Reply With QuoteGeez Rusty you are tempting me , visiting family may be my undoing but, you might want to check the weather out look too. up to 200mm ain't fun!!!
http://wxmaps.org/pix/prec7.htm
Tablelands Xmas-New Year
Gonna do it.
Rough plan.
Go Boxing day, Saturday, everything should be open.
When we get to where we get to, it's sat nite!
Do the Gillies on Sunday with all the local yokels.
The line up at the Mountain View is a must see.
Accom options:
Malanda Hotel, Top of the Gillies, Top of the Palmerston, Nuff said.
Tully Falls Hotel Ravenshoe Highest pub in Qld.
Mt Molloy Hotel
Take your pick in Cairns.
Plenty of others...
Weather? Hot and wet is guaranteed.
How wet? Watch this space.
I'm making plans to go.
If i go by myself, so be it.
Andrew if you want to have a lash.
Could meet you in Towns vegas on the way.
If you go via the Towers will save the miles.
Need minimum 4 days, 5 days is better.
My plan is not to make a firm plan.
Just take the credit card, some dry clothes, and go.
[and a BM stuffed to the gills with spare parts]
Open to offers of company.
Or happy to meet others up there.
I only have this week [xmas/ny] off atm.
And i missed out a few weeks ago on the same plan.
LMK.R.
The Brutale Bushy
Geez Rusty you are tempting me , visiting family may be my undoing but, you might want to check the weather out look too. up to 200mm ain't fun!!!
http://wxmaps.org/pix/prec7.htm
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I can't go unfortunately, too many family considerations at this time and I have just come back from there, so would be unlikely to get a leave pass, however it is a terrific part of the world.
Yeah i'm watching the weather.
The two wettest towns in Qld are Tully and Babinda.
You can expect rain on the coast.
But i dont see the monsoon through coming atm.
Will keep watching.
But the plan is go.
Sorry mate, count me out.I've been stabbed for duty that week. Price I pay for taking the Queens Coin.
If you lie, no one will trust you.
If you tell the truth, no one will like you.
Some people accuse me of thinking the world revolves around me, but it doesn't. It revolves around the sun, which shines out my arse!!
Howdy,
I have the opportunity to head off on the bike over the Christmas break and thought Cairns would be a nice run to start with
No ranges for me though LOL
Ree
Do it trembling if you must - but do it!
LOL as in the gillies range, I'm flat out riding Mount Stuart let alone something with more bends
Do it trembling if you must - but do it!
The Gillies is a stern test no doubt.
But the locals cope with it, driving cars, trucks, 4wds towing boats, all manner of stuff.
Yeah the bikes give it plenty, but that is their call.
If range roads scare you to death.
There is something missing in your education.
Either it is technique, or experience, or both.
To say that you dont want to run ranges but will do the run to Cairns.
The northern side of the range crossing between Ingham and Cardwell is a bluddy steep downhill run.
Are you going to stop there? Turn around and go home?
When you ride unknown roads you take every corner on its merits.
Good posture good lines and ride at a pace to suit the conditions.
Afaic, i have a better chance of being hurt by riding in town with circumstances i can not control.
Than by riding in the hills where i can apply a measure of control.
[Continually updating my risk assessment as i proceed.]
All the best with your adventure.
Last edited by RustyGT; 24th December 2009 at 08:44 PM.
Well said that man. Respect the bike and the road (corner), but don't fear it. The minute you become afraid, you lose.
Wow, that was deep. They must be putting something special into Bundy these days.
If you lie, no one will trust you.
If you tell the truth, no one will like you.
Some people accuse me of thinking the world revolves around me, but it doesn't. It revolves around the sun, which shines out my arse!!
If you come out of every corner thinking. Damn I could have done that faster , you have succeeded in riding within your ability.
If you come out of the corner thinking. Damn that was close..you simply went in too fast for your ability.
You manage the situation, no one else.
I'm back...
One of the places i've been...
Ride report to follow.
Not as good a pic as the winter one from this year at the same place.
But..it has to be done.
Note the weather? Fucking stunning monday afternoon.
Get home and it's raining.
Here's one for ya.
One of the other places i went on this trip.
The Brutale Bushy
Geeezzzz back already rusty, looks like the weather treated you well up there, did yuh have fun???
Will be over your way tomorrow arvo , so hopefully the weather will stay fine, so i can get a few corners in ...
HARLEY DAVIDSON.................The most efficient way to turn gasoline into noise with out the side effects of horsepower!!
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Rain here today.Originally Posted by outbackbiker
Good trip Rusty? Any rain while you were up there?
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