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Hi,
My wife and I are going down to the meeting in February. Is there anyone from Brisbane or surrounds who would like to travel down with us? We are thinking on leaving thursday afternoon to stagger the trip. email

See you,
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Hi Daniele, Good to see you are still keen to go travelling by bike. Have you bought a bike yet? We will not be able to get to the HU meet this year - still in India now. Have a great time at the rally and say hi to Ken & Carol for us.

John & Alanna
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There is a good chance that I will attend but Thursday am will be when I depart Brisbane. Not via the highways but the scenic route and mountains where possible. Hopefully get back to Brisbane on the Tuesday afternoon.

Let me know if you change your mind and leave early

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Got a bike....
yes John, Nicole and I bought a 1200gs. i know it's crazy, but by the time we make our trip across Asia, it will as modern as a 100gs. I am still waiting to read the news about india, we log in everyday to check. could we hope for new pictures and interisting stories?

Glen, Nicole and I have to check with work commitments, but we'll let you know. please send me an email before you go, so we can keep in touch.

Thanks again,
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Hi, we will be going down but leaveing on the Tuesday or Wednesday, it starts on the Friday night so Thursday afternoon wont give you much time for staggering. I will have a display there for the Jesse Luggage systems, hope to see you there. Lachlan.
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We will be leaving on wednesday night....
or thursday morning. i have just talked to Nicole and that definitely the plan. so, please let us know. i am really looking forward to travel down with someone else. thanks,
FR

ps: if you're going where do you plan to stop. thanks.
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Best root !!!
Here is a suggested route a good friend of mine prepared earlier.

I had looked at a different route 1 way, but then considered almost constant twisties for over 600km from Grafton to Lithgow & thought why?

So, 1,720 kms

Brisbane,
Rathdowney,
Kyogle,
Casino,
Grafton,
Ebor,
Armidale,
Walcha,
Stroud,
Singleton,
Wilberforce,
Lithgow,
Bathurst,
Cowra,
Young,
Cootamundra,
Gundagai,
Tumut,
Cabramurra,
Tintaldra.

Plan to leave early Thursday morning to get a good deal of K's covered that day.

This should work, let me know what you think!

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Great.
i am going to talk to Nicole tonight, and give you a call if don't get home too late.

Talk to you later,
FR
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Any other takers?
We have 3 in our group so far, Brisbane to Tintaldra!
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And then there was 6! Now this should be fun.
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Wow!
sorry Glen,
i was really busy and din't have the chance to reply. been looking at sheepskin. so we are six now? that's great. i will try to call you in the morning.

talk to you later,
FR
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I'm leaving Canberra on Friday morning via the Hume.
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via the hume
that sounds a little boring ,whats wrong with the cooma,thredbo way
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Newbie would love a lift from Sydney!
I'm not sure which of the threads is best to post in so I've put this in both:

I'm in Sydney and would love to come to the HU weekend (23rd to 25th Feb '07) but I currently have no means of transport to get me there and back!

If anyone knows of anyone who'd be prepared to put an extra 85kgs on the back of their bike for the trip down, I'd be extremely grateful and happy to contribute for costs, fuel etc and shout a few cold s too.

Please let me know if you can help or are aware of anybody who might be in a position to.

Many thanks

Rob
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Hi Rob,

I will email those coming from Sydney and see if anyone is interested in sharing the cost!!

Whereabouts are you?

Sian..
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