This year my IMD started with an unexpected setback. I went out to the garage at 8:15am with time to spare, only to find Mopoke's battery was flat. I ripped the battery out of my MR2 and quickly swapped them over. Fortunately it fitted okay. Then I pounded down some dirt road shortcuts to save time. I was a little late to the first meeting point.
Geelong/Lara/Werribee/Surf Coast group meet up at Little River - five Mokes:
Geelong crew at the Mount Wallace Cross-Roads, where we would meet the Melbourne group. We arrived first and had to back-track after over-shooting it. It wasn't much of a cross-roads.
Some of us, could not hold off for a proper bathroom any longer. Luke with the blond afro stands guard in case of drop bears...
The Melbourne group arrived and the numbers swelled. Now we were 15 Mokes.
What a perfect day for Moking. The sun was bright, but not so bad you would get burnt. There was a chill in the wind. For the hardy among us who travelled with tops down or doors off, winter gear was required when on the move. The jackets quickly came off when we stopped.
We travelled some great backrods with almost nill other traffic:
Entering Ballarat we lost a few briefly as traffic lights divided us, before regrouping:
