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EDITOR:.............Bevan Bradford Phone: 07 3822 3512 Mobile 0408 714 000 E-Mail: mail @ auswingriders.com Wing Notes is produced with the
object of keeping members informed about matters of interest to AWRA
members. A electronic copy of each
issue is available to every financial member of the AWRA. Copies are also distributed to selected
motorcycle dealers in the greater |
Submissions
for inclusion in Wing Notes should be with the Editor no later than the Friday
following the monthly meeting, i.e.: Friday after the 1st Monday of the
month. DISCLAIMER: Although Wing Notes will
endeavour to reproduce submissions in their original form it reserves the
right to edit submissions as it sees fit.
Views expressed in contributed articles in Wing Notes are not
necessarily those of the AWRA or the Editor.
Wing Notes is produced with care, in good faith and from
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Management
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Meetings: |
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President E-mail: |
Secretary Val Thomas (07)
3848 0498 E-mail: secretary @ auswingriders.com |
Meetings are held
on the 1st Monday
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Vice President Rob (Bear) Harriss
0409 052 218 E-mail: RHMRS @ iinet.com.au |
Treasurer Geoff Mead (07) 5529 5034 E-mail: meady @ auswingriders.com |
Next
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Bill
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Upcoming activities: |
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30 March Movies at 3 April General
meeting at the Australian National Hotel 14and15 April Ride to Mitchell and enjoy the hot
artesian spa 21 April Bowling at Capalaba Bowl |
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Member’s Notice Memberships
were due at the end of February.
Please complete the membership form at the back of February magazine
or from the website and send it with your subscription to: The Secretary, Australian Wing Riders
Association (Qld) Inc, Magazines
and web site access will not be available to non-current members after 30th
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The President Speaks…. |
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Gidday all, Here we go another month and another magazine.
Thanks go to Clint for his story and photos, certainly filled a few pages. Now’s the time for you to be thinking about writing
something for the next magazine. We
haven’t had a lot of club activity during March so some contribution on other
rides you have been on would be appreciated. As I put this issue to bed, motorcyclists are in the
news again with a young rider killed and a second young rider seriously
injured and his father killed in an accident. While I am sorry for those involved and their
families none of this helps the bad publicity that motor cyclists have
received over the past few months. I
continually read and hear of accidents occurring in other ride groups and
look with pride on our performance. We have a very good record on our rides with them
only involving minor slow speed incidents and rare personal injuries. With a few longer rides coming up over the
next few months, let’s make sure we keep it that way. Keep the shiny side up, Bevan |
Hi all, Well I’ve just had a great weekend with a couple of
GoldWing Riders from On Sunday we rode back up the It sure is nice to meet Wing Riders from all over
the world. We have so far met them
from If you wish to follow Jack and Deane’s Australian
Adventures go to http://deanemototrip.com and follow the links. Cheers Clint |
Hello everyone, The year is rolling along and after a rather hurried
change we had the Lucky Dip Dinner on the deck, and what a grand feast we
had, and it is so enjoyable to catch-up with everyone. See my short story in the magazine for the
finer details. My main objective is to oversee our Annual General
Meeting. Firstly, please put your
thinking caps on for committee member nominations. All positions will be vacated and open for
fresh faces, and new ideas. Our club
is fun and rides and socials – not hard work there! Our AGM to be held on the weekend 15thand Rates: Single Room $65.00 Doubles $75.00 Twin share $80.00 Family unit $90.00 A 4 bedroom self contained unit is available,
suitable for 6-8 people @ $170.00 p/night.
