jollY’S BREaKFaST REPoRT

The traditional BMWMCQ opening event of the year. Well not so for 2021 as covid outdoor numbers had been reduced to a maximum of 10 back in January and the event always pulls in lot more punters than that. So February it was. A crew of about 18 turned up for the breakfast, most having pre-prepared rather than relying on the availability of the BBQ’s. Some members who shall remain nameless, let’s just call them isoR, may have swung in via the Macca’s drive-thru based on forensic analysis of their breakfast container. Then of course it was time for the traditional photos. A statue has been erected up at Jolly’s Lookout in honour of all the group photographers who have died from that dreaded combination of trying to get bloody everyone to stop bloody socially distancing for 5 bloody seconds and resultant old age. Richard Maher captured this shot of the new statue dedicated to the Frustrated Photographer. Due to the absence of certain club ride leaders who took off to NSW rather than lead the ride out to Crow’s Nest after breakfast, Duncan “volunteered” to lead his first ever Jolly’s Lookout ride-out. The editors had never been on a post Jolly’s Lookout ride before because of unresolved issues with heat and humidity, but this year the weather looked kindly on their florid faces and it wasn’t that hot.

Fortunately zero navigation skills are required to get from Jolly’s Lookout to Crows Nest, with most legs of the trip restricted to one option road-wise. Over happy and Glorious, around the dams and the Jolly’s Lookout breakfast was extended with a morning tea at Angie’s Country Cafe Esk. Dennis extended his breakfast with a vanilla slice the size of a Kenworth truck battery, and had it not been for a few volunteers the load on his GS suspension might have been final. Away we went up the escarpment and into a more pleasant climate toward Ravensbourne, turning off over the Perserverance Dam. We’d hurried ourselves along at Esk due to the ride leader’s idea that Crows Nest was out near Dalby, so to his surprise we suddenly found ourselves pulling into the Grand Ol’ Crow Hotel at 11:30am. Never mind, time in air conditioning in the bistro was well Tail End Charlie Hi-Vis “Mu-Mu”! appreciated. Thanks to all for coming along.