Day 1 of the #PowerTrip360 saw us riding around 325 kms from Sydney to Gloucester via the Putty Road. The Putty Road is full of high-speed twisties and is a famous hangout zone for motorcyclists from Sydney. You can see a lot of them riding here particularly on a weekend.
It was also the day that saw us riding the fully loaded Ninja H2 and the Ducati 1299 Panigale for the first time. The arrangements we had made for the required luggage on the bikes didn’t disappoint and we managed to fit everything we wanted, well almost everything! The bikes looked out on a task with all those bags loaded. And indeed a big task this is! Covering 20000 kms of one of the greatest riding countries in the world. For Sunny (MotoGrapher), it was the third time around, however for me it was a whole new experience altogether!
Almost the entire route was through the mountains and it took us around 8 hours of riding, shooting time included, to reach our destination, which is the quiet hill town of Gloucester. The speed limits on most of the route was hovering between 100 and 80 and it was pretty easy to maintain that easy pace throughout the ride. It can be very demanding for anyone who is tagging along with us to keep their wits around when we do our plethora of riding stops.
The twisties and the scenery reminded me of the Himalayas back home, though the traffic was much less and the road infrastructure was far better, not to mention the discipline of the road users. One thing that almost all the bikers in Australia warned us of about are the animals suddenly jumping in front of you from the bushes, particularly post dusk and pre dawn, and we realized soon that we must take them seriously. We had 2 close calls when a rabbit and a fox like animal decided to cross the road while we were riding. This and the already dead animals lying on the road sent a chill down the spine because the danger of hitting an animal, particularly a Kangaroo, on Australian roads is very real and it claims several bikers as their victims every year.
Day 2 will see us right further north through Thunderbolts Way and Oxley Highway to Port Macquarie.
Shot with Sony India Alpha Mirrorless Cameras #SonyAlphaIn #SonyActionCam
#xBhp Trip 360 Castrol Biking #NinjaH2 Ducati Australia & New Zealand #Panigale1299
Riding gear by Dainese #Dainese AGV Helmets #AGVhelmets Digitized on a HP SPECTRE Laptop #HPSpectre