August | 2009 | petesmedia

Been a while since I’ve posted about the number 47 however I was just watching Nascar on ONE HD and the winner of the Zippo 200 for the 2nd year running was car number 47 with Marcos Ambrose driving. He’s an Aussie as well.

// <![CDATA[ jQuery(document).ready(function () { jQuery(".gallery1 a").lightBox({captionPosition:"gallery"}); }); // ]]> </script> <dl class="gallery-item"> <dt class="gallery-icon"> <a href="http://petesmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/CH004_0809_165529.jpg" title=""><img src="http://petesmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/CH004_0809_165529-100x100.jpg" width="100" height="100" alt="" /></a> </dt></dl><dl class="gallery-item"> <dt class="gallery-icon"> <a href="http://petesmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/CH004_0809_165248.jpg" title=""><img src="http://petesmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/CH004_0809_165248-100x100.jpg" width="100" height="100" alt="" /></a> </dt></dl><dl class="gallery-item"> <dt class="gallery-icon"> <a href="http://petesmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/CH004_0809_165228.jpg" title=""><img src="http://petesmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/CH004_0809_165228-100x100.jpg" width="100" height="100" alt="" /></a> </dt></dl><dl class="gallery-item"> <dt class="gallery-icon"> <a href="http://petesmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/CH004_0809_165221.jpg" title=""><img src="http://petesmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/CH004_0809_165221-100x100.jpg" width="100" height="100" alt="" /></a> </dt></dl><br style="clear: both" /></div></p> <p>Also, RTA licence <a href="http://163.189.217.150/licensing/licensingfees.html">fee</a> for 1 year is $47.</p> </div> <footer class="entry-meta"> <span class="cat-links"> <span class="entry-utility-prep entry-utility-prep-cat-links">Posted in</span> <a href="http://petesmedia.com/category/stuff/47" title="View all posts in 47" rel="category tag">47</a>, <a href="http://petesmedia.com/category/stuff" title="View all posts in Stuff" rel="category tag">Stuff</a> </span> <span class="sep"> | </span> <span class="comments-link"><a href="http://petesmedia.com/2009/08/car-47-wins-nascar#respond" title="Comment on Car 47 Wins Nascar"><span class="leave-reply">Leave a reply</span></a></span> </footer> </article> <article id="post-1606" class="post-1606 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-bikes category-stuff tag-bike tag-bike-ride tag-glenrock tag-ride"> <header class="entry-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="http://petesmedia.com/2009/08/ride-glenrock" title="Permalink to Ride: Glenrock" rel="bookmark">Ride: Glenrock</a></h1> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="sep">Posted on </span><a href="http://petesmedia.com/2009/08/ride-glenrock" title="10:00 am" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date" datetime="2009-08-11T10:00:00+00:00" pubdate>August 11, 2009</time></a><span class="by-author"> <span class="sep"> by </span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="http://petesmedia.com/author/admin" title="View all posts by Peter" rel="author">Peter</a></span></span> </div> <div class="comments-link"> <a href="http://petesmedia.com/2009/08/ride-glenrock#respond" title="Comment on Ride: Glenrock"><span class="leave-reply">Reply</span></a> </div> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p><a href="http://petesmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/09-08-09_1337-1.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1608" title="09-08-09_1337-1" src="http://petesmedia.com/wp-content/imagescaler/2e8382e5878120cc9bc15532879e30e9.jpg" alt="09-08-09_1337-1" width="100" height="100" imagescaler="http://petesmedia.com/wp-content/imagescaler/2e8382e5878120cc9bc15532879e30e9.jpg" /></a><a href="http://petesmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/09-08-09_1338-1.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1609" title="09-08-09_1338-1" src="http://petesmedia.com/wp-content/imagescaler/334c39698157d8056044db2073bff3f6.jpg" alt="09-08-09_1338-1" width="100" height="100" imagescaler="http://petesmedia.com/wp-content/imagescaler/334c39698157d8056044db2073bff3f6.jpg" /></a><a href="http://petesmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/09-08-09_1339-1.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1610" title="09-08-09_1339-1" src="http://petesmedia.com/wp-content/imagescaler/c367823a24e2a15aa5091af2b697a2a2.jpg" alt="09-08-09_1339-1" width="100" height="100" imagescaler="http://petesmedia.com/wp-content/imagescaler/c367823a24e2a15aa5091af2b697a2a2.jpg" /></a><a href="http://petesmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/09-08-09_1340-1.