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Well members, it seems as though we are that
well known around Australia now, there's not many
places on this great land of ours that we can wear
"Nulla Apparel" without being accosted.
Take the case of one of our founding members who
now resides in Little River, Victoria.
Young Johno was hanging out on a street corner
somewhere in downtown Melbourne one day, wearing
his Nulla shirt, when he was approached by some
fairly dodgey looking motorcycle riders.
They had noticed the shirt and wanted to know if
he was, and I quote, "One of the Nullaboys", to
which he politely answered "Yes, I am young man,
why do you ask ??"
Apparently, these guys were so that elated that
they had met a real Nullaboy in person, he was
invited to come to their clubhouse that night and
partake in some free drinks with them.
Johno didn't want to let these gentlemen down,
and he felt obliged to attend so he went to their
meeting.
When he arrived at the venue, he was very
smartly introduced to the members present by the
headman as "Johno, one of the famous Nullaboys" and
was given the once over by the very impressed
membership of the club.
During the meeting, he was asked if he could
come forward and give a short talk on the
Nullaboys, how they came about, the rides that we
have done and various other interesting points
about us, to which he also felt obliged to do.
At the completion of the evening meeting, he was
given food and drink, thanked for his words of
wisdom and invited to become a member of their
club, and free of charge.
They made a point of stating that they would be
honoured if he would join them and, Johno, being
the man that he is, felt he could neither
disappoint them nor refuse their hospitality and
generosity, and has therefore agreed to join their
club also.
So, now our Johno is a patch wearing member of
not only the Nullaboys, but also Geelong HOG and
now Brunswick HOG too.
Talk about spreading yourself around. Crikey
Johno, you're worse than a bitch on heat.
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And whilst we're on the subject of young Johno,
I believe his name has been put forward by one of
the HOG club's to speak "On Air" at Melbourne's
3-AK Radio station during a talk-back segment known
as "On Ya Bike" or something like that.
It seems that those Victorians are that
fascinated about us Nullaboys, they want to know
all about us. I think they should just get on their
bikes and ride across the Nullarbor and experience
it for themselves.
I think that it should be okay with the members,
as long as they tape the program and we get a copy
of it so we can laugh…..sorry, listen to
Johno rabbiting on about The Nullaboys and the
enjoyment we have traversing the continent.
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WIZARD's SPORTS TRIVIA SPOT
The World of Golf
Everybody has heard of American golfing
sensation Tiger Woods, right ??
But did you know that when he played his first
game of golf with his father, he took 44 stokes to
complete those first 9 holes.
Now, to a good weekend golfer, playing a 44 "off
the stick" on a 9 hole Par 36 course is nothing
special as most golfers can do that every time they
play.
But Tiger was only 3½ years old when he
played that game.
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The travel plan for the forthcoming 2003 Muster
ride is coming together slowly.
At the recent meeting held at Lego's place, many
deep and meaningless discussions were held on a
variety of topics from how many beers your can
drink standing on your head, too how hot chilli
snags can get.
But amongst all the useless conversations that
were going around, we had some suggestions to look
at a few changes to the normal ride, just to allow
us a bit more time to relax during the trip.
After all, it is a holiday, isn't it ??.
The suggestions are that the travel distance
each day should be shortened from our normal
750-800kms down to somewhere between 500-600kms
each riding day.
This will allow us more free time during the
ride for sight-seeing and happy snaps, maybe
slightly later departure times.
Who knows, you may even get an occasional
sleep-in, but don't count on it.
And we should still be able to arrive at our
sleepover destinations before it gets too dark and
the animals come out to bite us.
Also, as we will be travelling in the heat of
late February & early March, it is hoped that
this will make the ride a lot more enjoyable, even
though we will spend a little longer in days to get
there and back.
But as we are all on holidays anyway, who cares
about one or two extra days in the saddle, just as
long as we have an enjoyable ride.
However, there are places on the road, places
like Mundrabilla that we must try to fit into our
normal overnight stops as these people look after
us extremely well.
But even so, this alteration will also mean that
we will be stopping at a few new destinations on
the road over and back. So there's a bit of good
and bad in the suggestion.
Snoopy and Radar have come up with a good
suggestion for the ride and this is to go over via
Albany and Esperance, as these are roads that we
haven't travelled before.
So if you are planning on coming with us, get
out your maps, read the suggested travel route
below, and then send your opinions to Wizard for
consideration via e-mail at
If you don't have e-mail you can post it to The
Nullaboys @ P.O. Box 112 Mirrabooka, 6941 and then
we will decide on the final direction to be
travelled.
But for now, the proposed ride is that we depart
on Saturday March 1st, and head for Albany, then on
to Esperance Sunday, Mundrabilla on Monday, maybe
through to Port Lincoln on Tuesday and then into
Adelaide on the Wednesday afternoon.
Thursday we will stay in Adelaide so that any
running repairs can be attended to if needed, and
so we can also partake in the traditional luncheon
at "The Gothic", of course.
