{"id":24,"date":"2019-01-29T08:01:21","date_gmt":"2019-01-29T08:01:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cmaaus.org\/nsw\/?page_id=24"},"modified":"2023-04-27T09:24:46","modified_gmt":"2023-04-26T23:24:46","slug":"blog","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cmaaus.org\/nsw\/blog\/","title":{"rendered":"Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container fusion-parallax-none nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling lazyload\" style=\"--awb-background-position:right bottom;--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-top:190px;--awb-padding-top-small:0px;--awb-background-size:cover;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" data-bg=\"https:\/\/cmaaus.org\/nsw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/christian-motorcycle-association-event.jpg\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:calc( 1140px + 0px );margin-left: calc(-0px \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-0px \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-blend:overlay;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:0px;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:0px;--awb-spacing-left-medium:0px;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:0px;--awb-spacing-left-small:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-no-large-visibility fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:30px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-one\" style=\"--awb-text-color:var(--awb-color1);--awb-margin-top-small:0px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:20px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;\"><h1 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;--fontSize:60;line-height:1.4;\">Blog<\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-2 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-top:80px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1185.6px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column fusion-animated\" style=\"--awb-bg-blend:overlay;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\" data-animationType=\"fadeInUp\" data-animationDuration=\"0.6\" data-animationOffset=\"top-into-view\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-recent-posts fusion-recent-posts-1 avada-container layout-default layout-columns-3 fusion-recent-posts-center\"><section class=\"fusion-columns columns fusion-columns-3 columns-3\"><article class=\"post fusion-column column col col-lg-4 col-md-4 col-sm-4\"><div class=\"fusion-flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading flexslider flexslider-hover-type-zoomin\"><ul class=\"slides\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/cmaaus.org\/nsw\/new-presidents-prattle\/\" aria-label=\"New President\u2019s Prattle\" class=\"hover-type-zoomin\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"472\" height=\"441\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27472%27%20height%3D%27591%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20472%20591%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27472%27%20height%3D%27591%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" class=\"attachment-recent-posts size-recent-posts lazyload\" alt=\"Grahame Bertram\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/cmaaus.org\/nsw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Grahame-Bertram-472x441.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"recent-posts-content\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cmaaus.org\/nsw\/author\/ian\/\" rel=\"author\">ian<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2026-04-19T08:21:50+10:00<\/span><h4 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cmaaus.org\/nsw\/new-presidents-prattle\/\">New President\u2019s Prattle<\/a><\/h4><p class=\"meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cmaaus.org\/nsw\/author\/ian\/\" rel=\"author\">ian<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2026-04-19T08:21:50+10:00<\/span><span>April 19th, 2026<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><p>It\u2019s a great privilege to take on the role of Chairman for CMA NSW\/ACT.\u00a0 I<\/p><\/div><\/article><article class=\"post fusion-column column col col-lg-4 col-md-4 col-sm-4\"><div class=\"fusion-flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading flexslider flexslider-hover-type-zoomin\"><ul class=\"slides\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/cmaaus.org\/nsw\/presidents-christmas-letter-2025\/\" aria-label=\"Presidents Christmas Letter 2025\" class=\"hover-type-zoomin\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"441\" src=\"https:\/\/cmaaus.org\/nsw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot_20251206_141354_Chrome-700x441.jpg\" class=\"attachment-recent-posts size-recent-posts lazyload\" alt=\"Screenshot 20251206 141354 Chrome\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27903%27%20height%3D%27721%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20903%20721%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27903%27%20height%3D%27721%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/cmaaus.org\/nsw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot_20251206_141354_Chrome-700x441.