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Other stories: TADS presents
"Ascot Eve", p3 Yarragon's engine:
full steam ahead,
p11
Criterion Hotel's
centenary, p13
Rave reviews for
"Grease", p17
2008 Traf Tales
Competition, Insert
No. 99 ISSN:1444.1608 Pub li shed by th e TCDA PRICELESS Sept em
ber 2008
Having run a fundraiser forthe Royal Flying DoctorService, local
blokes
Marcus Barker and Mark Chaplainset off with nine others to
ridemotorbikes from Trafalgar up toLorella Springs in the
Northern
Territory to attend a motorbike rallycalled the Off Centre Rally
.
We left Trafalgar and went toBall arat, where we met up with
fourof the other riders and from thereour first stop was
Mildura.
The next day we were supposedto meet another rider, Tim, at
LakeMenindee but due to some mechani-cal problems he was held up
andtold us to continue on, and that hewould catch up to us.
So we continued on and spent thenight at Packsaddle, where
wecamped and were just about blownaway by strong winds.
The next day we set off forCamerons Corner and camped inthe
desert fifty kilometres west of
Camerons Corner.Then it was on to Innamincka to
meet up with another of the riders,
Kevin, but he was not there and therewere no messages and no way
ofcontacting him, so we left a messagefor him and went on, camping
in thedesert again, half way acrossWalker's Crossing.
The stars at night were beyond
belief; huge skies with very brightstars. It just mesmerised
us.
Next morning it was on to
Birdsville where we actually didmanage to meet up with
anotherrider, Rex, who was from Cairns.
By now we had heard that Kevinhad fallen off in the sand and
brokenhis ankle, and a passing Santosworker took him up to their
medical
cli nic . Two days later they flew himhome to Brisbane on the
companyplane, sending his bike back on a
company truck , not bad.Tim, who was with him, contin-
ued on taking Kevins Epirb withhim, which was very
fortunatebecause further up the tr ack he too,had a fall and broke
his l eg and col-larbone.
Continued on page 3
Local bikies attend " Off Centr e Rally"By Marcus Barker
Marcus Barker handing over a cheque for $6000 to the Royal
Flying Doctor Service at Mt Isa
Marcus Barker (second from left) with his bikie mates outside
the famous Birdsville Hotel
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