Wot the Jatz's did

**Monstaman** · 13th December 2011, 07:26

Awesome JATZes ... cool pics and great write-up, I enjoy your humour.

**_Shrek_** · 13th December 2011, 08:08

Originally Posted by Monstaman

I enjoy your humour.

thats coz you a sick puppy as well

**Monstaman** · 13th December 2011, 08:59

Originally Posted by _Shrek_

thats coz you a sick puppy as well

I thought no-one noticed ... that is the nicest thing someone has said to me in a long time

**ausibatla** · 21st December 2011, 13:40

Originally Posted by JATZ

Here's some more pics from the other week......last ones I promise, don't want to put anyone to sleep

There was supposed to be a roadhouse here (Yalata) just as well we didn't need fuel

jatz,
there was a good roadhouse there at one time. When I was driving trucks I dropped in there one morning for breakfast. There was/is an aboriginal reserve there as well. It was so bad that nobody was allowed to enter with a camera.
Cheers

**marks** · 21st December 2011, 17:31

cool RR
almost enought to make me want to visit Aussie

got to see all of NZ first....

**Eddieb** · 21st December 2011, 17:53

Originally Posted by marks

cool RR
almost enought to make me want to visit Aussie
....

+lots, it's definately on the to-do list.

**Underground** · 21st December 2011, 18:16

Originally Posted by Eddieb

+lots, it's definately on the to-do list.

Lets do an NZ invasion

**Eddieb** · 21st December 2011, 21:53

Originally Posted by Underground

Lets do an NZ invasion

I would quite like to do Cape York, though that's the better part of 2 weeks on it's own, and a lot of the tracks you see in reports on ADV rider etc near the centre.

**JATZ** · 21st December 2011, 22:02

G'day Lloyd

the Yalata roadhouse hadn't been shut long, I don't think. the ply on the windows was still very new

. The map said it was an Aboriginal area. MrsJ posted a parcel for you today

We'll be going back maybe late next year or early 2013, hopefully, and leaving from Sydney. Do some off seal stuff and go to Alice springs, then down to Adelaide and then to either Melbourne or back to Sydney. Still in the planning stages at this point, hmmm hire DR650's or send the 350's over

**Crim** · 22nd December 2011, 09:33

[QUOTE=Eddieb;1130219947]I would quite like to do Cape York, though that's the better part of 2 weeks on it's own, [QUOTE]

+1, hell yes ........... wonder if I could get away with "just popping down the shops, love" and arrive home two weeks later???

**MyGSXF:Me** · 22nd December 2011, 16:01

Originally Posted by JATZ

I was surprised at the number of people who commuted on bikes, everything from big Harleys and sport bikes to these 2 fine examples. I liked the home made electric jobbie

That looks like something for the bomb sqad to check out....

**ausibatla** · 27th December 2011, 12:37

Originally Posted by JATZ

G'day Lloyd

the Yalata roadhouse hadn't been shut long, I don't think. the ply on the windows was still very new

. The map said it was an Aboriginal area. MrsJ posted a parcel for you today

We'll be going back maybe late next year or early 2013, hopefully, and leaving from Sydney. Do some off seal stuff and go to Alice springs, then down to Adelaide and then to either Melbourne or back to Sydney. Still in the planning stages at this point, hmmm hire DR650's or send the 350's over

It would be a good trip from Sydney to the Alice. You can follow reasonable dirt roads all the way then drop down to Port Perie in South Oz and track across the country back to Sydney from there. Or, from the Alice you could go north to Darwin then back down to Three Ways and run across to Mt Isa and Queensland then back to Sydney. I think you would enjoy the second option. It's more outback Australia. But you have a year or so to work it out.
Can't wait for the 'Parcel'. I'm like a kid waiting for a birthday.
Hope you and the boss had a good Chrissy. Sorry to see the Earthquakes have hit again. I hope they didn't do any damage where you are.
Cheers.

**cooneyr** · 27th December 2011, 20:01

Originally Posted by ausibatla

It would be a good trip from Sydney to the Alice. You can follow reasonable dirt roads all the way then drop down to Port Perie in South Oz and track across the country back to Sydney from there. Or, from the Alice you could go north to Darwin then back down to Three Ways and run across to Mt Isa and Queensland then back to Sydney. I think you would enjoy the second option. It's more outback Australia. But you have a year or so to work it out.
Can't wait for the 'Parcel'. I'm like a kid waiting for a birthday.
Hope you and the boss had a good Chrissy. Sorry to see the Earthquakes have hit again. I hope they didn't do any damage where you are.
Cheers.

Just like I have bugger all idea where Port Perie, Mt Isa, etc are you obviously don't know much about Un Zed. Motueka is about 250km (as the crow flies) from Christchurch LOL. Shakes that far away are barely noticeable. I hardly notices anything below a 5 now days!

Cheers R

**JATZ** · 27th December 2011, 20:40

Originally Posted by cooneyr

Just like I have bugger all idea where Port Perie, Mt Isa, etc are you obviously don't know much about Un Zed. Motueka is about 250km (as the crow flies) from Christchurch LOL. Shakes that far away are barely noticeable. I hardly notices anything below a 5 now days!

Cheers R

We did feel the 2 shakes you fullahs had just before Xmas....Quite strongly too

I'll have to get my map back out Ausi-B and have another look, we were looking last night and that French Line looks like it may be a goer, then through Mt Dare, up to Alice then back down the Oodnadata and back towards Sydney. Need to sort out time frames, and decide whether to freight bikes or hire/buy.
Ahhhh so many roads, so little time

**JATZ** · 3rd January 2012, 09:03

I went for a ride to celebrate new years day

.....
and I had pulled a spare seat out from where it was hiding under the house, to go with the new tank on the little bike, I ordered the tank on the 18th Dec from justgastanks.com and it arrived on the 31st, pretty speedy postage IMHO

Anyway..... here's some shots of the bike

On top of Altimarloch.

It was a little cloudy

The ride through Molesworth was good, the road was in great nic, what little traffic there was pulled over quickly to let me through and everything just clicked, so I didn't stop to take any pics really

I had a cold sausage for smoko here

and then the next stop was here

The bike hit reserve here @ 217k's, much better than the 160-170 I was getting

After a quick detour to Hanmer for fuel, I pootled through the Rainbow, only stopping for the survey guy and to open a couple of gates

I went up the little track on Island pass

and that was about it. One or two spots on the road were a bit loose but it was pretty good

The gate guy recomended I follow the pylons instead of going along the road, to avoid the pot holed bit that was an issue for others. I tried, for about 50m, but hell it was rough and I couldn't see the rocks in the long grass

1 last pic, because I can

And it was home, via Tophouse and Gibbs rd's to a nice frosty beer