Deane & Jack's Motorcycle Trip in
Australia and New Zealand
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Deane & Jack's Motorcycle Trip in Australia and New Zealand |
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March 24 - Albury, New South Wales to Melbourne, Victoria 373 km (230 Miles) |
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We woke up to heavy rain this morning. By the time we were loaded up and ready to ride, the rain wasn't too heavy but just steady. We decided that if the rain didn't let up, we would ride the "Motorway" (4-land divided highway of freeway quality) all the way to Melbourne, for the shortest route. So we started by riding down the #31 "Motorway", rode in rain about 30-40 miles, and then it gradually lessened. After a while the road surface was dry, and it became more enjoyable. We had planned to ride down a lower traffic two-lane road, and had passed that by the time ii quit raining on the Motorway, so we just took another road that sort of headed the way we wanted to go. We had our GPS units and the nice thing about these units is that you can always find your way to your desired destination, from wherever you are.. So getting "lost" is now an option. You just ride whatever seems a good route, stay "lost" for as long as you want, and at some point tell the GPS to "take you home". One area apparently attracts motorcyclists for the tricky curves, and this is the warning sign for motorcyclists on that road. (We took the "risk" and came out alive.)
Another type of sign we'd seen, but hadn't been able to stop and photograph is this one.
We haven't seen any Koalas, but we have seen this type of sign in areas like this with Eucalyptus trees. - Hope we see one sometime. Coming into Melbourne got us into a high traffic area, and we had to go completely across the Melbourne area (with suburbs) to get to our motel. It was about 20 miles just across Melbourne, but it seemed to take forever. It turned out to be a pretty uneventful day, but tomorrow a Melbourne Gold Winger, John Gilbert, and his wife are going to show us where they like to ride around Melbourne, and then take us to the ferry terminal where we will catch the ferry to Tasmania!! The distance to Tasmania is about 250 miles, over sometimes rough seas, so the ferry is a ship. We'll write more about that later, as we experience it. |
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