We had a great ride out to the Porongurups, with a little bit of dirt
thrown in if you wanted it. So off we went to Elleker for a coffee or
ice cream. Caroline and David had ridden over from Denmark on their
Ducati’s.
From there it was through Youngs Siding, turning up the Denbarker Road before Denmark, lovely road, although like a lot of country roads is getting more bumpy these days.
Before getting to the Muir Highway we turned up Spencer Road towards Narrikup, now this is a great road these days, smooth with some nice sweepers.
Across the Albany Hwy and down Yellanup Road which is a bit straight,
but with nice views of the Porongurups.
Most kept on going through to Chester Pass Road and the Porongurup BBQ site that way, we turned up the gravel on Woodlands Road, its not that far, the road is fine and the view is tremendous.
We finally arrived at the Porongurups BBQ area. Ian, Ross, Pete and John
were a bit late arriving, mainly because Ian’s gearstick had slipped,
luckily had not fallen off altogether. I remember that feeling years
ago, going to change gear and nothing there! I can also remember
arriving in Albany in winter at night riding down from Perth going to
put my foot down at a stop sign and my foot and leg was frozen, just
managed it before falling over.
Anyway Ian fixed up the gearstick and they all made it safely. The
ignition wasn’t working on the BBQs, so the task was to find someone who
smoked, not so easy these days. But eventually we got it going.
A most enjoyable day, I think there were fifteen bikes.