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The big bike trip – Day 4

We are deep into uncharted territory now, haven’t ventured this far south on our bikes until now!

It was raining last night so we had to pack up wet tents, though the rain has held off during the day which is a bonus.
The wind has been especially bad, causing extra fatigue trying to keep the bike on the right side of the road. Shortly after setting out we stopped and switched out to the wet weather/winter gear just for the extra warmth with the driving wind.

West Wyalong Showgrounds campsite

Had a slight hiccup at the Vic boarder crossing. I was unaware that I passport was needed. Anyway managed to buff my way through that little bit of excitement.

So yes we are in Victoria now, staying in a little campervan place in a small town called Nagambie. Our first choice of places was fully booked out, then it dawned on us that it’s the ANZAC long weekend. It’s all good though we have somewhere to sleep and with any luck our tents will be dry by morning.

Had to do a bit of running repairs to my bike, left front indicator has fallen off. I knew the lower bracket had broken, but the only other screw holding it has now failed as well.
As such I have zip tied it togeather until I can get some time in Hobart to give it another lookin.

Big bike trip zip tie magic

We will be on the boat tomorrow night, so I’m unsure if I will beable to type my daily report due to being at sea and WIFI doesn’t cover the area :p

I have updated the maps so they now link to the raw data for each day.
I will do something more when I get to a computer but it will help give more detail if you are interested in that stuff!!
Big bike trip day 4 map


The big bike trip – Day 3

Mostly pushing on to Melbourne, we had a slight hiccup in our plans.
We totally didn’t forsee the need to book the ferry way in advance. So we are stuck on the 9th May sailing back.
This slightly extends our original time so we have applied to do a week of work in Tas to make up for the time loss.

We stopped at Parks Telecope for a bite to eat on the trip today, it’s a nice little cafe and do a good feed.
Parks Telescope

We ended the day at: West Wyalong
Nothing overly special here, though the show grounds do allow people to camp, so that’s what we are doing tonight!

And the journey map for today..
Bike trip day 3


The big bike trip – Day 2

On the road again…

There were a few good twisties along the way today, making good progress to Melbourne.

Today we have stopped at: Gilgandra
Been passed Gilagndra a few time before, but never stayed the night.

Made a few rest stops along the way, mostly to keep my sanity and rest is good when riding a bike.

Bikes at Bingara

I purchased some more sugar today in the hope that I won’t fall asleep. I did get a good night sleep out at Texas though I still found myself wanting to dose. So extra rests stops were required to refuel the human driver.

Charging system on my bike is working well at this stage, Josh is having some issues with his but I think that’s more to do with the bag mount than the system it’s self.

In the attempt to get some rest I will sign off with today’s map for everyone!
day 2 map


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