Townsville to Richmond

The Esky is at the Richmond Pub, ready for a big night tonight.
Richmond Rissole is about to go off.

Hello here from Bob.
thought it should be my turn to give Ricky a rest from the blog.
Today was really the start of the adventure for every one. As you can see we have made it to Richmond and to the most important part of the town.
When we got to the pub wearing our ride t-shirts some of locals couldn't wait to buy a shirt & cap. you'll see one of them in the photos and he was happy as rhino in mud.





This is where we had lunch today.
toasted ham & tomato plus a plate of chips, with a bottomless cup of tea to top it off.
All things said it was pretty tasty.
We only realised today that it's coming up to a week now since we left home. we can't remember what day it is though.

One of the pleased as punch locals proudly displaying the T-Shirt & cap he bought.


Just to show how tough it can be on the road this is my place for the night.





Pictures above are of the Burdiken River and the Flood tide marks.If you click on the image,it will come up in size and you should be able to read the marks.The trip today was only 500 Kilometres,although it took us about 8 and 1/2 hours, as we stop on a regular basis to catch up on the riders and do interviews and so on.
I will endeavour to hone up on my photography and blog skills to bring you some better quality photos and text.
On the way here we stopped for some road works, the Stop/Go Guy was like a Sergeant Major in the Army, He was very precise in his actions and you got the feeling that if you didn't obey then you weren't going anywhere. this brought on howls of laughter in the van.