Monday, January 1, 2024

240101 northern beaches new south wales



its a new year 2024. no plan with friends or wow gang today. they are tired i guess. been eating out almost everyday. lol. decided to cruising with my scooter to northern beaches thru mount ku ring gai national park.


first stop is bobbin head picnic area. when i first google the route to here, google keep giving me the route thru north wahroonga but i insist to go thru asquith because much more closer to my house. finally, i know that we have to pay to get in to the park. aud12 per vehicle....




most of the places like this has marina for the boats. almost everywhere i go. but here don't have houses due to national park i guess.



busier than normal. a lot of people picnic, fishing, kayaking, jet skiing etc




there is a small little cafe bobbin head inn. probably with rooms as well. a bit pricy on the drinks and food because that the only cafe here. very nice place to spend time with family if you like a quite place and close to the nature.

then i moved toward church point thru mc carrs creek reserve. very nice view along the way. church point is awesome. big houses facing the river with boats all over the water. i was told the houses here can reach up to aud10-20 millions.





from church point i rode to north bilgola lookout before going to dee why beach to meet with shariff and yanti. the weather is a bit wet today. drizzling all the way from the beginning from hornsby.



last stop is dee why beach. been here about 10 years ago with rudy one of my supplier from brookvale. wet weather, not many people at the beach according to yanti. she said yesterday was full with tents at the park.


                                            



shariff is waiting for me near his house when i arrived. i know this family thru wow gang. very nice couple with one kid taylor. we went for lunch by the beach. shariff love this place because so close to the beach. he is into surfing. 3-4 times a week. i ask me to joint him but thank you. not good enough for swimming. lol. thanks to yanti and shariff for the hospitality. we will visit you again with the wow gang.




i left dee why around 3pm. landed in hornsby around 4pm. not bad for a short day ride. see you soon in next post. good night internet...








Monday, December 25, 2023

231225 wisemans ferry... stunning views.. allahuakbar

 

 

hornsby- ettalong

traveling with motorcycle is never enough for me. always enjoy the feeling on the bike. the smell of the smoke, dust, air, rain and views always makes me feel good. 

second time x-mas in australia.. original plan was going to ladang berkat dato ibu in wyong with wan and the gang. but it was cancelled due to rain these few days.

my plan was riding to new castle before was asked by wan to join him to wyong. since his plan was cancelled so i decided to proceed with mine even not to new castle but at least on the bike. 







honda dio is too small to ride on motoway. i have to find alternative route to ettalong. it takes longer than usual because of the narrow roads compare to motorway. from hornsby to mount white and brooklyn using scenic route. went thru the brigges and hilly roads. the traffic a bit busy from hornsby to ettalong. i text ikhwan staff first before left hornsby asking what time they will open the reatsurant because i have eat yet. my aim is kari kambing and stay kambing.
















 

ettalong-wyong

i arrived at 11am. gotta wait around 1 hour since they are open at 12pm. ikhwan cafe quite well known in ettalong. while waiting got people came by asking what time it will open. actually this is the second time i am here. was here last month with dato zul and his family. they really love the food here. pretty busy when we came last month.





from here i went to islamic center of central coast in wyong for zuhur. about 45 minute from ettalong. it was a coastal road ride. i love coastal road. just like from teluk ramunia to penyabong in johor. i was lucky the center is still open when i arrived. met a guy from kemaman. what a small world. he stopped by for prayer as well. he is staying in liverpool.i made a move after chatting for a while with this guy.




 

 

wyong-ladang berkat

took another hour to reach ladang berkat. the route like thousand corners. i think more corners than that. the views are breath taking and stunning.. har to explain. along the road are farms, rivers, mountains, small towns. try to stopped for a coffee but all of them are closed for christmas. i wonder how theses farmers maintain their farm. the grass are so green. the cattle are so fat. 

when i arrived in ladang berkat, i was greeted by tobiah. he knew i was coming may be. his colleague at the restaurant told him i guess. i took small tour to the farm. tobiah explainhow the farm works. they have cattle to support their butchery shop in sydney. the farm also available for camping. they provide camp site and a farm stay. among the activites here are horse riding, camping, and gathering. i spent about 15 minutes with tobiah. i had to move before it was dark. the rest of the route are hilly road. the phone coverage is not really good. hardly find cars on the road. very quite.

