Ballarat at last

Hello again. We left Brisbane on Tuesday 16th Nov stopping over night at Coffs Harbour then Golbourn via Sydney. On Thursday we decided to head for Victoria not knowing just where to spend the night. As we approached Albury Helen asked about the wineries at Rutherglen as she had some fond memories of some "white port" from days gone bye. We located Morris's Winery, however, upon asking about their white port we were informed that it only came in 20 litre containers. A bit out of our league. Not to worry, a successful port tasting was had and bottles purchased. On leaving Morris's, we headed into the town of Rutherglen and successfully got lost. Thank heavens for the GPS. We punched in Ballarat and were directed back out on to the Freeway. With Melbourne in our sites, we decided to turn of at Seymore and find an alternate route to Ballarat. As we drove along some back rodes, Helen's faith in the GPS began to wain until we arrived in Daylesford, familiar territory at last. After 700 km for the day we arrived in sunny Ballarat.

After a couple of days rest the bike got it's chance to hit the road again. It had been almost four months since we had been on a ride and we were chaffing at the bit. Through Ballarat and out on the highway to Creswick where we checked out the old woolen mill before lunching at the Farmers Arms Hotel. A quiet ride back to Ballarat via Dean and out to Buninyong to visit some reatives before heading back to Mt Helen and dinner with mum.

That's about it for now.

Keep the shiny side up.

Col & Helen
'Old Farts on Tour'