The day finally arrived and dawned clear and crisp with Paul reporting a chilly 0C at Oakville. ST riders converged on the Robertson Pie shop from all points of the compass including Canberra, Castle Hill, Oakville, Menai, Batemans Bay and Bowral. The brisk morning probably thinned our ranks a bit but we ended up with a creditable Eight ST's and Twelve participants although, only six were "shirted".
Left to Right John (Saaz) from Canberra
Saaz's mate Lionel also from Canberra,
Rod and his wife Rose (sonicpelican) from Canberra
Ruben (Rubencan) from Menai
Paul and his wife Heather (Paul) from Oakville
Dick and his wife Ros (Dick B "Yewie") from Castle Hill,
Peter (BlueHeeler) from Castle Hill
Bob (RockyRural) from Batemans Bay
Lee (Lee Go Gal) from Bowral out of picture
We are not quite up to the standard of the Qld and WA contingents as yet but, as this is only the third OZSTOC RTE in NSW we are not doing too bad.
Ride 1 to Wollombi comprised just one person
Ride 2 to Sofala comprised four people
so twelve at Ride three is pretty good. At this rate of growth we will be breathing down the necks of the Banana Benders and the Sand Gropers in no time.
I think I have come up with a new nick name for myself. Whenever I am leading a group all those following seem to get plenty of practice at doing U turns!! so maybe I should be called "Yewie". (as in chucking) :)
I hear Saaz had a bit of trouble with the machine on the way home so I guess he will fill us in sometime.
Here is the link to the rest of the pics
http://s1064.photobucket.com/albums/u369/DickB1/ I am a bit of a novice at this picture posting bit so I hope this works.
Dick B (or should I say Yewie)