Off like a robbers dogs.

[B6mick]

Yep Bikes are standing by and ready for a early start tomorrow morning.
With the minister and the bulge around the midriff getting, well to put it nicely, bigger. We is making hay while the sun shines, (as if we aint done enough of that   ) so we is heading west to the Grampions for a weekend of riding,and other such nice things, ( Get ya minds out of the gutter, I meant dinning and wine. Nature and all that shyte   ). Found a nice little place to bed down for the evening Saturday, and is looking forward for yet another kidless weekend   .

This time I promise to take more than just 2 pic’s and will post them when I get back.
Have a good weekend and I’ll catch ya all later .

[victor55]

Enjoy yourself Mick & `The Minister'. Hope the weather stays fine and the grapes make good wine

[aussiebandit]

So which way you going to get to the Grampians - the boring Princess Hwy or the GOR then inland.

Enjoy.......

[B6mick]

So heres the pics, and the story behind them,
Ok didn't get to leave as planned bright and early, ha.
Not so bright either In fact by the time we hit Ballart, we knew we where in one of the coldestest spots in Victoria below snow level.
By the time we hit Arrart it wasn't any better in fact a few spits on rain hit the face
But by the time we finally got to Stawell the weather was lighten one just a tad
Not long later we rolled into Halls Gap, a town last Xmas under seige from bushfires, and yes it showed. But with a early spring down here the new growth was starting to show though.





From Halls Gap we headed over the mountain range to find our digs for the night, at a place near Roses Gap. What a great bit of road yeha





And yes we found the place first time, and in the middle of (Just to piss them Yanks off ) Butt F*#* Idaho. This little gem of a place that the minister found on the net. $30 for the Digs, and the barn, we what a place to get down and party, and the spit roast meal was first class.










Heres the guard dog at the owners pad, not F*#*en joking either, I got with 6 feet of the front door and was told by this female roo that was a far as I was going

Change of batteries, F*#*ed if I know how to set the date bullshyte, anyway who put that crap on here oh the minister has been f*#*ing with the camera.




The next morning this time bright and early, and hardly a cloud in the sky, and more wonderful sights to see.















As for the trip home, other to say it was a quick one, and shall remain one for the late night story telling around the old camp fire. But I will say we was only doing 100.
As always never enough time I'm reckon one could blow away a week down here and still not see all the great sights, in this magic little part of Oz.

[victor55]

Brilliant photos Mick.

So good in fact that I have saved them (excluding the ones with you and the bikes) to show my mates where I have just been in Aussie

[B6mick]

Brilliant photos Mick.

So good in fact that I have saved them (excluding the ones with you and the bikes) to show my mates where I have just been in Aussie

Thats ok Marty my pleasure. I'm glad you enjoyed them.

  P.S. that aint me with the bikes. Thats the minister    

[aussiebandit]

Mick, you're a bastard.   You've just succeded in making me home sick - sort of - we had great weather here - 17c - and 340km of good (for NSW) roads - but still nothing like the Grampians - and you're right it is a magic piece of Oz -

[suziblue]

Used to live at Ararat, so did a lot of my riding near the Gramps.It is good aye?
 

[B6mick]

Used to live at Ararat, so did a lot of my riding near the Gramps.It is good aye?
 

Your not wrong, in my younger days, I was based at Portland when Alcoa was being built, so I spent a lot of time playing around on weekends. Many fond memories of the RDs'LC even the Hardly was fun.