Day 9 - Wagga to Albury

Well another interesting day on our journey!

Last night there was considerable rain for a fair bit of the night and the weather forecast looked bad so when we awoke there was unanimous agreement that the train option was on!

To be frank the road conditions with potholes and riding in the rain had very little appeal.

So we booked the train to our next stop at Albury. The cost of the train was $ 31.82 for the two of us plus a further $24.20 for our 2 bikes…. Fancy that the bikes almost cost as much as us!

As the train was leaving at around 2.00 pm we had some time to kill so we went on a walk down the Main Street which was nice. We stopped in at the bike shops for a chat and found they were not too friendly to a couple of blokes on a ride from Sydney to Melbourne.

We found a lovely cafe serving roast pork and vegetables and had a good feed covering us for lunch and dinner.

Then we thought might be a good idea to sort out the bike situation at the train station and low and behold we had to box our bikes up for the train ride!

Why can’t the trains cater better for bike riders….Grrrrr!

Fortunately the train station assistant was good and found us boxes for the bikes and we disassembled our bikes for the boxes.

We then had about an hour and half wait for the train and had time to chat to a fellow traveler who was going to meet his lady partner in Melbourne. He is a heart specialist and we had a good chat about his practice in various parts of NSW. Amazing who you meet 

The train ride to Albury was about an hour and a quarter and the weather seemed brighter with sunny spots and the odd showers 

 After arriving at Albury we reassembled our bikes and rode to the motel in Lavington which was our only biking for the day. Total of about 5 kms!

Th e accommodation is good and the weather seems fine now with warm sun 

Let’s hope this continues as we travel through to Melbourne!

All in all a good day….