Back in Melbourne tonight, and with a new bike.... a BMW 650 this time - exciting! Flew back with Quantas from Alice Springs, with the journey taking just under three hours, as opposed to the four solid days riding it would have taken on the road. Quite a relief to be able to move on again, after my few days limbo.
Met up with Jackie in the city to help celebrate some exciting news for her. A research project she'd put forward has had funding approved. The subject matter is right up her street, and it'll be keeping her out of mischief for three years. So she treated me to another yummy dinner at another great restaurant.
Now my laundry's in the wash, and once that's sorted tomorrow, I'll be resuming the road trip, although this time heading Eastwards. Weather here is promising to be sunny and headed towards 30s again. Hopefully I'll have started working on the tan before I arrive at Bondi Beach. Can't join the posing masses all white and pasty!
My new wheels need a name.... mulling on that one. Another Aussie bloke, or do we go all vorsprung durch technic, acknowledging it's a BMW? I'd considered 'Bruce' ... but Jackie's mate is a Bruce, and he's taking me out gay clubbing in a couple of weeks... don't want to have any embarassing confusion in future posts about me riding Bruce, do we?
Dirty boy! How about Gibbo after oz's favourite clean living ex pat?
ReplyDeleteGlad you are back on the road. Luego Rob.