23/01/2013
 13 Degrees C

I left Kate & Gordon's place at 0920 and headed down to the Suzuki dealer to get the chain adjusted. He needed a bar extension to crack the axle nut. No wonder I couldn't break it! Anyway, it was a 5 min job and I was on my way to savour the Great Ocean Road in the middle of the week!!!!!  Hopefully only light traffic.

The Start of the GOR

And it was :-)

A pano of the first observation point

The road was fantastic. Curve after curve after curve. Some tight as - and others 40 - 50kph posted that were taken at an energetic pace :-) The day was cool, bordering on cold, the traffic light and except for a handful of drivers, were all polite and pulled over into the layovers when I closed in on them. I rode the whole road through to Torquay where I stayed the night. I was cactus after 10+ hours of riding but my face was almost in a perpetual smile. Magic! Absolutlely! Totally in contrast to last years run on the GOR... (ie;- stinking hot and choked with cars)

The beach near the end of the GOR

24/01/13
I stayed at a motel in Torquay and I must have left my Wifi dongle there as I have been through all my gear and it's nowhere to be found! Blast, so early on my trip! It was 13 degrees when I left this morning but turned out to be a scorcher by midday.Victorian Weather !

I checked the bike and trailer over as I do every morning and this time I found that one of the bolts holding the tow bar riser had unscrewed itself almost to the last thread. Glad I saw that! Retightened it and added a touch of silicone to the thread. That will fix that!

I called into Geelong and had a locksmith cut me a key for the trailer. The keys I took from home had all the rest I needed but not THAT one. I know, I know, I should have checked all the locks before leaving home. Now I can lock the box when I have to leave the bike;-) Makes me feel much better!

All set up

I pulled into a BIG 4 caravan park for the night. It's 9 km from Melbourne CBD and exceptionally clean and well laid out. The train station is 1.5 km away so it will be into the city tomorrow to find a spare set of kevlar pants etc tomorrow. I have already been to the business centre and picked up some XS and enough vitamins for the rest of the trip :-)

Blog station:-)

Swung the cat! Didn't touch the sides

25/01/2013

A beautiful cool day today. There was the occasional 2 or 3 drops but that was the extent of it. I ended up going by bus as the bus stop was justside the van park. Conveinent! Should have taken a jacket though. The wind was in a hurry in the city today and didn't want to waste time going around you. Brrrr. (Territory Wurst :-))

I had a look at the new suzy C90T cruiser (1500cc). Very nice. I spent some time looking at kevlars but ended up buying a pair of thermal gloves instead. I'll head in again tomorrow and have another look and also a new helmet. Mine is disintergrating on the inside.

Oh yes, I rang the Torquey van park yesterday and this afternoon when I came back from the city the woman at reception handed me a package. My WiFi dongle...  :-)