Where's the Photographs? I hear you asking
Unfortunately I've not been able to post any photos on the blogg. The facilities just don't seem to be at the Internet Kiosks to grab photos from my SD card. When the trip's over and I'm back home, I'll add photos to the blogg, so that folk who I don't see personally with be able to see some of the places and people. Sorry to all those who have been waiting. (The photos are here now)
Wednesday 1st April - Bundaberg to Rockhampton
We had a bacon and egg breakfast at Rod and Maureen Hall's place at Bagara, and it was wonderful. Rod thentook us for a tour of the area, wich is about 15km from Bundaberg and on the coast. It's a beautiful beachside community and a very pretty place, which is well worth a viusit. The local lookout has vistas over the entire area, with canefields spreading in all directions. Our ride today took along the Bruce Highways to Rockhampton, and was somewhat uninspiring. The weather was in the 30's and quite humid, so riding conditions were uncomfortable, and we had many stops to top up fluids. The Big 4 Caravan Park in Rocky is quite expensive and has cost us $88 for two night's camping. Combined with the poor camp kitchen facilities, it's a bit of a dud! We made th most of it with a BBQ and salad dinner, and some nice wine, with good conversation with other campers. There are crowds of rowdy Rainbow Lorikeets in the trees and tame possums trying to pinch our food. Very entertaining.
Tuesday 31st March - Noosa to Bundaberg
A day of Highway riding, heading from Noosa, Gympie, Maryborough and Bundaberg. The roads have been quite busy with trucks and holiday makers, and the CB radios continue to be a blessing in coordinating passing moves, both to get vehicles to pass us and to pass vehicles. We arrived late in the afternoon, and booked into the local Big 4 right next to the airfield. On arrival we had a shower and headed out to the Bundaberg Rum distillary to get some photos. Teddy was quite pleased to meet his big white cousin, and have some photos taken with him. Rod Hall was a CSI 
in the 1980's and we headed out to his place at Bagara for tea. We had a beautiful home cooked curry, and spent a lovely night both passing on some some gossip and getting some back! We've been invited back for breakfast.
Unfortunately I've not been able to post any photos on the blogg. The facilities just don't seem to be at the Internet Kiosks to grab photos from my SD card. When the trip's over and I'm back home, I'll add photos to the blogg, so that folk who I don't see personally with be able to see some of the places and people. Sorry to all those who have been waiting. (The photos are here now)
Wednesday 1st April - Bundaberg to Rockhampton
We had a bacon and egg breakfast at Rod and Maureen Hall's place at Bagara, and it was wonderful. Rod thentook us for a tour of the area, wich is about 15km from Bundaberg and on the coast. It's a beautiful beachside community and a very pretty place, which is well worth a viusit. The local lookout has vistas over the entire area, with canefields spreading in all directions. Our ride today took along the Bruce Highways to Rockhampton, and was somewhat uninspiring. The weather was in the 30's and quite humid, so riding conditions were uncomfortable, and we had many stops to top up fluids. The Big 4 Caravan Park in Rocky is quite expensive and has cost us $88 for two night's camping. Combined with the poor camp kitchen facilities, it's a bit of a dud! We made th most of it with a BBQ and salad dinner, and some nice wine, with good conversation with other campers. There are crowds of rowdy Rainbow Lorikeets in the trees and tame possums trying to pinch our food. Very entertaining.
