First Saddle Sore for 2021 - A SS1600

Martin Little

Premier Member
IBR Finisher
#1
Saturday 16 January i got out for my first SS1600 of 2021. A simple route, head north up thee freeway to Sydney, take the newly opened North Connex onto Newcastle, then Gloucester, up Thunderbolts Way to Walcha, then back to the Coast on The Oxley before retracing my steps southwards to Yass, then home to Canberra via a corner docket at Queanbeyan to make up the distance.


Dark O'Clock collecting my starting docket from the local ATM


The new North Connex all to my ownsome as I head north bypassing Sydney



Time to for a coffee break in Gloucester.



Admiring the view at the top of Thunderbolts Way



Walcha was looking lush and green



Tabledrain was out and about also on his supertanker Tenere - time to catch up!



Watching the sun set not too far from home



I rode a lap around the lake to celebrate and watch the sun disappear



1,635km for another SS1600, the first of 2021



A basic route with Thunderbolts Way and The Oxley Highway to relieve the boredom
 

Fatman

Well-Known Member
#2
Glad you caught up with Drain for a chat, and it is great to see that the North Connex tunnel is open which will help getting around Sydney.

Congrats Martin on you ride and thanks for the report and pics.

Oh, and another good choice of songs at the end! Jimmy Barnes?
 

Martin Little

Premier Member
IBR Finisher
#6
Glad you caught up with Drain for a chat, and it is great to see that the North Connex tunnel is open which will help getting around Sydney.

Congrats Martin on you ride and thanks for the report and pics.

Oh, and another good choice of songs at the end! Jimmy Barnes?
yep that's right. "Driving Wheels" by Jimmy Barnes is a great way to wrap up a SS1600!