Day Eight Trip ReportThe layout of my accommodation mean it was impossible to gauge how dark/light it was by looking out the window. Today would be the first day I encountered some serious rain on this trip. It meant another day in hi-vis orange.
I came across a bin lid stand in Arrawarra Headland. To be honest I never paid attention to these until one of my workmates showed me a facebook page devoted to them. I don't look at that page but spot bins in that situation regularly since being told about.
I passed the big banana at Coffs Harbour and as it was conveniently sign posted I could manoeuvre to pull into it before whizzing past, which often is the case. Due to the gloomy weather the picture was very dark but I did manage to manipulate it a bit. Those privy to my facebook page may spot the difference.
I popped into a few places like Nambucca Heads before being bombarded with rain.
I saw signs for a tourist route leading back to the highway so I took up a challenge for a few of them. I know this picture was at a town called Bowraville but I don't actually know where it was on the map.
Quite often something I see on my travels will have me singing some song in my head for the rest of the day. Yesterday a shark had me singing the Toy Dolls and today this innocuous sign had me singing Echo And The Bunnymen's "Way Out And Up We Go"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLX7cEdO1w0Not as exciting as the camel signs on the Nullabor but I saw a sign for horses and one for deer. Anything makes an exciting change from the usual kangaroos and koalas. I didn't snap the horse one because it was pouring and not safe to park.
I don't know if this is on the list of Australia's big things but stop and snapped it anyway.
On the border run I clocked 40000km on the kwaka in Western Australia. I knew I would clock 50000km on this trip and was hoping it would be in Queensland but it was not to be. I was in Raymond Terrace, New South Wales when I clocked it today.
Yesterday I noticed Spotwalla has started dropping some intermediate points in the earlier days of the trip. I am currently in Gosford. This is the closest I have ridden to Sydney.