Next stop: Canberra/Queanbeyan

Day 12: Goulburn, NSW

And so we will! We decided to stay for another night to rest for tomorrow’s ride more than 90km to Canberra or Queanbeyan (where Dan generously offered us a real roof over our heads). We could also spend the day checking out Australia’s first inland city Goulburn, where the world’s biggest merino standing at 15.2m high and weighing 97 tonne stands as a celebration of Australia’s fine wool industry. Too bad (mostly for Sue) we just missed the Australian Blues Music Festival held here last weekend.

We got to sleep in this morning. It is quite amazing (perhaps a little uneasy) to discover how the creepy crawlies have warmly welcomed us and made our home as part of theirs. As we lay in our tent, we could see so many different types and colours of ants, spiders and caterpillars or worms roaming about and around (thankfully) outside our tent.

We headed into the city centre after breakfast and found ourselves sitting in the public library using wireless internet… gratis (free)... thanks to the Goulburn City Council and you, taxpayers! That is tax well-spent. We are finally able to check our mails, keep in touch with families and friends, and blog again. ; ) Thank you all for your patience! Speak soon from Canberra/Queanbeyan.

Locations: [NSW] North Sydney - Heathcote - Coledale - Wollongong - Robertson - Moss Vale - Goulburn