Week Two…

After hoping off the two and a half hour ferry ride to Wallaroo we set our sites on getting to Yarrawonga as quickly as possible so that we could then enjoy the ride from there to the coast via the Snowy Mountains.

We put the Southern Ocean behind us and we were soon riding through the Barossa Valley and managed to hunt out some dirt roads through the region.

The last couple of hours of riding were in the dark and we pitched the tents on the Murray River in Waikerie.

The following day was spent eating kilometres for breakfast and lunch was had in Mildura where we had one of our best value meals so far…steak/chips/salad and a schooner for $13 – just what we needed.

A day later we pulled into Yarrawonga and made our way to John and Marilyn’s farm Yallambee for a good chat, a home cooked meal and the comfiest sleep in a while. We also managed to get some stickers made for ourselves by our friend James Warner at Stickemon Signs and visit the Boscombe’s in Finley.

The road to the Snowy’s and then across the mountains was simply amazing. Between Khancoban and Jindabyne the Alpine Way serves up every sort of riding condition you could want, we were in heaven. There were heaps of bikers heading in the opposite direction en route to Phillip Island for the MotoGP. We got through all the twisties unscathed, the only casualty being Matteo’s speedo cable breaking.

On the other side of Jindabyne it was then time to enjoy the ride down Brown Mountain into the lush Bega valley. This was another memorable ride under a thick rainforest canopy that dappled the sun onto the road loaded with sweeping bends and hairpin corners. We then make our way south along the coast to Merimbula. This place has a great RSL and mini golf course.

Before we knew it we were in Sydney, we had ridden a solid 4800 kilometres and we were ready to lap up the luxury for a couple of weeks. Yeeeeeeeeeew!!