Saturday December 4, 2010 - Friendly Freo

Ride Organiser: Terry Dowling
Organiser's mobile telephone no: 0414 730 970
Ride style: Social
Terrain: Mainly Flat
Estimated Distance: 65 kms+
Start Point: Narrows - North Side
Start Time: 8:30

By special request we'll repeat the "Friendly Freo" and we'll have some special guests (Eugenie's parents will be in Perth). Robert plans to be watching his son compete in the Busselton Iron Man that weekend so he won't join us. The ride will start from the Narrows Bridge (North Side - where the bike path goes under the freeway bridge) at 8:30 am (don't forget to let Terry know if you're joining the ride)

Saturday November 27 - Ken's Magical Mystery Ride

Ride Organiser: Ken Walters
Organiser's mobile telephone no: 0417 094 198
Ride style: Social
Terrain: Mainly Flat
Estimated Distance: 65 kms+
Start Point: Maylands Railway Station
Start Time: 8:00

Ken's Magical Mystery tour is scheduled again for this weekend. We will start from the Maylands Railway Station at 8:00 with a hook up at the Narrows (South) at 8:30. This will be a slow, leisurely ride following the river. Even if you've done this ride before the exact route is a mystery. Will we have a coffee stop or two or three? Will Ken remember the route?...a mystery!

Saturday Nov 20, 2010 - Friendly Freo

Ride Organiser: Robert Hind
Organiser's email: Robert@robert-hind.com
Organiser's mobile telephone no: 0417 934 502
Ride style: Social
Terrain: Mainly Flat
Estimated Distance: 65 kms+
Start Point: Maylands, Narrows - North Side
Start Time: Maylands 8:00, Narrows 8:30

We're planning the old familiar "Friendly Freo" with the usual obligatory coffee stop (in Fremantle). We'll have the usual Maylands Railway Station start at 8:00 am then hook up at the Narrows. The ride will start from the Narrows Bridge (North Side - where the bike path goes under the freeway bridge) at 8:30 am (don't forget to let me know if you're joining the ride)

Saturday Nov 13 - Jacaranda Mystery Ride

Ride Organiser: Robert Hind
Organiser's email: Robert@robert-hind.com
Organiser's mobile telephone no: 0417 934 502
Ride style: Social
Terrain: Fairly Flat
Estimated Distance: 40 kms+
Start Point: Maylands, Narrows - South Side
Start Time: Maylands 8:00, Narrows 8:30

This week's ride will be the Jacaranda Mystery Ride with the usual starts (Maylands and Narrows South) and coffee stop in Ardross (most likely Sensations on Ardross). So we know the start, part of the route, the main feature on the ride (the Jacarandas) where we'll stop for coffee....so where is the mystery? I don't know ...its a mystery to me!
Let me know if you're planning to join us.

Gutsy Kittler keen to show he's a good bet - (for the Pool room)

This article featuring our very own Paul Kittler appeared in the now defunct Western Mail in August 1987.

 

CHUN across Australia ....One for the Pool Room

I've got three great kids and I'm proud of all of them. They're all great in their different ways..but my son, Dave, has got some amazing sporting and physical achievements under his belt as this article which appeared (starting) on the front page of the North West Telegraph of July 2, 2003 tells us. Click on the images to see the larger version.

Dave had always used his bike as his main form of transport as a kid and still does. He did his first "big" ride from Perth to Sydney the year he turned 18 (2001) and by sheer coincidence I ended up going to Sydney for a business conference so we ended up doing the famous Sydney Harbour Bridge Climb together to celebrate his birthday.

For a few years, every year he would take a few weeks off and complete another part of his journey around Australia. His biggest ride involved the complete distance between Perth and Brisbane via Darwin. Click here for a detailed log of the Perth to Brisbane ride.

one for the "Pool room"?

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