Day 0 - Friday, 24th February 2006 - Sydney to Holbrook

Another Big Ride, it doesn't feel that long ago that I was doing CQ last year, and even last years Big Ride doesn't feel like 12 months ago. Although I had packed the bike last night, I was still to pack the rest of my gear. I had my own checklist that I have refined over the past few rides, so it was pretty easy. I was catching a bus from near Central at 1:30pm to get down to Holbrook today, that way I could get a good nights sleep before the ride start. The catch, I was camping, the second catch, I forgot to write down the name of the place I was staying so I was woefully unorganised. In the end, I jumped on a bus that I hoped was going the right way.

The trip was expected to take about 6 and a half hours, I didn't think it would take that long, but considering the traffic on South Dowling St, and in the M5 East Tunnel, it took a long while to get out of Sydney. We only had one stop along the way, and that was at Yass. On the bus I chatted to the person next to me, Alan, who was doing his first ride. In the end we rolled into Holbrook a bit past 8pm. I was at the right place and I quickly checked in and I had just enough light to set the tent up. It was a warm night, so I didn't bother with the sleeping bag, just the liner. Alan, Dave (who is on his second ride) and I walked into town and grabbed a late dinner before calling it an early night.

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