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Issue 23
This month at a
glance.
June 2014
Three Fat Farkers vs The Bonang Highway.
The Bonang Highway is a bloody fun road… by Peter Faulks.
Sun 8th - Narooma ride
Wed 11th - Moryua ride
Wed 11th - monthly dinner
Sat 21st - Bombala ride
Tues 24th - Penelopes
Wed 25th - Candelo lunch
Thurs 26th - Tathra pub
dinner
Inside this issue:
Winners Are Grinners.
Notes from Alice.
Editor’s Dribble
2
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Member Profile
QM stuff
3
3
Ramblings from the
Ride Coordinator.
4
June Ride Calendar.
5
Branch contacts.
6
The ride from Candelo to
Delegate was a bit cold, and
there was a twenty minute
wait (for me at least) for the
Delegate café to open and
get the espresso machine up
to temperature. Bruce arrived
just as the machine was
ready, and James arrived as
Bruce and I were just about
defrosted by the fire and had
half-finished our coffees.
We set off just after ten and
although it was still cold, the
sheer physical work of steering our beasts through corner
after corner kept us warm.
The road was affected by the
fires of last summer, edge
markers were destroyed and
some speed advisory signs
were damaged. There were
also a few short sections that
had been resealed and a lot
of loose gravel left behind.
Cann River…The two Beemers didn’t want anything to do with the Suzi.
But at least it was well signposted, so no big drama.
We passed a Toyota ute
with what appeared to be a
broken axle being nursed
down the road at about
30km/h, I hope he made it
OK.
Found a decent food/coffee
stop in Orbost this time.
We took the Monaro Highway from Cann River to
Bombala where one fat
farker left the other two to
head down Brown Mountain
while I went back down Mt
Darragh and Myrtle Mountain Roads to Candelo.
A great day out was had by
all three of us.
A Soggy Start to Blanket Run for Vinnie’s Winter Appeal
Saturday 31st May dawned and the rain was
falling, but if the cold and homeless people
of the Valley were getting wet then so were
we.
Several riders ventured down to Nick’s Café
at Tura Woolies in the wet and more arrived
in cars before setting off for Bega Vinnies,
where a sausage sizzle was under way.
Blanket donations were a plenty, with many
being made prior to the ride. Due to the
weather numbers were down but we still
managed a profit of $40.40 which will be
donated to Vinnies next week.
Presentation of the blankets to Vinnies
Thanks goes to all those who braved the
weather, to Vinnies for lending us their
BBQ and to Peter Turner of the Grand Hotel
for supplying the urn.
Some of the members enjoying a snag and a chat
at the Vinnies Winter Appeal Blanket Run.