Bungendore Ramble

17 March 2019 / Story by Brian Clayton, photos by Anda Clayton

With a not too promising forecast causing a few late drop outs we headed south to Batemans Bay, top down all the way. We had a few drops of rain on the windshield but none in the cockpit. At Batemans Bay we pulled into the designated meeting place and were shortly joined by Chris and Dace Fondum for the run up the King’s Highway. Compared to our Tuesday morning recce run, today’s trip was a dream with only a few slow cars to get by. As usual, the guys that fanged by on the straights were bumper ornaments for the MX5 in the curves but it was a pleasant drive anyway.

Reaching Bungendore, we found ourselves with time to stretch our legs before lunch and enjoyed a browse in the Woodworks gallery.

At the appointed hour we were joined by the Canberra chapter convenors, Jim and Giulia Schiemer and the run coordinator Wal and June Hick. All of these are prospective South Coast members with plans to move away from the Canberra cold and move to the coast. Welcome!!

We all enjoyed a good lunch and great conversation. With Chris and Dace continuing on to Canberra for a couple of days we took the return road through Tarago and Nerriga. There were a couple of long sections of road works with some very slippery wet clay on top. There was also a significant amount of traffic which seems to have built considerably since the resurfacing has been completed. With this amount of traffic, a lot more roadwork is going to be needed to make the road safe.

All in all, a much better day than the weather bureau predicted. Looking forward to our next outing.