Duk-tales: Townsville Thunder – Day 16 Ice Cold Crackers ! Sunday 13th May, 2018 Civi’s Big Breakfast at Wauchope is not for the small gutted, this one might require Jigga or Big Joe to crack the code. 6 eggs, 4 full rashers of bacon, 5 sausages, thick toast, mushrooms, hash brown, tomato and […]
Duk-tales: Townsville Thunder – Day 15 Winters coming ! Saturday 12th May, 2018 Yesterday’s ride was rather fresh however the forecast for this morning was 3 degrees. Russell Holdsworth of Mt Isa Chapter messaged me during the evening to invite me to ride with him at 6am as he was headed for […]
Duk-tales: Townsville Thunder – Day 14 Nothing but Tumbleweed ! Friday 11th May, 2018 Last night our pre-dinner entertainment was provided by Milo, The Yugoslav who walked in on our drinking session and general conversing with the bar staff. After greetings he proclaimed he could make Crackers rich if he wanted to go […]
Duk-tales: Townsville Thunder – Day 13 Walking with Dinosaurs ! Thursday 10th May, 2018 So to extend a little on last night, Crackers was scoring points with Shay (pronounced Shy) from Israel by asking if she was trained to kill. She was and he interacted about various weapons but as he […]
Duk-tales: Townsville Thunder – Day 12 Longreach – Short Ride ! Wednesday 9th May, 2018 After an excellent quiet night whereby the Duk ate a Duck and then partook in a few ales at the local Irish bar listening to a sultry jazz singer, a good night’s sleep ensued. Although I have […]
Duk-tales: Townsville Thunder – Day 11 And then there were Two ! Tuesday 8th May, 2018 Marty woke at 5am then tried to stay in bed for 3/4 of an hour by reading Facebook and other things on his phone, can’t say it was porn but I was now also awake. He was keen […]
Duk-tales: Townsville Thunder – Day 10 Scattered Flock – Blazing Trails ! Monday 7th May , 2018 So, taking stock, Michelle and Jeannette flew out at sparrows fart o’clock. Russell and Peter are gunning for Cloncurry at 6:30am. Jigga followed them to make Mt Isa but left at 7am. Then Marty, Crackers and […]
Duk-tales: Townsville Thunder – Day 9 A Long Line of Metal ! Sunday 6th May, 2018 One of the most enjoyable parts of any Rally is the Thunder Run and today was no exception. With heightened anticipation Jigga, Marty and I took in breakfast at Leafwood Crepe Cafe once more and Froggie […]
Duk-tales: Townsville Thunder – Day 8 Take it Easy ! Saturday 5th May, 2018 After mass debating the concept of breakfast what and where Crackers and Marty took a ride to The Strand “I haven’t ridden to Townsville to have coffee or eat at McDonalds” retorted Crackers. So we labelled him a Cafe […]
Duk-tales: Townsville Thunder – Day 7 Following Directions ! Friday 4th May, 2018 With just 230 clicks to Townsville there would be plenty of time to take the detour along the coast of Mission Beach. This took us north along a very quaint piece of road, cruisy but on a left handed turn […]