know any must see spots in the Pilbarra

In the summer months?? its already 40 and above most days here and has been all month. Quite humid to with clouds bulding in the arvos with the odd thunderstorm

Hi Vivien

Where is the aftermath report? LOL Hope you had a good ride

Cheers

Hello Willem,

Yes, the ride is over and it was tough but enjoyable. We started from Docklands at 5.30 and headed over Westgate Bridge and out to Geelong on the freeway. There were quite a lot of accidents and ambulance/police sirens and the chopper brought in for one poor man who had a heart attack when he came off his bike. I didn't see the accident but got caught up in the traffic jam that followed.

From Geelong we went to Port Arlington/St Leonards and then to Queenscliff. There are some big hills out that way for a Mallee Girl to climb over!! The ferry ride was a welcome rest and then we arrived at Sorrento and luckily found we had a tail wind.

The ride back to Docklands was mostly great fun...dodging cars, traffic lights. The only obstacle was a humungous hill at Mt Martha that was really slow going!! Just as we began the climb the Photographers for the ride had set up their signs...saying "Photographer Ahead....Smile"!! Who were they kidding...grimace in pain was about all I could manage.

Got back to Docklands to a wonderful reception from my partner and my daughter and friends. That made every hard grind worth while.

Actual time taken was 13 and a half hours....riding time 10 and a half hours. Total distance ridden 250kms.

So that was Around the Bay 2006

I'm going to rest on my laurels for a bit now and just do my travelling in the Prado.

Thanks for the interest,

Best wishes and look forward to meeting you at the get together in July 2007

Viv

Sounds like an Iron Clad rip off to me....lol

Had a look at that pub from the outside only. Saved me money,eh?........

$55 a block of VB at the conglomerate