Wrench'n Ride'n

Thought I would post photos of great looking BMs as I find them on the net. So here is the first one. Looks like a R69 on steroids. Love that long range tank.

The weeks of rain have gone at last. Yes the wet is very much needed to fill our very dry dams. Yet it does make riding a real labor of love. With a day off work, the sun shining Jan and I headed out for a small ride. Up north to Catherine Hill Bay first. This is a small coastal mining village with a pub and around a 100 small old miners cottages. Some date back from the 1900s. The locals in this village are fighting off the developers who want to build big resort type accommodation over looking the beautiful beach. After being there today no wonder the locals want their village to stay as it is. Coal trains used this jetty to get their loads to the anchored ships. Old huge rusted chain . Yes it is winter down under here. There is no sign to say from which ships these anchors came from. Back on the bike and off further north to Swansea. Now that the Freeway by passes this these coastal towns they have a real touristy feeling about them. They seem sleepy from when I last traveled throu...

Posting this up here in case any of you Aussie readers are interested in what looks to be a very nice LT. For Sale: 1995 BMW R100LT, Wollongong NSW. All LT extras including comfy seat, heated grips, panniers, top box. Excellent condition, service history, 78000 original km's, original keys, books, service history, haynes manual, sheep skin seat cover. Just had full serviice, all oils, etc. Rego till November 2010. Ready to go, great bike. Selling as I have two LT's and one has to go! Call me on 0448200474 or email geoff.annetts@gmail.com. Price $7700 ono.

I fell in love with not just the country but the people of Vietnam. Most of these photos have been taken with the zoom function of my camera. They can be the shy people and also very extroverted. I have tried to capture the face of Vietnam. This street trader in Hanoi went off at me for taking her photo. This craftsman sewed my bag back together for. All for less than a $1.00 I did ask his permission to take his photo. After all he does have an AK47. These two gentlemen are my favorites. Seen in Hanoi. I bet they have met everyday at this park bench for decades. Last full day in Hanoi. I needed my boots cleaned. They did that and also fixed them up. They then ripped me off. Yet I was not angry with them. They make next to nothing.