Day Fourteen Ride ReportWith another night in Port Campbell today's trip was to travel light and do a clockwise loop taking in Terang, Camperdown, Cressy, Inverleigh, Winchelsea, Colac, Chapple Vale and Simpson before returning via Princeton.
Even though I dropped into this lookout yesterday afternoon I did again this morning to wish all my fans a good morning.
After a short ride around the township of Peterborough I headed north towards Temang. I spotted cattle crossing the road via an underpass in Curdievale. Japan has similar underpasses for tortoises to cross the road.
Who says lightening doesn't strike twice? I've only ever had two flats on the kwaka and both have been on this trip. I was still in Curdievale when this happened. Again I tried plugging it but this time the plug wouldn't hold. I did manage to get it to Nullawarre (which I had no intentions of visiting today) before being able to contact a motorcycle shop in Warrnambool. They said it would be mid morning before they could get to me so I just had to sit and wait.
Fortunately it was day where I was as Kev Murphy puts it 'a ride around the block' as opposed to being on the move to somewhere. The bike would have been a lot heavier without it. The downside is that I had no bushman with me and the insects were annoying. There's not a lot to do in Nullawarre so I vegetated. A football forum I post on provided plenty of entertainment as italy failed to qualify for the world cup after losing on aggregate to East Norway.
When I got to the motorcycle shop it turned out to be a Suzuki dealership. They had a v-strom on display. I had already decided to buy a v-strom when I suddenly changed my mind and went for the kwaka, based purely on the location of the dealership. Ironically that dealership went under and as they also dealt with Honda their demise led me to this forum.
By the time I got to Terang I had lost over five hours so my lap was severely truncated.
Believe it on not, it's not on the coast.
After Colac I pretty much headed home via Simpson, had a cold shower and now must think about what I am going to do for dinner.
Don't forget to put your pasta out for italy.