Over the shoulder: Rides of a decade

**glitch_oz** · 3rd August 2012, 18:59

Originally Posted by Quasi

Am just loving these images. A picture says a thousand words and this is the most incredible story I am reading. Thanks for sharing and keep it coming. We still got five years to read about!

Thanks...great to see someone's having a look in.
Actually, the pics are getting better as the years roll by and the equipment got better....but the guys behind the lens have remained the same.
There's some really nice stuff coming...

Thanks again

**glitch_oz** · 4th August 2012, 17:15

January

The new year kicked off with an overnighter in late January.

7 Stroms showed up.
Richard (K1W1) ...Doug (Dougman1)...Jeremy (aussieflicker)...Marty...Adrian....Goodie and yours-truly pounded the tar+ dust from Mt. Baw Baw, across Mt. Skene, some backroads to Merrijig and up Mt. Buller, cruising home via an east-west crossing of the Strathbogies to Highland.

Marty cracked a sump

Somebody lost a chain....and some chasing down was done to catch a couple of wayward pilots

Goodie was still punting the 1000 around

Doug had a lot of fun

...and some locals just watched the show at Highlands, where the Primary School still had a row of all, old pines in front.

More?? :chug:

Here !!

http://www.austouring.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2075

**glitch_oz** · 4th August 2012, 17:17

March...
....and we just had to re-run that Strathbogies crossing from January.

Only Adrian (Adrianox) and Pete (Vtwin) showed up for this one...Goodie giving the Shrek its maiden-run...and oneself.

Penny's Pinch above Lake Eildon

Pete going AWOL at Polly McQuinns

Between Ruffy and Highlands

GREAT DAY!!!:glu

Thread and pics:
http://www.austouring.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2256

**glitch_oz** · 4th August 2012, 17:18

Some Classics-Racing in Broadford/ April

Upper King Parrot Road/ Flowerdale

**glitch_oz** · 4th August 2012, 17:19

!! THE !! Sunday in May!!

Bike-Mekka for restorers, ratbags and freaks....

Where the hell is Bayles? Google for it...and try to keep it near KooWeeRup :wink:

More:

http://www.austouring.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2344

**glitch_oz** · 4th August 2012, 17:21

Late May

When flights are cheap and a camper even cheaper....

A snap decision to get out of the cold to join the rest of the southern clan counting stingers in North Queensland.

Granite Gorge/ Atherton Tablelands

Undara Lava Tubes

Inland route to Cooktown, 20k's south of Lakeland...crossing the Great Divide.

Cooktown Estuary

Nothing much about bikes but some usable info about places to go and things to see....and some nice shots :chug:

http://www.austouring.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2364

**glitch_oz** · 4th August 2012, 17:23

September/ October

3 weeks and a bit.

The one, the only!

T1 had turned things from bad to worse...there was a yearning for those alpine roads and places that'll just never let us go for the rest of our lives, the hook was in.

And had been in good and solid ever since the very first Euro-Alps ride back in 2001, damnit!!

Same time of year again.... the only time of year the real addict will ride the Alps. Temps are down, tourists are out, autumn colours and low-season prices are in, roads are empty.
Lots of blue skies and occasionally some fresh snow overnight for the perfect dream-finish of the whole package.

This time the bikes came from Switzerland, the main targets were any roads and tracks of the Eastern Alps that didn't exceed a lane-and-a-half in width.
Or had gravel.... and/or led to some spectacular places waaaayyyy up there.

Marty was in...and so was Moike.
TimTim from Hobart again and Tassie-Dave.
Goodie and I ....

Met some of the Alpenbikers in southern Austria and "the Flying Dutchmen" in Arraba/ Dolomites for some unforgettable scratching up and down the passes.

From the Old Town of Aarau/ Switzerland....

...to the cobblestones of the Grossglockner/ Austria...

....meeting up with Hans (Asphalt), Elisabeth and Michael (Castle-of-Teck)

Rode the Vrsic Saddle and Mangart in Slovenia

Dined like kings

Rode the Radovna Rd., gawked at Lake Bohinjsko

Took the Slovenian Border Ridge Rd.