These rates apply if you stay for one night, or for two nights. Continentalandcooked breakfast
available. Fully licensed
Restaurant. Please make your bookings
direct as we have the Motel booked in our name for the week-end. Looking forward to a very sociable week-end. We will be formatting an agenda this year
to avoid confusion and keeping members informed and trying to keep those wild
ones under control! Thommo and I made a quick trip to Now I must get on with the magazine article for
Bevan, and for you to read. See you all at the next ride. Safe riding everyone. ValerieandThommo |
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We
all met up at BP North. 16 Bikes and 28 people. A nice group. We were joined by a couple of members of
Sunshine Coast Ulysses, friends of Rusty’s, but aside from that, nice
people. They rode GoldWings too, so
they certainly qualified to join us. The
weather was a bit of a worry, with a few storms running about the countryside
and we managed to dodge them on the way to the meeting place. But just after we got going along the
highway the spots started to show on the screens and by the Caboolture
turnoff it was raining properly. We
kept moving though and were soon out of it. I
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problems,
but made a small mistake leaving Caboolture and ended up on the wrong
road. The Garmin quickly improvised
directions back to the original plan and I don’t think anyone even noticed
the slight “detour”. Certainly I
avoided the embarrassing U-Turn faux pas so common to our rides. We soon left the old highway and found the old-old
highway. This was the original Pretty soon we were making a left turn and heading
up to Peachester and winding our way up the great little section of
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This bit of smooth road with its quick curves is a
joy to ride if you don’t get stuck behind a local or a tourist. This time we didn’t and after we got to the
top I heard the radio crackle with “Can we go back and do that bit
again?” Well, we all can any time and
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good pace for a little old lady in a Then it was a nice ride up past Balmoral Ridge and
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A great ride along the ridge top and not too much
traffic. Normally from up here you can
see clear down towards Maroochydore where we were headed, but our vision was
stopped by a great grey mass. A large
storm was currently dumping on the area we wanted to go and was even
threatening us. So it was time to pull
up the convoy and all get into our wets.
Always good fun. Good thing too as no sooner had we started off again
than down it came. And we still had
some twisty downhill stuff to do to get into Nambour. We all sure took that part carefully, but
without mishap we reached the bottom and the rain passed over. Then it was a nice run through the gathering
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Maroochydore.
We went past Rusty and Maree’s place – apparently – but I missed
seeing it because I couldn’t make out what the second thing was that I had to
look at – or something like that. Never
mind, I’m sure it is a nice place. Pretty
soon we were in amongst the traffic of Maroochy and much frivolity trying to
keep the group together. It seemed to
work as we all got to the Seafood Market at about the same time and parked
under the generous roof. Well, we
managed to stuff the ‘Wings in all sorts of crevices, between the cars and
the walls and under stairwells – anything to be out of the rain. I parked on the wharf just as the fishermen
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Then it was inside to order, all of us lining up
beside the fresh seafood to place our orders for cooked seafood. Several of us gave in to temptation and
purchased some lovely king prawns or oysters to have as appetisers. They were yummy. Then it was upstairs to our reserved tables
and wait for our beepers to let us know our meals were ready. All in all, pretty good food for most of
us. Some of the mackerel steaks could
have been better quality though. Meal over, it was time for ice cream. And in the best traditions of AWRA the ice
cream was in Hastings Street Noosa, 45 kilometres away. So it was on yer bikes, show us yer lights and off
we go on our favourite night ride, up the Round the corner and over the hill, we parked up in |
We all descended upon the poor staff of the ice
cream shop and ordered our favourites.
I think one or two of us even got away without dripping ice cream on
our shirts. Not many though. Back on board and away we went again. We had a bit of a split here as a few were
going back down to Bli Bli and the rest back out to the highway and head
home. The Garmin directed us through
the maze of Noosaville’s back streets and we were soon on the latest version
of the Bruce, selecting cruise at 110kph and sitting back and enjoying the
lovely night, making our way back to Caboolture. One final coffee at the servo before we all went our
own ways back home for a sleep-in on Sunday. Clint and Charleen |
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Originaly
we had a ride and pizza meal planned for our Saturday social. We had timed the ride, afternoon detour and
the ride to the pizza place and then it had to be cancelled because of our
friend’s prior commitment. Anyway, we
can keep this one on file for later in the year. Meanwhile,
Bill Carter came to the rescue with the quick decision to have a Lucky Dip on
the deck, and so our social night was rescued. This of course meant that Thommo had to mow
the yard to make No. 87 look presentable.
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dishes
to enjoy. In no time at all our deck
is full, and there are no two dishes the same – how is that? We
partied hard to Again,
great food, great company and another social time with our friends. Thanks
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A
man is complaining to a friend: “I had it all, money, a beautiful house, a
nice car, a great motorcycle, the love of a beautiful woman. Then it was all
gone!” “What
happened?” asks the friend.
