Toby's journal

So, I've been packing, packing, and more packing. It's more sorting than packing I guess, but either way, it seems to take forever. The car is pretty loaded up now, and I'll just chuck the laptop/pc/camera into it in the morning and we'll be ready to go. The Araldite repair job to the leaky junction coolant junction box seems to have worked well, which is great.

I meant to go out with some friends on the Bay to Birdwood run, a classic car rally, however due to some communication failures, I didn't. I couldn't really spare the time, anyway, but it would have been nice to see that group of friends before I headed off. Anyway, it was a lovely day, so I hopped on the motorbike and went for a couple of hours riding, out to Birdwood, but via a different route.
My way was totally devoid of other traffic, and so it was just rolling hills, valleys, vineyards, lakes, rivers, and forests with the winding road between them. It's springtime here, and there's been a bit of rain recently, so now everything seemed green with bursts of other colours. I'll miss being able to go for rides like that so easily - I gather you need to get further out of Melbourne to reach that kind of countryside than from Adelaide.