Day 25. Sunday, 11th January, 2009.

Yipee. We arrive in Balladonia which is 112km's from where ever we were. Thank you to Anita at the Hotel Motel Caravan Park for supplying us with a motel room. You don't know how much we (especially me) appreciated it. The room was extremely comfortable & the swimming pool was luxury. All the staff were just delightful. Very friendly service from everyone. Yes, Lachlan did not mind leaving the camp site for this place. The food was good as well. It was a great spot for Mike to ride into and recover. We are actually 2 days in front now. Mike is pushing himself even harder to try & skip some camping nights. I am concerned that he is pushing too hard, but it is starting to get too hot to do all the setting up camp bit for just one night at a time. We met some very nice people hanging around in the pool! Lynda turned out to be a fellow cyclist so it was good chatting with her in the pool. Hope you and your family enjoy the rest of your trip to Geelong. I was also talking to a family from Penong. I asked them why they had a pink lake! It turns out it is just a salt lake & for some reason one side is pink & the other blue. Simple as that. I liked this place & did not want to leave, but time to move on.

Bye for now, Julie.