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[wot179]

Well Im back in Sunny Santa Maria now.

Left Tamworth this morning(thanks Craig for putting me up) and came thrugh Singleton and down the putty road in the rain.

A perfect transition back to reality.

I told the boss I would be at work today(when I rang him from a pub in Broken Hill on Sunday arvo...),so I dropped in to say gday at 2.15 this arvo.....

Back at it tomorrow....

Photos to follow later in the week.

Thanks to all and apologies to some,now is time for sleeping.

Cheers,guys.

[TerrA LX]

Welcome back.

[wot179]

Here we go,here we go,here we go.

I knocked of work at lunchtime on Friday the 17th and hit the road.

First stop was at the end of my street with a tank of premium at the 7-11.



As many of you know,I live in St Marys in Western Sydney,and as the (loose) plan was to follow the coast around the bottom of the country,

Wollongong was the first stop.







The smell of the ocean and the sun shining bright put a big smile on my dial and I was glad I stopped to checkout a spot Ive been to dozens of times before,

but not for more than 10 years.

We (me and The Goon) continued on down the coast through all the sleepy little villages along the way,just sucking in the scenery,till we got to Narooma.

Found a nice little park opposite a bottlo for a short break.





mmmmmm..Spam and eggs...


Then back on the road for a bit.

Tilba


Im pretty sure thats Bega down there in the distance.



I zigged when I should have zagged and ended up just a little inland for the first nights rest.

No matter.

Back on the road nice and early...






Lakes Entrance(I think)

Edited by wot179, 19 January 2011 - 01:17 PM.

[wot179]

Enough yapping.
Pic time.

Wilsons Promontory National park.














A truely beautiful place.

Never in my wildest dreams would I have considered Victoria a Holiday must see destination.

My opinion has changed.

I stopped in Melbourne that night at Rodomos place.(thanks for everything Rob).



A top night was had ,and I got to check out heaps of top-secret-if-I-told-you-I'd-have-to-kill you research and developement.

Not to mention the inside of a few tinnies....

After a little preventative maintenance as advised by Rob,and some directions to get out of Town,it was back on the road.



Ya gotta be quick getting this kind of shot....and the weather was turning bad.

Torquay.


Freezing cold,pissing down and blowing a gale.
Welcome to Bells Beach.



Oh well.If you are gunna drive The Great Ocean Road,You have to start at the beginning.
Heres some more along the way.

[wot179]

Plenty of tourists here.....They wouldnt let me bring The Goon any closer...















Take note of the warning signs....we dont have these in St Marys...




If you squint you can see Antarctica....




Thats it for The Great Ocean Road....

[wot179]

I decided to stroll out to the end of this...blowing a gale...got 20 meters from the end and it and it started raining.
But you couldnt get the smile off my face.
I wasn't welding,and I wasn't grinding


A shot from the end.






This is The Koorong Natioal park....plenty of salt here...




I thought I took more shots,but the bugs mustve scared me off...Lots of birdlife here if thats your thing..except for the the sound of the flies and mozzies,a very peaceful spot.

[wot179]

This somewhere near Murray Bridge.I just followed a buch of gutter jumpers in their SUVs and ended up on a ferry across a river.....cool...






Went up to a place called Hahndorf from here...sorry,left the camera in the car so I couldnt get a shot of the spunky rockabilly blonde wearing leopard skin tights and ears on a headband...

I hand a real nice foccacia,though...

I got lost going through Adelaide,so no pics there either..

Some salt lake...




This is one of my favorite shots of the whole trip....its somewhere between Adelaide and Port Augusta....


















Heading off down the Ayre Peninsula.

Glorious.



I had some dramas with my sunvisor and roadtrains,so I pulled it off for the duration..




Port Lincoln..

[Stinga]

great pictures Craig, hope your gonna blow a couple of them up and put them on the wall.

[wot179]

8700 miles all up......I took the scenic route......front uni died when I got to perth and I got a flat due to a dodgy valve...Otherwise trouble free red 6 motoring..

[wot179]

Its a funny place,this country.

You get hammered by media pics of spectacular spots,12 Apostles,Uluru,Great Barrier Reef etc.

But sometimes you take a quick squirt up a dirt track to see what you can see,and you find a place you'd be happy to have you're ashes scattered.

This is coming back up the eastern side of the Ayre Penninsular.

[rodomo]

Another fine eggspample of your talented culinary skills oh Mighty Iron Chef!

mmmmmm..Spam and eggs...

[wot179]

Time for more.




Streaky Bay.




Ceduna

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It takes a bit of practice to do this while you are driving.Lucky theres plenty of straight road to practice on..


Somewhere in the middle of the desert..




If you squint you can see Antarctica....

[wot179]

Like I said,plenty of straight road....


Belladonia Roadhouse in WA....


Pissing down in the middle of the desert west of Belladonia.....go figure???
Belladonia is famous coz its where Skylab punched a hole in the ground(look it up,young fellas..)


Esperance.One of the prettiest places I visited on the whole trip.


Grabbed myself a decent room for a change in Esperance,too.Awesome bacon and eggs,too.





This is all about 630 in the morning.


Its a shit photo,but I felt pretty lucky when I saw these suckers,Either real big Dolphins or Killer whales.




Move along,move along. Nothing to see here..

[wot179]

No camels.
But I dodged Cows,sheep,horses,roos and a big mutha of an eagle'

Dunno how quick I was going,the speedos busted.

Plus its not a happy camper when you turn the wick up..

[Peter UC]

Wow awesome trip, would love to do something similar in the old Torana, might have to soften the springs a bit though

[rodomo]

So.............the cow jumped over the moon but the KANGABLOODYROO jumped over the cow!!!!!!
AUSSIE AUSSIE AUSSIE!!! OI! OI! OI!

[wot179]

The things you see....





Albany..


Denmark.

These next few are from Walpole National Park,otherwise known as Valley of The Giants.







Note the tinnie on the ground for scale.


I was here for hours and never saw another soul,except for this bloke..

[Swarbs]

Ahhh the premier hotel -- AKA "The Prem"

Lots of beer on many occasions
My old home town -- (sigh)

[wot179]

Whats that skip?
You wanna see more pics of The Goon?

No worries...





Cape Leeuwin.The most southwestern point of Orstraylya.








Heading up the West coast now.



I never did find out how such a little glass of beer can cost so much money.
I doubt the locals drink there..


The Peel Alehouse.


Looking past mothers milk to the Goon.
Rockingham I think.

and looking back over The Goon to the bar I just drank at.


Fremantle late in the arvo on xmas eve.
Now I just have to find my buddies place out in the Burbs for xmas and a drink...