In a few days we'll have Rossie,Collin,Nicky..even Sete down under for the Moto Gp race this coming Sunday...Waaah..Hooo!!!
We had a beautiful Spring day in Melbourne today so I rode down to the island a take some pics...here they are.
First stop...just a sign.
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Next stop...just some cows near the giant worn attraction...
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Here's the end of the giant worm...last time I saw it it was plain brown..it looks like they've painted it up...with some Aboriginal art.
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Just before getting to the island I stopped at nice little surf spot with this old wooden bridge.
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This is up on top of the bridge looking south east.
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Now looking south west...that's Phillip Island in the distance.
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Just before going over the bridge to Phillip Island there's a small town called San Remo...and the best fish & chip shop around.
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The sign said..don't feed the sea-gulls...now I know why...geees there must have been millions of them.
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Someone must have dobbed me in for feeding them..sorry officer..
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Once on the island my first stop was Islantis...one of the many surf shops...this one has one of those fake waves for a fun pic..so I did.
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There was this big sign about the Moto Gp.
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My first beach stop was Woolamai beach.
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The next stop was Surfies Point...looking east towards Woolamai.
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Now looking west towards Smiths beach...and pyramid rock off the point.
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This is Smiths beach...and no...I didn't ride down onto the beach..almost
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Another surf shop at Smiths...everybody surfs.
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Next stop..the track.
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Just up the road from the track is another great beach called Cat bay.
Looking back towards Flinns beach.
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A little further up the road is a place called The Nobbies.
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Here's the Nobbies.
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Past the Nobbies...I needed a GS...but my RR was fine.
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The end of the track...looking back towards the Nobbies.
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Beautiful ocean..but it's Great White city out there.
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In the Nobbies car park was heaps of cars,trucks,big trucks,film crew...and even Poilce...I asked the cops "What's going on"
He said the Japanese were filming a new car add...he pointed at the blue car in the back of the truck....
I was going to take a spy pic but thought it might be a bit rude in front of the cop.
I came back past for a sneak pic...and the car was gone.
But up the road here it was...with a film crew...at Cat bay car park.
It was a new VW....Passat...it didn't look much different.
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Next stop was the main town on the island...a town called Cowes.
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All the beaches on the back side of the island are like this..no surf..very borring.
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Back in Cowes...the local pub thinks it's back in England.
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In Cowes I saw this black RR like mine go past..I followed it to the local petrol station..had a chat..nice guy..a local..told him about this site.
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Now I've hit the road to start my trip home.
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Just up the road from Cowes I stopped at this nice looking old barn.
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Here's what was in the back yard.
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Next stop was this huge Koala.
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Then a huge cow.
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The bridge off the island to San Remo.
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Wishing I had a GS again.
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A big sign on the way home.
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A big lookout that lets you see......nothing.
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One last stop a the giant worm again..a few more pics...and I almost got pecked...Emu's they're nasty critters.
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That's all fokes..
DJ