“The traveler sees what he sees, the tourist sees what he has come to see.” [G.K. Chesterton] Hello and welcome from John & Karen in Melbourne, Australia. This site is a way for us to show family and friends what is happening in our world. We live in Melbourne and our household consists of two Westy dogs, Angus and Tess, and the Mistress of the house our Chinchilla Cat Chloe. As a pastime we own a 2008 Honda Goldwing 1800 AB and ride it as often as we can. We hope you enjoy the photos of our adventures and travels. To contact us, email us on mywing AT optusnet DOT com DOT au NOV/DEC UPDATE Hello all, Since coming back from Ayers Rock my work committments have not stopped so there has not been much riding happening luckly for me my work trips have taken me to NewZealand twice to Wellington and on the last trip karen was able to come with me for the weekend. The short trip over gave us a taste for what we could expect in March and we are now looking forward to the bike trip more then ever. merry xmas to all that read this and a happy newyear Keep safe and healthy. John & Karen Keep track here where we are if out riding in 09 http://share.findmespot.com/shared/gogl.jsp?glId=0LsxmExKxtEe6bLxaAQJAsAbf768Hx4Pq Goldwing club that I belong to in Australia www.auswingriders.com "Riders" an organisation that I support http://www.riders.org/ Riders youtube site http://www.youtube.com/RidersForHealthTV NOTE If you wish to make a comment on the pics can you ensure you pick gallery in the drop down box otherwise it will only comment on the pic you are on and i am not likely to get it. http://mywing.smugmug.com/photos/260472958_Hfr4P-300x300.jpg http://mywing.smugmug.com/ 2009-09-18T10:47:22Z Copyright 2009, the copyright holder of each photograph. Some portions copyright SmugMug. All rights reserved. SmugMug <p><a href="http://mywing.smugmug.com">mywing</a><br />This video is from our trip in Aug 09 to Ayers Rock johnb myself and Shane headed off to Ayers Rock and rtn. Great trip, the pictures and video do not bring out the colours that you see wit ...</p><p><a href="http://mywing.smugmug.com/Motorcycle-Journeys/Ride-Videos/8002054_bgTXZ#653640902_EmAMM" title="This video is from our trip in Aug 09 to Ayers Rock johnb myself and Shane headed off to Ayers Rock and rtn. Great trip, the pictures and video do not bring out the colours that you see wit ..."><img src="http://mywing.smugmug.com/Motorcycle-Journeys/Ride-Videos/Ayers-Rock-2009/653640902_EmAMM-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="This video is from our trip in Aug 09 to Ayers Rock johnb myself and Shane headed off to Ayers Rock and rtn. Great trip, the pictures and video do not bring out the colours that you see wit ..." title="This video is from our trip in Aug 09 to Ayers Rock johnb myself and Shane headed off to Ayers Rock and rtn. Great trip, the pictures and video do not bring out the colours that you see wit ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-18T10:47:22Z mywing http://mywing.smugmug.com http://mywing.smugmug.com/Motorcycle-Journeys/Ride-Videos/Ayers-Rock-2009/653640902_EmAMM-640.mp4 <p><a href="http://mywing.smugmug.com">mywing</a> </p><p><a href="http://mywing.smugmug.com/Family-and-Home/Family-Videos/9115076_aHpHy#607561683_6w7CG" title="mywing's video"><img src="http://mywing.smugmug.com/Family-and-Home/Family-Videos/At-the-zoo-with-cooper/607561683_6w7CG-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="mywing's video" title="mywing's video" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-07-31T17:07:21Z mywing http://mywing.smugmug.com http://mywing.smugmug.com/Family-and-Home/Family-Videos/At-the-zoo-with-cooper/607561683_6w7CG-640.mp4 <p><a href="http://mywing.smugmug.com">mywing</a> </p><p><a href="http://mywing.smugmug.com/Family-and-Home/Family-Videos/9115076_aHpHy#607553186_hngqc" title="mywing's video"><img src="http://mywing.smugmug.com/Family-and-Home/Family-Videos/Title01/607553186_hngqc-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="mywing's video" title="mywing's video" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-07-31T16:08:42Z mywing http://mywing.smugmug.com http://mywing.smugmug.com/Family-and-Home/Family-Videos/Title01/607553186_hngqc-640.mp4 <p><a href="http://mywing.smugmug.com">mywing</a><br />In 2000 i was posted to Bougainville as the Group Sergant Major of the Peace keeping force this is some of my pictures of that time. I came back from Bougainville and retired from the Army i ...