Today was meant to be Mt Gower day; however we woke up at 5am in the morning to the sound of heavy rain on the tin roof of our little motel room, it continued to rain until just after 9am. At the south of the island they had three inches of rain and to the north they had about an … Continue reading →
Ron from the ramble turned up at our cabin at 8:30 to tell us he was running another of his cruises around the island at 10:30. It was another perfect day on Lord Howe Island. The cruise was great, the cliffs of Mt Gower were awesome as bounced underneath them. I had some sobering moments looking at these huge volcanic … Continue reading →
We started the day with our usual routine of the shops and then prepared a backpack to walk the trails to the north of the island. We would try and cover all the northern tracks we could. The walk to North Bay meant passing through the Kentia palm forests over the hill from our motel. We briefly stopped at North … Continue reading →
We had to do some shopping again in the morning, with the highlights of the morning being the transfer of money between accounts by telephone from a public phone box on the island and our bums being too saw to ride the bikes so we walked everywhere. The afternoon we went on “Ron’s Ramble”. Ron is a very likable well … Continue reading →
The previous night Al and I feel asleep early around 9.30 on the couch. It must have been all the riding, fresh air and generally healthy living. You would think a snooze like that would have us up and at ‘em fairly early, but that wasn’t the case it was after 9.30 by the time we were finally up and … Continue reading →
