First stop to re-group
There's always a time for a flat tyre training session...
And there's almost always one flat tyre and the obligatory and informative puncture repair training session offered congenially by Jamie and Chris... The flat tyre training in session...
The repair flat tyre... very impressive!
And of course there was that obligatory bent handle bar
And there was that brave rider, Maree, who rode said bike and bent handle bar through rutted gravelly roads to civilization However, the bravest participant of the weekend would have to be Trish, for her unending trust in Bill's riding skills.
So making our way to Hopetoun at dusk via the dirt and bitumen, there was the sunset, one beautiful scene after another through the Fitzgerald National Park... plus a BMW motorrads of course...
Another sunset, Fitzgerald National Park sans BMW motorrad...
Another sunset, Fitzgerald National Park, just 'cos I like 'em...
Another sunset, Fitzgerald National Park, just 'cos I like 'em...
Dusk looking east towards Hopetoun
Sunday morning tour back to Fitzgerald Park taking in the scenery, looking back to Hopetoun, superb twisty bitumen roads over absolutely stunning Great Southern Ocean views,
Looking up to Mt Barren
View to Cave Point
Winding roads east of Cave Point
View to Cave Point
View to Cave Point
View to Cave Point
View to Cave Point
View east to Mt Barren from Cave Point
The lads at Cave Point Lookout...
Cave Point
Boat Ramp, Fitzgerald National Park East
View from the Boat Ramp, Fitzgerald National Park East
And there was about 100 km standing up on the pegs from Hopetoun to Esperance via the Southern Ocean Road, where else would you be ????
Rocky beach off Southern Ocean Road, east of Hopetoun
Another beach off Southern Ocean Road, east of Hopetoun
Re-grouping on Cascade Road heading home...
Cascade Road, where the wheels meet the road...TKC-70 front with 7400 km
Cascade Road, where the wheels meet the road...TKC-70 rear with 7400 km
Cascades Road intersection at Lake King-Norseman Road (Note signs and distances)
Re-grouping at Cascades Road intersection at Lake King-Norseman Road
Next trip maybe????
Lake King-Norseman Road turn-off from Lake King (Note signs and distance)
Arrived home safely around 5.30 pm. It rained sporadically with showers most of the journey home except for the dirt section from Esperance to Lake King, where the weather managed to maintain its composure.
Another one of our party (RJ on the RT) had a flat tyre, it was reported via the grapevine, but thankfully, rider and bike were in the city and managed to limp home.
Again, many thanks to the Cooke network, who kept the party together, in the absence of our glorious leader. Superb hospitality and friendship shared...
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