PARTICIPANTS:
DAVE BURGESS – BACK UP DRIVER
ADAM BURGESS - “
JUSTIN ORMANDY XR400
GORDON CARLYLE 550 BERG
CHRIS KNIGHT KTM450
BRETT TUCKER DRZ400
MERV TUCKER DRZ400
JEFF VINCENT DRZ400
ANDREW SHEP DRZ400
MARK JARVIS DRZ400
DARREN COATES WR450
BRIAN MCGINLEY KTM525
DAN CROFT WR400
Tuesday night 5/7/05 we packed up the cars at Chris’s – there was plenty of room as lots of stuff was taken on the planes by those flying up. Brett’s bike was padlocked at the rear sprocket so we had to lift it everywhere as he didn’t leave the key!
Wed 6/7/05 Chris left home at 0730 with 5 bikes on ute & trailer & got to the Bourke caravan park at 2000. I left work at 1600, got lost twice on the way to Burgo’s, took half an hour to load all the contraband luggage (extra [small] crate, bucket, huuuuuge air bed, bbq plate, shower etc – most of which didn’t get used!). Burgo got us lost on the way to Burra, where we had to replace a trailer bearing. Got to Broken Hill at 0100 & caught up with Welly & bed at 0200. Up at 0600 & away, checked out the bike shop at Cobar & got to Longreach at 0100 (1500k’s for the day). Bed at 0200. Chris stopped near Winton at 2100. No dramas next day with Chris at Cairns just in time to get Brett from the airport at 1840. We got to Cairns at 2100 & set up. Picked up Adam at the airport at 0100, bed at 0200. Justin arrived at 2200, his car was using LOTS of oil.
Sat 9/7/05 Picked up Gordon from the airport at 0850, went shopping for “normal