Hello all,
It's been a while since I've been able to update this blog, but we've completed the first few legs of our trip! We started in West Footscray (just outside of Melbourne) after a wonderful launch party on the river bank with a BBQ, a rehearsal of our skit, a fundraising raffle and auction and much well wishing from cyclists from around Melbourne. We took the train to Werribee and officially started out first 42 km ride to Geelong.
Geelong is a really relaxed beach town with a pier and swimming area on the Eastern Beach that was a great way to spend an afternoon. We stayed in a Girl Scouts' hall for two nights, rehearsing and working on our workshops. We enjoyed a wonderful evening hosted by the Geelong Sustainability Group at Beav's Bar, where we heard a lot about some of the sustainable initiatives going on in Geelong and other areas.
Our next stop was a 38 km ride to a small town called Winchelsea (population 1336!) We stayed at a Boy Scouts' Hall which was like a renovated barn... it was pretty funny to have all fourteen of us in there! It was such a cute town and the locals invited us to a "bush dance" which is very much like going to a square dance... the dance card was up at the front near the band and everyone knew the steps to each dance that was called! Little old ladies and old men where having a hilarious time teaching all of us how to dance. It was a bit hopeless, but such a fun time!
This morning, we rode on to Colac, another 36 km away. We have just arrived and are working on getting lunch together. We'll stay in another scouts' hall and enjoy Australia Day festivities tomorrow in a town called Forrest. Coming up is a 45 km trip to Camperdown, then 68 to Warrnambool and then a 100 km hill climb into the Grampians National Park! (I've already volunteered to haul a trailer for that one!)
Hope all is well!
Cheers,
Candice
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Well you certainly are brave (crazy) for volunteering to tow a trailer for that leg. Steve and I both read the post separately but had the same reaction to that line.
ReplyDeleteWe went to a Roughnecks game last night. How is that I lived with you the whole time you played but never had any of the rules rub off on me?
Hi Jess!
ReplyDeleteIt wasn't so bad... though there was one giant hill coming in an out of town we had to do twice... there may have been an expletive directed at the pavement! I'm going to have HUGE legs when I get home! :) How are you guys??? Better be shredding the gnar for me!