Today is my last day on the trip. I spent the morning with Glenn and co before doing the last section home. I couldn’t leave until I saw Oscar (6 yo) ride his scooter at the skate park ramps. He was a little put off by all the big kids (well teenagers) riding their bikes and scooters, cresting the slopes and doing flips. I think a little intimidated, but he summoned the courage and he was away. A couple more times at the park and I am sure he will be one of the daredevils.
The ride home would be uneventful up the Princess Hwy to Heathcote Rd, then through to the M5 and M7 to my daughter’s home. It would be lunch with Katie & David. I didn’t mention this the other day, for which I had a comment, but I had planned to have lunch with these guys (given they were going to be home).
Robyn escorted me this last stage through to Katie’s home at Marayong. Again it was wonderful to catch up with them. Katie, along with my other daughter Kelly were avid commentators on my blog throughout the trip and kept me in touch with home, as well as my use of terms like dongas. Dave is also a bike rider so the conversation did stray a few times on riding.
So after lunch it was to be my last stage, riding to home. I had such wonderful weather on this trip I knew it couldn’t last. This last part was ridden in rain. Along the way at the traffic lights another BMW F800GS rider pulled up beside me and he had just arrived from Perth (in a clockwise direction). Should I keep going?
No, home was waiting and Robyn was there (having left a few minutes earlier) with Kelly & Andrew and their kids Kimmy, Nessy, Sammy and my newest grandson, whom I had not seen, Ben (born in August).
The girls had not known I was arriving and my arrival was a shock. At first not believing their eyes, but then I had little girls all over me. I had left on the 2 Jul with them seeing me off and here I was home with all of them welcoming me home. It is really lovely to be home.
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