Notes:
Crossing into Victoria at 1118hrs on 9.15.2007. Have covered just over 27,000km's on the bike since June.
Warning: Anyone that consumes a large bag of unsalted cashew nuts over a 2 day period will generate enough methane gas to out do the milking cow.........
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The cost of fuel is up 6 cents per litre since my arrival 3 days ago...... Rain the night before but the weather cleared up and the winds dried out the bulk of the wet gear. Fueled up and stopped at the Port Elliot Bakery before heading down the road.
The Coorong National Park has a series of dirt roads that would be the place to stop during the better time of the year as you are sitting right on the ocean.
The trip to Robe was wet and cold but just another day with the wheels down.
Into Robe and spent the night at the Big 4 caravan site. A cabin is $35 per night and it comes with everything except the loo. Robe during the winter months has a population of 1100. Summer the numbers jump to 20,000.......Talk to the locals and it is just a nightmare.
Robe - Portland
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Stopped off at Beachport, again they have a population of 400 during winter but summer pushes the number to over 5-6000. Beachport has a tourist route that takes you along their coast line and it is worth the time spent.
Portland:
Spent the past 2-3 days with a couple that I had met briefly in Auckland, NZ from Australia last June at the Auckland Ulysses meeting.
I figured that just finding a place for a couple of days, living out in the barn, fresh hay, with the milk cows was worth the time in Portland. They have 7 cats and 3 dogs that at times reminds me of spending nights at both Halls Creek or Jabiru listening to the locals vocalize. The husband is so much into gadgets that the wife has barely enough money to put clothes on her back...... matter of fact she was spotted stealing clothes from the homeless just to complete her wardrobe.
Sunday was a day trip to Penola for the monthly Ulysses luncheon with members from South OZ and Victoria. I was the youngest one there. Weather going up was fine but Mother Nature was waiting for us on the return trip. Rain and gusty winds and Sunday being that almost all small town petrol stations where closed, I had to used the emergency fuel backup before finding a petrol station that was open..... No Worries !
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