Early start this morning and you guessed it very cold and it stayed that way nearly all day.

The goat track, sorry Pacific Highway was much better today and dual carriageway most of the way to Sydney but had some random speed limits and limit changes with vey limited signage that could only be the result of bad drugs or the use of dice but they would be good for profits, oops make that, “road safety” as in road safety camera.

Had a good run through Sydney until Wuffy told Kenneth that we were in the Harbour Tunnel at which point Kenneth got in panic about being under the water and what if it leaked but he got over it pretty quickly when we got out the other side.

After we got out the north side of Sydney, we took the Grand Pacific Drive, but only after I found out we were exempt from the $11 Royal National Park daily park use fee as we were just riding through.  It was stupidly busy for the first bit due to a fun run but got clear of the traffic after that and had pretty much a solo run through the park  You could not see much past the edge of road as the vegetation was so thick and tall but it was a great bike road even if the speed limits was just plain silly at times with lower limits on the open bits and higher one on the really twisty bits.  Was still fun on a fully loaded bike but had to be careful not to scrape the center stand too much.   After the park into was along the coast and the bridges around the cliffs.  I think half the population of Sydney was there as cars and people every where so could not really stop to get any decent photos.  Kenneth had never seen hangliders before we saw them flying above the cliffs just outside the park.

The Royal and the Grand Pacific Drive are two places, I will most likely come back and explore a bit more when the weather is a bit warmer as it would be a good short trip.

After that it was back onto the Pacific Highway again which was dual carriage way for a while and then it reverted to goat track again.  Was going to stay in Nowra but things seem pretty full so kept going to Uladulla and have a room with ocean views.  Had a excellent seafood platter at the Bowling Club for tea thanks to the recommendation of the motel owner.

Off towards Melbourne along the coast in the morning and it looks like it will be another cold day on the bike.  Really in commute mode now, due to the weather and starting to get a bit tired of some things apart from the actual riding.  

Still need to get to Melbourne as it is not a true lap until we get back to Melbourne and exit the ring road onto the Hume where we started from.  Pretty sure Wuffy is not the first dog to do a lap but Kenneth may when be the first drop bear, sorry Koala to do a lap.  Must remember to explain the whole drop bear thing to Kenneth sometime.