This week has been a road trip. The Royal Flying Doctor Service (South East Division) held its Annual General Meeting. Now, in a normal year, this would be held in Sydney at the Parliament House on Macquarie Street, however 2018 is not a normal year: The Royal Flying Doctor Service celebrates its 90th year serving remote outback stations and communities. So to honour that … [Read more...]
2017 RACA Tour
Late last year, I had the pleasure of being asked to help organise the inaugural Royal Automobile Club of Australia (RACA) Tour which we ran last weekend (at the end of April). The idea is to make the event an annual one that hopefully will grow as more members join us on a jaunt out of Sydney to somewhere interesting with events that make the attendees think about their cars … [Read more...]
2015 Road Trip #3 Day 7
The final day and I was heading home. Yesterday I didn't make it to Gloucester as planned due to the weather and I pulled in to the first motel I found - the Cundle Motel in what I discovered this morning was Cundletown. What can I say about this motel: (very) cheap and (reasonably) cheerful. However it was a good stop due to the heavy rain. The room was very basic, with … [Read more...]
2015 Road Trip #3 Day 6
Day 6 started out very warm in Byron Bay and my plan was to try and beat the weather en route to Gloucester. I had a number of choices of roads and as I hadn't touched the Pacific Hghway for 10 years decided to see if it was any better. It certainly has a reputation for traffic and roadworks. Nothing has changed! It took me two hours to get down to Grafton and that included a … [Read more...]
2015 Road Trip #3 Day 5
Today was a quiet day in Byron - mainly because it was raining for most of the day. I did get to the DesmoHQ on the outskirts of town just as the rain really started to come down. They have some tricked up bikes however they all went under cover when the water started falling! I had a comment from Vince on yesterday's post with some questions that needed answering with regards … [Read more...]