Day 4- Goulburn to Canberra

We started the day early but were held up having coffee at the bike shop where inevitably we were attracted to getting helmet lights as mine was not working all day on the rides so far. I think the battery is stuffed!

We made our way out of Goulburn around 9.30 am on a route that avoided the major highways and took in some lovely farm land initially and then some challenging climbing. All up we climbed nearly 1300 metres which is the record for the ride…

The interesting observation made by us both was the lack of farm animals in the paddocks … I can only think that it might have something to do with the wet weather in the region recently.

The other observation we made was the poor state of the sealed roads with significant potholes on all the roads! Presumably this also relates to the wet weather taking it’s toll on the roads.

After lunch at Collector at a lovely cafe where we had smashed avocado sandwich. Quite a surprise I the middle of nowhere but it was very popular!

After lunch it was on to a “killer “ of a climb up along to a razorback which we travelled along to the outskirts of Canberra. The initial climb had me walking for about a km with gradients of over 20% in some parts!

The view from the top was quite outstanding as the photos show.

The ride in to and through Canberra was enjoyable despite being on unmade roads for most of the traverse along the range.

The Canberra bike paths were terrific and took us through many of the suburbs which are interspersed with big open fields.

Quite outstanding planning.

The day was a big challenge but I was pleased to finish in okay shape but tired.

Dinner tonight was in our room with roast pork and coleslaw rolls…. All good to replenish the energy stocks

Looking forward to the day off tomorrow 

For some reason I am having trouble getting the photos to download and will have publish them later 

Enjoy the blog!!