</p><p><a href="http://mywing.smugmug.com/Other-Journeys/Other-Trip-videos/8002294_gixYJ#570658048_oVF58" title="In 2000 i was posted to Bougainville as the Group Sergant Major of the Peace keeping force this is some of my pictures of that time. I came back from Bougainville and retired from the Army i ..."><img src="http://mywing.smugmug.com/Other-Journeys/Other-Trip-videos/Title01/570658048_oVF58-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="In 2000 i was posted to Bougainville as the Group Sergant Major of the Peace keeping force this is some of my pictures of that time. I came back from Bougainville and retired from the Army i ..." title="In 2000 i was posted to Bougainville as the Group Sergant Major of the Peace keeping force this is some of my pictures of that time. I came back from Bougainville and retired from the Army i ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-21T21:39:46Z mywing http://mywing.smugmug.com http://mywing.smugmug.com/Other-Journeys/Other-Trip-videos/Title01/570658048_oVF58-640.mp4 <p><a href="http://mywing.smugmug.com">mywing</a> </p><p><a href="http://mywing.smugmug.com/Motorcycle-Journeys/Ride-Videos/8002054_bgTXZ#567259910_MBXW2" title="mywing's video"><img src="http://mywing.smugmug.com/Motorcycle-Journeys/Ride-Videos/goldwings/567259910_MBXW2-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="mywing's video" title="mywing's video" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-18T10:36:30Z mywing http://mywing.smugmug.com http://mywing.smugmug.com/Motorcycle-Journeys/Ride-Videos/goldwings/567259910_MBXW2-640.mp4 <p><a href="http://mywing.smugmug.com">mywing</a><br />This is a very short video of me on a ride up over the mountains with the guys from Geelong its not often i get film of me riding Look at that style hahah</p><p><a href="http://mywing.smugmug.com/Motorcycle-Journeys/Ride-Videos/8002054_bgTXZ#528726130_MTx4C" title="This is a very short video of me on a ride up over the mountains with the guys from Geelong its not often i get film of me riding Look at that style hahah"><img src="http://mywing.smugmug.com/Motorcycle-Journeys/Ride-Videos/john-at-play/528726130_MTx4C-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="This is a very short video of me on a ride up over the mountains with the guys from Geelong its not often i get film of me riding Look at that style hahah" title="This is a very short video of me on a ride up over the mountains with the guys from Geelong its not often i get film of me riding Look at that style hahah" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-18T10:36:30Z mywing http://mywing.smugmug.com http://mywing.smugmug.com/Motorcycle-Journeys/Ride-Videos/john-at-play/528726130_MTx4C-640.mp4 <p><a href="http://mywing.smugmug.com">mywing</a><br />This video is a very short one from when i first set up the camera as a trail run up through the mountains near home</p><p><a href="http://mywing.smugmug.com/Motorcycle-Journeys/Ride-Videos/8002054_bgTXZ#526945182_weQnz" title="This video is a very short one from when i first set up the camera as a trail run up through the mountains near home"><img src="http://mywing.smugmug.com/Motorcycle-Journeys/Ride-Videos/Dandenongs/526945182_weQnz-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="This video is a very short one from when i first set up the camera as a trail run up through the mountains near home" title="This video is a very short one from when i first set up the camera as a trail run up through the mountains near home" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-18T10:36:30Z mywing http://mywing.smugmug.com http://mywing.smugmug.com/Motorcycle-Journeys/Ride-Videos/Dandenongs/526945182_weQnz-640.mp4 <p><a href="http://mywing.smugmug.com">mywing</a><br />A beautiful day in May in Melbourne is hard to find so i took the opportunity to go for a quick mid morning ride to Kinglake and back home. The road as you can see was part of the recent bus ...</p><p><a href="http://mywing.smugmug.com/Motorcycle-Journeys/Ride-Videos/8002054_bgTXZ#526934112_mLsJ2" title="A beautiful day in May in Melbourne is hard to find so i took the opportunity to go for a quick mid morning ride to Kinglake and back home. The road as you can see was part of the recent bus ..."