TOOWOOMBA RIDE
TOOWOOMBA
WEEKEND RIDE Article by John McNair
WITH THE 2020 NATIONAL R ALLY CANCELLED DUE TO COVID19 RESTRICTIONS SOME OF OUR MEMBERS EXPRESSED INTEREST IN HAVING A WEEKEND IN TOOWOOMBA STAYING AT THE TOOWOOMBA MOTOR VILLAGE (TMV), WHICH WAS TO BE R ALLY CENTR AL. Along with at least a dozen Brisbane members we also had two members from the Sunshine Coast and one from the Gold Coast. A really good effort. The Saturday ride to Toowoomba from Bundamba west of Brisbane took place on August 29, up the Brisbane Valley Hwy, passing over the wall of the massive Wivenhoe Dam then on to
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VINTAGE JAPANESE MOTORCYCLE CLUB
Esk and Toogoolawah, where one of our riders sustained rapidly (make that instant) deflating rear tyre on his Honda 750, and as he was twoup this provided some heart stopping moments. We waited at Collinton a few kilometers along the D’Aguliar Hwy but the bike had to be transported home with the RACQ. On the road again we climbed the Blackbutt Range to the town of Blackbutt about 460 metres ASL then dropping down a little to Yarraman, where we turned south on the New England Hwy towards Cooyar. This road is quite picturesque as it runs along the Cooyar Range at almost 500 www.vjmc.org.au
