Sunday 24 January 2010

Day 2 Port Arthur to Triabunna

Date: 07/JAN/2010
Route: Port Arthur - Copping - Wielangta Forest Drive - Orford - Triabunna
Distance: 96km
Accident: 0
Puncture: 0
Weather: Fine (Beautiful!)
Accommodation: Tribunna Cabin & Caravan Park ($15 / Unpowered Site)
Good timing - Near Eaglehawk Neck

Another long day ride! I left Port Auther at late time of 7.30am. My alarm clock didn't work this morning plus the wine from the last night made me overslept for an hour.

The first 30 - 40 km to Copping was very smooth not as hard as yesterday even I was going back the same way.



The first stop for today was Copping, a small town end of two peninsulas. I had a extra large chicken burger for breakfast (yum!). When I was eating it, one friendly local cobber* talked to me as he saw my bike in front of the milk bar**.

*a cobber: a man
**a milk bar:a small shop selling milk and other basic provisions

He told me that the road which I was approaching was partly closed as the bridge was down. Down? sounds pretty wild. but he said with grin "you'll be fine, you can carry your bike and cross the river'. and he actually recommended to go ahead on that road as the road was really scenic way and nicely compressed dirt road. So I felt a bit relieved.

If I conclude what happened next, the next 35km was hell hard. As it mentioned on the map it was gravel. It was good at the beginning as the road was nicely compressed but as I get into the forest deeper and deeper the road become more and more bumpy and hilly. It wasn't gravel in the end I guess IT WAS ROCKY. But as the road was partly closed, there were hardly any cars on the way for this 35km and it was really scenic road as well with forest ocean views.


Scenic but Hard - Wielangta Forest Drive

Having ridden the long gravel (rocky) road, the front carrier has got damaged a bit (but easily fixable) but nothing went wrong with the bike because it was a bit of challenge as I didn't set up my bike for gravel roads. Good.


Beautiful Coastlines - Near Orford

From the end of the gravel road there was a small sleepy seaside town of Orford. Form there to today's destination, Tribabunna was easy flat ride of 7km.

Got to a caravan park here and writing this blog. Oh, its 7.30 I have to go to bed soon!

Today's Route

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