Brisbane
We crossed the QLD border and lost an hour continued on through some small towns and on into Brisbane. Yep, just like the other capital cities, I’m over them. Anyway arrived at mum’s place around 2 pm, said hi to mum and Bryan, then helped Mark and Michelle pack their car, they had up here, with all their stuff they’d left here. Mark, Michelle and I said our goodbyes, then they left to visit some friends up north then visit friends on the way back home. I’m not sure yet, whether I’m glad to be back or not, but I do know I’ll catch up with Mark and Michelle soon, when I continue my travel adventure. In the meantime, I’ll get a bit of work and keep the blog up to date.
Boggabilla
We got the tent packed away and we hit the road early to get a few miles underneath our wheels. I stopped at Parkes so Michelle could get some stuff from the shop. Michelle told us that most of the people in there were less than slim and gave her dirty looks as she is quite slim. Oh well, it happens, we continued on to this small town just short of the Queensland border. Just as turned the corner near the pub, the local constabulary had an RBT set up outside the station, I hadn’t had a drink so I wasn’t worried. I just had to count to ten in this machine and we were off again, about 300 metres and pulled up at the park.
Ardlethan
Mark and Michelle went to say goodbye to a few friends and do a few things. When they got back, we packed their stuff into my bus, as we are driving back to Brisbane and left. We spent an hour with Wayne and Lesley, when we caught up with them at Finley, then continued on through to Ardlethan. I helped Mark set up their tent while Michelle cooked their dinner then I cooked mine. I went to bed extra early as I was knackered.
Geelong
On the way out of town, we went and said goodbye and thank you to Jeff and Sue for their hospitality. We passed through quite a few small towns and stopped at one for lunch. We arrived in Geelong around 3pm and I finally got to meet Dennis and Sue, Michelle’s mum and dad. We are staying here for a day or so before heading to Brisbane. I went for a ride around town. I got back around 6.30 pm, dinner was being cooked. Mark and Michelle both had things to do, so Dennis took me for drive around to show me some of the sights I may have missed. It was great getting a guided tour of an area. We got back around 9.30 pm, I thanked him very much. I reckon it would have to be the biggest non-capital city in Oz
Warrnambool
Jeff, Mark, Michelle and I went to the speedway just outside of Warrnambool to watch a car Jeff sponsors, race. Afterwards, Jeff took us joyriding around the sights around that area. This sign was on an Irish pub in Koroit. One thing I have noticed is the country is very dry out here. I suppose most of the areas I’ve been, has been dry, though I must say it must be really something to see after some good rain.
Portland
I went for a ride down to Portland, on Michelle’s advice, as they are doing other stuff today. It’s a very nice place so I went exploring. I went out to Cape Nelson for the lighthouse and coastline and Cape Bridgewater for the blowholes, petrified forest and seal colony. I didn’t go out to the seal colony as it was a three hour return walk and I had my bike gear on. I came back to Coleraine via a different route, that took me through more small towns. All in all, I had a great day.
Coleraine
Out on the road again, we were going to go via the coast road to Millicent but a major grassfire had cut off the way, so we went inland instead. We passed through and stopped at a few places, including Mount Gambier, for photos and lunch. We arrived at Coleraine around 2pm, to visit and stay with close friends of Mark & Michelle’s, for a few days. I decided to go for a ride around town. It is a little country town, twenty or so shops, including the pub, servo and garage, that’s about it.
