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Monday Aug 3, 2009 #
Run 43:00 [3] 7.4 km (5:49 / km)
The most eastern run it is possible to do in Australia - the Cape Byron loop walking track. This is nominally supposed to be a recovery session but there wasn't much recovery done today, with some ferociously steep (although mostly short) climbs out of the beaches, and a longer climb to the lighthouse. Coped with this reasonably well once warmed up. Finished up with an extension along the beach.
Sightseeing highlight of the session was undoubtedly seeing a whale just offshore from the lighthouse. I hope the photo turns out OK although I suspect it will be hard to see as I didn't have time to zoom.
The timing of this was a bit awkward in the middle of the day, but Byron Bay is a place where you won't go hungry if you want to have lunch at 2.15.
Today was a real mixed bag, featuring rainforest, mountains, waterfalls, hippies and beaches. I arrived in Nimbin to be greeted by flashing police lights in what turned out to be a speed bust. Before you start getting too excited, this is the sort of speed that involved the car in front of me driving at 90 or thereabouts in an 80 zone (evidently those laws are more rigorously enforced in these parts than those pertaining to the possession, use or sale of prohibited substances). The surrounding mountains and rocks are lovely, and the macadamia slice from the Rainbow Cafe gets my thumbs-up too. I can't, however, look too old or respectable yet because someone asked me on the street if I wanted a "smoke" (no translation needed).
It's also really nice being able to spend time in the sun on a beach without having to worry too much about being burnt.
The day finished in Yamba. (Weather station count: 81). I haven't been anywhere between Murwillumbah and Kempsey since 1990 and had therefore forgotten how abysmal the Pacific Highway is. It must be far worse in summer.
Sightseeing highlight of the session was undoubtedly seeing a whale just offshore from the lighthouse. I hope the photo turns out OK although I suspect it will be hard to see as I didn't have time to zoom.
The timing of this was a bit awkward in the middle of the day, but Byron Bay is a place where you won't go hungry if you want to have lunch at 2.15.
Today was a real mixed bag, featuring rainforest, mountains, waterfalls, hippies and beaches. I arrived in Nimbin to be greeted by flashing police lights in what turned out to be a speed bust. Before you start getting too excited, this is the sort of speed that involved the car in front of me driving at 90 or thereabouts in an 80 zone (evidently those laws are more rigorously enforced in these parts than those pertaining to the possession, use or sale of prohibited substances). The surrounding mountains and rocks are lovely, and the macadamia slice from the Rainbow Cafe gets my thumbs-up too. I can't, however, look too old or respectable yet because someone asked me on the street if I wanted a "smoke" (no translation needed).
It's also really nice being able to spend time in the sun on a beach without having to worry too much about being burnt.
The day finished in Yamba. (Weather station count: 81). I haven't been anywhere between Murwillumbah and Kempsey since 1990 and had therefore forgotten how abysmal the Pacific Highway is. It must be far worse in summer.
Note
Oddity of the day 1: a WW2 memorial which contained reference to ships being lost as a result of enemy mines 'off the NE coast of Victoria'. I'm impressed that the Germans and/or Japanese managed to get a mine-laying vessel into the Hume Weir without anybody noticing (maybe the remnants will turn up if it drops below 5%?).
Oddity of the day 2: a sign which said that various environmental works were being funded by revenues earned from dredging the Tweed River. Makes you wonder what they found.
Oddity of the day 2: a sign which said that various environmental works were being funded by revenues earned from dredging the Tweed River. Makes you wonder what they found.