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PostPosted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 9:09 pm Post subject: Fires Reply with quote Back to top

Just thought id ask if anyone on this forum has been or knows anyone who has been affected by the fires down in Victoria and bottom of NSW.
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 9:26 pm Post subject: Reply with quote Back to top

no but last year one got close even had cowchaser txt us to see how we were which was good to know someone was thinking of us
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 6:58 pm Post subject: Reply with quote Back to top

we wer'e at the fire lookout at the top of billy goats bluff at dargo talking to the ranger when the dry lightning storm came in what an impressive sight that was with lightning bolts going off all around you & hitting the ground thousands of feet below you & then five minutes later you would see heaps of smoke comming from where the lightning hit , we were there for about 45 mins & saw about 9 fires start & by the time we left they were raging we're going back up soon to see the damage & pump some money back into the town they treat us really well up there they love dirt bike riders, the guy who owns the genral store has just set up a spare parts section out the back of the shop with a workshop & a gerni for guys who are doing overnight rides & have problems to keep em going or for whatever other reason so people get up there & support them you'll be hard pressed to find a better place to ride,drink,bullshit & eat.
 
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 6:59 pm Post subject: Reply with quote Back to top

we wer'e at the fire lookout at the top of billy goats bluff at dargo talking to the ranger when the dry lightning storm came in what an impressive sight that was with lightning bolts going off all around you & hitting the ground thousands of feet below you & then five minutes later you would see heaps of smoke comming from where the lightning hit , we were there for about 45 mins & saw about 9 fires start & by the time we left they were raging we're going back up soon to see the damage & pump some money back into the town they treat us really well up there they love dirt bike riders, the guy who owns the genral store has just set up a spare parts section out the back of the shop with a workshop & a gerni for guys who are doing overnight rides & have problems to keep em going or for whatever other reason so people get up there & support them you'll be hard pressed to find a better place to ride,drink,bullshit & eat.
 
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 20, 2007 11:21 am Post subject: Reply with quote Back to top

I know that AMTRA lost most of the assets on thier property at Abbyard and a few of the DBW guy that live down in the Latrobe Valley have been out working on the CFA crew's.
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PostPosted: Sun Jan 21, 2007 6:57 am Post subject: Reply with quote Back to top

will be riding my quad with a few guys on husabergs up to dargo pub from the buckland valley in a few months so it will be interesting to see the damage done i will try and get pics
 
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 6:39 pm Post subject: Dargo Reply with quote Back to top

blade wrote:
will be riding my quad with a few guys on husabergs up to dargo pub from the buckland valley in a few months so it will be interesting to see the damage done i will try and get pics


Do you make it a one dayer or do ya stay in dargo overnight.Have you done this ride b4 How long does it take to get to Dargo?
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 11:42 pm Post subject: Reply with quote Back to top

it will be an overnighter stayin at the pub not quite sure of the distance but i think it will be more than 150kms one way we start from the buckland valley and this will be my first dargo run
 
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 6:00 pm Post subject: Reply with quote Back to top

bumble bee wrote:
we wer'e at the fire lookout at the top of billy goats bluff at dargo talking to the ranger when the dry lightning storm came in what an impressive sight that was with lightning bolts going off all around you & hitting the ground thousands of feet below you & then five minutes later you would see heaps of smoke comming from where the lightning hit , we were there for about 45 mins & saw about 9 fires start & by the time we left they were raging we're going back up soon to see the damage & pump some money back into the town they treat us really well up there they love dirt bike riders, the guy who owns the genral store has just set up a spare parts section out the back of the shop with a workshop & a gerni for guys who are doing overnight rides & have problems to keep em going or for whatever other reason so people get up there & support them you'll be hard pressed to find a better place to ride,drink,bullshit & eat.


When you going up ?? Will the usual suspects be there ??? and what about Ian. Me and ol boy will be keen.
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 9:43 pm Post subject: Reply with quote Back to top

i have heard the guy with the workshop will also have tyres and tubes to suit the most used sizes that go there as well so it sounds like he will have a good setup
 
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