NIGE Motorcycle Club

Beautiful day. SMS tells me that Killswitch in out with ‘a sore ankle’. So much for ‘rain, hail or shine’. In the words of the immortal…. “MAN UP!” You only need one leg to ride a bike.
Brizzer and Sideways were up to the task, so we headed off through ‘the Bong”, to Freemans then on to Cessnock Airport Cafe for morning tea. Off through the wineries to Broke, and on to Wollembi for a cold drink. Along the twisties to Kulnura where Brizzer left to see a mate. Sideways and I went home via Yarramalong. A great ride with some great fellows. Let’s do it all again soon.
Mohawk

Is that better?

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Left my luxurious cabin at Queenscliff and headed to the Sorrento Ferry.

Much flasher that the Kangaroo Island Ferry, both ends open so it is a drive on – drive off affair. Also much cheaper with a proper motorcycle price.

Was trying to decide which way to head home but after spending tooooo much time already on the Princes Hwy with tooooo many competitors, decided to head through the mountains to Bright.

I think I will continue my country odyssey tomorrow.

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Well, even though I turned 100 today, not one rider turned up for my ride, they must have been off on the splitter ride 🙁

Robe to Mount Gambier, still in SA but not for much longer. No beer tonight, dined in luxury at Maccas and now trying to plan the remaining route home while still hitting some highlights.

There are some really great bike roads with very little traffic around this area of South Australia, has reminded me that I am a bike rider and not a tourist.

Looking forward to the GOR.

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Well, what can I say?

Spent the day being driven around the island without really seeing much of anything.

For a place that is promoted as nature’s wonderland, it was almost impossible to spot anything that was alive. The enormous koala population was decimated during the 2007 bushfires and I think the other purported critters are imaginary.

This was, seriously, as close as you were allowed to get to the seals at Seal Bay, it was $27.50 for the privilege of being this ‘close’.

Next was the ‘Birds of Prey’ presentation, at least they were alive if not free. I did see a kookaburra do an amazing thing with its head, basically the body can be going in many directions but the head will stay perfectly still, quite bizzare to watch.

Moving right along to ‘Remarkable Rocks’ that weren’t really.

Final destination was ‘Admiral’s Arch’ that was exactly like it looked in photos.

Have booked on the 10:30am ferry to leave the island, not sure where I will get to tomorrow.

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Beautiful day, cooler down south. Earliest ferry today was 12 noon and so decided to grab a quick haircut before leaving Victor Harbour. That head is just getting worserer and more worserer.

Did I mention that it was short 🙂

Found an area in South Australia where they grow something besides wheat and had to stop and take a photo. Unfortunately, this was on a corner and just as I pulled back on to the road a car came screaming around the corner and nearly collected me, it was VERY close.

Deep breath, checked my undies and headed back down to the ferry terminal at Cape Jervis.

Quite an expensive trip, $127 each way for me and the ‘Bird and after talking to some locals here on the island, they pay the same rates as everyone else every time they want to come or go. Semi trailers carrying freight, fuel etc; are charged thousands of dollars to cross but EVERYTHING comes to the island via ferry.

The ‘Bird did get special treatment though and they tied it down just in case.

The water was a beautiful colour and glass smooth (my phone camera could not nearly do it justice) and there were even a few critters along the way.

Kangaroo Island is a VERY big island (150km long and between 900m and 57km wide) and I travelled 60kms to Kingscote and my digs at the Seaview Guesthouse.

Got organised and went for a ride to Emu Bay where you can get down onto the beach and fang along for a hairy ride. Very similar to Cable Beach in Broome and people do come down to swim and have a sunset meal (minus the camels :-] ).

There is a free tidal pool across the road from the guesthouse.

Doing a tour of the southern section of the island tomorrow so will really have my tourist hat on ……. stop it …… I’m getting excited!

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