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cmaaus.org\/nsw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot_20251206_141354_Chrome-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/cmaaus.org\/nsw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot_20251206_141354_Chrome-700x441.jpg 700w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/cmaaus.org\/nsw\/presidents-christmas-letter-2025\/\" aria-label=\"Presidents Christmas Letter 2025\" class=\"hover-type-zoomin\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"441\" src=\"https:\/\/cmaaus.org\/nsw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot_20251206_141354_Chrome-700x441.jpg\" class=\"attachment-recent-posts size-recent-posts lazyload\" alt=\"Screenshot 20251206 141354 Chrome\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27903%27%20height%3D%27721%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20903%20721%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27903%27%20height%3D%27721%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/cmaaus.org\/nsw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot_20251206_141354_Chrome-700x441.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cmaaus.org\/nsw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot_20251206_141354_Chrome-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/cmaaus.org\/nsw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot_20251206_141354_Chrome-700x441.jpg 700w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"recent-posts-content\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cmaaus.org\/nsw\/author\/dan\/\" rel=\"author\">Dan McGinty<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2025-12-12T07:31:25+11:00<\/span><h4 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cmaaus.org\/nsw\/presidents-christmas-letter-2025\/\">Presidents Christmas Letter 2025<\/a><\/h4><p class=\"meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cmaaus.org\/nsw\/author\/dan\/\" rel=\"author\">Dan McGinty<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2025-12-12T07:31:25+11:00<\/span><span>December 6th, 2025<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><p>Greetings fellow CMA NSW\/ACT members and riders, The end of the year is almost upon<\/p><\/div><\/article><article class=\"post fusion-column column col col-lg-4 col-md-4 col-sm-4\"><div class=\"recent-posts-content\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cmaaus.org\/nsw\/author\/ian\/\" rel=\"author\">ian<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2025-09-25T18:49:50+10:00<\/span><h4 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cmaaus.org\/nsw\/president-chat-2025-no-3\/\">President Chat 2025 \u2013 no.3<\/a><\/h4><p class=\"meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cmaaus.org\/nsw\/author\/ian\/\" rel=\"author\">ian<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2025-09-25T18:49:50+10:00<\/span><span>September 25th, 2025<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><p>WHAT IS GOOD? When we look at the world today and see the constant sin,<\/p><\/div><\/article><\/section><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-2 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-blend:overlay;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-no-small-visibility fusion-no-medium-visibility fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:30px;width:100%;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-3 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-blend:overlay;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-no-large-visibility fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:-50px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-recent-posts fusion-recent-posts-2 avada-container layout-default layout-columns-3 fusion-recent-posts-center\"><section class=\"fusion-columns columns fusion-columns-3 columns-3\"><article class=\"post fusion-column column col col-lg-4 col-md-4 col-sm-4\"><div class=\"fusion-flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading flexslider flexslider-hover-type-zoomin\"><ul class=\"slides\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/cmaaus.org\/nsw\/presidents-chat-2025-no-2\/\" aria-label=\"President&#8217;s Chat 2025 \u2013 No.2\" class=\"hover-type-zoomin\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"121\" src=\"https:\/\/cmaaus.org\/nsw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/A-MESSAGE-FROM-YOUR-PRESIDENT-e1677613279384.jpg\" class=\"attachment-recent-posts size-recent-posts lazyload\" alt=\"A MESSAGE FROM YOUR PRESIDENT\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27400%27%20height%3D%27121%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20400%20121%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27400%27%20height%3D%27121%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/cmaaus.org\/nsw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/A-MESSAGE-FROM-YOUR-PRESIDENT-e1677613279384.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cmaaus.org\/nsw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/A-MESSAGE-FROM-YOUR-PRESIDENT-e1677613279384-200x61.jpg 200w, https:\/\/cmaaus.org\/nsw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/A-MESSAGE-FROM-YOUR-PRESIDENT-e1677613279384-300x91.