Saturday 13 March. Parade day today. What a parade, almost 2000 bikes through Albany, the towns folk turned out in their droves to see the parade. An amazing specticle. The afternoon saw us at another meeting, this time it was the main AGM with a new national committee was elected. As we exited the meeting we were engulfed in smoke and lite soot from a bush fire started after a Ulysses club member had an accident and his bike (NOT a gold wing) ruptured it's fuel tank and burst into flames. Turned out to be so serious that they had to evacuate houses and close roads. By the way the rider busted his shoulder and cracked a few ribs but will survive to ride again.
Saturday night we attended the AGM dinner and as we settled in to a sumptous meal the heavens opened up to one of the fiercest storms I've seen in a long time.