| Page 1 - getting there |
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| Ah! Melbourne...how exciting. I wonder of we can bypass it. | Riding with Shepparton HOG on the back roads to Mildura. | ShepHOG again...heading towards Renmark. | Things got a bit cold and damp near Paringa...a sign of things to come. |
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| A million miles from nowhere (Paringa) and we strike a bridge opening. |
Remember the sign of things to come? This is Burra...the rain had ice in it and it was bloody freezing. The blue sky is a painting. |
Pimba was advised that there would be squillions of Hoggies coming through. Pity they didn't put on some more staff. | Waiting, waiting, waiting... |
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| The magnificent scenery of northern South Australia. Apparently there used to be a tree here once... |
Here's some we prepared earlier. Just near the salt lakes. |
Glendambo...time for spare fuel for the next stage. | A suicidal Hoggie telling a road train driver where he can put his truck. |
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| ShepHOG about to leave the pub at Glendambo. TasHOG rep (me) in the foreground. | Pit stop (and fuel) 90km before Coober Pedy | Our support vehicle for the Coober Pedy stage. |
Opal Inn at Coober Pedy. 85 rooms 80 bikes. |
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| Coober Pedy outdoor art gallery. | At Coober Pedy there's more to worry about than road trains and cattle on the road. | Hoggies aren't scared of anything. | Rosemary on her way to pray for smaller goannas. |
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| Must have worked...didn't see any. |
Picturesque Coober Pedy. This in the middle of town. |
Foreboding clouds over the opal mines as we made a break for Cadney Homestead. We shouldn't have worried. Rumour has it that it rained in Coober Pedy once, but there's nobody old enough to remember. | |
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| The thriving metropolis of Cadney Homestead. | Equally impressive Marla. | Pushbikie hitching a ride. | |
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| The border. | Thought we'd never get here. | ...and just to prove you can get back out. | |
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| Kulgera bike wash | Bike wash and single quarters and a swimming pool (under the shadecloth). What more could you want? | Upmarket Kulgera. | Magnificent Erldunda. |
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| Erldunda fuelling frenzy. | On the way to the Rock, its not all flat country. | Curtin Springs with fuel at $1.82 a litre. Next stop Yulara Resort near Uluru. | |
| Updated: 06 October 2005 |
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