Day 5 - Noosa to Mount Morgan

Day 5 - 10 June 2013 - Left Noosa with torrential rain. For the first 5 hours of the trip I could not stop thinking 'PLEASE SOMEBODY TURN OFF THE TAP!' and the whole idea of doing this trip in winter was because it supposedly it doesn't rain here at this time of the year. Well, yeah! somebody obviously didn't read the memo and turned the rain on.

Anyway, it's nature, it's an adventure and it's good for me.

The trip to Mount Morgan was fine, the rain eventually stopped near Bundaberg and the scenery was beautiful all the way, especially near Mount Morgan, with all the twisty roads we motorcycleheads like so much.




On a stop I noticed this reflection on a shop window front. I can see now why some people confuse me with a cop. By the way, the cops use the same bike as mine.

A town with a catchy name 'Gin Gin'. Very nice little town, I had lunch here in the park.

In Mount Morgan I met a very good friend of mine, he actually owns a Hotel there and graciously offered me free accommodation, dinner and a glass of wine, as well as a long catch up about our personal journeys in life.

The Hotel is called the Leichhardt and it is an antique in its own right. Most of it is original and a delight to see and enjoy.

This particular night, he was under-staffed, so I helped in the kitchen making pizzas.

Making pizzas at the Leichhardt, with Andrew Adam (Mount Morgan)

One of the finished products. Making pizzas is not as easy as I thought, there are a lot of tricks to it. No wonder at home mine never taste as good as the ones made by the pros.

This is the trip, so far

A - Sydney, B - Grafton, C - Noosa, D - Mount Morgan

Days 1 to 4 - Sydney to Grafton, then to Noosa

Day 1 - Thursday 6/6/13
Reached Grafton at 6.30PM, some 700 km's. This is 1 hour after dusk, which is 1 hour more than I am comfortable driving. Thankfully the new LED floodlights that I installed are great, they really make a difference.

During the trip, I discovered some strange behaviour from the other road users; they reduced the speed when I approached them from behind and then they moved over and let me through. I had no idea why this was happening. Then at a service station, somebody asked me if I was a cop. I asked him what would give him this idea and he said it's because of the lights that I have under the front mirrors. Then it hit me, the reason of the evaporative behaviour of the other drivers is because when I approached them from behind, they see all the lights on (I keep them on all the time to make myself more visible) and they think I am a cop. Interesting, ha?

Anyway, I installed my new tent and spent the night in it. This tent is designed to park the bike inside, but I was so tired that I left it outside; it is really heavy to move, especially on the grass.

At night, I woke up hearing noises of somebody touching the bike; very carefully, I opened the zip of the tent and I shone my torch onto it to find the most spectacular sight. There was a possum sitting on the bike seat (I covered the seat with a lamb fur to make it more comfortable) and he was purring like a cat, moving his paws over the fur, opening and closing the paws the same way cats do when they like something. It was incredible; he kept doing the same while I was shining the light and at the same time, looking at me with huge eyes, he really was on cloud nine and I decided to let him be and I went back to sleep. Unfortunately, I did not have the camera with me to record it.

The next morning, the seat just smelled a bit funny, not bad, just funny. I cleaned it with a bit of detergent and it is now fine. I just have to make sure than from now on, I keep the bike inside the tent.

Day 2 - Friday 7/6/13
Travelled from Grafton to Noosa, where I met with Mary at a resort. The plan is to spend Friday, Saturday and Sunday together, then we will part on Monday, when she'll fly back to Sydney and I am back on my trip.

This Friday I popped the question to Mary and she said YES. I am very happy.

Day 3 - Saturday 8/6/13
Spent the day visiting Noosa Heads, incredibly beautiful place.

Day 4 - Sunday 9/6/13
Today we visited Fraser Island and Mary swan in Mackenzie Lake. this place if beautiful, it is the biggest sand island in the world and the roads are all (obviously) made of sand, even the beach is a road, some 120km long and with a max of 60km/h.

A Dingo patiently waiting for food 

Sirens in Fraser Island