Cradle Mountain

It was very difficult to decide what to wear this morning, when the alarm went off at 8 Am it was windy and grey so I put on all my warm clothes however by 930 the sun had come out and it was starting to get quiet warm, so I took off my woollen jumper and put my summer riding clothes back on. I set off on the highway to Cradle Mountain and by 10 am the clouds were back in the sky and the temperature dropped to 10 degrees so out come the warm clothes again. The closer I got to Cradle Mountain the colder it got and then it started to drizzle and then a thick blanket of fog descended on the mountain. Thank God I was on the Spyder as the road was very wet and slippery, I made it safely and even though It was cold and wet, with my gloves and warm gear on it wasn't to bad, and besides I love an adventure and a challenge, and remember what doesn't kill us makes us stronger.

I stopped for breakfast at a little cafe in a very small town probably the same size as Howard, because I had to kill some time I couldn't check into my accommodation until 2pm, after I finished breakfast I continued up to cradle mountain and stopped at the National Park office, I had intentions of riding up to Dove Lake however there was a heck of a lot of traffic on the road and the road up to the lake is very narrow so I decided It wasn't safe in the rain to continue.

I stopped and went for a short walk to check out a waterfall and in no time it was 2pm so I checked into my room. There is a shuttle bus that the National Park runs up to Dove lake and the walk takes approximately 1 hour and thirty minutes, the bus will pick you up when you have finished, however by the time I unpacked and had lunch, a very late lunch I might add, it was almost 5pm and getting to cold to do any walking. Tomorrow I will had back to Devenport and stay there in a hotel before boarding the ship for the journey back to Port Melbourne...