When I was leaving work yesterday I decided to go home a different and more entertaining way.
So I left the City (Brisbane) and headed out to Samford Village.
http://goo.gl/maps/eBczVFrom here it was out to Daybro, where I noticed I was running low on fuel (reading 90k to empty)
http://goo.gl/maps/zZOYpThen on to Youngs Crossing Rd
http://goo.gl/maps/JA2RDOn the way out of Dayboro I saw two bikes a kilometre or two down the road, by the time I had reached the turnoff to Youngs Crossing Rd I'd caught up to them.
It was at this point that I noticed that the lead bike was a ST1100
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So I decided to follow and pass on the good word that is OzSTOC
So we headed along Youngs Crossing Rd, turned onto Protheroe Rd, onto Forgan Rd past Lake Samsonvale and then on to Winn Rd.
http://goo.gl/maps/g6T1VI'd tried getting their attention a few times but they appeared to be enjoying the ride to much and by the time they turned onto to Clear Mountain Road I was starting to think they would never stop and I'd run out of fuel before they did
http://goo.gl/maps/glUjZSo I hit the horn and waved like an idiot... they pulled over and I finally got a chance to say hi
The rider of the blue ST1100
is Dave and he had never heard of us before, I gave him a card and explained a little about us
Dave said that him and his mate had been out on the bikes since 05:00 riding over Mt Mee and were now on their way to work (it was at about 07:00 by this time)
So I said goodbye and Dave said he would sign up and they left
Well since I was there, and I still needed to get home, I decided I may as well ride over the mountain
So over Clear Mountain, onto Eatons Crossing Rd, left onto South Pine Rd and home to Strathpine.
http://goo.gl/maps/h3N6gAll in all a good ride after a long night at work
Full ride:
http://goo.gl/maps/Sc3AUCheers
Shiney