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OzSTOC Ride Reports, Pictures & Videos => RIDE REPORTS => Topic started by: Bodø on February 20, 2023, 05:58:17 AM
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Burra is closer to Adelaide than I actually thought it was. I threw it into google maps when planning a course to take. and is said 1hr 52 mins. I guess until now I've only passed though there on the way to other places.
First stop was at the Villawood information centre at Gawler Belt. They're doing a new development at Roseworthy under the guise of Saint Yves. I guess it's only a matter of time before Saint Yves becomes a suburb/locality in its own right. That's what happened with Eyre in 2017. It could be confusing as their is a Saint Ives in the Bremer Valley.
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Whilst the course to Burra was relatively straight forward I did want to ride the Leasingham to Mintaro Road a d check out the silo art in Farrell Flat so bypassed the Barrier Highway turn off and continued along the Horrocks Highway. That was a mistake as it was undergoing roadwork and I ended up being covered in mud. Not related but I did spot this lorry crossing the Wakefield River bridge in the distance at Undalya.
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A minute later he spotted me parked on the side of the road.
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Today's selfie comes from Mintaro.
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The drone's first flight of the day was at Farrell Flat. Julie said there's an elephant hidden in this silo art but I can't find it.
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More drone flights took place at Burra. This one is above the mine.
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GPS tracking for the ride there. It's pretty straight by my standards.
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With heaps of time to kill I went and checked out the house/ruins made famous by Midnight Oil when they used it on their Diesel And Dust album cover before returning and looking at the railway station.
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Then I sat outside the venue for lunch for an hour just vegetating.
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Not this biggest turnout but enjoyable nevertheless. My schnitzel and chips was good but the pepper sauce I asked for tasted like plain gravy.
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No stops on the way home and went the quickest way via the Barrier, Sturt Highway, Fatchen and North South Motorway.
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The vagaries of commerce. Or publicans.
When we lived at Mt Bryan 10 years ago, the Commercial was going great guns, and the Bon Accord was closed.
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Nice, need to fly my drone more..