EVENTS PiCS

For our Trip around AUS, Huw came up with another brilliant idea. Although Zip-lock bags are great for the reasons mentioned above, they are smooth and glide all over the place when not packed tightly in the pannier. Huw’s solution: stack the bags in a Woolworths canvas shopping bag! Perfect fit for the panniers – and easy to remove when you want the pannier empty. Our final packing tip is to utilise all those pockets in your jacket, even though it makes you look (and weigh) 5 months pregnant. Mind you, unless you have (new) waterproof gear (or KLIM according to the testimony of our reliable BMW Journal editors), pack essentials (like headache pills going into your jacket in zip-lock bags. Some of the items in our jackets are: - List of emergency numbers including insurance company and policy number - Sena intercom quick reference guide - Garmin inReach Mini - Garmin inReach Mini Quick Start Guide and list of quick text messages - Spare ear plugs - Tissues - Pen - Lip-balm - Mini Victorinox Swiss Army knife with scissors and tweezers (to remove stuck earplugs) - $200 in cash Ed: They’ll want way more than that before they’ll release Huw. - Teaspoon - Scarf (Liezel) or neck warmer made of T-shirt sleeve (Huw) - Mask for COVID-19 - Sewing Kit with 10 pre-threaded needles (available from Arabella Sheraton, Cape Town) Ed: I ride past there every Thursday

if anyone wants one.

- Medication (it sometimes feels like I’m transporting a Chemist in my jacket) - iPhone - Driver’s license, RACQ, credit & Medicare cards

Contents of Tool Bag