Overnighting in Swansea as per Plan A. Dale excelled himself and debugged the system in good time, with plenty of time for a chat. Because I was running on GPS battery (due to the bug) I only just made it to his place before losing the directions. His new home is a bit convoluted to find, and GPS will take you to a lady up the street, because it can't do "16" and insists on "17".
Anyhoo, I got a chance to visit my old haunts from the '60s when I lived in 5 different houses here in Newcastle.
On the road earlish- no rush.
These NSW 50 kph towns every 2 km, reminders half way between each that "We Use Safety Cameras In NSW", then the new-fangled "We're now timing you to make sure you don't hurt yourself driving along this big wide road" with red light cameras on every second street corner, traffic lights on highways in the middle of nowhere...
I never realised how good we've still got it in Qld. They've got everyone down here driving like a nanna. I've only seen 2 coppers- they're not needed because they've got Big Brother raking in the fines.
I'll be heading off trusting Garmin to get me there. I elected shorter rather than faster, so it should be scenic, just looking at the general heading it's taking. If I'm not there by dinner you can start dragging the Hawkesbury River for the bike.
See yers all termorro.