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WRONG WAY DOWN: SUPPORT CREW DAY 3

Published on May 15th, 2007 | by Al

SUNDAY 6 MAY 2007 Up around 0430, dress, grab some cereal and coffee. Miles wants us to go to Tom Groggin Station and warn them that we are coming and make sure we can get the chopper... Read More


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WRONG WAY DOWN: SUPPORT CREW DAY 2

Published on May 15th, 2007 | by Al

SATURDAY 5 MAY 2007 Up around 0700, bikes already gone. Quick toast and coffee in pub, on road to Canberra. The Rover appears to be performing slightly better. At Rover dealer around 0800, management not in.... Read More


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WRONG WAY DOWN: SUPPORT CREW DAY 1

Published on May 15th, 2007 | by Al

THURSDAY 3 MAY 2007 Arrived Chez Mick 2230, sought out Mick: “Sorry mate, I haven’t finished work yet. Can I borrow an Internet connection and a telephone for an hour?” I could. Worked for an hour,... Read More


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THE WRONG WAY DOWN – DAY 3

Published on May 14th, 2007 | by Boris

Remember that song, “Climb Every Mountain”, sung by the Mother Abbess (played by Peggy Wood) in Sound of Music? That woman could sing up a storm, but she didn’t know shit about riding dirt bikes. Nor... Read More


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THE WRONG WAY DOWN – DAY 2

Published on May 13th, 2007 | by Boris

I love Canberra. But not for reasons you may share. I find it a most beaut place to take my wife for a weekend of chest-thumping moose-sex. Nice hotels, attentive staff, and a general atmosphere of... Read More


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THE WRONG WAY DOWN – DAY 1

Published on May 13th, 2007 | by Boris

I stood on the banks of the Hawkesbury River at Wiseman’s Ferry staring silently into the early morning gloom. I was filled with excitement and foreboding in equal amounts. The gear I was wearing felt strange... Read More


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THE WRONG WAY DOWN

Published on May 12th, 2007 | by Boris

The plan was for the BIKE ME! Supreme Riding Soviet to ride to Phillip Island from Sydney — on the dirt. A journey of some 1200km over some of the most beautiful and brutal terrain the... Read More


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