Cumulative distance: 5851 kms
Woke up to a cloudy morning so Alan decided to keep the waterproof liners in his riding gear. Just before we were about to cross the road to have breakfast the heavens opened. Luckily the weather cleared up and we set off with the sun breaking through. This is the wine country of south-west Australia so it is mandatory to visit the wineries. The sun was not yet over the yard-arm as it was only 10am but we still decided to do our duty. The first winery we visited was Vasse Felix. Jacki and Alan had visited it for lunch five years ago and Alan remembered it as being pretty flash. We tasted a couple of wines but had to limit our intake because we were riding. Colin bought some Sauvignon Blanc which was very nice. The next winery we visited was called Fermoy and was founded by an irishman from Fermoy near Cork. The shiraz was very good so Colin bought some. Alan kept his hand in his pocket as the wine is cheaper in Sydney.
Two wineries was our limit for the day so we headed for Cape Naturaliste lighthouse which was just up the road. We went on a short tour around the grounds but didn't bother to climb up the lighthouse. We had lunch at Busselton which has the longest pier in Australia at 1841 metres.
The ride from Busselton to Fremantle was on new freeways that Mabel didn't know about. 
She kept giving instructions to turn around to get back on the old road. Need to get the GPS maps updated. We arrived at Davy Mussen's place at 4.30pm. Davy was still at work so Colin bought a six-pack of beer and we sat in an old couch in his driveway and "chilled out". When Davy arrived we stored the bikes in his garage and removed all the gear we were taking back to Sydney and Melbourne. With that done we headed to the local Thai restaurant for a good feed with Davy's friend Barbara before taking a taxi to the airport and the red-eye flight to Sydney and Melbourne.We are due back in Fremantle on 17th May (after the wet season has finished up north) to resume our trip.
Well done Dad and Alan, just catching up on the blogs - can't believe the first leg is over already. Be interesting to hear how you get on with the gibb river rd in May and to see some photos.
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Lachlan
Quite a trek, gentlemen. I thought that was it. Are you actually completing the trip round the whole continent?
ReplyDeleteHi Alan - This is my first time seeing a "blog". I like it. We will look at it again when you do the next part of your ride. I like the photos best! Kai
ReplyDeleteActually I got the Shiraz at Vasse Felix and the Sauvignon Blanc at Fermoy. I was almost flattened by a crazy car driver in Fremantle who took exception to me lane splitting past him and roared up the inside of me at 100 kph just as I was going to turn into Davy's place.
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