"Trella" organised its first Sunday day ride after a pause in activity recently on Sunday 28 September 2014 and many "old" and new faces had come along at Macdonald's Belmore South from 9.30am eager to start their engine at 10.30am to enjoy the day with the destination being Gerringong via the Royal National Park (RNP), Jamberoo and Kiama. And...what a day it was!! The weather could not have been a nicer spring....start to spring! Sunshine abundant and 24-25oC!
Brett rocked up on his beauty 2012 Ducati, Jeff on his K9, Matt on his 2006 R1, Simon on his MV Augusta, Eric on his 2006 GSXR750, Josh on his 2006 GSXR750, Andrew and Angeliki on their Triumph, Harry on his 2007 CBR1000, Chris on a dirt bike, Dimitri on his 2008 GSXR1000 and others! We all departed at 10.45am waiting for Dennis on his GSXR750 till that time but he had some problems riding there as his bike decided to give him some morning grief!
We filled up with petrol at the 7/11 at Roselands, so we could ensure that there was no further stop for at least 150 klms. Traversing King Georges rd, Princes Highway, Tom Ugly's Bridge, we reached the Royal National Park entry at Loftus. It was a busy road inside the park and quite understandably as the fantastic weather got "every man and his dog" out and about in cars, on two wheels, on foot. Eventually, we made it to Stanwell Tops by midday where we stopped and chatted for a while. Dimitrije on his 2011 CBR1000 Repsol and Paul on his 2007 CBR1000 we waiting there to join in.
Chris had to return to attend to issues that had arisen with two other riders in the RNP as they had an unfortunate incident but both were ok at the end as we were informed. All's well, ends well!
We left Stanwell Tops, cruising the Coastal Road which had a lot of traffic. The beaches were full as if we were in summer and it was only the first month of spring! Imagine what will happen in summer, in a few weeks time!
We then headed off up Bulli Pass, to join the Freeway and go down to Albion Park round-about. Thence it was onto Illawarra Highway so we could travel on Jamberoo Rd. What a great ride that was and is!! Windy road, green pastures and many, many, many cows, chewing and loooooooking (mooooooo) at the passing bikes, that is us!
A good stretch of windy roads, up and down, on a hilly landscape. That is how this pristine area looks like and feels like riding! Brett "had a ball"!
We reached Kiama waiting for Andrew and Angeliki but they decided to use the freeway and wait for us at Gerringong, as they would find it a challenge to negotiate the Jamberoo windy roads! So, once we found out they were there, we all headed down the South Coast bends. Brett knows these bends very well once again and so does Dimitrije!
Lunch at Gerringong occurred at about 2.30pm, more like an Italian/Spanish/Greek lunch, a typical southern European one timewise, but it was enjoyed by all. The winds though picked up and we had to hold onto our chairs of the cafe, which were nearly blown away! That is the south coast for you!
We departed back to Sydney at about 4.00pm, stopping at Albion Park for a petrol fill up, reaching eventually Sydney by 6.30pm, negotiating the horrible traffic that had banked up for at least 10 kilometeres before Heathcote! An unbelievable sight!
We are all looking forward to the next Sunday ride on 19 October 2014. Keep in contact for that date's destination as the information should be up on the Web-blog by the 12 October!It is likely to be northbound to Terrigal.
Enjoy the photos from Belmore, Stanwell Tops and Gerringong!
