Nigel says......A slow start after the birthday party last night. We set off just after 0900 hrs after saying goodbye to Belinda and the children. Difficult to pedal so far, spend the night at home with the family, and then set off north for the second half.
We had a lumpy ride out of Brisbane heading north towards Strathpine and Caboolture. It was overcast and reasonably cool. We didn't see any sights worthy of any particular comment - a range of industrial units, electricity sub stations, and a giant scrap car site stick in the mind. We then joined the Bruce Highway - our new home for the next however many hundreds of kilometers.
The Bruce Highway was busy. Lots of fast moving lorries. There was a reasonable shoulder for most of the way, but we were buffeted quite a few times. Hopefully once we get further north the volume of traffic will reduce significantly. We had intended to get as far as Nambour today, but we decided that Woombye looked pleasant enough and Gordon was feeling his age and wanted to throw himself in front of the TV at the earliest point. We cycled 107 kms (67 miles)today.
Thoughts and comments:
We had a lumpy ride out of Brisbane heading north towards Strathpine and Caboolture. It was overcast and reasonably cool. We didn't see any sights worthy of any particular comment - a range of industrial units, electricity sub stations, and a giant scrap car site stick in the mind. We then joined the Bruce Highway - our new home for the next however many hundreds of kilometers.
The Bruce Highway was busy. Lots of fast moving lorries. There was a reasonable shoulder for most of the way, but we were buffeted quite a few times. Hopefully once we get further north the volume of traffic will reduce significantly. We had intended to get as far as Nambour today, but we decided that Woombye looked pleasant enough and Gordon was feeling his age and wanted to throw himself in front of the TV at the earliest point. We cycled 107 kms (67 miles)today.
Thoughts and comments:
- Beautiful sunset this evening at Woombye
- Gordon was wound up by the spelling mistakes on the wall of the Ettamogah Pub just off the Bruce Highway.
- Saw the Big Pineapple just short of Woombye. Gordon gutted we just missed the plantation train ride.
- Gordon's bike is officially named "Lay Down Sally" - thanks for the inspiration Amir.
- Snack of the day: Bag of BBQ crisps at the Ettamogah Pub.
- Slogan of the day: Butchers at Woombye -"We do private curing of pigs & cutting up of private body's"(sic)
- Tune of the day: Kenny Loggins - Footloose
Slow day tomorrow - only going as far as Gympie.
Gordon says ...
Felt pretty miserable today. Enjoyed being back in Brisbane with family and friends. Did not enjoy peddling away from my children, for a further month apart - if I wasn't such a tough guy, I might've got a bit upset ... but I am, so I didn't.
The ride was OK today - tomorrow is quite a short day, so I'm now going to try to sleep for 12 hours - Nigel's mind-bending snoring permitting (how many earplugs can a man cram into one ear?). Nothing else to report really.
As you can see from the second photo above, I have limited patience today with Nigel's continual quest to find patronising, 'aren't Australians a pack of dim-wits', pictures of 'Big things'.
What a shame you missed the Macadamia Nut Train tour at the Big Pineapple! It's a real treat! Glad to hear that Colin and his brother may be joining you both - it will be lovely to have them as support (and to distract you from each other!)
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Hugs,
Nikki xxx
Nigel, you are forgiven for missing the Big Banana after seeing the Big Pineapple. Gordon, to keep you motivated think of the rumour that Beckham will be replacing Capello – happy pedalling!
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