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Have you ever been guilty of looking at others your own age and thinking, "surely I can't look that old?" well ... You'll love this one! A lady was sitting in the waiting room for her first appointment with a new dentist. She noticed the diploma, which bore his full name. Suddenly, she remembered a tall, handsome, dark-haired boy with the same name had been in her high school class some 40-odd years ago. Could he be the same guy that she had a secret crush on, way back then?? Upon seeing him, however, she quickly discarded any such thought. This balding, grey-haired man with the deeply lined face was way too old to have been her classmate. Or was he??? After he examined her teeth, she asked him if he had attended Morgan Park high school. "Yes. Yes, I did. I had a Mustang," he gleamed with pride. "When did you graduate?" she asked. He answered, "in 1969. Why do you ask?" "You were in my class!" she exclaimed. He looked at her closely. Then, that ugly, old, wrinkled S.O.B.
asked, "What did you teach?" |
This month I thought I’d
give you some ‘St. Patrick’s Day’ trivia.
However, I haven’t actually been able to decipher what the actual
‘holiday’ is for...I have found that Patrick is responsible for converting
the Irish people to Christianity so is known as the patron saint of
Ireland. Patrick lived about
389-461A.D.- that’s a fair innings isn’t it? He was captured by pirates and
sold as a slave in Patrick, as a result of his
capture became driven into converting the Irish to Christianity. He studied in the Monastery of Lerins (an
island off the coast of Patrick is said to have
founded more than 300 churches and baptized more than 120,000 people. He preached there for the rest of his life. Most of the Patrick stories
are based on legends. The best known
one is how he rid Another tale has it that
Patrick used a three leaf shamrock to illustrate the idea of Trinity. So Many people believe the shamrock came to
be the traditional symbol of Patrick’s feast day is
March 17 and is celebrated as a national holiday in St. Patrick also introduced
the Roman alphabet and Latin literature to Clear as mud hey? A quick quiz...ya luv ‘em!! 1. St. Patrick was Irish? T or F 2. Was St. Patrick a Missionary? T or F 3. What does “Cead Mile Failte” mean? 4. What does the shamrock represent in the Christian Faith? 5. What colour do people wear on St. Patrick’s Day? 6. What day is St. Patrick’s Day celebrated? Easy Hey?? You know the drill. Bevan will kindly put the answers somewhere else. Take Care Jayne |
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Jayne’s trivia
quiz answersd 1. False 2. True 3. An Irish greeting meaning "a hundred thousand welcomes.” 4. The Holy Trinity 5. Green 6. 17th March |
A tour bus driver drives with a bus full of seniors down a highway, when a little old lady taps him on his shoulder. She offers him a handful of almonds, which he gratefully munches up. After approx.15 minutes, she taps him on his shoulder again and she hands him another handful of almonds. She repeats this gesture about eight times. At the ninth time he asks
the little old lady why they don't eat the almonds themselves, whereupon she
replies that it is not possible because of their old teeth, they are not able
to chew them. "Why do you buy them then?" he asks puzzled.
