Hi all, Just to confirm a few things for Friday. Martin will be collecting the bus and trailer on Friday morning. We will be meeting and leaving from my place. It will be your responsibility to get yourself and your bike to my place by 12.30pm. My address is as follows: 54 Harrison Street Bulimba. Please ensure your bike is boxed and ready to go when you get there. A number of riders are dropping their bikes over on Thursday night. You are welcome to do this but the bike will be stored (locked garage) at your risk as I doubt my insurance would cover 17 bikes. Do not be late as it is important we leave on time as we need to Grafton for the Sign-on (finishes at 7pm) but we drop an hour on the way and also have to put our bikes together and eat. Please pack as lightly as possible. You will not need a lot of extra of clothes for the weekend and nothing will be formal (for those sharing a room with me please pack pyjamas). It may be a good idea to pack some wet weather gear. Forecast is inclusive at this stage however as we rise over 1000m it can be variable throughout the day. It will be dark when we start so you should have some form of lights on your bikes. There were police at last years start checking on this. You can take the lights off at the first stop if you are worried about the extra 100 grams of weight. It is every riders responsibility to organise their food and drink for the day. Given the time we are leaving on Saturday you cannot rely on the motel for breakfast. Take your own cereal or fruit. I will be buying several 2 lites bottles of water (and harming the environment) and premixing powerade. The bus is not allowed to follow us (and we cannot slipstream the bus) but there are ample stopping points where we will be able to access the bus. Please be advised there is very little in form of shops and service stations between Grafton and Glen Innes and you should not rely upon stopping to buy along the way. Remember your block-out!! I would also suggest you take something more substantial to eat than energy bars. Suggest a couple of bananas and muffins or jam scrolls etc etc. A bag or two of lollies is also handy. Believe me you will be sick of the taste of bars and gels by the end of the day. So we can pay all costs please bring some cash with you. We have had some withdrawals so the revised cost of the bus/trailer/petrol is estimated at $75 per person. I have cancelled the extra accommodation and this has actually reduced the average cost per person as I was able to let the single rooms go. Cost to be finalised but will be less than $100 per person (total). Martin is the Treasurer and be collecting the money. We will also be buying Jarrod (our driver) a present and we will collect $10 of each person. I believe the Bus has a CD player so you may like to bring along some CD's. Rick - Please note I have been specifically asked to point out that this does not apply to you. Apparently your record in this department is poor. See you all on Friday. Peter Egan Chief Manager Credit QLD Credit Sanctioning HBOS Australia P: +61 07 3004 9710 F: +61 07 3229 8743 M: + 61 0417 934 148 E: peter.egan@xxxxxxxxxxxx _______________________________________________________________________________ Unencrypted electronic mail is not secure and may not be authentic. If you have any doubts as to the contents please telephone to confirm. This electronic transmission including any attachments is intended only for those to whom it is addressed. It may contain copyright material or information that is confidential, privileged or exempt from disclosure by law. Any claim to privilege is not waived or lost by reason of mistaken transmission of this information. If you are not the intended recipient you must not distribute or copy this transmission and should please notify the sender. Your costs for doing this will be reimbursed by the sender. We do not accept liability in connection with computer virus, data corruption, delay, interruption, unauthorised access or unauthorised amendment. _______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email ______________________________________________________________________