Hi all,
Rick here again, had an easy day from Mackay to Townsville,only 393ks.All bike riders appreciated the short day, most arrived by mid afternoon and escaped the heat by using the pools and washing the "dust" down with a few cool ales.
Bob and Donna ventured into Bowen to get a closer look at the ocean and had breakfast at Food Freaks, sounds appropriate for that pair.
Emily from the film crew went as pillion on a Gold Wing and got some good footage.
Stuart and I were cruising along when we saw a dirt road on the right with a development sign pointing to land near the sea. We drove down about 2ks and came to a dead end except for a long drive way heading up the hill, which led to a nice looking house.We couldn't see much from where we were so we decided to go up to the house and ask if we could film around it. Much to our surprise the house overlooked Bowen harbour and had about 160 degrees of views.It would have to be the best view from a private house that I have ever seen. I took some photos but they dont do it justice.We also took some cane harvesting photos.

I guess that you think it is all about me, well I am the one stuck in the motel room while the other two are drinking flat whites and living it up.
How many favours do I owe these two????.
Anyway the real adventure for the riders will begin tomorrow when we start heading west when it gets hot and dry, plus the roads are hard on tyres. we have four days to get to Mataranka. Days of 500 kilometres, 407ks, 660ks and 574ks. this will sort out the men from the boys, and the women from the girls.
Oh oh, I here them coming up the stairs.

FROM Donna's 'pen'
I am having a ball, the riding, the country side, the new bike, the crew, its all great. We have had 4 nights of seafood, stocking up on our omega 3's before we head west and have a choice of steak or steak on the menu!
This morning I had the boys up at 6am to climb Castle Hill (google that) a killer hill with amazing views of the Townsville area.