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cmaaus.org\/nsw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/A-MESSAGE-FROM-YOUR-PRESIDENT-e1677613279384.jpg 400w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"recent-posts-content\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cmaaus.org\/nsw\/author\/ian\/\" rel=\"author\">ian<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2025-06-03T21:58:55+10:00<\/span><h4 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cmaaus.org\/nsw\/presidents-chat-2025-no-2\/\">President&#8217;s Chat 2025 \u2013 No.2<\/a><\/h4><p class=\"meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cmaaus.org\/nsw\/author\/ian\/\" rel=\"author\">ian<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2025-06-03T21:58:55+10:00<\/span><span>June 3rd, 2025<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><span class=\"fusion-comments\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cmaaus.org\/nsw\/presidents-chat-2025-no-2\/#respond\">0 Comments<\/a><\/span><\/p><p>THE SENSE OF OUR SINFULNESS The hallmark of a follower of Christ, is the sense<\/p><\/div><\/article><article class=\"post fusion-column column col col-lg-4 col-md-4 col-sm-4\"><div class=\"fusion-flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading flexslider flexslider-hover-type-zoomin\"><ul class=\"slides\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/cmaaus.org\/nsw\/president-chat-2025-no-1\/\" aria-label=\"President Chat 2025 \u2013 No.1\" class=\"hover-type-zoomin\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"441\" src=\"https:\/\/cmaaus.org\/nsw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/FB_IMG_1731393195549-700x441.jpg\" class=\"attachment-recent-posts size-recent-posts lazyload\" alt=\"FB IMG\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271465%27%20height%3D%271400%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201465%201400%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271465%27%20height%3D%271400%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/cmaaus.org\/nsw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/FB_IMG_1731393195549-700x441.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cmaaus.org\/nsw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/FB_IMG_1731393195549-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/cmaaus.org\/nsw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/FB_IMG_1731393195549-700x441.jpg 700w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"recent-posts-content\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cmaaus.org\/nsw\/author\/ian\/\" rel=\"author\">ian<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2025-03-19T13:04:05+11:00<\/span><h4 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cmaaus.org\/nsw\/president-chat-2025-no-1\/\">President Chat 2025 \u2013 No.1<\/a><\/h4><p class=\"meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cmaaus.org\/nsw\/author\/ian\/\" rel=\"author\">ian<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2025-03-19T13:04:05+11:00<\/span><span>March 19th, 2025<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><span class=\"fusion-comments\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cmaaus.org\/nsw\/president-chat-2025-no-1\/#respond\">0 Comments<\/a><\/span><\/p><p>Well, here we are already \u2013 into another year. Welcome to 2025. The years, for<\/p><\/div><\/article><article class=\"post fusion-column column col col-lg-4 col-md-4 col-sm-4\"><div class=\"fusion-flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading flexslider flexslider-hover-type-zoomin\"><ul class=\"slides\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/cmaaus.org\/nsw\/presidents-christmas-letter-2024\/\" aria-label=\"PRESIDENT\u2019S CHRISTMAS LETTER \u2013 2024\" class=\"hover-type-zoomin\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"415\" height=\"311\" src=\"https:\/\/cmaaus.org\/nsw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/christmasnightnativity1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-recent-posts size-recent-posts lazyload\" alt=\"Christmasnightnativity1\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27415%27%20height%3D%27311%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20415%20311%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27415%27%20height%3D%27311%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/cmaaus.org\/nsw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/christmasnightnativity1.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cmaaus.org\/nsw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/christmasnightnativity1-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/cmaaus.org\/nsw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/christmasnightnativity1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cmaaus.org\/nsw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/christmasnightnativity1-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/cmaaus.org\/nsw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/christmasnightnativity1.jpg 415w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"recent-posts-content\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cmaaus.org\/nsw\/author\/ian\/\" rel=\"author\">ian<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2024-12-10T06:57:08+11:00<\/span><h4 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cmaaus.org\/nsw\/presidents-christmas-letter-2024\/\">PRESIDENT\u2019S CHRISTMAS LETTER \u2013 2024<\/a><\/h4><p class=\"meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cmaaus.org\/nsw\/author\/ian\/\" rel=\"author\">ian<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2024-12-10T06:57:08+11:00<\/span><span>December 10th, 