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watt price tully Scorpio



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PostPosted: Mon Nov 11, 2019 4:22 pm
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David wrote:
I hope they were promptly put up for adoption! Laughing


šŸ˜‰ it still me laugh, thinking about their reaction to it; kids being naughty šŸ˜€

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PostPosted: Mon Nov 11, 2019 6:25 pm
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Hopefully for her, this didn't happen.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRwQyWi6NNo

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stui magpie wrote:
Hopefully for her, this didn't happen.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRwQyWi6NNo


Air conditioning

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PostPosted: Sat Nov 23, 2019 11:59 am
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Day one riding completed.
Left from the MCG at 6.45 on buses
2 suitcases about 10kg in each (the limit required)
Bike boxed. Bikes went into a truck an bags under the bus.
Got to Robe about 2.15pm
Lined up to get allocated packs with Jerseyā€™s, name & numbered tags for luggage and bike and ride guide info
Lined up for tags for the tent and luggage (thereā€™s an option to pay a bit more & they supply a tent and mattress)
Found an erected tent, put luggage in.
Located bike box & assembled the bike along with 1000ā€™s of others
Headed into town and had a breakfast/ lunch at 4pm
Tent sleep was OK
Caught up with people Iā€™d met from previous rides in QLD and elsewhere
About 3-4000 people

Today:

85 km ride mostly flat from Robe to Millicent with a lunchstop in Beachport. Sat having my lunch watching the turquoise like water slowly lap the shore with a huge sea-lion basking in the sun: I can relate to that šŸ˜‰

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PostPosted: Sat Nov 23, 2019 2:57 pm
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LOL! Enjoy
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 23, 2019 3:57 pm
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Robe, Beachport and Millicent are great places. I did, at one time, fancy having Robe towed much closer to Geelong.
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Day 2 done. Mostly flat and no wind šŸ˜ƒ
About 100kmā€™s, Millicent to Mt Gambier
Woke at 4:50 a after packing my suitcases, taking them to the appropriate truck, rolled up the vinyl mattress supplied & took that to the relevant truck, the bike was lubed & cleaned last night, toilet, cup of tea, brush teeth then away with 2 full water bottles.
I left at 6:08 & was one of the first few out. Beautiful days riding but much of it on my own as most people leave after 7.am. By that stage I was already past the first stop at 28 kmā€™s having a nice black coffee. Lunch was about 65 kmā€™s and they hadnā€™t fully set up for lunch.
Made a contribution to the local footy / netball club by having a sausage!
Went without other food though and got to Mt Gambier by about 10:45. Campsite wasnā€™t set up so rode another 8 kmā€™s or so to the town centre and met up with two other riders and had a huge brunch with coffee šŸ˜Š
Bike went well
Got back to the campsite and helped unload the bags in a chain line with other riders, had already located a tent.
Because I was early no queues for the showers and able later to do & hang my washing

The above detail is part of village living in this mobile city.
Yesterday I did some basic Yin Yoga with about 30 others.
There are masaages available, food vans, coffee vans, a mobile charging service) got in early & you pre pay. There is live music, marquees, licensed drinking & an over-subscribed bus shuttle service to the town centre.
Now I taking it easy, catching up with acquaintances, reading a book and listening to the cricket. Later Iā€™ll lube the bike ready for tomorrow
Iā€™m in bed (tent) by 8:pm reading & resting

Tomorrow is over 100 kmā€™s to Portland. There is a 50% chance if rain and likely windy šŸ˜±.
It is what it is: but today and yesterday were great introductions to the rest of the ride

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PostPosted: Sun Nov 24, 2019 7:26 pm
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wow that sounds like...well hell to us normal folk! go you!!!
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PostPosted: Sun Nov 24, 2019 8:49 pm
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think positive wrote:
wow that sounds like...well hell to us normal folk! go you!!!


