First for a while

Graeme Dods said:

On Monday (a holiday here in WA) my wife, my son (in a trailer) and I went
for a wee trundle along the bike paths next to the Swan & Canning rivers.
It was very pleasant and nowhere near as scarily hot as I thought it might
be.
This was my wife's first ride in several years, having had a dodgy knee
(probably caused by loads of mountain biking in Scotland) and finally
having surgery on it last year (a TTT - tibial tuberosity transfer). Yes,
the paths are pretty much flat, but I was well chuffed that she managed
20km on her first ride back. So hopefully that was the first of many such
rides, particularly as breakfast at that cafe in Matilda Bay is wonderful!
🙂

Graeme

We were having b'fast at the Matilda Bay restaurant one Sunday morning when a family group of dolphins came into the shallows to play just outside the restaurant window where we were sitting. Just amazing.

SteveA

SteveA said:

We were having b'fast at the Matilda Bay restaurant one Sunday morning
when a family group of dolphins came into the shallows to play just
outside the restaurant window where we were sitting. Just amazing.

Yeah, the dolphins in the Swan are great. A few months back we went for a
paddle in our open canoe down at Point Walter. As we passed the cliffs
further down, three dolphins started swimming around and under the boat. My
son was thrilled and now looks for dolphins on each canoe trip (when he
doesn't fall asleep that is). I'd never realised how big dolphins are
before then!

Graeme

SteveA said:

We were having b'fast at the Matilda Bay restaurant one Sunday morning when a family group of dolphins came into the shallows to play just outside the restaurant window where we were sitting. Just amazing.

SteveA

best bit of graffiti i have seen for years, spotted recently...

"Dolphins are people too you know!" 😄

flyingdutch said:

SteveA said:

We were having b'fast at the Matilda Bay restaurant one Sunday morning
when a family group of dolphins came into the shallows to play just
outside the restaurant window where we were sitting. Just amazing.

SteveA

best bit of graffiti i have seen for years, spotted recently...

"Dolphins are people too you know!" 😄

My cat and I have a deal. She doesnt nag for food at the table and I
will always save her a taste.

But she gets really upset if the taste isnt in a 'person ' plate
She gets really cut if I take her cup away and give her water in a bowl.
And she doesnt like other cats cos they remind her she isnt human.
But she is people 🙂
The last human being she seriously hurt tho... absolutely wasnt a person

Dave

Was that in a laneway between Lonsdale and La Trobe streets, about
Exhibition street area? I think I saw that written as I was wandering
home today.

Gee that sounds suspicious. I don't, you know, lurk in laneways.

quote='dave'flyingdutch said:

SteveA said:

We were having b'fast at the Matilda Bay restaurant one Sunday morning
when a family group of dolphins came into the shallows to play just
outside the restaurant window where we were sitting. Just amazing.

SteveA

best bit of graffiti i have seen for years, spotted recently...

"Dolphins are people too you know!" 😄

My cat and I have a deal. She doesnt nag for food at the table and I
will always save her a taste.

But she gets really upset if the taste isnt in a 'person ' plate
She gets really cut if I take her cup away and give her water in a bowl.
And she doesnt like other cats cos they remind her she isnt human.
But she is people 🙂
The last human being she seriously hurt tho... absolutely wasnt a person

Dave[/QUOTE]
We had an old cat who had vegemite on toast for brekkie in summer and porridge in winter, just like the rest of the humans in the family. She used to watch the TV with the rest of the family until a visit to the vet to sort out her excessive hair loss alerted us to the fact she was watching too much stressful stuff on the tele and it was stressing her out and affecting her health.

SteveA

On 2006-03-08, blah (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:

Quoted message said:

Was that in a laneway between Lonsdale and La Trobe streets, about
Exhibition street area? I think I saw that written as I was wandering
home today.

Gawd I so have to learn the melbourne grid before next week. Anyway,
citybikes HQ is in that area somewhere -- the street your description
fits is little lonsdale st (I shall take a look next time I am there).
And I just found out a couple of days ago that we are just around the
corner from Bennett's lane. Ww00000w0w0w0!