Casson di Lanza, a night at Granny's at Paularo in the Friuli

Saw wild horses on The Panoramica delle Vette

Many others in between that brought tears of pleasure to minds and souls, before the quirky San Boldo appeared from no where

Spent a day climbing around the Piz Laguzoi and WW1 trenches and dug-outs before getting jelly-kneed on the descent to the Falzarego-Saddle

Passo de Manghen on the way south

The Kaiserjaegerstrasse above Lake Caldonazzo makes you stammer and stutter

The little town of Storo at night

Passo Maniva, Vivione..

....the Gavia

I better quit here, I'm gettin' the shakes again...

For the whole yarn and the rest of the ~1600 pics, most of it quite exceptional:

http://www.austouring.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2645

**glitch_oz** · 4th August 2012, 17:29

Back home after Europe and it was another major effort to find our home-feet again.

A December Day-Ride.

Nev and Jo turned up, so did Dave (farawayman)
Stewy skidded the SVthou around on road-tyres all day, Steve and Linda did the same on the old Waterbottle...
Doug (dougman1), Tracey (canary) and Pete (Vtwin) were there on their Stroms, adding Goodie and I to that corner as well.

Some great gravel roads, brilliant views from Mt. Wombat and a bucketload of laughs.

All the bits and yarns:
http://www.austouring.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2753

**glitch_oz** · 4th August 2012, 17:31

December

5 days, 1500k's,

With only a few days on our hands, it was yet again back to the High Country and hopefully cooler temps than staying along the coast.

Gippsland fog...from the South Face Rd.

The Walhalla-Cowwarr Rd. through the plantations...the lesser-travelled parallel-roads to Briagolong...a brilliant Dargo-morning promising a great day to come...

Meeting Nev and Jo along the Dargo High Plains Rd.,

Omeo Hwy

Also met Tim and his mate in Myrtleford...

Lookout above Myrrhee

The steep descent from Mt. Samaria

All of it, pics and story:
http://www.austouring.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2779

**glitch_oz** · 4th August 2012, 17:34

January
Australia Day weekend saw the 2010 AusTouring Rally in Khancoban and boy, they came from everywhere.

Don (Donunder) was there from Qld, lots of folks from down south....and half the Victorian Vstromers. The Choccoloco-tribe with the babs from Canberra....Senfiddy and the 3 Musketeers from South Australia...Stewy, Farawayman, Mr Farkles, Marty this time on a KLE...I've got no hope to get ALL the names together!

Around 35 all up, all with their own pics and stories in the ride-report (check for link below!)

Rode the hills and high loops, went past Dogs Grave, dipped into Dargo, the WTF's jumped with joy

The way it ought to be

Steel-belt-Stewy on day1!

Seldom Seen, the Barry Way...

Michael, as always swarmed by the girls

Jindy

Some "Dirty Money" around, too

Man, what a party!!

All the goss and all the pics here:
http://www.austouring.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2812

**glitch_oz** · 5th August 2012, 19:34

Early April.... just a tootle through the neighbourhood.

Jaime (Mr. Farkles) was there....Steve and Linda... Jeremy (aussieflicker)... The Shrek and yours truly.

Melbourne CBD from the Memorial Tower at Kangaroo Ground

It still had the old, STEEEP, worn-out timber staircase and platforms then.

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A few more pics over here:

http://www.austouring.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2920

**glitch_oz** · 5th August 2012, 19:36

Mid April.....and the Spyder Demo-mob was in town.

Gotta give this a whirl!! Some other well-known faces showed up...

Jo thought it worth a giggle

More here....pics and links in the 2. half of the thread:
http://www.austouring.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2887

**glitch_oz** · 5th August 2012, 19:38

Early June.....and the ride that never happened.
Southern Australia's drought finally broke and things washed away.

Only Steve (SteveGT738) showed up on the bike, we'd swapped to the cage.

A miserable morning....

...turned into a surprising day.....

....and made us finish in the old gold-diggings somewhere around Whroo, north of Nagambie.

More pics near the end of this thread:

http://www.austouring.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2985

**glitch_oz** · 5th August 2012, 19:39

Early August

For once, no takers for this one, so I went solo.
Just a tootle through the backblocks

More pics:

http://www.austouring.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3096

**glitch_oz** · 5th August 2012, 19:40

Late August....and a perfect winter day!!

Derek (Crustyvarmint) was there....Tracey (canary) and Pete (Vtwin)....Doug (dougman1)....Andrew (Hayesy) on the blue SV...Goodie and I....Guy (GuyM) on the TDM...who else?
And did Pete (Vtwin) show us some of Gippy, or what?:slobb