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2009 Aussie Travellers Meeting

Is there a Travellers Meeting planed for Australia for 2009 if so where and when. locky.
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Hello Locky,
The Australian travellers meeting is scheduled for february at Tintaldra.I do not know if a date has been decided on yet.Keep an eye on the EVENTS section.
Great location and very friendly,informative weekend.
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Been to the last couple there and have been keeping an eye out for notice of it. Locky.
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meeting location is mitta mitta 2009

the thriving village of mitta mitta ,on the omeo highway ,date is now set for the 13th to 15th of march 2009,keep an eye on the travel meet section ,pm me if you have any questions or suggestions here is a piccie of the pub
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i can help (organise) a bit if you want. PM me.
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I've never been to a meeting, but would love to join in.
I live in Sydney though... Do many people travel that far for the meeting?
I'm in the beginnings of planing an Aussie trip, so I figured it would be a good idea to get to the meeting.
What happens at the meetings? What are they like?
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Bonnie;
A lot of riders attend from far away,some last year from Brisbane,Sydney.Melbourne and lots of other places,including international travellers.
My advice is to go,if you do not enjoy the meeting I would be astounded.
There will be presentations of adventures rides,probably first aid lessons,bike preparations etc.
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I live in Sydney though... Do many people travel that far for the meeting?
Go. It is not far ... take some time off and take some riding time to go down. A day will have you in the snowy mt. - great riding to be had there. Wind your way down to the Vic. Alps .. even more riding to be done there .. Cricky take the week off! That way you'll not want to go riding Fri/Sat when the talks are on ..
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Sounds great!
taking a few days off to get down there sounds like a good idea. I'd hate to do a mad rush down the hume on the friday. My experiences of the Hume hwy are not that interesting. Scary at night too.
Would be interested in tagging along with people coming from Sydney or further north too if anyone is up for that.
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can you make it any further away?

bugger all my holidays are booked up

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Travelers meeting

Hey Bonnie,
I will most likely head to this meeting, for the Adventure and an excuse to take some time off work, I'm also living in Sydney so we could ride together if you like.

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I will most likely head to this meeting, for the Adventure and an excuse to take some time off work, I'm also living in Sydney so we could ride together if you like.


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can you make it any further away?
You can orgainise on out there if you like...
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brisbane riders!!! any going

hi all
this would be my first meeting so looking forward to it,so will there be anybody going from brisbane and if so would you like to meet up!!! would be good to have a chat etc before we set off

also whats the best way to get to it with out all the highways etc,but not too hard please as i will be on a new bike and would die if i dropped it

anyone game up to meet up on the way there

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hey guys an update

while waiting for registration to open here is a bit of whats going down
Postie bike challenge tyre change comp running all weekend (prizes)
some of the talks are
Beemerbird, Alaska, Canada ,USA and then some
Bennett, South America
Farquar, China ,Russia
Scottw, Mongolia
Desertdweller, Two up packing demo (where can i fit my toothbrush ,there's no room left)
Ride out up to Dartmouth Dam
Spit roast on sat night ,buffet breaky, sat and sunday morning

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