2024<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><span class=\"fusion-comments\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cmaaus.org\/nsw\/presidents-christmas-letter-2024\/#respond\">0 Comments<\/a><\/span><\/p><p>Greetings fellow CMA NSW\/ACT members and riders, The end of the year is almost upon<\/p><\/div><\/article><article class=\"post fusion-column column col col-lg-4 col-md-4 col-sm-4\"><div class=\"fusion-flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading flexslider flexslider-hover-type-zoomin\"><ul class=\"slides\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/cmaaus.org\/nsw\/presidents-chat-no-5\/\" aria-label=\"Presidents Chat no.5\" class=\"hover-type-zoomin\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"441\" src=\"https:\/\/cmaaus.org\/nsw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/FB_IMG_1731393195549-700x441.jpg\" class=\"attachment-recent-posts size-recent-posts lazyload\" alt=\"FB IMG\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271465%27%20height%3D%271400%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201465%201400%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271465%27%20height%3D%271400%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/cmaaus.org\/nsw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/FB_IMG_1731393195549-700x441.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cmaaus.org\/nsw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/FB_IMG_1731393195549-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/cmaaus.org\/nsw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/FB_IMG_1731393195549-700x441.jpg 700w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"recent-posts-content\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cmaaus.org\/nsw\/author\/dan\/\" rel=\"author\">Dan McGinty<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2024-11-12T17:41:26+11:00<\/span><h4 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cmaaus.org\/nsw\/presidents-chat-no-5\/\">Presidents Chat no.5<\/a><\/h4><p class=\"meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cmaaus.org\/nsw\/author\/dan\/\" rel=\"author\">Dan McGinty<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2024-11-12T17:41:26+11:00<\/span><span>November 12th, 2024<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><span class=\"fusion-comments\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cmaaus.org\/nsw\/presidents-chat-no-5\/#respond\">0 Comments<\/a><\/span><\/p><p>President Chat 2024 \u2013 no.5 Greetings CMA NSW\/ACT members, I trust that this communication finds<\/p><\/div><\/article><article class=\"post fusion-column column col col-lg-4 col-md-4 col-sm-4\"><div class=\"fusion-flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading flexslider flexslider-hover-type-zoomin\"><ul class=\"slides\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/cmaaus.org\/nsw\/presidents-chat-2024-no-3\/\" aria-label=\"PRESIDENT\u2019S CHAT 2024 \u2013 No.3\" class=\"hover-type-zoomin\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"199\" height=\"153\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27199%27%20height%3D%27153%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20199%20153%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27199%27%20height%3D%27153%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" class=\"attachment-recent-posts size-recent-posts lazyload\" alt=\"20230226\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/cmaaus.org\/nsw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/20230226_100406-1-e1713421485953.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"recent-posts-content\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cmaaus.org\/nsw\/author\/ian\/\" rel=\"author\">ian<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2024-07-23T10:59:54+10:00<\/span><h4 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cmaaus.org\/nsw\/presidents-chat-2024-no-3\/\">PRESIDENT\u2019S CHAT 2024 \u2013 No.3<\/a><\/h4><p class=\"meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cmaaus.org\/nsw\/author\/ian\/\" rel=\"author\">ian<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2024-07-23T10:59:54+10:00<\/span><span>July 23rd, 2024<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><span class=\"fusion-comments\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cmaaus.org\/nsw\/presidents-chat-2024-no-3\/#respond\">0 Comments<\/a><\/span><\/p><p>Greetings CMA NSW\/ACT members, I trust that this communication finds you all well, and that<\/p><\/div><\/article><article class=\"post fusion-column column col col-lg-4 col-md-4 col-sm-4\"><div class=\"fusion-flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading flexslider flexslider-hover-type-zoomin\"><ul class=\"slides\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/cmaaus.org\/nsw\/presidents-chat-2024-no-2\/\" aria-label=\"PRESIDENT\u2019S CHAT 2024 \u2013 no.2\" class=\"hover-type-zoomin\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"199\" height=\"153\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27199%27%20height%3D%27153%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20199%20153%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27199%27%20height%3D%27153%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" class=\"attachment-recent-posts size-recent-posts lazyload\" alt=\"20230226\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/cmaaus.org\/nsw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/20230226_100406-1-e1713421485953.