Friday, July 28, 2017

Twilight Taronga - Peter Garret


I got shouted tickets to Taronga Zoo on a promotional thing.

Dinner included. 

I can rub elbows with the business elite, no problem.

Especially if there's an open bar.


Dont worry. Its plaster.



Goodfellows Tree Kangaroo



A nice bit of timberwork



Cityscape



The chimps were on the warpath



Barbary Sheep



Bongo



Fennec Fox



A plaster pelican



Some real pelicans



Little bloke gets a piggy back



Treetop walk



Cityscape giraffes



Childrens python



Sun Bear



Hefalump



Great water views



Balls



Australian Raven



Remember these things?



Twilight was spectacular



The food was pretty good too



Peter Garret got up and did his thing.

Being an old Midnight Oil fan I was rapt.

Pete and his crew certainly rocked the house.





Thanks to Taronga for an epic meal and night out

Barangaroo - Millers Point


I do enjoy my city visits. 

It's an ever changing cityscape.

But its nice to see the old buildings still standing.

Change isn't always good.

But money moves things I suppose.

And things are moving at Barangaroo.

















Walcha Ride


Midday Saturday. 

Impromptu packing of the motorcycle occurred.

No destination as such.

Just up the Oxley Highway as far as I can get.

I missed Gingers Creek Cafe for fuel but pressed on.

The little Suzuki is thirsty when you wring its neck so I found.


Packed to the gunwhales



Red ones go faster



Jaspers Peak - Oxley Highway



It got bitterly cold at the top of the range.

Cold enough that I couldn't utilise the controls effectively.

So discretion is the better part of valour in this case. 

Dodging wombats and wallabies in darkest night is enough to unsettle the hardiest rider.

Sooo... I pulled in at this little rest stop.




Got a fire going in short order.

Billies on.



4am I got up for a leak and a look around.

Its a trifle chilly at this stage.

I fell asleep in my riding gear and lucky I did.



The sun makes an appearance.

I inspect the patterns in the ice.

The little zook was somewhat tardy in starting this morning.

God knows why.



Apsley Falls was a little further on.

Definitely worth a look.



The old blokes knew what hard yakka was.




Not quite the dirt bike I'm used too.




Met a couple of Kawasaki afficionados in Walcha Servo.

Had a brief chat on the merits of large capacity road burners.




Up the road a bit is Mark Walkers Antipodean Tinkerer Coffee Shop.

Closed for the winter sadly.

I'll catch up to them one day.





I waved Brad over for a yak. 

I gathered he'd know of Mark Walker, and was correct in my surmise.

Nice bloke "Brad from The Royal".

His bike is pretty cool too.




Walcha abounds with art installations.

Both quirky and rustic.

Well worth a walk around.



Winter has brought the red out in this poplar.









Now this is the kind of architecture that appeals to me.

Natural and strong. Aesthetically pleasing.










Practical art. The best kind.



The Apsley Arms







The Royal for breakfast.






I nearly had to break the law.



I thought about breaking the law. But I didn't.



So down the hill to Gingers Creek for lunch. 



Old mate had dropped a uni in the diff.



There's bearings all over in there.



The new Street Triple Triumphs look sex.



I got a bit carried away using the pedal to drop in.

Until my brakes went away that is. 

The fluid is probably 24 years old.

I shall rectify that forthwith.



A good excuse to sit on a corner and take piccies I suppose.

One of the best biking roads around.

I'll be back soon.