We left Esperance after breakfast at the Motel and headed for our first stop for fuel at Salmon gums 108 klms away then continued on to Norseman and arriving at Balladonia at around 1.30pm.
At breakfast everyone had been talking about a 30 klm tourism drive around the headland at Esperance and they all told us it equalled the Great Ocean Road so we decided not to miss out and head over and have a look, the drive was very nice and showed off a lot of the smaller bays and beaches all around the headland but to us it did not come anywhere near the Great Ocean Road, still it was worth the detour.
Then we headed out of town and the rain started it was an interesting ride as we could see the rain the right and on the left but the bit we were riding on had no rain for a while then it all clouded over and the bucket sized rain drops started for about 30 klm’s and then stopped again, just enough to get us to put our wet weather gear on then bake when the sun came out again.
The lightning strikes across the fields were clear and direct and the wind that followed us all day was really a big hindrance because when you lean into it to compensate and then it suddenly disappears it means that the bike goes from one side of the road to the other really quickly. Battling this and the heat meant that again we appreciated the short day and when we arrived at Balladonia we were not surprised to see the basic accommodation.
The team went to work setting up a few bars on veranda's around the motel and when we found out the price of a six pack of beer was $25.00 each we asked about the whole carton only to be informed the carton would incur a cost of $60.00 each, we agreed it was up to the individual to get their own beer.
On the way into Balladonia I was following a truck which Steve had passed and I decided to pass it myself, when I went out to pass it the driver swerved off the road onto the verge and sent a plume of dust and rocks up which I could not see anything through so I had to pull up quickly on the wrong side of the road and wait until it cleared, this was the worst situation I have been in on this ride and hope this is the last time it will happen.
The ride has been really good and the group are all working very well together looking out for one another and generally being on good behaviour even when we are all really tired some days, it’s a good thing that we respect each other and have a bit of a laugh now and then.
Any body who rides and does anything wrong has to wear a frilly toto dress for 24 hrs, so everyone else knows he or she has done something wrong, this can be as easy as forgetting your false teeth and leaving then in the motel room then ringing one of the support vehicles to go and pick them up for you or dropping your bike and not being able to pick it up as some of the riders have done all in all it’s a lot of good fun.
We left Esperance after breakfast at the Motel and headed for our first stop for fuel at Salmon gums 108 klms away then continued on to Norseman and arriving at Balladonia at around 1.30pm.
At breakfast everyone had been talking about a 30 klm tourism drive around the headland at Esperance and they all told us it equalled the Great Ocean Road so we decided not to miss out and head over and have a look, the drive was very nice and showed off a lot of the smaller bays and beaches all around the headland but to us it did not come anywhere near the Great Ocean Road, still it was worth the detour.
Then we headed out of town and the rain started it was an interesting ride as we could see the rain the right and on the left but the bit we were riding on had no rain for a while then it all clouded over and the bucket sized rain drops started for about 30 klm’s and then stopped again, just enough to get us to put our wet weather gear on then bake when the sun came out again.
The lightning strikes across the fields were clear and direct and the wind that followed us all day was really a big hindrance because when you lean into it to compensate and then it suddenly disappears it means that the bike goes from one side of the road to the other really quickly. Battling this and the heat meant that again we appreciated the short day and when we arrived at Balladonia we were not surprised to see the basic accommodation.
The team went to work setting up a few bars on veranda's around the motel and when we found out the price of a six pack of beer was $25.00 each we asked about the whole carton only to be informed the carton would incur a cost of $60.00 each, we agreed it was up to the individual to get their own beer.
On the way into Balladonia I was following a truck which Steve had passed and I decided to pass it myself, when I went out to pass it the driver swerved off the road onto the verge and sent a plume of dust and rocks up which I could not see anything through so I had to pull up quickly on the wrong side of the road and wait until it cleared, this was the worst situation I have been in on this ride and hope this is the last of this kind of thing to happen.
The ride has been really good and the group are all working very well together looking out for one another and generally being on good behaviour when we are all really tired some days, it’s a good thing that we respect each other and have a bit of a laugh now and then.
Totral klm’s todate 10,884
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