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"recent-posts-content\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cmaaus.org\/nsw\/author\/ian\/\" rel=\"author\">ian<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2024-04-18T16:45:27+10:00<\/span><h4 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cmaaus.org\/nsw\/presidents-chat-2024-no-2\/\">PRESIDENT\u2019S CHAT 2024 \u2013 no.2<\/a><\/h4><p class=\"meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cmaaus.org\/nsw\/author\/ian\/\" rel=\"author\">ian<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2024-04-18T16:45:27+10:00<\/span><span>April 18th, 2024<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><span class=\"fusion-comments\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cmaaus.org\/nsw\/presidents-chat-2024-no-2\/#respond\">0 Comments<\/a><\/span><\/p><p>Greetings CMA NSW\/ACT members, I trust that this communication finds you well, and that you<\/p><\/div><\/article><article class=\"post fusion-column column col col-lg-4 col-md-4 col-sm-4\"><div class=\"fusion-flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading flexslider flexslider-hover-type-zoomin\"><ul class=\"slides\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/cmaaus.org\/nsw\/2024agm_1\/\" aria-label=\"CMA NSW\/ACT AGM &#8211; Griffith. Feb 2024\" class=\"hover-type-zoomin\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"441\" src=\"https:\/\/cmaaus.org\/nsw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/428629711_10161473244612210_274453745008052613_n-700x441.jpg\" class=\"attachment-recent-posts size-recent-posts lazyload\" alt=\"428629711 10161473244612210 274453745008052613 n\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%272048%27%20height%3D%271152%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%202048%201152%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%272048%27%20height%3D%271152%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/cmaaus.org\/nsw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/428629711_10161473244612210_274453745008052613_n-700x441.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cmaaus.org\/nsw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/428629711_10161473244612210_274453745008052613_n-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/cmaaus.org\/nsw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/428629711_10161473244612210_274453745008052613_n-700x441.jpg 700w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"recent-posts-content\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cmaaus.org\/nsw\/author\/ian\/\" rel=\"author\">ian<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2024-03-02T06:37:04+11:00<\/span><h4 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cmaaus.org\/nsw\/2024agm_1\/\">CMA NSW\/ACT AGM &#8211; Griffith. Feb 2024<\/a><\/h4><p class=\"meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cmaaus.org\/nsw\/author\/ian\/\" rel=\"author\">ian<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2024-03-02T06:37:04+11:00<\/span><span>March 2nd, 2024<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><span class=\"fusion-comments\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cmaaus.org\/nsw\/2024agm_1\/#respond\">0 Comments<\/a><\/span><\/p><p>Another CMA AGM. Another excuse to tour around and see more of NSW. Excellent. I<\/p><\/div><\/article><article class=\"post fusion-column column col col-lg-4 col-md-4 col-sm-4\"><div class=\"recent-posts-content\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cmaaus.org\/nsw\/author\/ian\/\" rel=\"author\">ian<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2024-02-05T07:01:54+11:00<\/span><h4 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cmaaus.org\/nsw\/husky-ride-wrapup\/\">Husky Ride Wrapup<\/a><\/h4><p class=\"meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cmaaus.org\/nsw\/author\/ian\/\" rel=\"author\">ian<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2024-02-05T07:01:54+11:00<\/span><span>February 5th, 2024<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><span class=\"fusion-comments\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cmaaus.org\/nsw\/husky-ride-wrapup\/#respond\">0 Comments<\/a><\/span><\/p><p>God is good!! A great day to ride in His amazing creation! We had a<\/p><\/div><\/article><article class=\"post fusion-column column col col-lg-4 col-md-4 col-sm-4\"><div class=\"fusion-flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading flexslider flexslider-hover-type-zoomin\"><ul class=\"slides\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/cmaaus.org\/nsw\/presidents-chat-2024-no-1\/\" aria-label=\"PRESIDENT\u2019S CHAT 2024 \u2013 No.1\" class=\"hover-type-zoomin\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"441\" src=\"https:\/\/cmaaus.org\/nsw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-700x441.jpg\" class=\"attachment-recent-posts size-recent-posts lazyload\" alt=\"2024\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271362%27%20height%3D%27559%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201362%20559%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271362%27%20height%3D%27559%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/cmaaus.org\/nsw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-700x441.