Distance travelled: 433 kms.
Cumulative distance: 9,390 kms
Sponsored by: Santa Battaglia.
Breakfast was a bit later than usual at 7.30am. We left about 8.30 am and headed for Cape Leeuwin and the lighthouse. Unfortunately the lighthouse is being restored. It is completely enclosed in scaffolding so there was no possibility of climbing it to see the incredible views.
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| Lighthouse wrapped in scaffolding!!! |
We went through the museum with all the history of the lighthouse which was commissioned in 1895. Colin and I managed to climb it in 2010.
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| They still have Matilda the cow performing. She was here in 2010 as well. |
Next we headed to Walpole to see the "Tree Top Walk" in the "Valley of the Giants". Very impressive. First we had a guided tour of the ground cover flora and the various uses the Aborigines made of each plant. They plan to extend the tree top walk in the near future.
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| This is a Yellow Tingle |
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| Another Yellow Tingle |
The weather today has been perfect riding weather, cool, sunny, no breeze and clear. The countryside was very green so they must have had some pretty reasonable rainfall.
I had a lucky escape when riding from Denmark to Albany. A truck was coming towards me on the other side of the road when about 150 metres from me a large bucket like a paint bucket flew out of its tray and bounced along the road heading straight for me. I braked as hard as I could and by some miracle it bounced sideways into the bush before it got to me.
When I was unloading my gear at the motel I noticed some oil streaks on the right side of my rear wheel. Unfortunately it looks as though I have blown the outer oil seal on the differential of the shaft drive. It needs to be repaired as I can't ride it in that state. Right now I am trying to source the part. I can do the repairs myself, I just need the part.
