Wentworth and return
7 June 2014
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It was cold again in the morning, but the rally organisers kindly provided a breakfast of eggs, bacon and sausage with a cup of tea for $5 so we ate that and talked to a few other motorcyclists who had made the trip to Mildura, a town in north western Victoria just over the New South Wales border and close to South Australia. Indeed it is closer to Adelaide than Melbourne. It used to be a centre of grapes for fortified wine but has now become a major citrus growing area. There was speedway for juniors in the late morning and we watched a little of it.
A junior getting in some practice
Later we rode the short distance to Wentworth over the border in NSW to see the confluence of the Murray and Darling Rivers which are critical sources of water for most of Eastern Australia. From Wentworth the Murray flows into the sea near Adelaide. One of these days I'll go back there with my wife for a houseboat trip.
Pterodactyl — at great personal risk — rode his CB into the park so I could take a photo of it with the confluence of the rivers in the background. Here it is.
Luckily he escaped without being caught.
After coffee and cake in a nearby café we rode a very short distance to the Perry Sand Hills which are attractive and seem very out of place in the middle of this flat but fertile country.
Then back to Mildura for beer, another hamburger, red wine and festivities by the bonfire in honour of the rally and the speedway.
There was one other notable feature of Day 4: it was just warm enough for me to ride in my lighter gloves, so I managed some shots on the move.
Out here corners are rare: practice when you can!
In preparation for the excitement of the speedway, and because it was cold, the organisers kindly lit a fire for me.