><img src="http://mywing.smugmug.com/Motorcycle-Journeys/Ride-Videos/kinglake-ride/526934112_mLsJ2-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="A beautiful day in May in Melbourne is hard to find so i took the opportunity to go for a quick mid morning ride to Kinglake and back home. The road as you can see was part of the recent bus ..." title="A beautiful day in May in Melbourne is hard to find so i took the opportunity to go for a quick mid morning ride to Kinglake and back home. The road as you can see was part of the recent bus ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-18T10:36:29Z mywing http://mywing.smugmug.com http://mywing.smugmug.com/Motorcycle-Journeys/Ride-Videos/kinglake-ride/526934112_mLsJ2-640.mp4 <p><a href="http://mywing.smugmug.com">mywing</a> </p><p><a href="http://mywing.smugmug.com/Other-Journeys/Other-Trip-videos/8002294_gixYJ#520795560_MHic9" title="mywing's video"><img src="http://mywing.smugmug.com/Other-Journeys/Other-Trip-videos/France-2008/520795560_MHic9-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="mywing's video" title="mywing's video" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-04-25T11:37:53Z mywing http://mywing.smugmug.com http://mywing.smugmug.com/Other-Journeys/Other-Trip-videos/France-2008/520795560_MHic9-640.mp4 <p><a href="http://mywing.smugmug.com">mywing</a><br />This is just some of the pic's from our USA trip in 07</p><p><a href="http://mywing.smugmug.com/Motorcycle-Journeys/Ride-Videos/8002054_bgTXZ#520722654_yEVKs" title="This is just some of the pic's from our USA trip in 07"><img src="http://mywing.smugmug.com/Motorcycle-Journeys/Ride-Videos/Pic-of-usa/520722654_yEVKs-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="This is just some of the pic's from our USA trip in 07" title="This is just some of the pic's from our USA trip in 07" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-18T10:36:29Z mywing http://mywing.smugmug.com http://mywing.smugmug.com/Motorcycle-Journeys/Ride-Videos/Pic-of-usa/520722654_yEVKs-640.mp4 <p><a href="http://mywing.smugmug.com">mywing</a><br />This is the second video of our trip to the USA in Sept 07</p><p><a href="http://mywing.smugmug.com/Motorcycle-Journeys/Ride-Videos/8002054_bgTXZ#520676588_HcHRo" title="This is the second video of our trip to the USA in Sept 07"><img src="http://mywing.smugmug.com/Motorcycle-Journeys/Ride-Videos/USA-Comp201/520676588_HcHRo-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="This is the second video of our trip to the USA in Sept 07" title="This is the second video of our trip to the USA in Sept 07" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-18T10:36:29Z mywing http://mywing.smugmug.com http://mywing.smugmug.com/Motorcycle-Journeys/Ride-Videos/USA-Comp201/520676588_HcHRo-640.mp4 <p><a href="http://mywing.smugmug.com">mywing</a><br />About mid 2006 i started planning our trip to the USA and during that planning i met Dave from the 1800 forum Dave was a great help to us in the planning stages and rode from Colarado to mee ...</p><p><a href="http://mywing.smugmug.com/Motorcycle-Journeys/Ride-Videos/8002054_bgTXZ#520405245_bsPx3" title="About mid 2006 i started planning our trip to the USA and during that planning i met Dave from the 1800 forum Dave was a great help to us in the planning stages and rode from Colarado to mee ..."><img src="http://mywing.smugmug.com/Motorcycle-Journeys/Ride-Videos/Title01/520405245_bsPx3-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="About mid 2006 i started planning our trip to the USA and during that planning i met Dave from the 1800 forum Dave was a great help to us in the planning stages and rode from Colarado to mee ..." title="About mid 2006 i started planning our trip to the USA and during that planning i met Dave from the 1800 forum Dave was a great help to us in the planning stages and rode from Colarado to mee ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-18T10:36:29Z mywing http://mywing.smugmug.com http://mywing.smugmug.com/Motorcycle-Journeys/Ride-Videos/Title01/520405245_bsPx3-640.mp4 <p><a href="http://mywing.smugmug.com">mywing</a><br />I had the opportunity thru work to go to a meeting in Eden on a friday and decided that it would be better to take the bike then hire a car, i also asked John B if he would like to come and ...</p><p><a href="http://mywing.smugmug.com/Motorcycle-Journeys/Ride-Videos/8002054_bgTXZ#520385372_FCYWs" title="I had the opportunity thru work to go to a meeting in Eden on a friday and decided that it would be better to take the bike then hire a car, i also asked John B if he would like to come and ..."