AUSTRALIA Page 11 - Victoria - February 2007.
Australia, the adopted homeland of both Mal and Lee. The only continent under one government and the country we both love. The picture above is the “skyline” of our city, you can click on the picture to get a larger image. Perth is one of the most isolated regional capital cities in the world. There are so many things to say about our country that I simply do not know where to begin...
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Sunday
February
18th
2007
Port
Fairy to Warrnambool
Approx.
34.96k's
Average
Speed
10.97kph
Cycling
time
3Hr(s)
11Min. Max
speed.
43kph
Max
temp we recorded
41°C
(Shade)
Terrain:
One
big hill, then gently undulating. Road
Conditions: Good,
Ferocious Side/headwind O/night
Accom.:
$.
Good
road between Pt Fairy and Warrnambool, with a wide shoulder for the
most part. Port Fairy is a beautiful old town with over 50 heritage
buildings. Loads of people asked about the bikes, our trip, and just
about everything else.... Just like these three young people from
America.
One
big hill between Pt Fairy and Warrnambool..
Our
Home for the (forecast) Storms in Warrnambool.....
And
the front........
An
old van at $38pn with all the “Mod Con's” :-) Raining
now! We will see how our day/night pans out.... Catchya Tomorrow (Or
Later)
Monday
February
19th
2007
Warrnambool
Approx.
k's
Average
Speed
kph
Cycling
time
Hr(s)
Min. Max
speed.
kph
Max
temp we recorded
°C
(Shade)
Terrain:
.
Road
Conditions: ,
O/night
Accom.:
$.
Rain
caused us to schedule a day off... We will need to practice set up
and dismantle our camp-site in the rain, as we will no doubt
encounter much more. Time to look at this in more detail.
Tuesday
February
20th
2007
Warrnambool
to Bush Camp about 9k's from Port Campbell
Approx.
60.84k's
Average
Speed
11.83kph
Cycling
time
5Hr(s)
08Min. Max
speed.
41kph
Max
temp we recorded
25°C
(Shade)
Terrain:
Gently
undulating. Road
Conditions: Good,
Terribly strong headwind O/night
Accom.:
$.
Headwind
came in a 12 O'clock most of the day... We packed in the early
morning drizzle.... and rode off in very light rain.. For the first
16k's, despite having a shoulder, we were harassed by trucks...
Whilst many are fine people, some even tendering a wave there is
“that” minority that are absolutely bloody certifiable!
We turned off the Princess Highway, on to the Great Ocean Road..
Reducing
the truck traffic by 80% . There is no doubt this part of our country
is stunningly beautiful..There are many others and I hope more to
come...
Stopped at the magnificent roadside facilities provided by
the Government...
These
pic's are near Peterborough at the start of the road
And
Still more....
As
you can imagine the ride was beautiful for both of us... We pulled
into Peterborough and went to a C/van park... This time I asked the
questions... He wanted $22.50 for us to pitch our tent.. No camp
kitchen... only a partial setup with bbq in one area and microwave in
the laundry... NO thanks mate... We peddled on and set up a pretty
good bush camp... They have been hard to find in this area.
A
bit desolate looking but quite private... It is in fact a MRD Metal
dump... used to hold road building material... It appears long since
abandoned..
Not much more to tell you.. except we hope to make it
to the bottom of “Lavers Hill” and psych ourself up for
the 19km climb to the top... which we will do the day after. Catchya
Later....