but first, we rolled into brisbane to see a couple of miki's friends , the state museum and some freezing cold art galleries (i know some of you are cursing if i claim australia as freezing, but when it's 35+ outside and yer wearing shorts and t-shirt and every place you walk into is blasting the air-con so it's +3 deg it SEEMS really cold) anyway.... next into new south wales for my second time and it was raining and piss misserable. riding in rain... camping in rain...eating in rain you get the drift. we did see some beautiful scenery and bits of nature though. woopee!
went to the national motorcycle museum in nabiac nsw, 700+ different bikes from around the world. bsa, triumph, norton, ariel, honda, indian, you name it and it was there.
another highlight was in north NSW at a "bushtucker" garden with all kinds of different indigenous edible or medicinal plants which has been really interesting learning about the whole time here in oz.
climbed a mountain in pomona.but as of now a few changes :
1. have found a house to live in near downtown melbourne. i have seen just some of the devastation the victoria bush fires have caused. they are still burning and destroying land but it's very encouraging to see all people from all walks of life give such great support to the victims of said fires.
2. have gotten some sweet new bicycles to get around with,(best way to travel around any city, some of my favorite times in calgary were ripping around the city on bikes w/ jzero & marcus)C. and the big one ... the goldwing is . . ... toast . dead. done. gone. finito. broken crankshaft the day it arrived in melbourne. and its too expensive and time consuming to repair; 2nd hand 28 year old crankshafts for unpopular bikes are hard to come by.
so like the times, things have changed. new ideas of getting around are brewing. realistically my goal was to get it to adelade south oz and get rid of it there before going to perth. close enough.
met a lovly ex school principle who has offered her beach house along the great ocean road to stay at. also looking at going to tazmania soon to before winter hits (im still getting used to the idea that it gets cold in june/july).
have found a little multitrack recorder, so i can start recording some of the new songs and ideas ive come up with.