Then on the Friday, we'll head towards
Melbourne, staying overnight at Horsham, and onto
Bendigo for Saturday night.
Somewhere around this region, we will hopefully
hook up with Johno, and then head to Wagga Wagga
for the Sunday night.
Monday morning and it's over the Snowy Mountains
via Tumut, on to Cooma and then to Bega for Monday
night.
Tuesday we can head up the coast, through places
that we haven't been to before like Bodalla,
Bateman's Bay, Nowra, Kiama, Wollongong with the
plan to arrive into Sydney sometime on Wednesday
afternoon.
Thursday will be for sightseeing or whatever in
and around Sydney.
Friday, Saturday & Sunday for the muster
rides and associated parties to do with H-D's
birthday.
Monday after the festivities and good-byes, we
will head further up the coast to Grafton, at which
point, we will turn left somewhere and head into
the outback country of NSW.
From Grafton, we can head across to Glen Innes,
Moree, and then back down to Coonabarabran,
Gilgandra, across to Nyngan, to Cobar, Broken Hill,
Port Augusta and back across the Nullarbor for
home.
All going well, we should be home on Friday
March 28th.
4 weeks all up, and about 8000 or 9000kms, all
with great riding weather, great friends and a
great time to be had by all.
The final riding map and the approximate daily
distances to be travelled will be based on your
input and worked out in the near future. A copy of
the intended directions will issued to those who
want a copy, or just turn up on the Saturday and
follow the leader.
Also, and just for your information, we have
been approached by a couple of members of the Perth
Chapter asking if they can join with us on this
ride.
And the club hierarchy have made an approach too
on whether we can lead a group across the
country.
At this time, no decision has been made on
either of these requests, as we are waiting for
confirmation of the number of Nullaboys travelling
first.
From previous experience, the larger the
travelling group, the more difficulties we
encounter on the road.
Regardless of the number of Nulla's coming, NO
decisions on these requests will be made with out
prior consultation of all Nullaboys that are coming
on the ride.
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It's no longer a rumour, Pop has put those big
hands into those deep pockets and flushed out more
money for another new bike.
It's a black Electra-Glide Standard, and it has
been tarted up a bit with a selection of shiny bits
as well
Also hot of the rumour mill, it would not be a
wise move to pick a drag race against him.
But apart from those strategically placed shiny
bits hanging from the outside of the bike to make
it look pretty flash, I believe it has also had
some internal work done to the pulsating heart of
the machine.
The signage on the bike might say 88 Cubic
Inches, but as the saying goes, don't believe
everything you see.
Just remember this, if Pop can't impress you
with his quick wit or his humour, he will certainly
try to embarrass you on the road with the pure
grunt of the new machine.
Enjoy your new toy Pop, and no doubt we will see
you out cruising somewhere soon.
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WIZARD's SPORTS TRIVIA SPOT
V8 Supercar Racing
If you follow motor sport, you would have heard
of HRT's number 1 driver, Mark Skaife.
He's been racing in the Australian Touring Car
Championship, which is now known as the Shell
Championship Series, since 1988.
Did you know that since his racing debut in this
series of racing, he has finished in 1st place 44
times.
And he has also finished 123 times in 3rd place
too. That's not a bad effort for any driver in any
field of racing.
The amazing part is that in the 267 races that
he has competed in, in this series, he has never
finished in 2nd place.
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The AFL season is still in full swing, but Lego
has asked if I can circulate this to the followers
of the sport for consideration for next season.
How many of you are Eagles members, and
currently hold season tickets, and plan on doing
the same next season.
If you are, would you be interested in
purchasing more "up-market" tickets as a group.
Perhaps tickets that would allow you VIP parking, a
pre-game meal, half time and post-game drinks,
etc.
As a group, we can do this and enjoy the game as
a group every 2 weeks. If you are interested in
forming a football attendance group, please let me
know and we can then pursue this further.
This will allow us time to investigate what we
need to do, min / max of people required for the
group, cost, and options, etc so that when the time
comes for renewals next season, we know which way
we are going.
So far, there are 4 interested in the idea and
they are Lego & Tam, Wizard & Luigi. Any
more ???
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Radar has reported that somebody has stolen all
of crayfish up at the loop. He's a bit low at the
moment, and he was whining the other night when he
was on the phone.
His work sucks, there's no crayfish, he needs to
go for a ride on his bike, but can't up there, etc,
etc.
Beats me why he stays up there if it's that bad.
But he has, and for nearly 20 years too. Shit
that's a long time to stay in one place, especially
when it's somewhere like Useless bloody Loop.
I'll have to send him a medal, he's already got
the chest for it, even if it has dropped a tad
lower than normal.
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Hey look at that, I'm at the bottom of 4 page
again. Another 4 pages of absolute dribble &
bullshit. Maybe I'll have some more Noos for you in
a couple months.
Your President & Editor & Functions
Manager & Ride Organiser & Complaint
Officer and General Dogsbody
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