><img src="http://mywing.smugmug.com/Motorcycle-Journeys/Ride-Videos/Snowyride09/520385372_FCYWs-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="I had the opportunity thru work to go to a meeting in Eden on a friday and decided that it would be better to take the bike then hire a car, i also asked John B if he would like to come and ..." title="I had the opportunity thru work to go to a meeting in Eden on a friday and decided that it would be better to take the bike then hire a car, i also asked John B if he would like to come and ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-18T10:36:29Z mywing http://mywing.smugmug.com http://mywing.smugmug.com/Motorcycle-Journeys/Ride-Videos/Snowyride09/520385372_FCYWs-640.mp4 <p><a href="http://mywing.smugmug.com">mywing</a><br />Our overnight ride in Nov 08</p><p><a href="http://mywing.smugmug.com/Motorcycle-Journeys/Ride-Videos/8002054_bgTXZ#520361629_ixwv2" title="Our overnight ride in Nov 08"><img src="http://mywing.smugmug.com/Motorcycle-Journeys/Ride-Videos/overnight-ride-Nov-08/520361629_ixwv2-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Our overnight ride in Nov 08" title="Our overnight ride in Nov 08" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-18T10:36:29Z mywing http://mywing.smugmug.com http://mywing.smugmug.com/Motorcycle-Journeys/Ride-Videos/overnight-ride-Nov-08/520361629_ixwv2-640.mp4 <p><a href="http://mywing.smugmug.com">mywing</a><br />Shane a past Boss loves Harleys and decided to venture outside Geelong and head up over the top of Victoria i taggged along for a great weekend of riding</p><p><a href="http://mywing.smugmug.com/Motorcycle-Journeys/Ride-Videos/8002054_bgTXZ#520361593_MejYx" title="Shane a past Boss loves Harleys and decided to venture outside Geelong and head up over the top of Victoria i taggged along for a great weekend of riding"><img src="http://mywing.smugmug.com/Motorcycle-Journeys/Ride-Videos/Geelong-Harley-ride/520361593_MejYx-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Shane a past Boss loves Harleys and decided to venture outside Geelong and head up over the top of Victoria i taggged along for a great weekend of riding" title="Shane a past Boss loves Harleys and decided to venture outside Geelong and head up over the top of Victoria i taggged along for a great weekend of riding" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-18T10:36:29Z mywing http://mywing.smugmug.com http://mywing.smugmug.com/Motorcycle-Journeys/Ride-Videos/Geelong-Harley-ride/520361593_MejYx-640.mp4 <p><a href="http://mywing.smugmug.com">mywing</a><br />Our trip to the USA in 2007 one of two videos. This video is made up of film from Clint and Charleen that came with us if it was not for clint having the video on his bike we would not have ...</p><p><a href="http://mywing.smugmug.com/Motorcycle-Journeys/Ride-Videos/8002054_bgTXZ#520346479_DPBiE" title="Our trip to the USA in 2007 one of two videos. This video is made up of film from Clint and Charleen that came with us if it was not for clint having the video on his bike we would not have ..."><img src="http://mywing.smugmug.com/Motorcycle-Journeys/Ride-Videos/USA-Comp01/520346479_DPBiE-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Our trip to the USA in 2007 one of two videos. This video is made up of film from Clint and Charleen that came with us if it was not for clint having the video on his bike we would not have ..." title="Our trip to the USA in 2007 one of two videos. This video is made up of film from Clint and Charleen that came with us if it was not for clint having the video on his bike we would not have ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-18T10:36:29Z mywing http://mywing.smugmug.com http://mywing.smugmug.com/Motorcycle-Journeys/Ride-Videos/USA-Comp01/520346479_DPBiE-640.mp4 <p><a href="http://mywing.smugmug.com">mywing</a><br />AGM Ride 2009</p><p><a href="http://mywing.smugmug.com/Motorcycle-Journeys/Ride-Videos/8002054_bgTXZ#520301944_hERrf" title="AGM Ride 2009"><img src="http://mywing.smugmug.com/Motorcycle-Journeys/Ride-Videos/AGM2009/520301944_hERrf-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="AGM Ride 2009" title="AGM Ride 2009" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-18T10:36:29Z mywing http://mywing.smugmug.com http://mywing.smugmug.com/Motorcycle-Journeys/Ride-Videos/AGM2009/520301944_hERrf-640.mp4 <p><a href="http://mywing.smugmug.com">mywing</a><br />Short video of ride on the 18 Jan 09 from Melbourne to Daylesford</p><p><a href="http://mywing.smugmug.com/Motorcycle-Journeys/Ride-Videos/8002054_bgTXZ#456740428_tNEpp" title="Short video of ride on the 18 Jan 09 from Melbourne to Daylesford"><img src="http://mywing.smugmug.com/Motorcycle-Journeys/Ride-Videos/1010042/456740428_tNEpp-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Short video of ride on the 18 Jan 09 from Melbourne to Daylesford" title="Short video of ride on the 18 Jan 09 from Melbourne to Daylesford" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-18T10:36:29Z mywing http://mywing.smugmug.com http://mywing.smugmug.com/Motorcycle-Journeys/Ride-Videos/1010042/456740428_tNEpp-640.mp4