BIKE FOR BIBLES NEARLY READY

Here we are ready to depart from Narrabri for Cairns. The BFB ride goes from Cairns on 5 April to Melbourne on 2 May. Wow!! 3,700 km. I'm a support driver and Fay is a food roadie! Thanks to those who have supported us.


This is the beast (XR6) that I'll be driving. Each vehicle will tow a trailer with food or bikes or luggage. I have plenty of CDs and stories on CD.

Alan will be driving his Prado (and towing a trailer). He's done quite a number of BFB rides now.

Here's the RIDE LEADER! The CAPTAIN! He's just relaxing before the big event!! Jim has organised heaps of bike rides over twenty plus years. He is now employed by the Bible Society to plan and execute rides! And he does a great job.

You've gotta wear the right cap on the right day... see following photos!!

Don't think I'll be able to sleep tonight.... so excited! And we're just going from Narrabri to Cairns (over 3 days).

2 SILKWOOD CLOSE FOR SALE

Feeling bad. Here we are selling our house and there are 1800+ houses in Victoria burnt to the ground! 189 lives lost. Over a million native animals dead. Then north of us in Queensland, they've had incredible flooding... 60% of the whole state declared flood bound. Unreal.

It sure will be sad if and when we depart Dubbo. What a great house!

Neat bedroom eh? Ensuite, mirrored built-ins. Great family home.

JCK II about to go driving in the new Corolla. Go girl!

And when she's not driving or playing netball or dancing.... she's on the baby grand!

Good opportunity to visit Bruce up at Wharparilla. Near Come-By-Chance.

Bruce once broke my leg in a rugby tackle. I have utmost respect for this man!!!

Chris sent down SIX STRIKES in a ROW! Don't think I'd ever seen that before. All without paying for shoe rental or even picking up a ball (ten pin bowling.) Yep, in Pete and Jon's lounge room. Go Wii! (Pronounced wee.)

Pete and Jon cooked up this delightful dish.... skewered salmon with lime.... or was it lemon???It was absolutely delicious!

Jon shows his form at ten pin! Good style.

Jane shows her form. Note the lounge had to be moved to accommodate the game.... the wee.

Go Fay. Stick that tongue out a bit further... it'll give you leverage!

FAMILY TIME

Well, things have really hotted up since I turned 64! (Even if Dana thought I was 44!)

Fay and I drove up to Ipswich (near Brisbane) to spend a couple of days looking after Logan Jack. He's 9+ months old now. This allowed his Mum, Deb, to work on some mining equipment before it gets put into operation. It was a great time taking the little man around the sights of the city of Ipswich.

Then we drove back to Dubbo via Narrabri (bro Alan and his family live there.) It's about 800 km from Ipswich to Dubbo. Deb and Logan came with us. We were only in Dubbo a short time and then off to Yeoval for a weekend Bike for Bibles ride around the district. I am not up to cycling as yet thanks to a crook back. But my chiro and I have high hopes that I'll be back on the bike pretty soon. A guy like Cadel Evans inspires even old blokes like me! At least Debbie rode the BH for me! (See above photo.) And loved it!

Now, another sleep here in Dubbo and then off to Cessnock for a week at the Pokolbin Hill Resort in the Hunter Valley. Our kids are going to join us there which will be great.

[Don't worry, the BH is back in the bike shed under high security despite Jim's efforts to get it relocated to Sydney!!]