henry lawson drive.

[pancho]

who remembers motorcycle action at henry lawson drive? the old mud scramble track in the area later used for the scout jamboree? AND the hill climb on the right at the top of the hill after the first down hill bit coming from the 'meccano set' [it wasn't there then].my old school mate busted the gear box on his rigid c11 on 2 occasions on that,had to get repairs at bagley &weston. that was before i started with bikes. about 1955. cheers wally

[piney]

hiya !!!  i remember goin out to henry lawson drive with my mates home made mini bike, in our other mates (he had a lic an car) eh wagon with bike layin down in back . talk about the good old days , only a couple of days ago was talkin to son about ridin at whate is now foreshore drive wich runs out to mattraville , we could ride our cr,s on a Sat arvo from botany rd mascot (where we lived ) down hale st ,no loading of utes trailers how good was that then off to Mattraville drive in to whatch On Sunday , ah the good old days

[mx25074]

I remember landsdowne .what about duck creek  the hillys

[Smithie]

Hi my name is Rory. It's my first post on this forum.
I owe a lifetime of riding to Lansvale. Back in 73 I took a Yam 125 twin road bike to ride there as I lived not far away in Marion st Bankstown. I had family in Georges Hall.
I enjoyed it so much I was motivated to ride in to the George st cinemas to watch a new movie just realest, On Any Sunday, (Brian Brown, Endless Summer). Got a parking ticket too, the first of many encounters with the law.
Within a month I had purchased a second hand DT2(red) $400. It had originaly come from Brian Collins Yamaha in Parramatta. It sported a 21 front wheel and a high front gard. You could buy a new DT3 (Green) from the Yamaha dealer in Bankstown for about $750.
Met another DT2 rider in Georges Hall, Peter Spiller. We traveled across the Alfords Point ferry and up the hill to the power lines at Meni where we descended a hill to cross a creek and follow this difficult trail towards the old brick pits. We never made it as we stopped to help a bloke who had broken down on a Kawa 250. John Alback was his name . He used to race go-carts. He was so grateful we ended up back at his place at Bexley for dinner.
John introduced us to riding at Terry Hills. He also organised a ride at Wisemans Ferry. The idea was to go up the dirt roads and across the range to Rylstone. The only map we had was an article in a "just released" bike mag called Trail and Track. Of course we did not make it on that attempt.
Lansdown, and the big hillclimb on the other side of Henry Lawson Drive, certainly bring back memories for me.