman was a real character
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Checking out the Ferry terminal and crossing
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We paid a quick visit to Jingellic

Plaque for Murray Grey
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We donned wet weather gear here and then it stopped raining
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An interesting Aussie structure there!
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The crew at our clothing change stop on the Murray River Road
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View from stop on the Granya Gap Road
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Where the man of many bikes got a puncture - large roofing screw!
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He did pick a spot with a nice view to stop to attend to puncture
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Where he also met SES and VicRoads crews attending to fallen tree
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Scene back down the Granya Gap Road
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A rest break at the Omeo turn off from the Murray Valley Highway
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The river behind the pub at Mitta Mitta was also lovely
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Those kids were jumping off that cliff
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Child overboard
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The Mitta Mitta Hotel was very busy on Sunday
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Jack still found a convenient parking spot
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Actually we all did find convenient parking
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My old Honda Taxi embarrassed by a much cooler bike
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We decided to potter around Old Tallangatta on our ride back
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Some of us at the view point on Murray Valley Highway
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The former streets of Old Tallangatta
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The Old Tallangatta view point area
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They didn't remove all the buildings
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Clearly the water levels are way down
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Andrew's Yamaha and Mike's BMW
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Julian's Harley
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View across an empty section of Lake Hume
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Lake Road heading towards Bethanga
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View back towards Old Tallangatta

Not the garden path but the wrong route!
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The old Honda taxi was on it's own
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Apparently those bikes in the background were using the correct bridge to cross the Mitta Mitta
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A lot of work has gone into improving the Tallangatta streetscape
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The park in the middle of town
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I was never a fan but it is on the back veranda at the Vic
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Gathering at Lilydale
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Rest stop in Yea
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The bakery was good....
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The offending bolt - in situ
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The loneliness of the RACV caller......
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And the bolt, now in a better place
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Hiding in the shade at Millawa
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Rest break at Yackandandah
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To paraphrase a certain retired NatCom member, Melbourne members had a magnificent motorcycling weekend by the Mighty Murray and the magic Mitta Mitta

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