PS. Melway Map 1F would have been handy before planning routes for
when we are taking bikes that weigh ~200kg with passengers and driver
who weigh ~200kg. Queens st northbound is a [censored] when pushing 400kg.

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Gee that sounds suspicious. I don't, you know, lurk in laneways.

One of the guys from the uni saw me lurking around there. He saw me
fondling an orange motorbike. I don't know whether he saw the stealth
motorbike itself, or not.

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TimC said:

On 2006-03-08, blah (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:

Quoted message said:

Was that in a laneway between Lonsdale and La Trobe streets, about
Exhibition street area? I think I saw that written as I was wandering
home today.

Gawd I so have to learn the melbourne grid before next week. Anyway,
citybikes HQ is in that area somewhere -- the street your description
fits is little lonsdale st (I shall take a look next time I am there).
And I just found out a couple of days ago that we are just around the
corner from Bennett's lane. Ww00000w0w0w0!

PS. Melway Map 1F would have been handy before planning routes for
when we are taking bikes that weigh ~200kg with passengers and driver
who weigh ~200kg. Queens st northbound is a [censored] when pushing 400kg.

Quoted message said:

Gee that sounds suspicious. I don't, you know, lurk in laneways.

One of the guys from the uni saw me lurking around there. He saw me
fondling an orange motorbike. I don't know whether he saw the stealth
motorbike itself, or not.

Probly not.

Sounds like we need to find you a girl Tim. More than the odd
affectionate pat is a little sus with a suzuki. Its ok for a Guzzi or
Duke tho

Speaking off that, when Ian and I set of on saturday last we saw 3
Laverdas with 4 riders going down Taronga rd. The entire Laverda owners
club of australasia I guess. And they had already had one breakdown 🙂

I think a laverda just gets a macho handshake tho. At least a Jota does

Dave

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Quoted message said:

On Monday (a holiday here in WA) my wife, my son (in a trailer) and I went
for a wee trundle along the bike paths next to the Swan & Canning rivers.
It was very pleasant and nowhere near as scarily hot as I thought it might
be.
This was my wife's first ride in several years, having had a dodgy knee
(probably caused by loads of mountain biking in Scotland) and finally
having surgery on it last year (a TTT - tibial tuberosity transfer). Yes,
the paths are pretty much flat, but I was well chuffed that she managed
20km on her first ride back. So hopefully that was the first of many such
rides, particularly as breakfast at that cafe in Matilda Bay is wonderful!
🙂

Graeme

Where did you start and finish? I'm trying to get more familiar with the
river paths to get my partner and some friends out for trundling so I'm
looking for easy and pretty rides.

I take 'em out from the Burswood dome through South Perth to the Narrows and
back along the foreshore, pausing for coffee at the Lucky Shag, then to
Windan Bridge and back to the dome. Pretty, with the option of trundling
through King's Park if they're not too red in the face 🙂

Pootling along the creek (Canning River) through Gosnells, Thornlie, etc and
following the paths over Nicolson Rd and beyond is also popular. Better than
fighting the beanie boyz and their doof boxes on the roads in that area!

Cheers,

Frank

Graeme Dods said:

SteveA said:

We were having b'fast at the Matilda Bay restaurant one Sunday morning
when a family group of dolphins came into the shallows to play just
outside the restaurant window where we were sitting. Just amazing.

Yeah, the dolphins in the Swan are great. A few months back we went for a
paddle in our open canoe down at Point Walter. As we passed the cliffs
further down, three dolphins started swimming around and under the boat. My
son was thrilled and now looks for dolphins on each canoe trip (when he
doesn't fall asleep that is). I'd never realised how big dolphins are
before then!

Graeme

If you paddle at the inlet near Australind the dolphins will come around
you too.

TimC said:

Gawd I so have to learn the melbourne grid before next week.

Something that will help: "King, William, Queen, Elizabeth". (Then
Swanston, and I can't remember how the eastern half goes.)

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Plodder said:

Where did you start and finish? I'm trying to get more familiar with the
river paths to get my partner and some friends out for trundling so I'm
looking for easy and pretty rides.

