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A mate of mine (who I used to help out organising car rallies in CareFlight) is now doing the same thing in Child Flight (a helicopter rescue service - for our o/seas mates).

Motorbike Weekender—24 and 25 October 2009
Raymond Terrace to Armidale

This ride will be starting from Hunter Street in Raymond Terrace next to the Hunter River on Saturday 24th
October. The ride will depart at 8.45 am after a catered breakfast.
You will ride up through Dungog, across to Thunderbolts Way, up through Gloucester, lunch at Walcha and
a short ride up to Armidale.
The cost for this ride will be $70.00 tax deductible donation to Telstra Child Flight and $90.00 for meals.
Meals covered are, breakfast, morning tea, lunch and dinner on day one and breakfast on day two.
For anyone from the Sydney area who wishes to do this ride, a ride up the Putty will be organised starting
from McDonalds, Mulgoa Rd Penrith 10.00am Friday (23rd )
Accommodation
Colonial Terrace Motor Inn Friday 23rd October
130 Pacific Hwy
Raymond Terrace NSW 2324
Telephone: (02) 4987 2244

Club Motel Saturday 24th October across the road from the night’s venue
105-107 Dumeresq St
Armidale NSW 2350
Telephone: (02) 6772 8777
Facsimile: (02) 6772 8669

Anyone interested please contact Dave Read at dread@telstrachildflight.org.au

At this stage, I will be a starter with my son and about 4 other guys.

GSX650F riders specially welcome !!!

Promote it on as many bike forums as possible , i like the idea supporting care flight

is this a debut ride event ?

Think Im booked in to do the snowies that weekend ,if not it would be good for a ride up the putty and oxley.

Dave organised a ride from Westmead to Cowra back in April. He does 2 weekend car rallies, 2 week long car, 2 weekend bike, 2 week long motorhome/caravan events each year. All for charity.

I have helped out previously with some week long car rallies. Firstly you have to plan the route, then actually drive and plot it (over approx 2000Km of dirt roads). Usually up at 6:00am each day, stop/start driving while we take notes and finishing at the next stop around 5:00pm. During the day we would also plan stops for lunch at schools along the way (get the community involved) and also organise service clubs (Rotary etc) for breakfasts. Sometimes we would stop at outback cattle/sheep stations (ranches) and the farmers wife would rally the neighbours into helping with morning teas etc.

By the time we follow no-through roads for many Kms and then backtracked, we would do about 4000Km planning a 2000Km rally.

Having planned the route, we would then have to re-drive it some 2 months prior to the event to make sure nothing had changed and also confirm with schools, service clubs etc that they were also ok.

Then we would run the event. Nissan Australia would provide me with a Patrol 4WD to be the second "Official Vehicle" and I would be at the back of the group to search for stragglers or drag them out of mud holes.

As you can appreciate, Dave does 8 events per year and it takes a LOT of time and EFFORT to set up.

Bloody good fun !!!!

unfortunalty i'm doing the phillip island run with a few mates ,we won't be back until monday the following week.

i hope your rides a success, good luck with it papa r

Thanks for your replies 99sydrd & Sleddog. Hope you guys have a great time when you are away and a safe ride.