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JUNE 2021
SUNNY COAST RIDERS
The Lights & Tastes of Brisbane Ride Mark 2 Report - Saturday 15th May
free-flowing discharge signs as someone who has only eaten at Maccas for the past week. Off he ride started from the Countess St at Vulture St and past the Gabba, fortunately parking area just off the ICB under the firm nothing happening there, and a “Youie” onto leadership of Paul Hughes who was standing in the Story Bridge. for organiser extraordinaire Richard de Groot.
By Duncan Bennett, Member #4171
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Leg 1 The first leg is simple - up Mt Coot-tha. Perhaps a bit like saying “the plan is simple - we’ll just go up Everest”, as every NRL game was being played at Suncorp the traffic up Milton Road was a bit clogged. Perhaps taking a little longer than normal except for the leader who was the only one who made it through the lights, we all arrived okay and squeezed into the parking at the peak. The lights were impressive in the clear atmosphere, with everyone trying to figure out how to set their smartphone up to Off at Ivory St, and straight into the maw of take a photo that wasn’t retina-incineratingly the Brisbane beast, bound up even more solid bright or squintingly blurry or dull. than the aforementioned Maccas patron. 45 minutes later we re-appeared out a very tightly clenched Alice St orifice and back onto the now appropriately named Riverside Expressway. Sheer joy kicked in as the poor old cramping clutch hands were retired and we could blast south and enjoy the clearing traffic. The road was dark and lonely up Mt Gravatt, at least for those who had taken a wrong turn just before the lookout drive so were a bit behind the pack. iPhone 8 is a night time photo taking failure Leg 2 Leg 2 was Mt Gravatt. Back down out of the Mt Coot-tha snow line (which is just above the scenic drive rest area) and onto Milton Road, which by now was calming a little, then onto Coronation Drive. The half-falsely named Riverside Expressway (it does run down the side of a river - I’ll give it that) was a battle due to the Margaret St exit exhibiting the same
