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Ok. Lets crank up the insanity
Bunbury to Pemberton the circuitous way. Various themes at play here. War Memorials with a touch of colour, steam trains (still…), Wheels on Murals Murals, some Steamtrains on Murals, but my fave for the day wad this randomly found Mural with Wheel , ON WHEELS!!! At a skatepark Manjimup was booked out so diversion to…
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Tues 25th April. If you are on a month long bike trip, you’re going to have a wet day or 2…
Late start, trouble getting motivated with the forecast on today’s coastal route twds Wellington Dam and Collie. Two of these are 3d art and the other is just 3d, all Mandurah Spent the next hour using the motel dryer and cranking up the heat.
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And then there was one…/ “So basically you’ve been left unsupervised”
Monday the 24th With Liz flying back to reality this afternoon πππ i was up in good time to be at the Perth Ural dealer for a service and tyre swap Had hoped to get away by 3, but both the old skool owner and mechanic spent an hour swapping stories before i bade them…
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Sunday the 23rd
Slight sleep in, with both of us adjusting to the early starts. It has been noted however, that the early starts ate really just our regular east coast get up times… Plan is Freemantle Markets. After solving the “Do we have to pay for motorcycle parking if we park in a motorcycle spot in a…
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Saturday, The day the waving stopped
Having convinced Liz of the benefits of being in one place for 2 nights, we booked the Quest near the airport in Ascot. It helped that they had a washing machine and dryer in their apartment offering. Bit of a dawdle day, 730 departure, sit down brunch, scenic route, power nap, 20 minutes lost in…
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“How am I going to get home?!” Friday 21st April
I was awake before the 5am alarm, and after a quick trip to the loo was greeted with the fella camping adjacent to us emerging from his tent yelling at the top of his voice. “HELP, SOMEONE HAS STOLEN MY KEYS. THEY’VE OPENED MY CAR WINDOWS AND STOLEN MY KRYS. OMG, HOW AM I GOING…
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Eclipse Day, 20th April
Well, its finally here π. The 8 weeks planning had paid off,,π (some ppl in town had been planning for years, booking campsites a year in advance etc etc With our knowledge of Cape Range NP (checkpoints meaning an early departure, no shade, traffic, no shadeππ) we made the decision to stay local. A quick…
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Exmouth Wednesday 19th April
Heading north out of town we had to navigate checkpoints both last night and today as authorities worked to manage what was probably the biggest couple of consecutive days in a row they might have ever seen. We went through about 8am and were vehicle number 68. We deliberately went to local businesses for dinner,…
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Karijini NP to Nanutarra RH
Bit of a travel day, late departure by the time we packed up tent, and bike. Throw in a quick gorge walk and it must have been 9 before we set off. Into Tom Price where we had breakky, then I managed to overfill the bike spectacularly given i was focussed on how much fuel…