Dirt road boogie

I made the mistake of listening to one of the teachers whom was staying at The YHA last night, he suggested a road for me to take, it was called Mount zero road, one would think that the name alone would indicate the quality of the road, in a word this road was crap.

You might suggest to me that why didn't I turn around well this road played a confidence trick on me it wasn't that bad for the first 5 km or so then it was 15 km of corrugation, very small and annoying pot holes and an assortment of stupid wild life that continued to play chicken with me, including to of the dumbest Emu's that God created.

Having said all that it is all part of the adventure and when I eventually got back on to the sealed section the road was great, I stoped along the way at Mackenzie falls this was a 5 km return trip down then up some very steep stairs but what a top spot, I also did a 2km round trip walk to The balconies and back that walk rewarded me with a breathtaking view of the valley and some rock formations, all in all I had a great day and came home feeling satisfied that me efforts had been worth it, so after a an afternoon nap I decided to blog today's effort.

Tomorrow I am heading off on a 11 km round trip walk to a place called the pinnacle, should be interesting.....and no more bloody dirt roads, I don't think me or the Spyder could cope.

Overall I have been happy with the performance of the Spyder my only complaint would be that the foot brake needs adjusting again, after I paid big money for Canberra Motorcycle's for it's 5000km service so I am not happy with this as I have to be careful where I park and have taken to putting a rock or piece of wood under the big rear wheel, will get this rectified hopefully when I am back in Melbourne or if not when I get to Tasmania, it means forking out more money so not happy Jan.