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I grew up in the country, on a cattle station, or ranch?" Size about 1 million acres. For over 20 years. Over the years, whilst chasing wild cattle, camels etc, we had lots of spills, both bikes and vehicles. Worst off road accident was when I rolled a Landcruiser down a river embankment whilst chasing a mob of cattle. Wrecked the 4WD, but thats about all. Actually have rolled 4 vehicles my self, been in another 3, including 1 that killed my twin sister. My brother ran me over with a Land Rover when I was about 12. It was an accident, I'm sure of it! No Damage.
Was passenger in a Cessna 172 with my brother (same one) when the nose wheel broke upon landing, which spun us off the strip into a tree, wrecking the plane. (My brother has actually wrecked 2 planes, and damaged a third. He has also wrecked more vehicles)
Closest call, on-road was a lost door mirror when the Road-train I was driving clipped the door mirror of a Road-train coming in the opposit direction at a closing speed of probably 200 K's. Really worried me after I thought about just how close I came...
Worst on-road? A nurse pulled out from a stop sign in front of me on a M/Bike. Result- Broken leg, internal injuries etc that meant 13 weeks in hospital, and no bike. Lots of other "incidents" that are fairly trivial.
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"And you run and you run to catch up with the sun but it's sinking.
Racing around to come up behind you again. The sun is the same in a relative way but your older, shorter of breath, and one day closer to death" ...pink floyd
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