surferboys nats diary

[surferboy]

dont know how i did it but i managed to get on the site from the middle of nowhere ?
i was hoping to do a daily diary of our trip to mt gambier
but it might be more of a "whenever i get connection "diary 

  & Cathy

[surferboy]

fri 7 mar
left Perth late (suprise suprise ) got a bit of rain on trip to Hyden

went surfing but got wiped out (suprise suprise)

had engine problems, tried to fix them myself
it took a while to figure out what this bit of the engine was 


  & Cathy



is this an FC ?

[surferboy]

sat 8 mar

cruised through Ravensthorpe and found these


continue on the 600km trip to Norseman
Heres the local tourist attraction



had promised Cathy a romantic dinner so i took her to the most romantic place in town


Caught up with Brad & Gemma cruising to mt gambier with thier caravan


  & Cathy

[surferboy]

sun 9 mar

Hit the highway and started heading east
had rained overnight but dried up and stayed cool and overcast 

traffic on the highway


just tie the steering wheel to the 1/4 vent put a brick on the accelerator


caught up with carrots & daggsey at Eucla


  & Cathy

[surferboy]

mon 10 mar

checked out the tourist attraction befre leaving Eucla


should i turn left at alberkurkey 


I'd post a picture of Ceduna here but the town was closed
(something to do with horse racing and public holidays..........only in australia  )

  & Cathy

[surferboy]

tue 11 mar

weather is warming up... high 30s, low 40s between Ceduna & pt Augusta


the road looks like this

(most of the roads look like this ! )

  & Cathy

[FC0058]

Surferboy & Cathy
Looks like the trip is going well, by the looks of the road map you were holding in Ceduna its no wander you checked out the signs for directions.

Hope your enjoying yourselves.

Cheers Jim

[gp]

Hi Guys & Girls, looking forward to seeing you all. Only 7 more sleeps until we head off.

Hope you all have a safe trip.

Cheers,

Graham

[greyone]

looks like a great time your all having don,t like the idea of havin a freightliner road train up me rear thou
ps done the trip on a honda 4 about 30 years ago had a sore arse for a couple of weeks .keep the updates flowing
regards mal

[jack_fc]

good one, surferboy - waiting for more diary entries!!
so far, so good; hope it stays that way
see you in port fairy
cheers jack n rita

[surferboy]

wed 12 mar

It's HOT    100deg +

stopped at Willmington at a toy museum


found this......



    ( I'm a happy boy)

on the 400+km trip to Broken Hill
It's 100deg+ still, empty roads, a million miles of red dust, road kill, road trains and nothing else


except.....




 

  & Cathy

[surferboy]

thurs 13 mar

rest day in Broken Hill
It's 100deg+ again !

had milkshakes at Bells


Cathy got weary in the heat


  & Cathy

[surferboy]

fri 14 mar

On the road again

it looks like this

STILL 100deg+

another state
another time zone !
I'm all confused

Mildura ( I think)


  & Cathy

[surferboy]

sat 15 mar

still on the road
still running well
still having fun
still another 400+km drive  (to Bendigo)
STILL B****Y HOT !

went fishin' at Swan Hill      FISH & chips for dinner ?



  & Cathy

[surferboy]

sun 16 mar

weekend in Bendigo
they have those funny trains that stop in the middle of the road   


was only 37degrees in Bendigo and no driving to do
so
we drove the 100km to Echuca where it was HOTTER......... AGAIN !
passed lots of Rods cruising the other way (Rich River Rod Run )

outside Holden Museum


had a toothache so had some dentistry done


did the tourist stuff
had fun at Bendigo Pottery



created a one off


STILL HAVING LOTS OF FUN
Wagon's still running good, so i'm starting to relax (a little bit)

  & Cathy

[Just40]

ask the surfieboy , i for one have enjoyed you travels.

[surferboy]

mon 17 mar

guess what ....... YES it's still 100+degrees 

They celebrate occasions for a long time out here

They were celebrating St Pats Day when we were in Broken Hill


we got dressed up for the occasion



and now we're in Bendigo and we're celebrating again


one to many Guinessessessseess

The Irish make much better burgers than that scottish burger bloke

can't wait for O'Donalds burger chain


O'Surferboyo & O'Cathyo

[surferboy]

tues 18 mar
(sorry its late but the hotel internety thing wasnt working)
Travelling South and the weather started cooling down

just popped in to the local surf comp to have a go



this is me



HONEST  ( would I lie )

IT RAINED TONIGHT 

  & Cathy

[surferboy]

wed 19 mar
Its the day for The Great Ocean Road

Got to DRIVE ( including turning corners,braking,accelerating etc)for the first time for ages
The weather is COOL
Saw lots of TREES and OCEAN for the first time for ages
Caught up with other interstaters cruising to the Nats
Did lots more sightseeing

 



the12 apostles (its one of those must do sightseeing things)



THE SMILEY APOSTLE 



At Port Fairy catching up with mates at the barbie


ANOTHER GREAT DAY

  & Cathy

[surferboy]

thurs 20 mar

Up early ( it's the first time we've been early for the whole trip )to cruise from Port Fairy to Mt Gambier

The guys needed an hour or two to dry thier cars because it was wet overnight and then put the carbras on

some of us just sat around watching and drinking coffee

THEN (5 minutes later )



IT RAINED
so we stopped to take them off



4,650km down......32 km to go 
NATIONALS....HERE WE COME

  & Cathy