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cjl
50cc nipper
Joined: 06 Jun 2006
Posts: 24
Location: Canberra
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 Posted: Sun Jun 18, 2006 5:04 pm Post subject: Captains Flat - ACT/NSW |
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Ok,
Went out for a ride today at Captains Flat, a place about 40km outside the ACT. The pictures are pretty boring as I generally ride alone (i know, I know, it's silly) as none of my mates are into the "bike" thing and therefore there are no riding/action/crash pictures. But I figure that by posting up pictures of the places that I ride I might be able to encourage others in the ACT/NSW local area to join me.
Anyway. here goes.....
Getting Ready to go...
Pictures of the trails I encountered...
After a little riding I bumped into a National Park and had to do a U'ie. I figure a fine for riding an unregistered bike for $300 is better than a fine for $600 that includes $300 for riding in a National Park.
Now this is where it gets a little interesting. In most of the pics above the trail is pretty well marked, but after riding along and noticing that the trail was becoming harder to follow I rolled down a little hill looking for an open area that I had previously spotted on Google Earth and then stopped. I looked around for a little and then realised that there was absolutely no track left to follow. I looked behind me and could see no track at all. After backtracking for about 200m I finally found a hint of the trail I had been riding on and got back on with the ride.
The next two photo's are the infront and behind photo's that I took when looking for the track I had been on.
After the little bit of fun getting lost, by myself, in the middle of f'ing nowhere I have decided to invest in a Garmin Etrex Legend to track my progress in the future.
That's it
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ash
90cc 2 stroke / 110 4 stroke
Joined: 09 Jun 2006
Posts: 62
Location: Sydney, North Shore
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| Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2006 1:18 pm Post subject: |
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LOL. Good idea on the GPS. Have you tried it out yet? Do you get a good signal in the bush??
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bigjon
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Joined: 17 Feb 2006
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Location: Dubbo
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| Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2006 4:10 pm Post subject: |
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I got a brother-in-law in Murrumbatman, next time I'm visiting we should hook up for a ride. That looks like nice riding country.
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cjl
50cc nipper
Joined: 06 Jun 2006
Posts: 24
Location: Canberra
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| Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 12:40 pm Post subject: |
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| ash wrote: | | LOL. Good idea on the GPS. Have you tried it out yet? Do you get a good signal in the bush?? |
I haven't gotten around to picking up a GPS unit yet, still looking for the best place to buy from.
I will report back once I have purchased it and tried it out. |
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cjl
50cc nipper
Joined: 06 Jun 2006
Posts: 24
Location: Canberra
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| Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 12:42 pm Post subject: |
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| bigjon wrote: | | I got a brother-in-law in Murrumbatman, next time I'm visiting we should hook up for a ride. That looks like nice riding country. |
Yeah, more than happy to have a ride.
I'm just deciding where to head out to this weekend. Might go Captains Flat again or might go Urriara Forrest trails the other side of the ACT......decisions, decisions....
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MADCAT501
50cc nipper
Joined: 22 Feb 2007
Posts: 6
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| Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2007 4:25 pm Post subject: Wanted.. One Riding Buddy... :-) |
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Hi dude... I live in the ACT and am looking at getting out a little more.... I ride a banshee however Im sure I could give that "profanity removed" a shot... If you ever lookin for a rider... Ide be up for it... Just let me know man...
Cheers
Shane
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buzzbro
Big Bore, Stroked & Bling +
Joined: 10 Dec 2006
Posts: 426
Location: QLD
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| Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2007 9:23 pm Post subject: |
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| cjl wrote: | | ash wrote: | | LOL. Good idea on the GPS. Have you tried it out yet? Do you get a good signal in the bush?? |
I haven't gotten around to picking up a GPS unit yet, still looking for the best place to buy from.
I will report back once I have purchased it and tried it out. |
My wife just bought me a garman etrex legend so i dont get lost.Awesome unit but i still got some homework to do to sort it out properly.Look up johnny appleseed gps,Their prices were prtty good and they seemed to know their "profanity removed".I just put it in my pocket and it will log anything u want .
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