First stop

So that’s about 140 km already on the way. It’s 15h53 and I’m in Torquay. Gonna push it a bit further along the Great Ocean Road, that starts here. The ride there was okay, a lot slower than i thought (I’m still over 50km a day with a lot of breaks)

Gotta kill time somehow. . . this beautiful horse is part of an art project in Kingston (not Jamaica) in partnership with Pioneer electronics! So if your dvd player is 199.99$ that’s where the money goes 🙂

Even on a bike you need to stop at a service station sometimes. . .

Not the best picture ever but you get the idea. . .

Ferry boat from Sorrento to Queenscliff, hey not any boat can hold that weight!

Appearances can be decceiving! that was the right way 🙂

Check my shirt!! Had to ride through this the whole day!

Impressions about what I had planned and how it actually feels?

– counting on a 15 km/h average was reasonable, rather than 20. especially with headwinds and a total weight of bike+biker+gear+food around 120kg! it s like i m carrying a slim version of myself. . . actually it’s not about your speed, it’s about the number of times you stop, to take a break, to check your way, to take pictures

– ride safe, look out for driveways! yesterday i bumped into a car coming out of th driveway. Bad luck for the first day. nothing bad though, no big speed no harm. But it scared the shit out of me.

– when you are not sure of something, just ask people you meet. Actually even if you’re sure, ask, it s always good to talk to people, you come up on information you wouldn t have thought of asking. Like where to do freedom camping!

– I camped on a beach yesterday. Just put my tent down and nothing happened. As simple as that. I think the fact that I was in Dromana, on a beach called Safety Beach, and where they have a jogging trail along their coastline (so the kind of suburb where people enjoy a clean healthy quiet life) helped lift the stress. My only companion that night was the wind insistantly trying to flick my tent away!