Today was really a nothing day. I woke late had breakfast and then headed out on the bike to do a few errands.
First up was to locate the airport and the campervan place. Robyn has hired a Britz camper so I dropped in to check that all was okay for Saturday and to see what we have hired. All was okay including the van and I can drop off a couple of my storage bags tomorrow so that we don’t have to worry about getting them from the city to the van on Saturday.
I then headed over to Perth BMW to see about the bike. I spoke to Jonas the motorcycle manager and he was more than helpful. They are going to keep my bike whilst I am away with Robyn and do an annual service for me whilst they have it. This service will include all fluids including the engine, gear box and final drive oils, and generally check the bike out for me before I head across the Nullarbor. This will give me some peace of mind that I am at least heading off with confidence in the bike (not that I had any worries, just reassured I guess).
I then headed back to the YHA for some domestic duties, lunch and then off to the shops for a couple of items and a lovely coffee sitting in the sun and watching the crowd go by.
Tomorrow, I’ll drop off my bags at the hotel that Robyn and I are staying at, items for storage at Britz, my bike off and then head to the airport to meet Robyn. So today will be the last regular post until I hit the road again on the bike in early October. I may do some updates as Robyn and I travel, but probably not on a daily basis.
So I hope you will wish us well and look forward to the last phase of the my adventure, heading home across the Nullarbor. See you then and to all you riders, keep the tyres the right way up.
Well we we had dinner last night with mum and she hadn't even started packing yet... hopefully she's got everything. Dave pointed out that i was clearly not my mothers daughter! As i would have been packed a week ago with the bags at the front door ready to go!!!! Kell concurred.
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take care
David
Yes Kate, Andrew was very impressed that mum's bag was packed this time before they were due to leave for the airport.
ReplyDeleteHey John, have been thinking about you and decided to have a look at the blog, oh my I will have to have a few glasses of wine while I sit and read your adventure. Don't forget Canberra is on the way home and we would love to see you. Happy trails and look forward to you and jim biking Route 66 while Robyn and I drive our two door convertible behind you...love Jen and Jim XXXX
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