Wed 11th April   Well the time has come to hit the road North and head for the warmer weather. Lots of tears and hugs and last cuddles of the baby and we were on the way.

The van was packed bikes on and away we went.

We had a nice exit from Melbourne through the Yarra valley (Grapes,wine etc) though we didn't bother to stop then out through the Goulburn Valley (Fruit etc)  to the Hume Highway and North.
Had a nice easy trip,very little wind,warm sunny day so it made it easy driving.
We stopped for the night at a roadside lay bye just North of Albury. Quite a nice stop away from the Highway, you could still here the Trucks going through but we managed a good nights sleep. That is untill morning when the temps had dropped to 4 deg. very hard to get out of bed though the sun on the side of the van warmed it up a bit.

Headed away again and stopped at Gundagye for some shopping at the local Woollies to stock up on food etc. You could see in many places around town where the floods had gone through and
just out of town you could see Autumn is not far off.

 The Poplars just starting to turn yellow.
We had a good trip onwards doing a bit of Truck surfing!! It consists of travelling along at around 90 to 95 kmh and let the big trucks creep up and pass. They are normally limited to 100kph and then tuck in behind in the slipstream and get a free tow. The fuel consumption lowers quite considerably and you are going faster as well. With the Hume being double lane its quite easy and we covered a lot of Ks and saved a bit of fuel as well. Cuts the boredom down a bit!!
 Tonight we are just South of Goulburn NSW in another lay bye but a bit closer to the Highway so it will be a bit noisier this time. The temps have plummeted below 10deg so it off to bed to keep warm.

 Bye for now
Dave and Helen