Ninja Days

BANKSTOWN - Via Nasho

The Man and I made our way up along the coast through the National Park. It was his first time, so we took it very, very easy. Just before the turn-off to Waterfall an oncoming bike rider motioned to slow down. Well, I thought to myself, if we go any slower, we'll be parking! So it could not have been a radar trap he was warning us about. Another bend or two and sure enough, we came to the turn-off where several emergency vehicles were at the scene of an accident, attending to the distressed occupants of a badly damaged car. Thank Goodness: No bike!

At the Loftus end we got caught at the lights and whilst we waited for the change, a brandnew, sparkling black and silver BMW stopped right next to us. The rider did not acknowledge us once. He was certainly in his ivory tower! His mate arrived a little while later, but they were just totally into each other. The bikes were amazing, but the guys were just rude. Come on! Where did they leave their spirit?? At the cash register?
Is that what BMW riding does to people? Then I don't think I want any part of it!

By the time we hit Menai I started to worry about our petrol situation and we rode all the way to Illawong, only to find that this was the wrong way to be going. Miles later, we found a shopping centre, but no petrol station. We should have gone to Menai in the first place. Once we had a full tank again, I took off on my favourite road to Milperra and then straight into Bankstown. This is where we found Oscar's Sports Hotel's $5 introductory lunchtime special. Yeah! They make a great tasting Laksa there and the place's decor is most pleasing on the eye! I took a picture on our way out.


As we strolled along the mostly closed up Asian shop fronts, we followed the sound of drumming and cheering. When we peeked around the corner we saw dragons and musicians and chineese lanterns, shimmering gold and red everywhere, and happy faces. It's Chineese New Year!!!!







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Here are a couple more impressions:









We returned via Lukas Heights and the old Princess Highway, back along the coast to a nice icy-cold bottle of Bud. What else?


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posted by The '95 Ninja ZX6R @ 18.2.07