BMW F800GS around Albany

Shiny bike out of the front gate for the first timeThis web page is about spending some quality time showing the new F800GS the sites and tracks near Albany, Western Australia. So, out of the front gate for the first time on the shiny new bike, and into the countryside. Click on the pictures (shot on a Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ7 compact camera) to see in 1000px size.

Cruising on leather-hard gravelWith only 160 km on the clock, it was off the bitumen and onto the gravel tracks towards Mutton Bird Beach, only 10 km from the front gate.

Checking the surf...And 30 km east onto the beach at Nanarup, east of Albany.

Leaning through Mt Shadforth's cornersThen over to Denmark 50 kms west to enjoy the forest roads and tracks.

XNext, 80 km north to the Stirling Ranges, and the little gravel track up Mt Trio.

XBack slightly west the Cosy Corner-Perkins Beach track, to try a nice little patch of sand as a taster, which the GS handled very well.

XUp on Torbay Hill, there's a lovely dense patch of Karri with a damp, windy track through it.

XWithin sight of home, there's the windmills, which sound ominous on a windy day.

XAnd once again 20 or so km east onto the tracks above the Gull Rock Road.