Red Rag to a Gascoyne Bull (With Photos of the Gascoyne Run)

[BillB]

Had an interesting stand off with a massive bull early Sunday morning. Throughout the trip there had been lots of cattle on the roads....from Carnarvon to Gascoyne Junction there were over a hundred, typically in groups of five to ten either on or just off the road. You would slow down, they would give you a curious look and trot off. I had left Gascoyne Junction at sunrise and was heading south east towards Murchison when I came across a huge bull just standing on the gravel road. I pulled up to a stop a few metres away and waited for him to move. He turned towards me and lowered his head....it was at this point I realised that I was on a red bike with a red jacket and that my GS was no matador cape easily able to be flicked to one side. I accelerated past him, hoping that I would not have to lodge my third insurance claim in a month, passing within a metre of him, thinking that it might have been smarter to have waited for Dinga and Guy and been in a more intimidating group Bozo

Bozo any of these fellas look familiar

[gerryh]

Hi guys. Thanks To Tom and Shane and anyone else involved in the recovery of my wallet,and also Tom and Graeme for lending me the money to get home. Greatly appreciated,so glad I was riding with a group. Great trip. Next time will stash some cash somewhere safe, any suggestions jono

Gerry

[Bozo]

Bozo any of these fellas look familiar

Bill, he was a big drought master bull...the sandy coloured ones with the hump. I had seen one in action at the Timber Creek Rodeo and knew what he could do to me and my bike.

Most cattle were quite placid like this Bidgemia cow photographed in the 4 kilometre long "holding paddock".





Bozo

[Bozo]

The signs for the 26th Parallel on the Carnarvon - Mullewa Road are not quite as flash as on the highway



But there is a lot of interesting heritage along the way



The other end of Butcher's Track just north of Murchison Settlement is not identified with that name just a distance to the North West Highway

[Bozo]

Hamelin Bay is an interesting diversion.

A telegraph station was built in the 1880's as part of a link to the Pilbara.

A pole with an eagles nest remains


The Stromatalites are worth the short walk


Happy to have a bit of chunky tread on the tyres on the sandy freshly graded Bibbawarra Bore Road north of Carnarvon


Carnarvon Dish at Brown Range at sunset used in the moon landings

[Bozo]

Long Tails (Ptilotus polystachyus) near Wooramel River Crossing on Carnarvon - Mullewa Road

[Bozo]

I need to make a correction to this post.

I was informed that the Mundaring Dinner that what I wrote was a lot of bull

Cattle are colour blind so the colour of my bike and clothing were not the problem.

It is OK to buy a red BMW and travel through cattle country

May be it was the noise of the Mitas EO7's that was irritating the bull

Bozo

[ColDB]

Bozo, not sure about the credibility of the scientist that I was quoting, might pay to do more research.

[Bozo]

My Photobucket hosted photos seem to have reappeared despite me not paying them. They just have a hosted by Photobucket watermark.

Bozo

[Digger]

Mine to...great for those lurkers looking at old Threads who get to see the whole experience including the photos. I wonder why Photobucket had a change of heart.
Bozo...have you tried to revisit your old Photobucket account?

[Bozo]

Digger

I had to do a verification email link to get other than a pay option. It then logged me into my account.

It seems all my 362 photos are still in my library.

Bozo

[KoosWA]

I think Photobucket learnt some business lessons. The image over photos should have been the first option for free accounts - marketing and convert some to paid accounts. Instead they went the aggressive / piss off / big stick approach first. Lost more customers than they will ever get back never mind convert to paid.

Ouch

[GSDisciple]

Hey Bozo

Any chance you ca give me access to these photos so I can include them in the Chronicle?

[Bozo]

JP

Happy to send selected photos but this run was in 2015.

Bozo