Excellent Look at doing the Sheene ride next year - isn't a fast ride, but farkin awesome. We did detours through the small towns along the way to make sure we cruised past all the primary schools and damn - put a smile on my face to see all the kids lined up along the road getting a huge buzz and cheering on the 800 odd bikes that revved their way past them. I know the area you stayed in - the big "A" frame building on the corner used to be a surf shop owned and run by Shirley Strachan (you may remember him from either Skyhooks, Hey Hey it's Saturday or Shirl's Neighbourhood on a sat morning - depending how old you are). Was pretty awesome to drop into the shop and chat with "Shirl the Curl". Farken heartbreaking when he passed away. The blokes who camp beside me every year do the cruise down from Sydney each year - making sure they choose a different route each year and plan a spare day to do something new. This year it was the Vic Markets on the Friday (yeah - they rode from Cowes to checkout the Vic Markets in Melbourne) We're looking at heading to the camp ground at the track next year (never tried it before) and getting down and dirty with the unwashed yobs. (caravan park is getting too "family friendly" - lights out by 10pm etc) Am wrapped you got to be there for what was the best racing weekend in over a decade - am scared the next one won't have a chance of measuring up. Superbike weekend is great - less people, but every one who attends is actually a bike rider. So much more a feeling of brotherhood with the crowd. Used to be my favorite weekend of the 2, but the Supers are definitely becoming the "also ran" of the sport :(