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Offline rustynutz

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Offline rustynutz

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Well, I decided to go on another evening ride tonight..... :D

Again I ended up doing 130 something kilometres. This time though I headed out through Sorell and made my way down the Arthur Highway to Dunalley, scene of the recent devastating fires.

Again I probably pushed my luck as this road is pretty notorious for accidents and wildlife after dark but once again the road gods looked after me and the only "wildlife" I saw was a cat bolting across the road and the usual assorted mangled remains smeared into the bitumen.

It was quite a bit colder riding this time and by the time I got to Dunalley my old knees were getting quite numb with the cold and I was also wishing I'd put my jumper on before I'd headed off.

Luckily for me I'd chucked it into the huge under seat storage of the "Burgman" so I pulled over and put it on.
I then chucked a U turn and made my way back home.

Hooking through the bends on the way back with a car sitting behind me made me realise my eyes aren't as good as they used to be, and I ended up riding like an old woman, especially when I had to dip my lights with oncoming cars... :confused:
Thankfully traffic was light so I was able to make full use of the excellent high beam and mostly maintain a reasonable pace.

Riding through Sorell I fely my mobile phone buzzing in my pocket so quickly stopped to answer it. It was my brother who had arrived home after receiving dialysis and was wondering where I was. He was very surprised that I had chosen to go for a ride at that time of the day, and especially down to Dunalley knowing how bad the wildlife can be.....Oh well, I like to live dangerously... :lol:

Anyhow, all's good, I arrived home safely and after a couple of coffees my body has thawed and I'm looking forward to my next ride.....




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Good one Rusty.. Too dark for Photos I suppose?  :undecided: (Suppose not much left at Dunalley to photgraph anyway)  :Pout:
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Thanks Daz, yeah I did take the camera but decided I'd be wasting my time trying to take pics..... :(


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It sounds like you're having some fun down there and creating a few memories.

God onya!  :goodjob2:
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Good one Rusty.. Too dark for Photos I suppose?  :undecided: (Suppose not much left at Dunalley to photgraph anyway)  :Pout:

I drove down to Port Arthur today so I took a few pics around Dunalley just for you, Daz..... :)

Mind you I felt like a bit of a voyeur while taking them so only took a few.  :-[











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Thanks Rusty .. very sad. As you know we go south quite a bit but been a long time since we've been through Dunalley (I would get a shock seeing the difference)  :Pout:
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Wow, so much sad  :disapp:
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