Day 124 Captains Flat - Toronto
35654 - 36171 517km
Morning in Captains Flat was reasonably dry. The forecast had promised rain but luckily we didn't get any. Soon after the village we got to a great gravel road. Hard surface and no dust. One can easily ride 70-80 km/h on that kind of road. Compared to the previous day's soft parts and cows this was really enjoyable!
We followed the route Terry suggested to get to Kangaroo Valley. That was a jackpot. Sceneries weren't that marvelous but the road was biker's heaven. Absolutely amazing curves and corners. Small downhills and uphills. Perfect pavement. Couple of villages and towns on the way.
At some point we had to start looking for a fuel station. And we found one. Too bad it had been closed for at least 20 years. While wondering the situation purple Yamaha Tenere stopped by. Belinda and Patrick Peck have been all over the world with their bike. And soon they'll leave to Indonesia and through all the countries there to reach northern Europe. Such an amazing couple!
After Belinda and Patrick continued towards Canberra we still had the problem with fuel. Next station was almost 100 km away and it was really uncertain whether we had enough fuel to get there. We just had to try.
On the way there was a lookout. One of the greatest ones I've seen so far. Just on the edge of the mountain range. Drop straight down for maybe 100 meters. Wow... I have to say, whenever there's a lookout it seems to be worth visiting.
Running towards fuel station Mirco had to get to spare tank. In couple of kilometers he stopped. I got going to get fuel for both of us. I knew I'll make it as there was only about 20 km to go and I hadn't turned to my spare yet. And I did it. I filled 17.01 liters in a tank of 18 liters (+spare). I finished my water bottles to fill them for Mirco as he just rode in. For some reason the bike didn't want to run with spare without having choke on. That was a close call.
Continuing towards Kangaroo Valley over the first mountains. On the top I remembered Terry telling there is an amazing lookout. And there really was! From the top of the mountain one can see a huge area of totally flat coast and sea.
We could hear thunder nearby and we had to get going - with our rain gear on. That was a mistake. The mountains covered us from the rain. Instead of water we got wet out of sweat. Pretty soon we both took of the rain jackets. At Fitzroy Falls we removed the trousers too.
Fitzroy Falls is amazing. Too bad the visitor's center was closed as someone had either jumped or fallen from the lookout and authorities were just lifting the body up from the canyon.
We tried to estimate the depth of the canyon and figured out it is probably close to 80-90 meters. The little white dot in the photo underneath the lookout is the body being lifted from the bottom. We took a little walk on the east rim to see the other lookouts. Astonishing views!
As we had been camping in rain for the last two nights our gear was quite wet. The mornings were too moist to get the gear properly dried before packing. That's why we decided to take the shortest route back to Toronto. We both were in desperate need of shower and a place to get the gear dry. So we headed through Sydney and took the boring freeway north. It was already dark when we arrived and when we finally got to bed at around 1 a.m. we really didn't need any lullabies to fall asleep.
Morning in Captains Flat was reasonably dry. The forecast had promised rain but luckily we didn't get any. Soon after the village we got to a great gravel road. Hard surface and no dust. One can easily ride 70-80 km/h on that kind of road. Compared to the previous day's soft parts and cows this was really enjoyable!
We followed the route Terry suggested to get to Kangaroo Valley. That was a jackpot. Sceneries weren't that marvelous but the road was biker's heaven. Absolutely amazing curves and corners. Small downhills and uphills. Perfect pavement. Couple of villages and towns on the way.
At some point we had to start looking for a fuel station. And we found one. Too bad it had been closed for at least 20 years. While wondering the situation purple Yamaha Tenere stopped by. Belinda and Patrick Peck have been all over the world with their bike. And soon they'll leave to Indonesia and through all the countries there to reach northern Europe. Such an amazing couple!
After Belinda and Patrick continued towards Canberra we still had the problem with fuel. Next station was almost 100 km away and it was really uncertain whether we had enough fuel to get there. We just had to try.
On the way there was a lookout. One of the greatest ones I've seen so far. Just on the edge of the mountain range. Drop straight down for maybe 100 meters. Wow... I have to say, whenever there's a lookout it seems to be worth visiting.
Running towards fuel station Mirco had to get to spare tank. In couple of kilometers he stopped. I got going to get fuel for both of us. I knew I'll make it as there was only about 20 km to go and I hadn't turned to my spare yet. And I did it. I filled 17.01 liters in a tank of 18 liters (+spare). I finished my water bottles to fill them for Mirco as he just rode in. For some reason the bike didn't want to run with spare without having choke on. That was a close call.
Continuing towards Kangaroo Valley over the first mountains. On the top I remembered Terry telling there is an amazing lookout. And there really was! From the top of the mountain one can see a huge area of totally flat coast and sea.
We could hear thunder nearby and we had to get going - with our rain gear on. That was a mistake. The mountains covered us from the rain. Instead of water we got wet out of sweat. Pretty soon we both took of the rain jackets. At Fitzroy Falls we removed the trousers too.
Fitzroy Falls is amazing. Too bad the visitor's center was closed as someone had either jumped or fallen from the lookout and authorities were just lifting the body up from the canyon.
We tried to estimate the depth of the canyon and figured out it is probably close to 80-90 meters. The little white dot in the photo underneath the lookout is the body being lifted from the bottom. We took a little walk on the east rim to see the other lookouts. Astonishing views!
As we had been camping in rain for the last two nights our gear was quite wet. The mornings were too moist to get the gear properly dried before packing. That's why we decided to take the shortest route back to Toronto. We both were in desperate need of shower and a place to get the gear dry. So we headed through Sydney and took the boring freeway north. It was already dark when we arrived and when we finally got to bed at around 1 a.m. we really didn't need any lullabies to fall asleep.
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