Australian Motorcyclist

GOOD DAY Sunshine

NOTHING LIKE A SUNNY day to get the bike out for a ride. Provided there isn’t too much sunshine, that is. After the recent fires it seemed like a good idea to go and see one of the people most affected by the fire, Kim at the Grey Gum café on Sydney’s Putty Road. Kim has a long record of looking after motorcyclists so I thought the best thing I could do was go and spend a few dollars at the café.

The day was looking pretty good; admittedly the temperature was forecast to reach 40 degrees at Windsor on the Hawkesbury River, but hey – I’ve ridden in 55 degrees in the Ganges valley in India. Surely I would be able to handle a mere forty.

I had conveniently forgotten that the

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