Hi STRay, I am thinking of doing this although new to long distance scene and need to talk over with family first..... Is it down and back in one day?
I guess I need to join up there as well to get a far rider number too...
Who else from here is going and does anyone want to ride together?
G'Day Pezzz,
No, it is not necessarily down and back in one day. The only way to "join up " and get your FarRider number is to actually do a FarRide! Have look over their website at
www.farriders.com it explains everything much better.
The first thing you will need to do is go to the FarRiders website and register for the ride. The "entry level " ride is 1000k in 24Hrs, 4 of these are required to be completed before you can register for the slightly longer ones. Or you you can do an IBA ride and have it certified. For this particular one, most will do the return trip in the one day as it will give them the 1000k easily. Then there are others that take time off work and stay the night, in Bremer Bay by either doing the 1000k before the checkin time or doing most of it Friday arvo/night, pitching camp somewhere and finishing in the morning. Then there are idiots like me, who do rides that come completely from left field!!
If you need help with the planning feel free to PM me and I will give you a hand, that part is half the fun!
All these rides are a "Ride to Eat " format where we all make our own way there and do our own planning to make the checkin window, however some do like to ride in groups, so keep an eye out on this thread as there may be others looking to ride together as well. I may already be having at least one other OzSTOC rider as company for the return leg on Saturday from Bremer Bay back to Perth.