Whereupon the old lady Answers, "We just love the chocolate around
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What will they say about you! Three buddies die in a car crash, and they find themselves at the pearly gates. They are all asked, "When you are in your casket and friends and family are mourning upon you, what would you like to hear them say about you? The first guy says, "I would like to hear them say that I was the greatest doctor of my time, and a great family man." The second guy says, "I would like to hear that I was a wonderful husband and school teacher who made a huge difference in our children of tomorrow." The last guy replies, "I would like to hear
them say... LOOK!!! HE'S MOVING!!!!!" |
Why English Teachers Are Important: The Words are the same. Only the
punctuation changes... Dear Thomas, I want a man who knows what love is all about. You are generous, kind, thoughtful. People who are not like you admit to being useless and inferior. You have ruined me for other men. I yearn for you. I have no feelings whatsoever when we're apart. I can be forever happy--will you let me be yours? Maria <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> Dear Thomas, I want a man who knows what love is. All about you are generous, kind, thoughtful people, who are not like you. Admit to being useless and inferior. You have ruined me. For other men, I yearn. For you, I have no feelings whatsoever. When we're apart, I can be forever happy. Will you let me be? Yours, Maria |
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Seems an elderly gentleman had serious hearing problems for a number of years. He went to the doctor and the doctor was able to have him fitted for a set of hearing aids that allowed the gentleman to hear 100%. The elderly gentleman went back in a month to the doctor and the doctor said, "Your hearing is perfect. Your family must be really pleased you can hear again." To which the gentleman said, "Oh, I haven't told my family yet. I just sit around and listen to the conversations. I've changed my will five times!" |
Three old ladies are sitting in a diner, chatting about various things. One lady says, "You know, I'm getting really forgetful. This morning, I was standing at the top of the stairs, and I couldn't remember whether I had just come up or was about to go down." The second lady says, "You think that's bad? The other day, I was sitting on the edge of my bed, and I couldn't remember whether I was going to bed or had just woken up!" The third lady smiles
smugly. "Well, my memory is just as good as it's always been, knock on
wood." She raps the table. With a startled look on her face, she asks,
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Maaate! - Proud to
be an Aussie. Being Australian is
about driving in a German car to an Irish pub for a Belgian beer, then
travelling home, grabbing an Indian curry or a Turkish kebab on the way, to
sit on Swedish furniture and watch American shows on a Japanese TV. Oh and...... Only in Only in Only in Only in Only in Australian
.... do we leave cars worth thousands of dollars on the drive and lock our
junk and cheap lawn mower in the garage. |
The water moccasin Boudreaux been fish'n down by de bayou all day and
he done run outa night crawlers. He be bout reddy to leave when he seen a
snake wif a big frog in his mouf. He knowed dat dem big bass fish like dem
frogs, so he decided to steal dat froggie. Dat snake, he be a cotton mouf water moccasin, so he
had to be real careful or he'd git bit. He snuk up behin' dat snake and
grabbed him roun de haid. Dat ole snake din't lak dat one bit. He squirmed
and wrap hisself roun' Boudreaux's arm try'n to git hisself free. But
Boudreaux, he had a real good grip on his haid, yeh. Well, Boudreaux pried
his mouf open and got de frog and puts it in his bait can. Now, Boudreaux knows dat he cain't let go dat snake
or he's gonna bite him good, but he had a plan He reach into de back pocket
of his bibs and pulls out a pint a moonshine likker. He pour some drops into
de snake's mouf. Well, dat snake's
eyeballs kinda roll back in his haid and his body go limp. Wit dat, Boudreaux toss dat snake into de
bayou. Den he goes back to fishin'. A while later! Boudreaux dun feel sumpin' tappin' on
his barefoot toe. He slowly look down and dare wuz dat water moccasin . . .
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Only in Only in NOT TO MENTION... 3 Aussies die each
year testing if a 9v battery works on their tongue. 142 Aussies were
injured in 1999 by not removing all pins from new shirts. 58 Aussies are
injured each year by using sharp knives instead of screwdrivers. 31 Aussies have died
since 1996 by watering their Christmas tree while the fairy lights were
plugged in. 8 Aussies had serious burns in 2000 trying
on a new jumper with a lit cigarette in their mouth. A Massive 543 Aussies
were admitted to Emergency in the last two years after opening bottles of
beer with their teeth. And
finally.........In 2000 eight Aussies cracked their skull whilst throwing up
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I think men who have pierced ears are
better prepared for marriage. They have experienced pain and bought
jewellery. Rita Rudner |
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AUSTRALIAN WING RIDERS ASSOCIATION (QLD) INCORPORATED
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30 March Social |
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Reading Cinemas
to see NORBIT with Eddie Murphy, Dinner at Fasta Pasta and movie $19.90.
