Saturday 15th of December Ride To Eat

[Streak]

Saturday 15th of December Ride To Eat

The idea is to meet up at the Yamanto Shopping Center Car Park at about 08:15am to ride out at about 08:30.

http://goo.gl/maps/J33Jc For those whose GPS accepts Lat & Long the position is 27 39 40.72S, 152 44 23.01E
(Corner of Warwick Rd and Jacaranda Dve.)

Go to Grantham and arrive with as little fuel in the tanks as possible so that we can fill up there and put some money into the local economy. We did this back in March of this year (courtesy of Skip, good idea mate!), and besides being fun it was much appreciated by the locals.



Coffee in Grantham after filling the tanks, emptying your personal tank if needs be, then...

...we hit the Grantham-Clifton road and come out on the New England Highway north of Warwick.

From there to the Royal Inn at Roadvale for lunch and them home by whatever route you wish to take. The loop is about 230k's not counting whatever it takes to get to Yamanto and home from the pub..


Route is here; http://goo.gl/maps/MZlVI

Some folks have already indicated their wish to participate, but I'd ask them to reiterate that on this topic so we can get an accurate head-count.

For those with CB the (OzSTOC) channel will, as usual, be 13, or mobile phones work as well.

On the list to date are;
Whizz
Streak
Diese
Tipsy
Biggles
Skip
Young One
Steveo

Anyone else up for a little spin? Please Post Below:

[Whizz]

I posted this into the end of the last thread about this RTE but I'm not sure if anyone saw it, so I'll do it here again.

Yamanto Shopping Center is quite small and the responses from Google Maps can be a little confusing, so below is a link to the Street View picture of the place. There is only one way into and out of the shopping center and the intention is to meet in the car park right behind the Macca's sign in the middle of the picture; what you see in this picture is exactly the view you'll see entering the car park, and a few ST's will be plainly visible.

http://goo.gl/maps/q9XMy

For those who's GPS accepts Lat & Long the location is at

27 39 40.72 S
152 44 23.01 E

Hope this clears up any confusion.

[Skip]

Just a friendly reminder to those coming on this ride who didn't have the pleasure of the destination last time. DO NOT attempt to park the bike on the curb side of the fuel bowser at Grantham. If you do, there is a HIGH CHANCE we will be helping you pick the mighty STeed up off the tarmac. Instead of everyone lining up for fuel upon arrival, can I recommend, ( as I did last time but no one listened    ) that half of us head 20m down the road to the take-away and get coffee underway while the other half fuel up then visa versa.
Do we have any more starters for this RTE ?
Cheers.
Skip.

[Whizz]

Good call mate, I remember just how steep that road side of the pumps is...not to be trifled with!!! 

[STeveo]

I will be staying with my daughter in Carrara on gold coast on Friday night and riding to meeting point on Saturday, but not being a local or gps equipt, is anybody else going from that end of town that I could follow? If not, how long would it take to get to Yamanto via the Logan and M1?
Thanks, Steve.

 

[Tipsy]

  py

Steveo as you have no Gps the best way I can see is straight up towards Brissy and take the Logan Motorway.
I will be leaving home about 6.15 and can wait for you in the first safe spot to park on the Motorway. and should be there around 6.30 to 6.45.

It should take about 45 mins from Cararra at speed limit.

Tipsy

[Whizz]

STeveo, Carrara to Yamanto is about 90 kms and takes about 1 hour...easy run, freeway all the way

[Skip]

Hey STeveo. You're becoming a 'regular' on the QLD Calendar. Just move here mate. 
Will be good to see you again.
Cheers.
Skip.

[STeveo]

Thanks for the info. Will try to meet with Tipsy, but if I miss him what number or sign post do I look for to turn off the Logan?

 

[Whizz]

Mate, once you are on the Logan Motorway simply follow the signs for Ipswich. Make sure that you get on the Cunningham Highway to Warwick, (clearly signposted near the end of the Ipswich Motorway, DO NOT head for Toowoomba, which is the Warrego Highway). Once on the Cunningham keep going till you are forced to leave the Highway for Bridge works, you will be routed back down onto the Highway after the works, then you take the next exit to Yamanto, it's a bit of a long drawn out exit but you will come to a set of lights, turn right under the Highway, then you'll see Maccas on you right, turn into the shopping centre car park there and you'll see me (us?) just there. Hope this helps! If you have UHF on your bike we will be on Channel 13 as usual.

[Streak]

Saturday 15th of December Ride To Eat

The idea is to meet up at the Yamanto Shopping Center Car Park at about 08:15am to ride out at about 08:30.

http://goo.gl/maps/J33Jc For those whose GPS accepts Lat & Long the position is 27 39 40.72S, 152 44 23.01E
(Corner of Warwick Rd and Jacaranda Dve.)

