Brian's Life: Rutherglen Adventure Day 3

I was awake at 6.00am and on my way by 7.30am. It was quite cold and I had to put on a fleecy top.

I drove about 160Km via the small Gilgandra to Dubbo. For the first 90Km I was the meat in a B-Double sandwich at 120KPH . These huge trucks have two semi-trailers and are officially speed limited to 100KPH. I had the option of travelling at my limit of 110KPH with a huge truck sitting about 10m from my tail or speeding up to match their speed which I considered the safest option. At Gilgandra I went and looked at the village and they sped on.

I drove straight through Dubbo but was able to identify the caravan park where Margaret and I stayed with our big Poodle, Pierre, when moving from Adelaide to Tewantin in 1998. After Dubbo I pulled into a lay by for my morning coffee and blow me there were the B-Doubles with the drivers setting up their sleeping cabs. What the hell was all the rush for. Later I heard on the news that there transport authority had set up road inspections ahead to inspect trucks speed limiters. These guys obviously had radio communication that they were heading into trouble. I didn't get hassled by another B-Double all day and actually got held by a couple.

I continued on via Parkes where the first moon landing was monitored by Australians when NASA had problems onto the small town of Forbes where I stopped for lunch after 150Km. I took a couple of photos of this typical outback town.

The last leg of the day was 104Km to West Wyalong where I took another cabin at the West Wyalong Caravan Park. On the way I passed the B-Double check point.

I took a long walk around the town and took some photos. On the way back I saw a car parked at the curb with two Bike Fridays like mine. As I passed by the owners walked back so I asked if they were going to the same get together at Rutherglen and they are. What's more they came from Queensland, in fact from the adjacent suburb to Tewantin, Noosaville. More amazingly the had a young dog with them who they were going to tow in a trailer on the rides. They are camping at the same park as I am.

I have just had a Chinese Take Away meal and am off to bed soon.