Distance travelled: 388 kms.
Cumulative distance: 12,609 kms.
Sponsored by: Sue Fielding.
I was the last to leave the motel in Mount Gambier and it was pissing down. Last night I managed to fix the tears in my wet weather pants with duct tape provided by Paul from the "mother ship" and it seemed to have worked as I didn't get a wet crotch!! The rain only lasted around half an hour. I think I got ahead of the weather front so I headed for the "Great Ocean Road" to enjoy the scenery and a few twisties. First I headed for Port Fairy which I'd been to a couple of times before. It used to be called Belfast by the gentleman who settled there, James Atkinson a Sydney solicitor who came from Belfast. The name Port Fairy was given by the skipper of a sealing cutter "The Fairy". The name reverted to Port Fairy in 1887. It's a trendy place and has a music festival every year. After that I headed to Warrnambool and the start of the Great Ocean Road. The weather was overcast but dry and I stopped at the Bay of Islands for a few pictures.
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| The Bay of Islands |
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| Another view of The Bay of Islands. |
I rode past the "Twelve Apostles", I think there are only nine left. The ride from Lavers Hill to Apollo Bay had mucho twisties but it also was very damp with lots of green moss in the middle of the road making cornering a bit dicey. The scenery was quite spectacular along this stretch of the coastline. When I got to Lorne Colin was already ensconced in my apartment lapping up the luxury. We went to the pub for a few beers before dinner with the rest of the gang.
After dinner a few people came back to the apartment to have a taste of my Bushmills 10 year old single malt Irish whiskey. We have to get up at sparrow's (5.30am) to leave at 6.00 am to catch the 8.00 am ferry from Queenscliff to Sorento so we hit the sack at 11.00 pm.
