Unity in diversity
Ballarat Blanket Run and Church Raid Weekend – May 2024. Ballarat put on the best weather! 21 sleeping bags from CMA and the York Street Church of Christ Men’s Group were donated to Uniting Outreach for those sleeping rough. Uniting Outreach Support Officer spoke with us about their programs for those sleeping rough. A great weekend full of blessings from our amazing Lord. Jackie. PS: Great to have Andrew Suter join with us on Sunday
Lancefield & Mt Macedon Ride Report | 23-24 March 2024 CMA Victoria has had a wonderful weekend of riding, camaraderie, socialising, and worship to mark the start of ‘Semana Santa’ – Holy Week – Aussie style. That is to say we ate, made merry, prayed ate some more, enjoyed the countryside, had a devotion, worshipped and had communion at the top of Mt Macedon. It was an awesome 2 days. Ride to Lancefield Riding up through granite country to Lancefield with the sun on our backs we passed huge granite boulders emerging out of paddocks and balanced precariously on top …
It was a small gathering at our place because some of the regulars riders were not able to make it. There were 4 bikes and riders and one pillion .We left Benalla and headed down the snow road to pick up a new guy riding a BMW Sport at Milawa. There was an issue with a gear sack bag not zipped up properly but we arrived at the Lake in time to have lunch. We enjoyed a cuppa watching the jet skis hoon around the lake with comments about ‘that would be boring after a while’. We packed up and …
CMA Westies had another great ride today to Timboon Fine Icecream and then to Port Campbell for lunch. First stop was Ritcho’s Bakery in Colac for morning tea. The sun was out and so were all the people, but we were all very relaxed and enjoyed a chirp and slurp with the first coffee of the day. Then it was on to Cobden and Timboon, a beautiful little ride winding down through a leafy forest. Stopping at Timboon Fine Icecream for dessert in reverse as our entre. From entre at Timboon it was a 15 minute ride to Port Campbell …
Well what a great ride we had today. 16 Riders, including 10 first time riders. Our meeting point was Geelong RSL at the memorial cenotaph. A very light dusting of rain at the pre ride briefing but that was all we had for the day. One of our new riders came fully prepared to celebrate the day with a flag mounted to his bike. As a group we rode to Portarlington using corner markers. Inevitably we were strung out with some riders travelling more slowly, but we regrouped and had a coffee and more ‘get to know you’ chats. By …