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cmaaus.org\/nsw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/cmaaus.org\/nsw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024-700x441.jpg 700w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"recent-posts-content\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cmaaus.org\/nsw\/author\/ian\/\" rel=\"author\">ian<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2024-02-01T19:48:28+11:00<\/span><h4 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cmaaus.org\/nsw\/presidents-chat-2024-no-1\/\">PRESIDENT\u2019S CHAT 2024 \u2013 No.1<\/a><\/h4><p class=\"meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cmaaus.org\/nsw\/author\/ian\/\" rel=\"author\">ian<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2024-02-01T19:48:28+11:00<\/span><span>February 1st, 2024<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><span class=\"fusion-comments\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cmaaus.org\/nsw\/presidents-chat-2024-no-1\/#respond\">0 Comments<\/a><\/span><\/p><p>Greetings CMA members and associated riders, Welcome to another year of involvement within CMA NSW\/ACT.<\/p><\/div><\/article><article class=\"post fusion-column column col col-lg-4 col-md-4 col-sm-4\"><div class=\"fusion-flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading flexslider flexslider-hover-type-zoomin\"><ul class=\"slides\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/cmaaus.org\/nsw\/presidents-christmas-letter-2023\/\" aria-label=\"PRESIDENT\u2019S CHRISTMAS LETTER \u2013 2023\" class=\"hover-type-zoomin\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"441\" src=\"https:\/\/cmaaus.org\/nsw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/wrapped-up-motorcycle-christmas-700x441.jpg\" class=\"attachment-recent-posts size-recent-posts lazyload\" alt=\"Wrapped up motorcycle christmas\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27800%27%20height%3D%27533%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20800%20533%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27800%27%20height%3D%27533%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/cmaaus.org\/nsw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/wrapped-up-motorcycle-christmas-700x441.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cmaaus.org\/nsw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/wrapped-up-motorcycle-christmas-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/cmaaus.org\/nsw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/wrapped-up-motorcycle-christmas-700x441.jpg 700w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"recent-posts-content\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cmaaus.org\/nsw\/author\/ian\/\" rel=\"author\">ian<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2023-12-02T16:03:08+11:00<\/span><h4 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cmaaus.org\/nsw\/presidents-christmas-letter-2023\/\">PRESIDENT\u2019S CHRISTMAS LETTER \u2013 2023<\/a><\/h4><p class=\"meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cmaaus.org\/nsw\/author\/ian\/\" rel=\"author\">ian<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2023-12-02T16:03:08+11:00<\/span><span>December 2nd, 2023<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><span class=\"fusion-comments\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cmaaus.org\/nsw\/presidents-christmas-letter-2023\/#respond\">0 Comments<\/a><\/span><\/p><p>Greetings fellow CMA NSW\/ACT members and riders, The end of the year is almost upon<\/p><\/div><\/article><\/section><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-3 fusion-flex-container fusion-parallax-none nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling lazyload\" 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style=\"--awb-bg-blend:overlay;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:66.666666666667%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:2.88%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:2.88%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\" data-animationType=\"fadeInLeft\" data-animationDuration=\"0.6\" data-animationOffset=\"top-into-view\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-center fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-2 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two\" style=\"--awb-text-color:var(--awb-color1);--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-margin-top-small:0px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:20px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;\"><h2 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;--fontSize:40;line-height:1.5;\">Discover CMA NSW\/ACT today<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-3 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-three\" style=\"--awb-text-color:var(--awb-color1);--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-margin-top-small:0px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:20px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;--awb-font-size:21px;\"><h3 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;font-size:1em;--fontSize:21;--minFontSize:21;line-height:1.5;\">Contact us, or come along to our next gathering.<\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-5 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-flex-column fusion-animated\" 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