Contact Meady for numbers |
Geof Mead |
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14and15 April Ride |
Mitchell |
Overnight ride to
the Mitchell hot artesian spa visiting various country towns on the the way
there and back. Contact Bevan if you
are going Meet at BP
Blacksoil at |
Bevan and Therese |
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21 April Social |
Capalaba Bowl |
Ten Pin Bowling |
Meady |
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20 May Ride |
TBA |
Depart 8.30 am
B.P. Blacksoil , Morning Tea at "Spring
Bluff" please bring Morning Tea , to Rimfire winery at McClachan,
lunch at Goombungee "Settlers Arms" Hotel. Northerner's can
return via Kilcoy, Southerner's via Somerset Dam, Brisbanites via Mt. |
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21 to 27 May |
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Ulysses AGM |
Find a group or go
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26 May Social |
TBA |
TBA For those not
attending the Ulysses AGM - be quick to grab this spot |
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15, 16& 17 June |
Jackie Howe
Motel |
Friday 15 June –
Optional extra night Saturday 16 June
Meet McDonald’s Restaurant, See AWRA website
for agenda. Sunday 17 June - Breakfast
at 08.30am Depart |
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23 June Social |
TBA |
TBA Be quick to grab this spot |
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15 July Ride |
TBA |
TBA Be quick to grab this spot |
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21 July Social |
TBA |
TBA Be quick to grab this spot |
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Ride
Coordinator - e-mail: carterbm @ bigpond.net.au Bill’s a/h mobile 0428
248 160 RIDE DATES; Unless
otherwise arranged, rides will be on the 3rd Sunday of the month, and Social
rides, the following weekend, with other social events as announced through
the year. ** Ride Leaders:
Please check the details of your ride and let me know of any changes.
Ride leaders are also asked to organise 2 raffle prizes for their ride.
Suggested value approximately $10.00 each. Raffle tickets will be made
available from IMPORTANT: Even
if you have not finalised the details of your ride, just supply the start
timeandlocation, the general direction of the ride, and the meal
arrangements. *** Ride Leaders:
Please provide a short pre-ride briefing that outlines the basic safety
precautions that we in the AWRA like to observe when riding in groups, and a
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PERSONAL
RESPONSIBILITY ON RIDES: ·
Each motorcyclist is responsible for at least
the following; ·
The roadworthiness of your vehicle (including
trailer) ·
That you are in a fit condition to control the
vehicle, (including trailer) ·
Make sure you have a full tank of fuel before
departing on a ride. ·
That you obey all the traffic rules and ride
in a safe manner. ·
That you ride in a considerate manner that
does not endanger, or unnecessarily inconvenience other road users. ·
To be correctly attired for safe motorcycling. ·
To have fun and enjoy the day, and the
company. Thanks for all those that have offered to organise rides
and socials; that is what makes this club so great. If you are yet to conduct a ride or
organise a social, please start to plan something so that when your turn
arrives you will be ready. You don’t have to wait to be asked, just let me
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Anyone at a loose end for Easter? We will be camping at Regards, KevinandMorag. |
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WHY MEN LIE One day, while a woodcutter was cutting a
branch of a tree above river, his axe fell into the river. When he cried out,
the Lord appeared and asked, "Why are you crying?" The woodcutter replied that his axe has fallen
into water and he needed the axe to make his living. The Lord went down in the water and
reappeared with a golden axe. "Is this your axe?" the Lord asked.
The woodcutter replied, "No." The Lord again went down and came up
with a silver axe. "Is this your axe?" the Lord asked. Again, the
woodcutter replied, "No." The Lord went down again and came up with
an iron axe. "Is this your axe?" the Lord asked. "Yes", he replied. The Lord was
pleased with the man's honesty and gave him all three axes to keep, and the
woodcutter went home happy. Some time later the woodcutter was walking
with his wife along the riverbank, and his wife fell into the river. When he
cried out, the Lord again appeared and asked him, "Why are you
crying?" "Oh Lord, my wife has fallen into the water!" The Lord went down into the water and came
up with Jennifer Lopez. "Is this
your wife?" the Lord asked. "Yes," cried the woodcutter. The Lord was furious. "You lied! That
is an untruth!" The woodcutter fell to his knees and cried,
"Oh, forgive me, Lord. It is a misunderstanding. You see, if I had said
'no' to Jennifer Lopez, You would have come up with Catherine Zeta-Jones.
Then if I also said 'no' to her, you would have come up with my wife. Had I
then said 'yes,' you would have given me all three.
Lord, I am a poor man, and am not able to take care of all three wives, and I
love my wife such that I don't want her to share me with anyone, so THAT'S
why I said yes to Jennifer Lopez." The moral of this story is: Whenever a man
lies, it is for a good and honourable reason, and for the benefit of
others. MOSTLY his wife! That's our story, and we're sticking to it. |
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