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1611" title="09-08-09_1340-1" src="http://petesmedia.com/wp-content/imagescaler/51da9c6dded798acf502cbff820091df.jpg" alt="09-08-09_1340-1" width="100" height="100" imagescaler="http://petesmedia.com/wp-content/imagescaler/51da9c6dded798acf502cbff820091df.jpg" /></a></p> <p>I knew about Glenrock from <a href="http://www.trailflix.com.au/tfx_new/trails.php?id=glenrock">Trailflix</a> and since I’ve been doing uni in Newcastle for over 12 months it was about time to check it out. I started at Gun Club Rd and followed the track all the way to the end which is where the above series of photos are taken from. I headed down and to the left where I came to a sewage treatment plant, not quite picturesque so I turned around and went to the left. This took me to a viewing platform of Glenrock Lagoon (I think) I didn’t bother reading the info panels. There were some walkers gathered there and some douchebag and his girlfriend taking myspace/facebook profile photos. I got sick of their giggling so jumped back on my bike and headed a little further down the track and came across this nice water crossing.</p> <p><a href="http://petesmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/09-08-09_1402-1.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1612" title="09-08-09_1402-1" src="http://petesmedia.com/wp-content/imagescaler/36ea75b37f8a83e8e81a7d41094f87bf.jpg" alt="09-08-09_1402-1" width="400" height="300" imagescaler="http://petesmedia.com/wp-content/imagescaler/36ea75b37f8a83e8e81a7d41094f87bf.jpg" /></a><br /> I should have looked at the maps a bit more before I went as I just kept following the tracks, but that’s half the fun of adventure! So I pushed on through the creek being careful not to slip over and gave the wheels a good wash. I bit further on and I ended up at a powerline junction between two valleys. I looked at the hills for those tracks and didn’t feel like that sort of punishment so I followed this track that was on the ridgetop and I came across a newly built bridge. Turned out it was a fully developed bikepath called the <a href="http://users.hunterlink.net.au/%7Emagsb/FernleighTrack.htm">Fernleigh Track</a>. I had a choice of slightly uphill or downhill so my instincts told me downhill. As it was newly built the surface was brilliant so it wasn’t long till I was in top gear flying downhill dodging mums & prams and scaring little kids as I whizzed passed. All of a sudden I came across this awesome tunnel!</p> <p><a href="http://petesmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/09-08-09_1412-1.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1607" title="09-08-09_1412-1" src="http://petesmedia.com/wp-content/imagescaler/5d8e3230013af0d2ae83261c7db29316.jpg" alt="09-08-09_1412-1" width="300" height="400" imagescaler="http://petesmedia.com/wp-content/imagescaler/5d8e3230013af0d2ae83261c7db29316.jpg" /></a><br /> Turns out that the Fernleigh Track follows an old railway line. Trains used to pass through this tunnel. It goes underneath the Pacific Highway, I didn’t know this at the time and kept riding downhill till the bikepath ended… I was hoping it’d be a loop. So I’ve no idea where I am and ask the closest person who happens to be putting on a business shirt in the street from his car… He tells me that I’d ridden underneath the Pacific Highway and I’d have to ride back up hill. DAMMIT! I spotted the communications towers at the top of the hill on Gun Club Rd and I was a good 30mins ride away. Anyway I made it back alright and as I was packing up the bike I got talking to a dude who popped his tyre. He said to give him a call to team up and do some riding, so hopefully my next adventure into Glenrock will be just as fun.</p> </div> <footer class="entry-meta"> <span class="cat-links"> <span class="entry-utility-prep entry-utility-prep-cat-links">Posted in</span> <a href="http://petesmedia.com/category/stuff/bikes" title="View all posts in Bikes" rel="category tag">Bikes</a>, <a href="http://petesmedia.com/category/stuff" title="View all posts in Stuff" rel="category tag">Stuff</a> </span> <span class="sep"> | </span> <span class="tag-links"> <span class="entry-utility-prep entry-utility-prep-tag-links">Tagged</span> <a href="http://petesmedia.com/tag/bike" rel="tag">bike</a>, <a href="http://petesmedia.com/tag/bike-ride" rel="tag">bike ride</a>, <a href="http://petesmedia.com/tag/glenrock" rel="tag">glenrock</a>, <a href="http://petesmedia.com/tag/ride" rel="tag">ride</a> </span> <span class="sep"> | </span> <span class="comments-link"><a 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