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After a great nights sleep and healthy breakfast provided by Rob and Jeannie, we set off on a a days ride that I have been looking forward to for a long time as it would take us to our next destination along the Alpine way and the notorious biker road, the Omeo Highway. It was still lovely and cool as we descended along the Alpine Way through the Kosciusko National Park with spectacular mountain views, Kangaroos, wild horses and many hairpin bends. The heat started to build reaching 32c as we turned off on the start of the Omeo Highway a notorious road of 163 km with an amazing 80% bends through gum forest and mountain passes. Absolutely breathtaking and quite exhausting. We found a great place to have a coffee and sandwich for lunch in Eskdale run by a friendly chap who we chatted to. We carried on down the hill and stopped off at a lay-by for a drink and rest, and waved to a fellow biker passing by who was on his way down the hill. (see biker down post). Carrying on our way down the mountain after scene of the accident we pondered our options for the night and found a listed government campsite by a river at Swifts Creek where we pulled into at 5:30pm and set up our first camp on the trip. Very pleased by the facilities: Hot showers and clean toilets. Supper was prepared, beverages consumed before heading to our thin camp mattresses for the night. It had been a long day with challenging roads - I could not estimate the number of bends but it would have been many hundreds so we were very tired and I for one was out like a light.
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