Go to Grantham and arrive with as little fuel in the tanks as possible so that we can fill up there and put some money into the local economy. We did this back in March of this year (courtesy of Skip, good idea mate!), and besides being fun it was much appreciated by the locals.



Coffee in Grantham after filling the tanks, emptying your personal tank if needs be, then...

...we hit the Grantham-Clifton road and come out on the New England Highway north of Warwick.

From there to the Royal Inn at Roadvale for lunch and them home by whatever route you wish to take. The loop is about 230k's not counting whatever it takes to get to Yamanto and home from the pub..


Route is here; http://goo.gl/maps/MZlVI

Some folks have already indicated their wish to participate, but I'd ask them to reiterate that on this topic so we can get an accurate head-count.

For those with CB the (OzSTOC) channel will, as usual, be 13, or mobile phones work as well.

On the list to date are:

Whizz
Streak
Diese
Tipsy
Biggles
Skip
Young One
Steveo

If you want to come please post below!

[Whizz]

I thought it might be nice, once we've done the Grantham/Clifton road to stop off for coffee and a leg stretch in Allora before bashing on to Roadvale. I think this would make for a nice relaxing ride just before Christmas...what are peoples thoughts please. Do you want to stop or keep on rolling?

[Barry and Marissa]

Would love too, but unfortunately not this one. Our Ulysses group is doing a ride Saturday arvo down to the Natural Arch to see the glow worms. My daughter even took time off work to come on this one with me 

[rjstorrie]

I'm available and keen to come, i'll be on my baby ST, CB400.

Rob.
 

[Whizz]

The more the merrier, a friend of mine on a VT 400 will also be joining us, so you wont feel like the odd one out.

[Streak]

On the list to date are:

Whizz
Streak
Diese
Tipsy
Biggles
Skip
Young One
Steveo
rjstorrie

If you want to come please post below!

[gaz]

i think i can make it ( with my little tank )

[nickj]

Last weekend would have been good, i could have made this RTE!


Nick

[tj189]

Please add me to the list 

[Whizz]

TJ and Gaz, you are both most welcome, Gaz, would you like me to bring a fuel bowser with me, just in case??? .

Anyone else wants to join in please feel free, we'll be leaving the Yamanto Shopping Centre car park about 08:30 on Saturday morning. And I've decided that we will stop in Allora for a coffee and leg stretch.

I've just booked a table for 15 people for about 12:00 at the pub, and the weather forecast looks quite nice, so we are good to go!

[Streak]

On the list to date are:

Whizz
Streak
Diese
Tipsy
Biggles
Skip
Young One
Steveo
rjstorrie
TJ
Gaz

(Sorry Nick we had the Xmas Party instead last weekend :) )

If you want to come please post below!

[gaz]

sorry but i have to cancel 

[Whizz]

Well, a thoroughly enjoyable ride, if I do say so myself.

Met up as planned and the last to arrive was Diesel, no sign of Biggles although he was on the list. We had a couple of ring-ins who were more than welcome, and after some friendly chat amongst the group we  pulled at a little after 08:30 as planned.

Got to Grantham, filled up the tanks, filled up on coffee and emptied the on-board tanks.





Then set out on the Gratham/Clifton section of the ride.

Some of the speedier members took off to test their mettle against the twists and turns whilst the remainder of us (who tend to ride a bit like little old ladies) stooged through the bends and eventually met up with the quicker ones at the junction of the New England Highway and the Clifton Road. Then it was off to the next stop at Amy's Coffee Shop in Allora for a leg stretch.

50 or so K's from there we finally pulled into the Royal in Roadvale for Lunch, and raised the Flag, after giving the local plod a good test run on his hand-held laser cannon halfway down the Range, exactly 90k's in a 90k limit...big smirk 



Parked the bikes under the trees (we do actually have a few in Queensland!)



And sat around waiting for lunch to arrive.



Young One (Tony) received the BIGGEST Steak I've seen in a very long time, so big that my dog eat the (big) bit the Tony couldn't manage when I got home...Doggy thanks [Woof Woof] to Tony, trust me mate he enjoyed it!! 



Silly pic in front of the Flag,  then  everyone went their separate ways.



About 250k's round trip, plus whatever it took to get to Ipswich and home. Barely a cloud in the sky and slowly heating up to 33 degs by the time I got home. Even had a bloke on a Harley actually raise his hand in a friendly wave on the way to Grantham.

The UHF CB was of great value in keeping in touch with Diesel as he flitted around the riding group taking pictures and videos, more people should invest in working UHF CB's for runs...they are bloody useful!

Thanks to all participants, and I hope everyone enjoyed themselves as much as I did.

[Streak]

I was sorry to to miss this one, I was flat at work when diesel rang me just to let me know how nice the ride was going...

Great photos 

[rjstorrie]

thanks everyone it was a fantastic ride and a great pleasure to meet you all.  also thanks for all the great tips on st1300 shopping.

Rob.