108 |JUNE 2017 http://www.adbmag.com.auMAIN: Sixtieth Anniversary Yamaha
WR450F and bridge, before cyclone
1,2,3. It didn’t matter if you were
on a Beta, DRZ-400 or Six-Days
Kato, Pile-up Hill took no prisonersGORILLA SUIT
Beforelong,therepast was reduced to
crumbs. Big Stan decided he’dbe
betteroffrestinghiswombbroom and
calleditaday.Therestofushithill
afterhillandallthegoodstuff
in-betweenustrailriderslivefor,even
encountering a mischievous gorilla
lurkinginthepines(Ican’tconfirmit
was Mitch from the support car).
Withallthetestosteroneintheair,
andsomeaccumulatedonourtop
lips, there was onequestion that
needed answering, whose mo. was the
fastest? Fiveheatsoffiveriders were
run and won around a circulating
firetrail loopin thepines which
entailed bothadecenthillclimband
matching downhill.
Asthefinalistslinedupfor a
“le-mo’s” st a r t a ndit wasonlike
Donkey Kong(ironically). It was Matty
Murray who mo’ed down the field
(pun intended) toprove he wielded
the fastest mo., albeit onlyafew
whiskers more than your average
catfish. Werode backtowardsbase
campvia the Burnett Range and a
quickhitofgolfatthe“ridingrange”
which is justlikearegular driving
range except its mandatory to “Happy
Gilmore” your golfball as far aspossible into the valleybelow.
AsIturnedthefinalcornerwith
the crew trailingbehind and the
sun setting, ending akick-arse
170 km ride, thoughts of my lost
mateColenteredmymindanda
coupleoftearssloshed into my
lipholstery in his memory.
With all the crewback,there was
only one thing left to do ... collect the
crash tax andmo.finesoverafew
beers. With the generosity these
blokes had we raised over $1000 for
the Movember foundation to help
blokeslike you andme get theirlives
back ontrack if weeverneed to.Contacts
Lifeline Australia
131114
BeyondBlue
1 300 22 4636
BlackDog Institute
http://www.blackdoginstitute.org.auTRAILRIDE I MOVEMBEMBER FUNDRAISER, QLD
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It was Matty Murray who
mo’ed down the field to prove
he wielded the fastest mo.,
albeit only a few whiskers
more than your average catfish