HU Meeting : South Africa
 

Just starting this post to make people start thinking about organising a lekker gathering somewhere in SA.

If anyone is thinking of organising a meet then give a shout. I will be more than happy to help out after March next year.

I have a big empty field on a river close to Port Elizabeth. Couple of chemical toilets, 2 tonnes of wood, 4 sheep spits, a truck load of Windhoek...

I noted from another thread that people are thinking of one near Johies. I'm there!!!

We have the Wilddog bash on the 9/10/11 of Nov 2007 in Hogsback, can visit us their if you want.

You really do need a
laptop + projector + screen inside a room to show photos/slides/power point stuff...

The ones in OZ are small .. say 100 people at most .. not the 500 they get in the UK .. expect similar numbers in SA..

Good luck with it .. they are good in finding out things.

Where is Hogsback?

The Wilddog bash is the local dual sport site in South Africa, we have an annual bash and it attracks around 100 people, we have it in different venues each year.
This year is in Hogsback in the Eastern Cape province in South Africa.

Have alook at the site

Wild Dog Adventure Riding - Index

Aaah, thats a shame.. i just arrive a day later in cape town, otherwise i would have visited this event :thumbup1:

Any further interest in a South Africa HU Meeting?

There's been lots of interest over the last few years, but someone really needs to take the lead and get it sorted! :)

Let me know if you're interested!:clap:

Yeeeaahh!
 

Is this still alive??

Can we do it? How bout APRIL?? There's 8 of us going to be in SA in APRIL... already....

Anybody?

April?? That good!!??

What about LOOOAAADS of BILTONG!! We're DYING for BILTONG!

Can we skydive into your field??

Maybe you lot of visitors can do it where no local has had the intrest?

Set a date and a place. Try to have

1) good weather .. (easier than Europe!)
2) some place that takes say 100 people - some camping others in rooms. Witha bar, food .. and maybe a meeting room? Or and outside covered shealter (saves getting hot in teh sun [no rain])
3) a weekend is best.

The hardeest part is the place, maybe some local HU community could help?

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So - who will give the talks .. you visitors can - you'll have plenty of advice at the end of teh trip .. go for it! And you'll probably have some locals come along and give their ideas an airing too.

Yay!! That sounds perfect!

We're both ex-locals and know lots of bikers still there - maybe we can hustle up some more HU supporters!

My only objection, would be a TALK....

We can't even sit still long enough to learn how to change our bike tires, let alone have a taaaalllk!!!!

: )

I'm goin to look for a suitable place, right away!

Right ....what now?
 

So now that the dust has settled and we are settled in SA it will be interesting to see what we can make of a SA Meeting.

I appreciate that there are other meetings in SA with various organisations but none, as far as I can determine, follow the same approach as the HU Meetings where the emphasise is on the talks and lectures presented by HU community members. The emphasis in SA, it seems, is on the out rides and competitions. Obviously both are a fantistic social event.

Let me know if there is anyone out there interested in getting something going.

HU meet in SA? Tell me where and when and I'll be there! :thumbup1:

I'd say this event is more like the one in Viedma, Argentina in December. Lots of travelers dropping in, and more interested in just meeting up, sharing some brews and stories from the road with other travelers than doing presentations. But we'd certainly share what we've learned to anyone who asks.

Of course, the food has to be memorable to make it a successful event, IMHO.

I'll pitch in and help out where I can but I'm in Buenos Aires at the present getting the bike sorted out before hopping over to Cape Town. I'll be there shortly (June), so this would be a great chance for me to learn about traveling in South Africa.

BTW: since I'm an American, my Oxford American Dictionary (is Oxford American an oxymoron or what?) says traveler/travelers/traveling has one 'el'... so my apologies (er, excuse) for the Brits who think my spelin suks. :stupid:

Take a subject .. like "bike preperation' (or some subject you are intrested in .. could be that tent that is not working in SA) ... take 1 large beer .. sit down at the front and start talking about it .. by the time you finish the beer the rest of 'em will be talking too. Easy. They are all bike riders so won't want prefection. Just a real person. And rather than talk to one person you have a group. So you can get different ideas. Presenting does not mean you know it all - indead you can do so to find out more.

