It didn't take much foresight to know that we were going to experience"some traffic" on a public holiday Monday on our way from Colac to Barwon Heads but what we found we were totally unprepared for !
We left on "Murray" time (V's Boys time) making our way out of Colac on the main A1 road finding ourselves competing for space on narrow verges in close proximity to passing Trucks because of road widening works. It was only 20 kms but we breathed a sigh of relief as we left the main road and in relaxed style this time headed to lovely Birregurra where we took coffee while Marysia wondered if she could buy out a nearby antique shop and somehow fit her purchases on her bike rack !
Our next leg took us 40 kms to Moriac where we really experienced the full brunt of holidaying traffic being constantly passed by Caravans , Cars and even Hay Bale trucks. While the majority of drivers were courteous, riding in such close proximity without a verge made us feel pretty damned uneasy !
It was with a high level of relief that we entered Moriac and found our way to Chris and our support Van for lunch for a handful of sedatives ! Sadly this was to be our last support stop with Chris having done such a fantastic job heading back to Melbourne to journey Northwards on Vet assignment
From Moriac to Barwon Heads we rode mainly on roads with defined verges but had to cross large roundabouts with heaps of cross traffic - all heading home.
After a hugely tiring day we finally entered Barwon Heads and on 999 trip kms Marysia strangely lead us the wrong way across the Bridge before back tracking to the caravan park - she slyly reckoned it was a mistake !!!
With only one day left it was time to book into our up market 3 bedroom accommodation and immediately head down to the local pub where even Henley indicated that he needed a few pots to recover after the days effort !
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