A decide and ride day leaving from BP Watson at 09:30. Steve had an idea about lunch at the Bay while Dave and I didn’t have an idea so the Bay it was for a seafood lunch. Dave would reassess the day at Braidwood.
We headed down Macs Reef Road through some light rain but seemed to be getting ahead of it. First stop was Braidwood for coffee with nothing to report apart from a washed out section of road and a little traffic to watch from behind. There was a half blue sky by Bungendore Road and it was a sunny day by the Kings Highway. The usual roadworks sections on the highway.
Dave turned back at Braidwood after a coffee break to see if he could catch the only bad weather of the day a second time.
Apart from a couple of learner drivers, the road to the coast was clear. In open areas the crosswinds were strong at times – especially crossing the Clyde on the new bridge but comparatively speaking, it wasn’t too bad as they became much stronger later in the afternoon.
‘Stingrays’ on Clyde Street provided the seafood lunch as there were queues for the food that’s typically eaten in the company of seagulls. I can recommend the grilled Barramundi.
The trip back to Canberra was as expected with a little more traffic and the road much in the same state of repair as we left it a couple of hours earlier. Quick stop to examine some road kill before the Clyde Mountain thence straight home parting at Bungendore.
Bungendore to Queanbeyan was a little puzzling. There seemed to be an Eastern Long Neck Turtle migration. Probably pointless to try to help due to the number but nevertheless the maths was not looking good for them.
Dave Mossman - BMW R1250 RS
Steve Bardwell - Moto Guzzi KY V85 TT
