RETURN TO GYMPIE RIDE
OCTOBER 2020
43
By Richard de Groot, Member #769
Sunny Coast BMW Riders ‘Back to Gympie on the Ride that Wasn’t’. Overnight Event - Saturday 14 November 2020 The ‘Sunny Coast BMW Riders’ invite all club members to this ‘Anniversary event’. This is definitely a MUST ATTEND event for those who survived the ‘Evening Ride to Gympie’ in horrendous weather conditions on Saturday 16/11/2019. All the survivors have already confirmed their attendance at this year’s anniversary event. Last year’s surviving event participants were Paul Hughes, Greg Gaffney, Huw Samuel, Liezel Samuel, Iain Nye, Marion Nye, Cindy Bennett, Duncan Bennett, Wendy de Groot and Richard de Groot. All club members who would like to attend this ride and dinner event and hear the stories (exaggerated or otherwise) from the survivors of ‘The Ride that Wasn’t on 16/11/2019’ are most welcome to attend. The more the merrier. Venue - The Australian Hotel, Gympie, affectionately called ‘The Aussie’. Web site - www.australianhotelgympie.com.au/ Depart location - BP Service Station, 2632 Steve Irwin Way, Glenview. Meet time - 1445 hours Saturday 14/11/2020 for a 1500 departure.
Route - A led ride on twisting, climbing, descending country roads in the Sunshine Coast hinterland. All sealed roads. The ride will NOT be via Maleny, Kenilworth or any section of the Bruce Highway (M1). The route distance is approximately 132 kilometres and will take approximately 2 ½ hours to complete; weather permitting. Extremely scenic route.