Cheers TP.
Tonight at the nightly briefing we were introduced to a woman in her ? late 70ā€™s. This is her 33rd great vic bike ride!

Thereā€™s a liquorice all sorts: fat people, skinny people, old people, young people, volunteers , flash riders, novices, road bikes, commuting bikes, mountain bikes, carbon bikes, e bikes...the lot. Fast riders, slow riders etc. Itā€™s a highly supportive environment.

Lotā€™s of fun.

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PostPosted: Sun Nov 24, 2019 9:03 pm
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Your idea of fun is not mine, but enjoy it.
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 25, 2019 7:06 pm
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Day 3 done. 110.5 kmā€™s from Mt Gambier to Portland. A long ride, a few hills.
Got up at 4:50, showers arenā€™t available in the mornings so I get my huge enamel bowl, put cold water in it and add boiling water: thereā€™s boiling water available for tea & coffee from 5:45-10pm. I use this to wash my face & feel fresh for the ride. I donā€™t eat breakfast but 2 bottles of water and a cup of tea.

I was out by 6:15: not too many gone by then. On the positive side of the ledger thereā€™s little traffic, little wind and you get to see wildlife when ur in the middle if nowhere. Today I saw emus, wallabies and kangaroos.
Beautiful sounds of birds and various forms of flora. There seems to be a lot of self-seeded poppy flowers / plants on the route especially out of Mt Gambier. Very pretty.

Weā€™re camped along the foreshore. Unfortunately, the stand-up tent section is at least a km from the main marquee area. There are few showers available & despite arriving early I always help out unloading the luggage which quite a few of us do. However when itā€™s time to shower thereā€™s a ridiculously long queue. Further away again is a pier & on the other side of the pier is a beach and a smelly toilet block with external showers. So I went in for a dip in the freezing water with my bike shorts on: not long enough for dealing with lactic acid then as it transpired the outside showers were solar heated šŸ˜€ so I could wash & wash by bike shorts while on of course.
Decided to have chinese tonight rather than the pretty average fare served up by the caterers.

I found 2 women riders in the last section & they were motoring: Between the 3 of us we were averaging 33 kmā€™s per hour. When ur on ur own itā€™s a lot harder. Getting onto a train of riders is magnificent. It hasnā€™t yet happened for me so far. Thatā€™s the downside of going early in that you miss out on the more social aspects at times. Plenty of down time when u finish early to socialise.

Tomorrow is 85 kmā€™s from Portland to Port Fairy for the rest day.

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PostPosted: Mon Nov 25, 2019 7:07 pm
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DP
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 25, 2019 7:22 pm
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watt price tully wrote:
DP


If you can do a DP yourself with 2 female riders you are truly gifted.

I'm so glad you're enjoying this, I'd only do it at gunpoint and probably would have reached the "%$^£$%^&%% it, just shoot me" point well before now

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stui magpie wrote:
watt price tully wrote:
DP


If you can do a DP yourself with 2 female riders you are truly gifted.

I'm so glad you're enjoying this, I'd only do it at gunpoint and probably would have reached the "%$^ļæ½$%^&%% it, just shoot me" point well before now


Cheers Stui.

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Really tough day today, really tough. Portland to Port Fairy.
Rain, hail, sleet, squall like winds, semi trailers going past & wind and wet. The last 20kmā€™s of todays 85 were continual wind gusts of over 50 kmā€™s per hour. F*cking hard.
I rode the last 20 kmā€™s with a woman from Warragul who was slightly built but a great rider.
To make matters worse I didnā€™t eat till I finished. That was a mistake as I was really hurting all over. My hands and arms were in an involuntary tremor for a few minutes. I quickly downed a banana and the packed chicken caeser salad that was for lunch. I recovered quickly, went into town and had a big breakfast. Came back and helped unload a truck of bags, found a tent and crashed for a couple of hours.
Port Fairy currently is very windy. Tomorrow is a rest day thanks be the lord šŸ˜Š

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