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MOTOBRICK RIDING => Photographic Ride Reports => Topic started by: Martin on February 06, 2016, 01:08:51 PM
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After 3 weeks without the Brick, and showers and rain forecast all day, I didn't care I just had to get out. So after one shower I just had to go for a little ride at least. This is an area called the Redcliffe Peninsula, home of the BEE GEE'S. It's about 10 min from home. I live in a great spot 1.5 hour's to the Gold Coast 30 Min to the Sunshine Coast and about 20min to the hills. Gayundah is what is left of a ship that ran aground, not much left. Hornibrook Highway is what is left of the old bridge between Redcliffe Peninsula and Sandgate, a very popular spot for Kite Boarding. They now have two bridges, the old replacement and a new replacement, now one for each direction. Wasn't the best day for taking pictures very overcast at times tried to take a couple of snaps when it cleared a bit. Thanks to Laitch I finally worked out how to reduce the size of my pictures.
Regards Martin :riding:.
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Nice
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Beautiful pictures....and bike. But you're in error......the BeeGee's are from Miami Beach, Florida!
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Nice shots, Martin. You are a lucky man! Keep luvin' your Brick!
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nice! wx looks good from here!
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Tru Ace what have you been smoking read the following they were born in UK but grew up in Redcliffe. :nono The Bee Gees were a pop music band formed in 1958. The band's line-up consisted of brothers Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb. The trio were successful for most of their decades of recording music, but they had two distinct periods of exceptional success: as a popular music act in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and as prominent performers of the disco music era in the late 1970s. The group sang recognisable three-part tight harmonies; Robin's clear vibrato lead vocals were a hallmark of their earlier hits, while Barry's R&B falsetto became their signature sound during the late 1970s and 1980s. They wrote all of their own hits, as well as writing and producing several major hits for other artists.
Born on the Isle of Man to English parents, the Gibb brothers lived in Chorlton, Manchester, England, until the late 1950s, and formed the Rattlesnakes. The family then moved to Redcliffe, in Queensland, Australia, and then to Cribb Island. After achieving their first chart success in Australia as the Bee Gees with "Spicks and Specks" (their 12th single), they returned to the UK in January 1967 where producer Robert Stigwood began promoting them to a worldwide audience.
The Bee Gees have sold more than 220 million records worldwide, making them one of the world's best-selling music artists of all time.[1][2] They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997;[3] the presenter of the award to "Britain's first family of harmony" was Brian Wilson, historical leader of the Beach Boys, a "family act" also featuring three harmonising brothers.[4] The Bee Gees' Hall of Fame citation says "Only Elvis Presley, the Beatles, Michael Jackson, Garth Brooks and Paul McCartney have outsold the Bee Gees."[5]
Following Maurice's sudden death in January 2003 at the age of 53, Barry and Robin retired the group's name after 45 years of activity. In 2009 Robin announced that he and Barry had agreed that the Bee Gees would re-form and perform again.[6] Robin died in May 2012 at the age of 62, after a prolonged struggle with cancer and other health problems, leaving Barry as the only surviving member of the group.[7]
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Messin' with ya, brother........they always were the Miami Beach based disco kings, back in the day.. In fact, that's where the brother died of a heart attack, I think.
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I hated the whole disco thing, They have a whole laneway in Redcliffe devoted to them, statues and everything. Might take some pictures and post, the one thing I have to take a picture of is the most diabolical dangerous sculpture. Stay tuned for more updates.
Regards Martin.
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This thing is wind powered and is right on the edge of the road. When it gets really windy it spins at an alarming rate. I don't want to be there if it ever does a bearing. you can view it on you tube. Redcliff - wind powered sculpture - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6P9miJlzksA
Regards Martin.