Finally better weather in Mt Gambier. Time to get out on the bikes and explore even though it was still cold and threatening rain. We can't go away on a year's trip and not expect to get some bad weather. We have chosen to go on bikes so we have to still do the things we want. It was a bit easier to go 2 up on the Honda if the weather could turn bad. First stop as one should in Mt Gambier is its famous Blue Lake. It is only blue at certain times of the year...

Wednesday 7 March 2012, Good Friday; Riding from Adelaide to Mt Gambier SA Dave and I set off in good weather for a pleasant day's riding. Silly me thought being Good Friday the roads would be quiet, but no, every car with a caravan was out there as we got further away from the city. When we got to a free ferry crossing at a little town called Wellington we had to wait for 1 1/2 hours in a long queue. Never mind, we chatted away with other travellers. Then ...