202 On Tour

Day 30, Sunday 31st August – Then there was 1, Cairns to Townsville

Dropped Liz off in good time for her flight back to Melbourne

The police were out breath testing on the way here, so rather than risk their ire with the missing mudguard I took the long way back to the hotel

The motel was 800 metres from an AMX, where I picked up a replacement Quad lock Ram adapter for the one that collapsed 1st day on the dirt, perished from 2 years in the sun. $7.99 well spent
Took the scenic route to get off the Bruce Hwy for a while
Two two wheel drive agricultural vehicles that are down to one wheel drive…

Lunch at the Big Crab in Cardwell, where I met the new top ranked conspiracy nutjob for the trip.

As I walked back to the bike after checking in at the Hotel/Motel in Townsville a fella who gad just parked said “Have you been up the Cape?” before explaining that his mate Jason had just gotten back.

We had met Jason at Musgrave Roadhouse the previous week, and his mate then showed me a picture of Liz and I in the sidecar, before asking to take a pic of me with the sidecar to share with Jason as proof he wasn’t making things up😁

A quick $15 carwash clean of the bike before dinner and bed.

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