We started at Deep Water Point. I have to admit we drove there, but that
was because I wanted to make the first ride a pleasant one for all
concerned, i.e. a cafe at each end! 🙂 Over Canning Bridge then the Narrows
Bridge (I did give her a little push up the wee hill just to play it safe
for her knee). When I left them at the Matilda Bay cafe, I headed back to
pick up the car and they headed off to the kids' playground further down
the road. It was glad I didn't have to tow my son's trailer into that
headwind!

Quoted message said:

I take 'em out from the Burswood dome through South Perth to the Narrows and
back along the foreshore, pausing for coffee at the Lucky Shag, then to
Windan Bridge and back to the dome. Pretty, with the option of trundling
through King's Park if they're not too red in the face 🙂

Might give that one a try.

Quoted message said:

Pootling along the creek (Canning River) through Gosnells, Thornlie, etc and
following the paths over Nicolson Rd and beyond is also popular. Better than
fighting the beanie boyz and their doof boxes on the roads in that area!

Sounds good too, particularly as that's more or less on our doorstep. Only
problem is the lack of any decent cafes along the route! 🙂

My wife's knee is definitely getting better, she's asked me to put our
names down for the longer route on the Freeway Bike Hike. She also managed
a rather restrained dance (but certainly more coordinated then my mad
flailings) at a gig in Fremantle last night.

Graeme

On 2006-03-09, Graeme Dods (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:

Quoted message said:

Bridge (I did give her a little push up the wee hill just to play it safe
for her knee). When I left them at the Matilda Bay cafe, I headed back to
pick up the car and they headed off to the kids' playground further down
the road. It was glad I didn't have to tow my son's trailer into that
headwind!

Hook it up so he's out the front, and make him earn his keep. Smaller
surface area makes it easier for him!

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TimC said:

Hook it up so he's out the front, and make him earn his keep. Smaller
surface area makes it easier for him!

Trust me, if he could reach the pedals, I'd be the one sitting in the back
with my feet up! As it is, he earns his keep by giggling and going "wheee!"
on the downhills and "oops!" on the odd occasion I clip a bollard, not a
high price I know, but it keeps me grinning! 😄

Graeme

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Plodder said:

Where did you start and finish? I'm trying to get more familiar with the
river paths to get my partner and some friends out for trundling so I'm
looking for easy and pretty rides.

We started at Deep Water Point. I have to admit we drove there, but that
was because I wanted to make the first ride a pleasant one for all
concerned, i.e. a cafe at each end! 🙂 Over Canning Bridge then the

Narrows

Quoted message said:

Bridge (I did give her a little push up the wee hill just to play it safe
for her knee). When I left them at the Matilda Bay cafe, I headed back to
pick up the car and they headed off to the kids' playground further down
the road. It was glad I didn't have to tow my son's trailer into that
headwind!

Quoted message said:

I take 'em out from the Burswood dome through South Perth to the Narrows

and

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

back along the foreshore, pausing for coffee at the Lucky Shag, then to
Windan Bridge and back to the dome. Pretty, with the option of trundling
through King's Park if they're not too red in the face 🙂

Might give that one a try.

Quoted message said:

Pootling along the creek (Canning River) through Gosnells, Thornlie, etc

and

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

following the paths over Nicolson Rd and beyond is also popular. Better

than

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

fighting the beanie boyz and their doof boxes on the roads in that area!

Sounds good too, particularly as that's more or less on our doorstep. Only
problem is the lack of any decent cafes along the route! 🙂

My wife's knee is definitely getting better, she's asked me to put our
names down for the longer route on the Freeway Bike Hike. She also managed
a rather restrained dance (but certainly more coordinated then my mad
flailings) at a gig in Fremantle last night.

Graeme

Ta for that. I'll give your route a try. Her ladyship's groin (mentioned in
another thread) handles cycling as long as she dosen't have to stop and
start too often so we'll be doing the longer route too. Slow and steady with
her, her 12 year-old son and one of his mates on a family ticket. Should be
fun and I'll ride back to Gozzy so I can have some time at my pace.

We'll often ride along the bike path through Gozzy to Spencer Village for a
feed then waddle home again. It's only 7-10 km each way, enough to get them
moving. Still trying to get her 14 year old emo boy along but not much hope
of that. Hopefully he'll grow out of it soon...

Cheers,

Frank