for some of you back home, my 'touristy' trip this long weekend is going to seem like a bit of a silly (or crazy) thing to do!! and truly, it probably is/was however it was something that i wanted to do :-) i decided to ride my bike around the bay!! i'm not as foolish as some who do it in a day as i decided to do it in two days. saturday's forecast was 24 degrees but very windy and i can confirm that the australian bureau of meteorology was not off on their assessment of the weather!! i had a nasty, 35km/hr headwind the entire 120km down to queenscliff!! it was so strong that i had to pedal while going downhill and i was completely exhausted upon my arrival in queenscliff. i then took the ferry over to sorrento and walked my bike to my hotel. i showered as i desperately needed to remove the layer of grime and salt from my skin and then i headed out for dinner. i returned to the hotel, befriended one of the hotel employees and spent a couple of hours chatting before heading off to bed. sunday was spent luxuriously reading, resting and swimming in the pool & ocean and then monday, i got back on my bike and headed back to melbourne. despite getting a slight bit lost on my way back (which added almost 10km to my trip home), i still managed to get back to melbourne in less time than it took to get down there... by two hours!! i feel really good having accomplished my goal though i must confess that there was a bit of cursing on the M1 on saturday afternoon but it all worked out in the end :-) (i've included the map of my trip in case anyone's interested: http://maps.google.com.au/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=466+Nicholson+St,+Fitzroy+North,+VIC+3068&daddr=-37.809106,144.963741+to:Docklands+Hwy+to:Docklands+Hwy+to:Docklands+Hwy+to:Sims+St+to:Docklands+Hwy+to:Queenscliff+VIC+to:sorrento+vic+to:Frankston+Fwy+to:Railway+Pde+to:Nepean+Hwy+to:466+Nicholson+St,+Fitzroy+North,+VIC+3068&hl=en&geocode=%3B%3BFdQVv_0dGmWjCA%3BFQwbv_0dzDKjCA%3BFfAbv_0d1CqjCA%3BFT4ev_0ddh-jCA%3BFWj1vv0dNkeiCA%3B%3B%3BFXhwuv0dEKCmCA%3BFUywuv0d-HumCA%3BFfb-vP0dvi-lCA%3B&mra=dpe&mrcr=0&mrsp=1&sz=13&via=1,2,3,4,5,6,9,10,11&sll=-37.81887,144.969406&sspn=0.077566,0.121021&ie=UTF8&ll=-38.053498,144.776459&spn=0.678028,1.002502&z=10)
other than my epic journey, i have been busy with summer life which we all know includes bbqs, patios, picnics, etc... i've been trying to balance out my social life with a bit of cycling, swimming and yoga to ensure that my 'chi' is maintained :-) over the holidays i ended up a stone's throw from the beach for a month while i house/cat sat for a friend which kind of gave me a holiday without going anywhere! there were new restaurants and pubs to try and there really is nothing better than watching the sunset over the beach/swimming in the ocean after work!! the cat wasn't much trouble either!!
must be off as i have a couple of things to do before heading off to bed tonight!! we're supposed to have a record week of heat; 40+ degree weather from wed-sun which i'm not overjoyed about... i'll be spending a bit of time at the movies or in my pool!!
hugs and happy new year (albeit a little late) to all!!
sarah
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