Tuesday 31st March - Noosa to Bundaberg
A day of Highway riding, heading from Noosa, Gympie, Maryborough and Bundaberg. The roads have been quite busy with trucks and holiday makers, and the CB radios continue to be a blessing in coordinating passing moves, both to get vehicles to pass us and to pass vehicles. We arrived late in the afternoon, and booked into the local Big 4 right next to the airfield. On arrival we had a shower and headed out to the Bundaberg Rum distillary to get some photos. Teddy was quite pleased to meet his big white cousin, and have some photos taken with him. Rod Hall was a CSI 
in the 1980's and we headed out to his place at Bagara for tea. We had a beautiful home cooked curry, and spent a lovely night both passing on some some gossip and getting some back! We've been invited back for breakfast.Monday 30th March - Gold Coast to Noosa
We woke to a wet, overcast morning and headed straight up the fereeway and onto the Logan Tollway to get around Brisbane, and headed to Esk, where we had the thickest fruit toast that I have ever seen. We stopped at the Glasshouse mountains for lunch at the lookout. The mountains are the remenants of the core of volcanoes and are steep rock outcrops, which are very spectacular. On to Australia Zoo for a photo opportunity, but we didn't feel inlcined to go inside. Another stop at the Sunshine Coast verison of the Ettamoggah Pub, where we met some fellows touring on 
Harleys. They offered to lead us into Noosa, an offer which we accepted. So began a 30 km chargge to keep up. These guys rode fast..... Camping fees at Noosa were outrageous ($75 for a night). We elected to get a unit for $120, which was the best acxcomodation we have had yet. Total luxury. We cooked up a magnificent pasta meal and watched the Blues Brothers.
We woke to a wet, overcast morning and headed straight up the fereeway and onto the Logan Tollway to get around Brisbane, and headed to Esk, where we had the thickest fruit toast that I have ever seen. We stopped at the Glasshouse mountains for lunch at the lookout. The mountains are the remenants of the core of volcanoes and are steep rock outcrops, which are very spectacular. On to Australia Zoo for a photo opportunity, but we didn't feel inlcined to go inside. Another stop at the Sunshine Coast verison of the Ettamoggah Pub, where we met some fellows touring on 
Harleys. They offered to lead us into Noosa, an offer which we accepted. So began a 30 km chargge to keep up. These guys rode fast..... Camping fees at Noosa were outrageous ($75 for a night). We elected to get a unit for $120, which was the best acxcomodation we have had yet. Total luxury. We cooked up a magnificent pasta meal and watched the Blues Brothers.Sunday 29th March - Rest Day at the Gold Coast
A lazy day. I went for a ride down south, and Steve and Fish visited a military museum where Steve was chasing some collectables he is after. They went for a 5km walk in the afternoon and I had a lazy arvo at our accomodation. We had Fish's risotto for tea. In the evening we watched "Wild Hogs", and laughed ourselves silly, as we could see ourselves in may of the situations. We are expecting a wet ride tomorrow.
A lazy day. I went for a ride down south, and Steve and Fish visited a military museum where Steve was chasing some collectables he is after. They went for a 5km walk in the afternoon and I had a lazy arvo at our accomodation. We had Fish's risotto for tea. In the evening we watched "Wild Hogs", and laughed ourselves silly, as we could see ourselves in may of the situations. We are expecting a wet ride tomorrow.Saturday 28th March - Peak Crossing to Gold Coast
We said our farewells to Colin and did a backtrack through Beaudesert and Nerang to Southport.
While refueling at Beaudesert we found an auto electrician, who had a look at Fish's bike. He found that the fire problem traced back to a poor soldered connection on the main fuse board, and fixed it on the spot. It cost us half an hour, an chat, a cup of coffee for him and $20. A nice guy and a good deal all round. With rain threatning, we grabbed a unit at Southport and negotiated a good deal for two nights. In the evenining Steve and Fish cooked up a meal for Steve's brother-in-law, and I went and visited cousin Jane and her family for the evening. It was a wonderful night, and was so nice to catch up with family that we so rarely. I haven't seen them for nine years. I'm glad I had taken some family photos with me for "show and tell".
We said our farewells to Colin and did a backtrack through Beaudesert and Nerang to Southport.
While refueling at Beaudesert we found an auto electrician, who had a look at Fish's bike. He found that the fire problem traced back to a poor soldered connection on the main fuse board, and fixed it on the spot. It cost us half an hour, an chat, a cup of coffee for him and $20. A nice guy and a good deal all round. With rain threatning, we grabbed a unit at Southport and negotiated a good deal for two nights. In the evenining Steve and Fish cooked up a meal for Steve's brother-in-law, and I went and visited cousin Jane and her family for the evening. It was a wonderful night, and was so nice to catch up with family that we so rarely. I haven't seen them for nine years. I'm glad I had taken some family photos with me for "show and tell".
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