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3 May 2018
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Long story short the Customs here have been a nightmare. They will not give you an estimate of when they can inspect the bikes. The said they would do it finally March 20 after 2 weeks waiting , “but did not get around to it”. What happened next was the shipping agents had the bikes moved to a second quarantine facility where an agent was scheduled to arrive already March 21. That meant we could go over to get them March 22.
We took an Uber to the Chelsea train station, the train to Southern Cross station and another Uber over to Arrow Services. The bikes that were to be “roll on” have been crated and the luggage separately and hence a 500$ extra charge. The warehouse guys were very nice to us and fork lifted the pallet with the luggage over to where the bikes were parked. Orvar had been charged for crate disposal, but we luckily were not.
 Australia_-4 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
 Australia_-5 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
You know your bike has been in the warehouse too long when it has spiderwebs!
 IMG_2364 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
We remounted the windscreen and mirrors and hooked up the batteries and we were off to get fuel by 330. This was just in time to hit the early rush for the bridge and then the tunnel, that said we made good time after that and were back in Chelsea by 5.
 Australia_-7 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
Ian booked off work early to check out the bikes and meet us for a farewell dinner. We can not say enough about how much Ian did for us picking us up at just before midnight from the airport 2 hours from home, moving out of his bedroom to the spare room, loaning us his V Strom, setting us up with transit cards, maps and routes, and making us some very good meals!!! We only hope to return the favor one day in Kamloops.
 Australia_ by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
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6 May 2018
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We did have to put on the rain suits about half way to the summit. The section from Hotham almost all the way to Hariettville was in very dense fog. We were going 20 km per hour and still could barely see where we were going. It was pretty treacherous.
 FILE3695 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
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6 May 2018
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There is then a rapid descent thru the forest to the Village and we were met by the Swede! We had though he would wait in Bright on his way south, but he rode the last 25 km to meet us. He did not like the food options here and so we went back to the Bright Brewhouse.
 FILE3743 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
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 FILE3775 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
We have now met Orvar on 6 contents! While we were eating lunch at 330 it started to pour torrentially. It would be an unsafe ride over the mountain and at least 4-5 hours to Bairnsdale to arrive after dark. He has to catch the ferry to Tasmania tomorrow at 8 pm and will now retreat with us to Wodonga and go to Melbourne on the freeway tomorrow (4 hours direct).
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6 May 2018
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Today we are going on a ride out with Marg and James to have lunch in the pub in Jingilic NSW. Leaving town you ride by the barracks and the grounds are literally littered with kangaroo family groups. We rode put along the reservoir and out to the dam. The ride back was thru Corryong and it was a pretty chilly 6 degrees at the top of the pass.
 Screen Shot 2018-03-26 at 20.23.41 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
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 Hewsons-4 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
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6 May 2018
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We have decided to go to Tasmania after all. We “wasted" 2 weeks waiting for the bikes, but we still really want to go. The problem is again the ferry. There are booking for 2 bikes to get over this week, but no return booking for weeks. The car bookings are full for until June already. So to go we will have to fly. Which for hiking and camping and spending time with Deb it will work out just fine to travel by car without all our gear. This means that we will get up at 530 am, catch the train 3 hours from Wodonga to Melbourne, get the bust 20 min to the airport, and then fly 1 hour to Hobart.
 Australia-7 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
We had a bit of a rocky flight, but arrived and headed to Deb’s house chauffeured by her aunt Lynn.
 IMG_2386 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
We picked us the Swede from his hostel and drove up the mountain for a 360 degree view. We headed back to Debs for another of her amazing dinners.
 Tasmania-4 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
 Tasmania by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
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6 May 2018
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Finally we made for the car park for the cape hike.
 Tassy-12 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
We set out from here after 430 with all the gear for the 40 min walk up hill to where we planned to stash most of the gear for camping later.
 Tassy-25 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
From here you walk 90 min to arrive at the cape for views of the sea cliffs and the sun set. We saw a few Wallabies along the way as well and an echidna.
 Tassy-30 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
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6 May 2018
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6 May 2018
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We set out to do some mushroom picking/photographing of the non-edible ones in the nearby forest and the guys went to a local Whiskey distillery.
 Tassy-74 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
 Tassy-75 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
We went back to the blow hole as they have a good fish and chip place here. While we were on the shore harvesting mussels we saw a penguin clinging to the rocks. This is a very strange time of day for it to be on shore and he did not look well. We called animal rescue and they advised if it did not resist being picked up in a towel then it was likely in trouble. We returned with the car and we had a spare towel and a very conveniently Penguin sized box from the groceries. He barely moved when we picked him up. We had 50 km to drive with him to Sorell Tasman animal hospital and he barely moved in the box. We dropped him at the vet and then headed home. We had a call 2 hours later to say he was doing better, was very under weight, and dehydrated. Life event= Penguin rescue=check!
 Tassy-82 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
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6 May 2018
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We had a nice evening at home with the Swede before he heads out alone tomorrow since he has to be on the ferry again in 3 days time. The three of us packed up all the gear again and headed to the east coast (where the sun is almost always shining). We made for the Freycinet National park.
We stopped for lunch of oysters and pizzas before parking in the Freycinet car park. From here we started uphill to the Wineglass Bay lookout an then down hill to the Bay itself for a swim in the crystal clear water.
 Tassy-86 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
 Tassy-89 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
Then we walked across the Ishmus track, along Hazard’s beach and then back to the car on the Hazard’s beach trail.
 Tassy-90 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
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