After long flight from Delhi ,India to Melbourne I go very early in the morning to Garners hire bikes.
Garners is company we recommend very highly.Very nice and helpful people work there.I rent 2011
Harley Road King.I got also all riding clothes,helmet and navigator from them.It is also possible to rent bike from Melbourne and leave it to Perth or Sydney.Check it out if you need bike at Australia.
I gotthis tip from very old friends of mine,thanks Tipi and Maarit.
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Garners hire bikes
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After renting the bike I take a road from Melbourne to Sydney.After 320 km I turn right to Albury and from there to place called Tooma .600 km ride and I already fall in love with Australia.Great roads,very good road signs etc..From Tooma I pick up Maisa,she is a Finnish girl who is working at farm there.Maisa ride with me 5 days and then go back to Sydney to meet her boy friend Simon.
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Farm where Maisa was working.400 cows.
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From Tooma we ride maybe 100 km to Khancoban .It start be dark ,that is why we stop.It is not so smart to ride here motorcycle when it is dark because of kangaroos and other animals.I saw 4 or 5
dead kangaroos when I was riding from Melbourne to Tooma.In Khancoban I saw first time parrots
in Australia .Very funny birds.When they start to talk or sing ,it sounds like very drunk Australian man talking!
Next morning we start to ride over Snowy Mountains.From Khancoban to Cabramura and then to Cooma and after that to Cannriver 560 km ride.One of my best motorcycling days of my life.Really good curvy roads,beautiful views ,nice weather ,no traffic at all etc.Winter time many of these Snowy Mountains roads are closed.
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Cannriver ,small sleepy town
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Qweenscliff-Torquay.
Lake Entrance was very beautiful place.Looking like Merriterian sea countries.
We take a small ferry from Sorrento to Qweenscliff and after that we ride to Torquay and spend one nigth there at backpackers motel.That was fun.When we go to check in, it was full of young people
and they were looking at me like What the hell is this dinosaur doing here?Hehee!
That side of Melbourne where Great Ocean road start ,it is full of beaches and surfers.
We also check out Australians oldest lighthouse in Cape Otaway.Builtmore than 100 years ago.
End of Great Ocean Roads are 12 Apostles .Something to see.It was great day.I did have my 51 birthday same day.In the evening we have small birthday party at Port Cambell .Thanks Per.
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Great Ocean Road here we come!
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| Great Ocean Road |
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| Maisa making her own apostle! |
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| Koala |
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Australians oldest light house ,Cape Otway
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| More koalas! |
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12 Apostles
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Next morning we ride to Calac .Maisa take a train to Melbourne and fly home to Sydney.
Thanks Maisa it was great 5 days and start to talk to Simon about buying a motorcycle!Hehee!
From Calac we ride to Bendingo .Nice city ,we go to rock club and listening to local band playing.
Meet also local people and I can tell you Australian people know how to party!Next morning we take tram ride and after that we ride back to Melbourne.
In the evening we found rock club called Cherry Bar and address was AC/DC Lane,how cool is that?
At Cherry Bar there was Hayden Blackwood playing ,check him out .One of the best gigs we ever seen.At Sunday we take tram and go to swim .Monday morning we go back to Garners hire bikes,
say good bye to them and then we go to airport and fly to Bangkok via Singapore.Australia was great country to us.Very friendly people ,good roads ,beautiful landscape,good food and beer.We promise to come back someday.Stay strong ANA and PER