 



ladang berkat-wisemans

another one and half hour for me to reach wisemans. with narrow and cornering roads by the river makes the day for me. alternately with farms view. fresh air. i stopped by a few places by the river. most of the hotels are fully booked. people came for rest and doing water sports like jet skiing and boating. approaching wisemans i can see green views on the other side of the river but not sure what is it. look like golf course. very beautiful view.











wisemans-hornsby

the ferry operated 24 hours. took about 5 minutes to cross the river. stopped for a coffee at the shell station in town. very quite. you can lay down in the middle of the road. holiday time i guess. after a short break i continue to hornsby. thru galston gorge. the very narrow, sharp corners, sometimes we have to stop to gave a way to in coming vehicles. now i know why heavy vehicles cannot go thru galston gorge. reach home around 6pm. not very tired ride but worth riding. 

 


 








 

riding is never enough for me. thinking of having a short trip again during the new year. tunggguuuu...

Monday, December 26, 2022

221226 once overlander...... It's forever.. blue mountains nsw trip

 

Been here for 3 months. Miss my families and friends back home so much. Work day in day out. Need a break. Wish I can go home during this holiday festive season. Here most of the Australian take 1 or 2 weeks break. Some people take more. 

Off the city for a while. Most of my students went away all over the world during this holiday.



I am really planned this trip. Ask around but most them having their own activities. So I decided to have short trip with more time spend on scenic views, historical etc. Not on the bike like those days. Good advise from daha. I take it this time.

Started from Hornsby thru berowra waters which is north of Hornsby called berowra. If I am able to bring my family here, berowra is the place where I will reside. Quiet nice little town with untouched nature mostly.


Around 8 am I had a brekki at Mt colah McDonald. My favorite place for 🚚 delivery because the request are from Hornsby height, Mt colah, Mt kurung Gai and berowra. The road are not busy.


Only pancake for brekki. I park just beside the patrol bike. Fjr and bmw rt. Lots of memories with big bikes.


Berowra is famous with nature. The national park is for boat parking at the berowra marina inn. Summer is the busy time. People comes here for the vacation.

It is connected by the ferry. Free and took about 10min to reach the other side.



From berowra I have to go thru country side with stunning views. Not to say about the hilly road. My scooter is too small for this trip. I didn't know that country side road the speed limit is 80kmh. Very hard for me to keep up with others.


I stopped every 15-30min due to traffic and hilly road. I do not know my scooters' performance yet.


From berowra I went thru towns like Windsor, kurrijong, Mt tomah, Mt Victoria and so forth. I stopped to the first blue mountains national park in blackheath at evans lookout. I have to go down about 4km from the main road.


Very warm day today. Got people asking me why wearing jacket. I said it the color for safety. Easy get spotted.






Original plan was to overnite in Mt Victoria. When I googled, more attractions are in katoomba. So I changed my plan to katoomba. Manage to get 1 budget room aud85. Mountain view lodge. Kinda old but okay. Actually there so many hotels in katoomba. Especially if you go towards the 3 sisters lookout. So don't worry about the hotels.




This is world scenic view. 3 lookouts near three sisters. A lot of people when I arrived. Katoomba is actually a tourist town.









I searched for the falls. Many falls but the nearest is katoomba falls just by the lookout. Waterfalls surrounded this mountains area. Picnic, falls and parks area are full with people.





Just like other towns in Australia. 5pm shops are closing down. Worst during the festive season because not many shops are open yet.
Only 1 halal store open and about to close when I arrive. And kebab is the answer for my dinner. No Macca here until 40km. So tomorrow my brekki most probably patrol station again.