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11 Apr 2012
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If anyone is interested
Hi all,
If anyone is interested, I will be leaving Western Sydney riding for Dayboro on the morning of thursday the 7th June. The intention is to head up the Putty road to Singleton and then to Dungog, Gloucester and across the Barrington Tops to Walcha. Then Armidale (maybe get a look at Wollomombi Fall....possible camp spot ???) and then take the old Grafton road to Grafton, then Casino, Beaudesert,etc.......
I'm not too sure how far I will get on the first day but I reckon I'll be rolling into Dayboro on Friday, mid-afternoon.
Your welcome to  tag along
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18 Apr 2012
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This is not that far away now so I thought I should start doing some planning.
Do we need to book for a powered camp site? I couldnt see a phone number to make a booking.
It says for a powered site to make sure you have a long enough extension cord. How long is long enough?
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22 Apr 2012
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I've now registered; looking forward to it.
Hope to arrive Saturday.
Rob.
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22 Apr 2012
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Quote:
Originally Posted by becsta
This is not that far away now so I thought I should start doing some planning.
Do we need to book for a powered camp site? I couldnt see a phone number to make a booking.
It says for a powered site to make sure you have a long enough extension cord. How long is long enough?
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There aren't that many powered sites, they are directly opposite the pavilion. I don't think the show society does bookings for sites and so the best advice is to get there early. A 10 metre lead should be enough.
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24 Apr 2012
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Thanks Shane I will try and get there as early as possible.
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24 Apr 2012
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What you could do Becsta is park near the tree near the pavilion where the camperwagons park and bring along a long power cord and borrow some of theirs
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26 Apr 2012
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Just wanted to give everyone who is thinking about coming but not yet registered a big shout of encouragement to register. At this stage we have got 40 registrations and I would love to see many more. Early registrations also help with sorting out catering and encouraging vendors.
Also looking for lead riders and sweeps for the off-road loops on Sunday morning. The riders need to sort out a loop beforehand and it would be great if they can chat with the sweep beforehand as well. It would be great to have a advanced off-road loop and a not-so-advanced off-road loop if possible. We've got this sorted for the road loops and just sorting the off-road ahead of time is the last real issue to be solved.
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26 Apr 2012
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What you could do Becsta is park near the tree near the pavilion where the camperwagons park and bring along a long power cord and borrow some of theirs 
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Good one TS. I hope I can get power from somewhere as these days I travel with so many electric/electronic gadgets. I would probably fall apart if all the batteries went flat and I couldnt use them.
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28 Apr 2012
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I am now registered.
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1 Jun 2012
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Hi all,
If anyone is interested, I will be leaving Western Sydney riding for Dayboro on the morning of thursday the 7th June. The intention is to head up the Putty road to Singleton and then to Dungog, Gloucester and across the Barrington Tops to Walcha. Then Armidale (maybe get a look at Wollomombi Fall....possible camp spot ???) and then take the old Grafton road to Grafton, then Casino, Beaudesert,etc.......
I'm not too sure how far I will get on the first day but I reckon I'll be rolling into Dayboro on Friday, mid-afternoon.
Your welcome to  tag along
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Sounds good, im also riding up from Sydney.
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2 Jun 2012
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I'm thinking of coming to my first HU meetiing if everything pans out OK. I havent registered as I'm not sure if I will make it. Can I just "Lobb" up and pay on arrival?
Marty
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2 Jun 2012
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I'm thinking of coming to my first HU meetiing if everything pans out OK. I havent registered as I'm not sure if I will make it. Can I just "Lobb" up and pay on arrival?
Marty
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Just lobb up mate, you can register at the door !!
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3 Jun 2012
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I'm thinking of coming to my first HU meetiing if everything pans out OK. I havent registered as I'm not sure if I will make it. Can I just "Lobb" up and pay on arrival?
Marty
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Marty, show up and pay on the day is just fine. Just be aware that numbers are closed for the catered Saturday night dinner and Sunday morning breakfast but there are a number of local stores and a facilities for self-catering as well. We have a very full schedule of talks etc, so you are sure to have a good time.
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Shane
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2 Jun 2012
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Sounds good, im also riding up from Sydney.
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Hi Shane, slight change of plans mate. If you're interested, a couple of us are meeting at the Caltex on the F3 at Wyong - 8:30am and heading north from there. Originaly we were going up the Putty but opted out......rest of the trip is the same.
Cheers,
Joe
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6 Jun 2012
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Hi Shane, slight change of plans mate. If you're interested, a couple of us are meeting at the Caltex on the F3 at Wyong - 8:30am and heading north from there. Originaly we were going up the Putty but opted out......rest of the trip is the same.
Cheers,
Joe
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Hi Joe, it would be great to meet and ride up with you guys but im on an Honda XR400 which i think may struggle with highway speeds  . Don't want to put the bike under pressure or hold anybody back waiting for me. I'll make my own way up on the back roads and see you all up there. Thanks for the offer mate
Cheers
Shane
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