KHANCOBAN, MARCH 2013

What a cracker of a weekend we just had , The Khancoban Bike Festival was our destination and everything turned out to be just what I had hoped it would be..... with one exception and that was the the Tallangatta Bike show... turns out it was a Ulysees club event and didn't look very interesting. Our ride there though was great, we got to hang a bit on the only jap bike that came along  for breaking down, we had some terrific riding weather, the roads to Khancoban were a lot of fun, the Koetong Pub was interesting with many women's bras hanging from the ceiling and when we finally got to the caravan park our cabin was just what we wanted. Three bedrooms, lounge area, kitchen,bathroom, wood fire if needed, airconditioner and full size fridge and a concrete area to park our bikes on and only $25 each.The Festival was a short walk up the road with a very convenient pub stop about half way and once we got into the festival area everything you could need was there, the food was good, the booze tent was adjacent to where we stood to listen to the 3 bands that played on the night, there was plenty of chairs , we had a couple of ladies have a bit of a wrestle , that looked ok , we had lots of laughs and at the end of the night the short walk back was like watching sailers walk on a rolling deck but all good fun. Next morning was a bit unusual with everyone sleeping in til 9am but as I looked into the eyes of some of my comrades I could see why, they reminded me of broken jafas looking back at me. The park owner had orgnised a cooked breakfast of bacon and egg rolls and coffee which hit the spot, so once we were all done it was time to head home via Walwa then onto the Bundalong Tavern for lunch from there we made our way home. As I said earlier this was a cracker of a trip and I am very sure that if it is on again next year ( the Festival) we will be making our way back there again. Thanks to Big John from Strathmerton, Brett from Cobram, Webby ,(Pugsley ) Fairless and Tim for making it such a good time. Bird