25th June "Scored it by that much!" Camberwell

 Kms today 327    Kms to date 1910 

Well I've done almost 2000kms to end up where I started!  I had just got into Victoria by a few hours and avoided being stopped and sent to 14 days quarantine.

I had to go directly to Wodonga Hospital for my test and then directly home with no stops and self - isolate.  I called up Ella our border/house sitter and asked her to stay with her aunt tonight. I also asked her to get in some food as all I was able to eat before getting home were the biscuits in the motel.

I had to queue for about 1 1/2 hrs along with NSW registered cars also caught by the border closure. There was a special testing station outside the tent for people not in a car and I was directed to go there.   I got away at about 11:30 and headed down the Hume Fwy.  I had filled up the night before but didn't really fill right up.  So I crouched down behind the screen like Jack Miller going down Gardner Straight at Phillip Island. I kept my eye on the fuel consumption and range display on the dash.  I kept the speed down to 105kph to save fuel.

The weather turned wet and cold about Benalla and got worse.  The heated gloves and grips were working overtime.  I made it home at 3:30 with about 1 litre left in the tank.  I unloaded and cooked a big fry as I was famished.  I checked out the various State Covid restrictions and worked out a strategy.

I can enter SA 14 days after I came out of NSW. I can enter NT from SA  and I can enter WA 14 days after entering SA.  That will mean that all our current bookings will have to be changed.  One benefit is that I will spend more time with Morag.

Ready to head down to Venus Bay 

The safest place to be is at my daughter Catherine's house at Venus Bay about 160kms SE of Melbourne.  I can ride up to Mildura and enter SA at Renmark on 11th July.  I decided to bring my paddock stand as the Kawasaki doesn't have a centre stand.  Having a paddock stand to raise the rear wheel will make lubricating the chain much easier.  Its very light weight and can be strapped onto the Givi bag quite easily.

So wish me luck on Around Australia Ride Mark 2!