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Australia Day in Walpole | Cosy Corner | Huntingtons | Calendar | ||
ALBANY VINTAGE & CLASSIC MOTORCYCLE CLUB |
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JANUARY 2001 CLUB NEWS |
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Australia Day in Walpole... and the weather's great.
The next day Lurl made another damper and the general concensus was it was better than the first and this was with NO ADVICE!!!! The camping spot was great we had several fires, BBQ's, even an electric BBQ under cover - with a bench and an electric kettle. Ah such luxury. Six members of the BMW Club also turned up making it quite a cross-section of bikers. All up there were over 30 people. A most enjoyable night was spent around the campfires. Next day after a very leisurely breakfast we left for a ride around the back blocks of Walpole ending up at Bow River store where we were entertained by an emu and half a dozen chicks. David Webb ended up straddling the poor old emu, who must have thought his luck was in, mind you Mary had a go as well. Then it was off to the Walpole pub for lunch before heading back to camp.
Huw, Chris and I were talking to bloke on a Harley, he'd broken his heel
jumping off his truck, he had crutches to help him walk, these he tied to
the handlebar, he'd come down from Leonora, picking up his girlfriend at
Boyup Brook.
Her seat was a towel wrapped around the back mudguard! We told them it
must be true love.
Another four turned up that afternoon to boost our numbers.
We were entertained that evening by a German bloke on his guitar, he was
very good after quite a few songs he told us that he'd spoken to God and
burst into "Jesus loves me". It must be said I know of one person
who was touched by this experience.
He then lent me the guitar where I sang The House of The Rising Sun, I tried
a few more songs, but was having difficulty remembering the words and
trouble playing the guitar!
It was a most enjoyable evening.
The dead BMW and the rear view of the pushers, this is called a bum start.
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