Hobart

After close to two months of great weather I had a bad run today, now I am not a wimp when it comes to motorbike adventures and I can handle cold, rain, and wind however when all there happen at the same time it makes for a difficult ride, having said that I used the words Motorcycle adventure on purpose because that is what this holiday is all about it's taking the good with the not so good and enjoying each minute of the journey.

Admittedly today when I was riding and I was cold my hands were frozen and I was being blown about I was having a good whinge to myself, however now that I am warm and dry I can look back and appreciate the ride, the midlands highway is a good quality road and it takes you through some picturesque countryside, there are a lot of historical country towns along the way one that I would recommend is called Oatlands it's full of old sandstone buildings circa 1800's and the above photo is a mill that was built in 1837.

in the background of the photo of myself is a lovely lagoon and picnic area and there are some friendly and quiet hungry ducks and geese that get close and personal when food is produced. There are times when I wish that I was travelling with someone else, Oatlands would be a great place to share a picnic with a friend, in fact if the weather was nice today I would have enjoyed spending more time there.

Once again I am very grateful for the safety features of the Spyder as it definitely saved my life today, I was doing the 110 km speed limit and noticed a car waiting to turn left onto the highway, well he waited until I was right on top of me and if I hadn't of accelerated around him I would have t-boned him. I had a thought when I saw him that he was going to do something stupid like that and that combined with the very responsive 990cc Rotax engine and a lot of good luck helped me avoid a serious accident, had I have been on my old bike I don't think I would have lived to tell the tale.

Oh by the way when I was walking around Hobart I noticed that the rain goes sideways and it rains in Hobart even when the sun is shining bizarre.

Tomorrow I will take a ride out to Huonville, the long way round via the Channel Highway, then down to Geeveston then up to New Norfolk and back to Hobart