Coolah Weekend

Adventure Rider Issue #46

• It’s what we do
• A DR In BC
• Sir Pezz
• Coolah Weekend
• Thrills, Spills And New Skills
• New Zealand Adventure Rallye: King Country
• Glory Days
• The Fly Line
• Alpinestars Tech-Air 5
• Wildest Rides
• West Of The Great Dividing Range
• Project Adventurecorn
• Dam. Dam. Dam. Dam
• Map Dreamin’ with Andy Strapz
• The Embassy Car with Mike Ferris
• Finding Traction with Miles Davis
• In Suspense with Karen Ramsay
• Held Mojave jacket
• Checkout
• Fit Out

A chance chat with ‘Angus the Gentleman’ – who’d bought my never-been-off-road 1090R – revealed he was doing a weekend ride to Coolah with a couple of mates. He threw out a casual invitation and I soon had my accommodation booked. I then tackled the far more challenging task of a short-notice gate pass.A matching Yves Saint Laurent shoe-and-handbag combo did the trick.

A trailer was organised.

Soft landing

I arrived at the popular Freemans Waterhole servo at 7.15am and was fuelled and ready for a 7.30am start. The group included Kevin on an Africa Twin, Greg with a 790R which looked a lot cleaner than mine, and trip organiser and leader for the weekend, Lindsay, on his very tricked-up 800GS. With helmets on and tanks full we were ready to roll…except the GS had no power. Thankfully it didn’t take long to diagnose a loose earth lead on the battery as the culprit.