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[TasATV]

Hello all,

I'm new to the forum so I thought I'd try a pic post for the first time.

The pic is of me on the banks of Lake Olive in the Cental Highlands adjacent to the World Heritage area. This is a very remote area and is not an easy ride.

The pic was taken in October 2008 and it was snowing lightly at the time.

Base camp was at a property called Gowan Brae which is approximately 20 Klm's due north of the village of Bronte Park. Overnight temperatures at the camp were about minus -5c which was character building. We also did a ride to Lake Ina on another day. Have a look on Google Earth. They are pretty remote.

The pic was taken by Phil Barnard who rides a Kawasaki 650 Brute Force and my ride was a Yamaha Big Bear 400 which I've just sold and I pick up my new King Quad 750AXi tommorow all being well.

I'll be at Bellingham next weekend so keep an eye out for the shiny new Suzuki if your there.

[tonyb]

Hi Neil , great pics, i,ve been up there a lot over the years gone by for one reason or another, its a great place you look a bit cool, i bet ya there was more snotty noses than stiff d#$ks at the time, on another subject,, old fella once told me that there has been sightings of "yeti's or man beasts or abominable snowmen up in the remote highlands of Tasmania, i personnaly hav,nt seen any but have heard straaaange noises in the darkness of the night, if we ever meet up i will make the sound i heard so you are familiar with it , no.... i,me not crazy, sound something like a flock of black crows intoxicated,, i'll be down the bike shop tomorrow , may see you there now i know what you look like (sorta ugly) but i.me no oil painting either so dont feel bad.


two roo Tony.

[tasfallow]

sing out if you want some one to tag along if you head back out that way,would love to get out there for a look.

[tonyb]

no problem Tasfallow, i just been for a 5 day Ride / shoot /fish e.c.t. Been home about 2 hours and ime getting bored allready.

What area are you in ?? and do you like to camp away or just go for day rides ?

[tasfallow]

live at ouse mate,love me fishing and shooting too,happy to camp for a day or to mate.

[tonyb]

Good ol Ouse eh , i know a bloke in Ouse, moved there bout 10 years ago, his name is BOB..............

I used to go through Ouse on a regular basis in the log truck and up the Styx as well , also carted a lot of stock feed down there..

What sorta bike ya got ? Mine is a 500 suzuki vinson and me mates is a 750 King Quad , I am thinking of getting a newbie soon.

[tasfallow]

wouldnt be bob barnes would it?got a 05 polaris sportsman 700efi..getting a bit nocked about now after 5 years of farm work aswell,upgrade her next year i reckon.still goes alright though.
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2005 sportsman 700efi,farm n hunting rig!!

[tonyb]

Yep, it sure would be Bob Barnes .

Ol Bob eh ,

Ya bike sounds ok , i need something like yours with I.R.S. and auto , mine rides a bit rough and changing gears while ya shootn is a pain in the arse.

[tasfallow]

yeah it's been a good bike,got around 800hrs on it now,but only 5500 odd ks,only major trouble we have had is done 2 drive belts.other than that just ya usual cv boots and little things,and a lot of the plastic mount points and clips have broke too (not real impressed with that) ...just starting to give her a tidy up at the moment,and making front and rear bars..would definetely buy another one though.
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2005 sportsman 700efi,farm n hunting rig!!