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Ho Ho Ho Of To Oz I Go !!
hi all i am back of to oz in a few weeks touch down is 18th jan, to perth (west oz) i have a ttr600 there whitch is going to need a bit of messing about to start with, then i am heading over to melbourne late jan after visiting a few people, was just wondering if there are any other bikers heading that way or just there anyway, who fancied the odd jar or 5 if so drop me a line fred_symes at hotmail dot com laters fredddo
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check out the OZ HU Travellers Meeting - link on left - if you want to meet people.
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nice one grant will do thanks for pointing that out freddo
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Is Melbourne the end of your trip or are you then heading North?
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hi there glenn ,no mate i am going to hole up in melbourne for a bit and catch up with some mates , let it cool down in the simpson area, then head up to that neck of the woods, i see you are in brisbane i lived out near cleveland near the point for a bit, lovely area, i have spent 5 years on and of travelling around oz mainly the tracks , i am hoping to maybe get over the simpson this time (love the sand) if i can find someone else going that way not really to keen on doing it by myself as had a few crashes in africa where i would rather of had someone with me ! i was thinking of maybe heading back up to fraser island i really loved that place i will just have to see how time gose well thats me glenn, have you had a look around some of the tracks glenn ??
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Bugger!!

I'm doing the same trip. Leaving for Perth tomorrow and will be in Perth on the 11th. Heading back the 12th and home by the 18th. Should be a good trip - providing the cyclone disappears. Presently just off the southwest coast, but then what's a journay without a little adventure???

I'm in Wodonga, a little north of Melbourne, but if I can help in any way give me a shout and we'll see what we can do. Need a bed I'm sure we could sort it if required.

If I don't see you / hear from you have a fantastic trip - be safe
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Freddy I crossed the Simpson, West to East in a 4x4 around 3 years ago and you will certainly not be lonely. As a matter of fact the biggest danger is a head on collision at the top of the dunes with a vehicle coming the other way. Get off the French Line (the main track) as soon as you can and get on the Rig Road, a lesser used route. I get out in 4x4 to do the dirt stuff and a CBR1100XX for the black top. I was in Surrey, Vancouver in September, is this the Surrey you are from? Give me some warning when you head this way and we will catch up and empty a few cans.

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hi chaps , sorry to miss you rian ,have a good run over the nularbor, a lot of people don,t like that run but i love it , probably for all the reasons lots of other people don,t , like wide empty open spaces and no one else around, as i come from the surrey next to london (loxsmith) so not the one in canada, if i manage to get up to your next of the woods loxsmith i will drop you a line in advance , cheers for the info on the simpsom, laters fredddo
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I'm now in Perth (11th Jan today). The chap I rode across (NSW to Perth) with has had a catalogue of problems and putting it simply the bike he has will not make it back, so if you are still in Perth get a note back here asap as I will be heading back in the next couple of days - circumstances permitting.

Let me know - thanks

add to this the fact that I too come from a little place the other side of the world - yorkshire originally, but the last ten years in Bedford!! So we'd have something else in common too.

be safe out there!!
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no worries mate, only i think you will be long gone by the time i get there as i actually land in perth on the 20th, and have to bugger about with my bike first, have a good trip back over . cheers freddy
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