Post by SPINAL on Apr 7, 2015 17:46:41 GMT 10
Hi guys,
Had a great day with you all yesterday. Nice to meet other Shadow riders. Some good photos too.
I remember George saying what's the point of doing the Ocean Road if you don't see the 12 Apostles. Turned out to be prophetic. He said it was just up the road and we soon saw signs advertising the helicopter rides for the 12 A. Still riding, well it must be just up here. Went thru a rain forest, well maybe on the other side. Nope, now I'm thinking I screwed up somehow and missed the turnoff. Starting to get windier and cooler and we decided it wasn't to be since we weren't going back. Then it popped up about 30 kms later and I was really glad because I figured you guys would never let me hear the end of it as to how I came but I didn't see. Holy cow there were a zillion people there and when Wolf saw the distance he told me to go on and get some pics. Every foreigner in Oz was there I think, only saw a couple of white people the rest were all sorts of Asians. Made me think of home. The walk was worth it though and Wolf kept all the passersby busy. On the way back to the parking lot got a real closeup of an echidna so that was great. From there it slowly started picking up in rain intensity so we gave up on making it to Warrnambool and stayed at a wi-fi free place near Petersborough. They didnt have wifi but they had good food so we were happy.
Got to park our bikes out of the rain too. Started off with the rain suits today which did the trick since it never did rain but was windy and cold. Decided to stay in Mt Gambier tonite since we spent some time reconnecting after Wolf broke the cardinal rule and turned off the main road because i had mentioned Pt Fairy. I had told him if we ever left the main road or there was a T, I would wait there for him. Guess he rode around Pt Fairy for a while and finally remembered I had given him my Oz mobile # so he had some lady at a restaurant call me and as luck would have it I was waiting in a gas station at Yumbuk and got the call when I was off the bike. I was just asking them about how to contact the police.
Anyway the afternoon has finished off perfectly, sun is out and Wolf is happy - anyone want to guess why? Yep, he's at the desk doing postcards, over 20 as I type this.
Going to Adelaide tomorrow and then the next day hit Kangaroo Island.
Thanks again to everyone for making the Ocean Road such a great ride. Hope we do something similar when we get back in May and/or meet up for the AGM.
Glad to see you both are having a great time of it.you'll find that when an Aussie tells you it's just up the road, it's anywhere between 1/2 an hour to an hour by car, found that out quick when i came to Aussie.
cheer,
spinal.