...to Denmark, Western Australia
This ride was done back in Jan 2008, myself and 4 mates did a run down the south west of the state and was originally posted in the Sport Classic forum.
Attendees were me - sc1000, Dammo - trx850(my old bike sniff), Andy - st1050, Rob - vrf800 and Darren - ktm990.
Unfortunately Rob was killed in motorcycle accident April 2010, so as well as posting the ride here (to a larger audience) , nice remember of a good mate and the good company on the ride back in 2008.
First up a map so you know where the hell, I'm talking about about.
We meet at Armadale saturday morning around 8ish and were on the road by
830ish. We did Armadale to Dwellingup via Del Park Rd. Past Quindanning and across to Williams for first break. Then West and then south on Williams - Darkan Rd through to Darkan and onto near Boyup Brook via Durranillin. I think it was south then skirting Boyup Brook towards Bridgetown on the Boyup Brook - Bridgetown Rd and a detour back to Hester Rd to Bridgetown because of a traffic accident.
Lunch in Bridgetown - cafe 1906 - hamburer for most of us, discovered andy
inhales his food.
Left Bridgetown headed West to Nannup on Brockman Hwy, then South on Vasse Hwy heading into the big trees. Miss Pemberton and go to Northcliffe for the most expensive fuel at $1.69.90 a litre
Head east and took South western Hwy to Walpole and right through to Denmark where we checked in at the Gum Grove Chalets at about 615pm.
Dinner was at the Denmark Tavern. Ranch steak for me, yum :-)
Finally back to chalets and crashed out about midnight, i think.
Almost 700kms for the day.
Sunday was a sleepin day , finally getting on the road about 1030ish to the
Riverview Cafe for breakfast, omlette for me.
Ride around sights of Denmark and Albany on Sunday as guided by Dammo ,
Scotsdale Rd
and around the hills and valleys and bays, god's country ,could definately live/retire down there. did the run from Denmark to Albany via Torbay.
and later the Wind Farm just outside of Albany
Lunch at Dylans.com.au in Albany, great hamburgers there.
After lunch went back to Dammo's place where he slipped into something more comfortable in the shape of a Trumpy Trophy 900. Off we went again back to Denmark via Albany Hwy to Narrikup and then across to the Denmark-Mt Barker Rd.
Dammo headed back to Albany and we crashed at the chalets for a while before heading to the Denmark Tavern for dinner - grilled seafood for me. Grabbed some takeways (beers) and went back to the chalets
where Darren entertained us with his portable mpeg/avi player and much discussion was held as to the merits of abbi titmuss, pamela anderson and mimi mcphereson. :-)
Crashed about 1am - Darren wins the snoring competition
About 300kms.
Monday up a bit earlier 830ish -Left ave Denmark heading westwards on South Coast hwy and almost get taken out by 4wd pulling out (yeah they drive like dickheads over here too), refuel at Walpole. Headed towards Manjimup but took the Vasse Hwy to Pemberton instead. Note Andy has spotted a rare and dangerous drop-bear.
Swapping bikes - Rob forgot to give Darrin the keys to the viffer at the servo and have to go back. Go to Nannup
and take the goat track (40kms , of twisty narrow roads) to Balingup for lunch.lunch at the Balingup Tavern, very nice setting and yummy hamburgers
North towards Donnybrook via Kirup on the South Western Hwy but turning
east just before on the Donnybrook - Boyup Brook Rd and head towards
Mumballup and back to Collie on the Collie Preston rd (at fast pace.) Refuel
and drink at Collie where is was friggen hot.
Take more northeasterly road (Collie- Williams Rd) back towards Williams but turn back towards Quindanning on the Pinjarra- Williams Rd via Marradong instead.
Back to Dwellingup (refuel and drink) where temp had crept up to 37c and servo opened up again for fuel and drinks. Del Park Rd and Hwy back to Armadale where it reached 42c degrees and back to our respectives homes
Just over 600kms.
Much bike swapping (thank god we didnt take our g/f's) i think pretty much
everybody had a go on everybody's bike - everybody thought the SC1000 was heaps of fun, but wouldnt want to tour on it - my wrists are still killing me
The vfr800 and the st1050 felt similar and very smooth but the st had more
grunt tho its weight was a little noticeable after coming off the sc1000.
The ktm was pretty radical, with a serious grunt motor and awesome brakes.
the riding possie felt a little wierd perched up and high - the complete
opposite of the sc1000. the trx850 felt like a ole g/f as so she should.
Good company all round, great scenery and pretty good weather apart from the heat coming back , noticeable from Balingup and really noticeable at Collie.
Had a great time
Dave
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