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Title: Best of both worlds....
Post by: Diesel on January 21, 2013, 01:56:58 PM
Spotted this punter on my ride to work this morning (Pumicestone Passage, Bribie Island Qld).....


(http://i48.tinypic.com/jq2fq9.jpg)




Didn't have time to stop and chat.


Looks like someone's living the dream!        :-++


Cheers, Diesel


PS - Oh, it's a Honda CB250
Title: Re: Best of both worlds....
Post by: JuST Peter on January 21, 2013, 02:12:53 PM
What a life!  :beer :popcorn :runyay
Title: Re: Best of both worlds....
Post by: Biggles on January 21, 2013, 02:25:46 PM
Sits the back of the bus down a fair bit.
Title: Re: Best of both worlds....
Post by: STeveo on January 21, 2013, 05:04:15 PM
Talked to a bloke from Broken hill today here for the cow music (wish they would shut up, anybody want a country music festival?) who brought his Hardly Ferguson over behind his motorhome to use as a run around.


 :bl11

Title: Re: Best of both worlds....
Post by: JuST Peter on January 22, 2013, 09:44:29 AM
Talked to a bloke from Broken hill today here for the cow music (wish they would shut up, anybody want a country music festival?) who brought his Hardly Ferguson over behind his motorhome to use as a run around.


 :bl11


Surely there'd have been a friendly farmer who could've hired out his tractor - would've saved this bloke from dragging his anti-gravity machine around the country :grin
Title: Re: Best of both worlds....
Post by: STeveo on January 22, 2013, 03:47:13 PM
I've still got two, could have sold him one for the cost of fuel from Broken Hill.

 :bl11
Title: Re: Best of both worlds....
Post by: Skip on January 22, 2013, 08:09:05 PM
Talked to a bloke from Broken hill today here for the cow music (wish they would shut up, anybody want a country music festival?) who brought his Hardly Ferguson over behind his motorhome to use as a run around.


 :bl11




Com'on STeveo. That's on my "To Do List". The music festival that is, not having a Hardly Ferguson.
Title: Re: Best of both worlds....
Post by: STeveo on January 22, 2013, 08:19:51 PM
Bed here if you want Skip.

 :bl11
Title: Re: Best of both worlds....
Post by: Skip on January 22, 2013, 08:37:08 PM
Thanks STeveo. Would definitely be a 'solo' trip as Mrs Skip is not likely to hang out with me while I listen to a few days of cow music.  :grin
See you on the next SE QLD RTE.  :thumb
Title: Re: Best of both worlds....
Post by: Bluey on January 22, 2013, 09:41:26 PM
On a recent ride from Gold Coast to Cairns, I met a chap and his wife (in their early fifties), who live full-time in their "Fifth wheeler". a huge thing towed by a massive Dodge ute (I think it was a Dodge). This thing has all mod cons, including a garage in the back with a ramp that allowed him to ride in (and back out) his Harley (poor choice of bike, in my opinion, but I wasn't going to say that to him though). This van was based on one of those huge horse floats. Oh I was very, very jealous, I can tell you. Down side was he has around $220,000 dollars tied up in this machinery, although that is a lot less than most Australian real estate. They have no other ties and just keep moving around from free camp ground to free camp ground.

I think the Americans call them Toy Haulers. A good name.

I could imagine myself doing that...but my wife shudders when I mention it. Pity
Title: Re: Best of both worlds....
Post by: STeveo on January 23, 2013, 06:30:15 AM
You still got a week left Skip, they are just getting wound up now.  :grin  Could still hear the local pub at 2am.  :eek  Now the campground has started at 7.01am. ONLY another week!!  >:()

 :bl11
Title: Re: Best of both worlds....
Post by: rjstorrie on January 23, 2013, 09:17:25 AM
oh the GREAT CB250, it's the bike that started it all for me.

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Title: Re: Best of both worlds....
Post by: Whizz on January 23, 2013, 05:35:20 PM
Haven't heard of "Toy Haulers" before but look what I found in 1 minute of googling

http://www.toyhaulers.com.au/index.php (http://www.toyhaulers.com.au/index.php)

http://www.freedomoffroad.com.au/category/5/toy_hauler.html (http://www.freedomoffroad.com.au/category/5/toy_hauler.html)

http://trailblazersrv.com/product-series/caravans/newell-toy-hauler-series (http://trailblazersrv.com/product-series/caravans/newell-toy-hauler-series)

Amazing!!  :CB--
Title: Re: Best of both worlds....
Post by: Skip on January 23, 2013, 09:33:32 PM
Ah the joy. We men are simple folk and could live quite contentedly like that.  :whistle
Title: Re: Best of both worlds....
Post by: Gavo on January 23, 2013, 10:09:00 PM
Europeans call them Gypsies