Motorcycle Adventures

It has been a wonderful week and weekend of riding.

The wet weather finally abated late last week allowing for some great riding over the last couple of days.  As part of the break-in process I had to be careful not to ride too long on the freeway, but I managed to get some great riding in over my long weekend despite the restrictions.  It feels so great to be back on the bike again!

On Saturday I took off to visit the famous Phillip Island.  This is an attraction that all tourists visiting Melbourne seem to visit.  Mainly this is for a local Penguin colony that resides on the island.  At dusk they come out of the water to sit on the rocks during the night.  I meanwhile came for the ride and not the penguins.  It was a lovely ride, though it was a relatively short distance that ended up taking almost all day.

Sunday took me to the Mornington Peninsula for a shorter morning ride.  The road winds it way along the coast, though I can’t say this was my favorite ride.  It’s clearly a nice place to live, but as the road doesn’t actually follow the water and spends most it’s time in reasonably thick traffic it’s a bit like riding through the CBD.  The rest of the day was spent with Nicole.  We had a wonderful time together.

On Monday I enjoyed a full day of riding.  The route took me from Melboune to a town called Shepperton, then through to Bendigo and home again.  It was a wonderful ride through beautiful countryside and great little towns.  I didn’t stop much to explore but look forward to doing so in the future.  It will be nice to take some more time in these little towns.  Bendigo in particular is a place we would love to spend more time in – it was the place we found the Bats on our last trip, but didn’t have more time to explore.  The route below is roughly where I went however I took a number of smaller roads to keep the freeway driving to a minimum.  It was a long day, but a great day!

Again, I didn’t do much stopping – it was really all about the riding this day, but I did take a couple snapshots.  Nothing of incredible beauty, but I did come across a grocery store that has shaded parking for all the cars – I thought this was such a great idea…  Keep the cars cool while you shop.. How great is that.