The Cormanus Chronicles — December 2024

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Brisbane - Fernvale - Lowood - Mt Glorious - Brisbane


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Having spent a morning on some domestic administration and crawling down a few YouTube rabbit hole, I decided to go for a ride. The CB1100 needed some exercise.

It was an unremarkable ride. I went around a loop I ride frequently, although this time in reverse — anti-clockwise as you look at the map. I also rode out through Lowood for a change and, although I didn't end up at Esk via back roads as I intended, I made a stop at the Wivenhoe Dam lookout. The Wivenhoe dam supplies Brisbane with water and also contains a small hydro-electric generator. The water shooting out of the spillway not only powers the dam, but also, I think, keeps the Brisbane River flowing.

After admiring the dam, I rode back over the Brisbane Range — always a treat – and got very hot in badly congested afternoon traffic. It's summer down under.





And that would have been that except for having one of those moments when the English language suddenly made little-to-no sense to me at all.

I stopped for petrol at Fernvale and was delighted to read on the enormous sign that I would be able to drive through* coffee.



Figuring I could easily wash it off the bike, I rode in and things got better: I was going to be able to ride through* coffee AND food.



Alas, it was not to be. All I got was the concrete you see in the last picture.

English is such a strange language!
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* I refuse to indulge the awful spelling.

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A note: Every now and again I look back at a past chronicle and the photos have disappeared. Or I wonder what will become of the forum. So, I've been transferring my ride reports to a site I control. It's a slow process: I get all excited and do a few posts, then lose interest and it languishes. Or I decide to change the format or the template, or I learn more about organising things and start fiddling which means I have to go back and modify what I've done.

It's not complete, but there's enough up now to make it worth telling folks it exists. So, if you're interested in the Cormanus Chronicles — which came about because of this forum — they're at https://cormanus.blogspot.com/.

Feedback would be welcome.