Ride to the coast in December 07
Amanda and Matt suggested a few of us head down to the coast (Moruya) by bike,
spend the night at Matt's parent's place and come back via the blueberry farm
the next day (by car). Sounded like fun so Danielle, Ben and I went along and
Keith came down to help with transport. Nice cruisy long ride, some time at
the coast, 2 KG of fresh blueberries each. It does not get much better. I took
some photos (so did Matt, I will link to his if he puts them online).
I rode my
cyclocross
bike, the others all rode mountain bikes (Matt and Amanda both on
Specialized Epics, Danielle on a Scott Alloy HT and Ben on a Jamis HT).
If you want to see where we went have a look
here,
or with HR
and stuff too.
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Ben
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Danielle.
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Amanda.
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Matt was taking photos while riding along here (fire road approaching
Majors Creek) so I took one through the bars toward Amanda.
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A food stop in shade as we approached Majors Creek.
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The others had complained the photos were only being taken as they
slogged up hills, so I stopped on a descent to take some.
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Not an interesting descent but fun none the less.
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The spectacular view over the Araluen valley near the top of the
descent into it.
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After lunch riding the undulating terrain toward Moruya.
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Danielle posing for a photo.
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It was a hot day and the heat was being felt.
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The lack of wind in the valley made it feel hotter too.
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So when we got to the Deua river campground we stopped and had a swim
which cooled us all down nicely.
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I thought the rock cutouts were interesting so stopped for photos.
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As did Matt.
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Matt finishing the final real climb of the ride just before hitting
bitumen.
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Good to be almost done.
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Amanda
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finishing the climb
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Danielle
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Ben
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Time to roll into town.
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The five of us sitting in the park in Moruya
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Steven Hanley <sjh@svana.org>
Last modified: Wed Jan 2 11:16:29 2008