MRAA Toy Run 2003 - Sunday 14th December 2003

This year the event assembles at St. Kilda road in front of the
Victorian Barracks in the service lane facing the City.

Riders will assemble from 9am till 10.30am where they will be waved off
for the parade ride through the City and then finishing in the centre of
Melbourne at Federation Square.

djmc wrote:
> MRAA Toy Run 2003 - Sunday 14th December 2003
>
> This year the event assembles at St. Kilda road in front of the
> Victorian Barracks in the service lane facing the City.
>
> Riders will assemble from 9am till 10.30am where they will be waved off
> for the parade ride through the City and then finishing in the centre of
> Melbourne at Federation Square.

So that is about all of a 3k ride? Or is the route a little more
interesting?

Mark.

Mark Hammond wrote:
>
> djmc wrote:
> > MRAA Toy Run 2003 - Sunday 14th December 2003
> >
> > This year the event assembles at St. Kilda road in front of the
> > Victorian Barracks in the service lane facing the City.
> >
> > Riders will assemble from 9am till 10.30am where they will be waved off
> > for the parade ride through the City and then finishing in the centre of
> > Melbourne at Federation Square.
>
> So that is about all of a 3k ride? Or is the route a little more
> interesting?

The toy run route has never been interesting. Its an event, not a ride.

Nev..
'03 ZX12R
'02 CBR1100XX

on Sun, 30 Nov 2003 08:07 am, djmc wrote:

> MRAA Toy Run 2003 - Sunday 14th December 2003
>
> This year the event assembles at St. Kilda road in front of the
> Victorian Barracks in the service lane facing the City.
>
> Riders will assemble from 9am till 10.30am where they will be waved off
> for the parade ride through the City and then finishing in the centre of
> Melbourne at Federation Square.

http://www.toyrun.com.au


Cheers,
Jason

>> So that is about all of a 3k ride? Or is the route a little more
>> interesting?
>
>The toy run route has never been interesting. Its an event, not a ride.
>
>Nev..
>'03 ZX12R
>'02 CBR1100XX


As Nev Says, its about the kids and ****, not about doing the GOR on
the way home!

Biggus wrote:
>>>So that is about all of a 3k ride? Or is the route a little more
>>>interesting?
>>
>>The toy run route has never been interesting. Its an event, not a ride.
>>
>
> As Nev Says, its about the kids and ****, not about doing the GOR on
> the way home!

Yeah, but that is *real* short. If they get a decent turnup, the first
riders would nearly finish before the last has started. I've never done
a Melbourne one, but used to do the Adelaide ones years ago, and somehow
they managed to make it about *both* the event and the ride. Too many
bikes for "sports" riding, but a decent ride with a huge number of
bikes, all for a good cause, was 1/2 the event in itself.

Mark.

"paulh" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 01 Dec 2003 10:26:57 +1100, Mark Hammond
<(E-Mail Removed)>
> wrote:
>
> >Biggus wrote:
> >>>>So that is about all of a 3k ride? Or is the route a little more
> >>>>interesting?
> >>>
> >>>The toy run route has never been interesting. Its an event, not a
ride.
> >>>
> >>
> >> As Nev Says, its about the kids and ****, not about doing the GOR on
> >> the way home!
> >
> >Yeah, but that is *real* short. If they get a decent turnup, the first
> >riders would nearly finish before the last has started. I've never done
> >a Melbourne one, but used to do the Adelaide ones years ago, and somehow
> >they managed to make it about *both* the event and the ride. Too many
> >bikes for "sports" riding, but a decent ride with a huge number of
> >bikes, all for a good cause, was 1/2 the event in itself.
>
> But you know where it starts and where it ends.. but how does it get
there?

http://www.toyrun.com.au

cheers

col

"paulh" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> hmmm...thats almost 5km...still... beats going to werribee..
>
> paulh

but just think...
short run....drop off pressies for the kids.....go to the bikes by the bay
via werribee....

cheers

col

Sayeth paulh <(E-Mail Removed)>:
>
> But you know where it starts and where it ends.. but how does it get there?
> St Kilda Rd to St Kilda is a 3km trip.. but when you go via hte albert park
> track and beach road it becomes more like 8-10kms.

.... and if you go via Kinglake and Noojee ...

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