PS I' an OZie so I talk/write strine. Australian English Glossary from A to Zed

meeting in south africa
 

hey guys over there ,how about rustling up a meeting next year in 2013 ,in mid april ,i am coming over from oz on my klr650 then on my way to europe and need to grill your brains on the best way up , find a cool place in a great little town some where on the beach up in the mountains ,no matter ,drink beer, talk shit ,all good

I want one this year!
I'm on my way down south now and should be due to arrive in July-ish....


ps - thecanoeguy
I meet you in Longreach at the bakery one morning... when I was crying over my broken bike at the very start of this trip!

On the beach
 

this here would be the right venue

Spot Backpackers - Umtentweni - KwaZulu-Natal - South Africa

1 onsuite cabin, 2 double rooms , 15 doorm beds and lots of camping right on the beach , fireplace and a good bar !


Cheers

Thomas

sounds good
 

build it and they will come ,i am shipping my bike to jo burg in early april ,how about mid april ,the weather should be still good then

Africa Bike Week 26.-30. April Margate KZN South Coast
 

Maybe it could be fun to do it same time as africabikeweek.com


we can chill at the spot and go once or twice to Margate for the big bash and gossip the Harley Riders and their life style ! One or two evenings over there can be quite some fun, big stage on the beach and some more over the beachfront !

How do you guys like that Idea. Not much effort to do if there are 3 guys its great if there are 30 even better !

Cool Bananas

Thomas

your on ,that sounds perfect ,count me in,i am going to be flying into jo burg just after easter which is late march ,then some some mucking about through lesotho and it's right where i was heading,that spot backpackers sounds great ,just ask grant and get cooking ,i helped organise a meet in oz a few years ago ,shouldnt be hard to get some helpers ,just need a projector and a small P.A system,and a room to do it in

Its on
 

Hi, I just phoned Glen, the owner from the Spot Backpackers. Its okay with him if we do the first South African HUBB meeting there.

Only thing is the 27th is a public holiday so its a long weekend and the place will fill up a bit. He has already 9 bookings for camping, the camp ground cant take much more. And 6 dorm beds are already booked as well.

So for everybody that is interested please book now !

I think we keep it simple, I can go with you guys on some nice gravel roads through the back of the south coast ! And we could do a day ride up to Oribi Gorge Nature Reserve !

Regards

Thomas

more room
 

you might find that once you set a date you may get more people than you think ,are there any more options in that area for camping
dave

more beds
 

If things get out of hand,

there is a caravan park close by (less than 1 km), and 5 other beds as well !

lets see who else is coming, at least its the 2 of us already !

Cheers

Thomas

Mini Meeting
 

I just mailed with Grant, and it looks like we will call it a mini meeting. To get it started. And then we will try do a proper HUBB meeting in November - early December(before) or (after the holiday season) middle of January to end of February ! Hopefully on the Transkei Wild Coast in Port St. Johns

Cheers

Thomas

hello thomas ,i hope you saw my original post ,i am not coming to south africa until next year, 2013, :scooter:
cheers dave

:( we will arrive in South Africa somewhere around the 15th of May... maybe an extra mini-meeting somewhere? ;-)

Daan, send an email to the Communities too and see who's interested.

How about the weekend before bike week 2013
 

then you will have plenty of time to get it sorted and plenty of travellers can plan there trip around it , bike week sounds pretty good fun as well

any one interested for 2013
 

been a long winter ,but next april is creeping up ,moto zulu ,are you still interested in a mini meet around the weekend after bike week next year,i will message the S.A community

Hey Guys,

How is the planning for the meeting?? Is there going to be another one in 2013.
I'm one of the many who is going to be there around that time. Would like to meet up with other bikers and exchange lots of stories and beers beer.

Cheers Richard

Early may 2013
 

Hello
cant make it to bike week,but will be up for a mini meeting around jo'burg in early may, i will be near there for a few weeks getting my bike sorted for my trip north to germany

Meet in SA?
 

Hi everyone, is there any meetings planned near JNB?

VERY early thoughts only, if you'd like to help out please let me know and we'll get you on the volunteers list which would be a big help!

For all those who have been waiting for an HU South Africa meeting!
 

First HU South Africa Meeting-Nov 13-16, 2014

Kobus Fourie is hosting this event at his fabulous Elgro River game lodge and conference centre near Potchefstroom. Online registration is open now!

After you've registered, please add your voice to the event discussion on the 2014 HUBB thread, add yourself to the list of people who've said they're going on our Facebook event page (click the "Join" button), and help spread the word about HU South Africa 2014 in all the other forums you may use.

We'll be there, hope to see you there!

Grant & Susan