I've been revisiting some of the areas I covered on my 2004 Australian tour, and my 2008 Australian tour.

It's interesting seeing these areas again ... and even more interesting seeing them by motorized vehicle. When you're on a bicycle, you tend to be more choosy about where you want to go ... you pick this place because it's in line with the route you're travelling, and you don't travel off in other directions to see other sights and places because you don't have the time to do all that.

On my 2004 tour, we went through Bairnsdale, for example, but we didn't take a side trip to Lakes Entrance about 20 km off to the side because it was out of the way. But just a few weeks ago, Rowan and I headed for Bairnsdale, and decided to go all the way to Lakes Entrance because 20 km in a vehicle is nothing. And Lakes Entrance is beautiful!! So I'm seeing some of the areas where I was, plus some of the areas around.


If all goes well (if they let me out of the hospital) Rowan and I are planning to head to Tasmania later in the week. That will be interesting because we will revisit many of the areas I visited when I was there in 2004. I'm looking forward to it.