Used to be a Holden Dealer

11/10/2026

And we are home

Warrnambool to Dubbo 11h57m

10/10/2026

Pic 1 - Warrnambool, 0k, 5:37am
Pic 2 - Service Centre on M39, north of Namagie, 10:07am, 400km

Won’t get to Jerilderie (lunch stop) on this tank, filled up here - with 95 (d’oh)

Was averaging 6.3 on 9.8. See what 95 does to fuel economy.

10/10/2026

Next Great ocean Rd photo dump
Apollo Bay
Cape Otway Lighthouse Station
12 Apostles
Loch Ard ‘Arch’

Late Lunch in Port Campbell

Some absolute cracking sections of tarmac experienced today! The BRZ was in its element.

09/10/2026

First Great Ocean Rd photo dump

Torquay to Lorne

Bells Beach, Airys Inlet light house, Memorial Arch.

09/10/2026

Totally ridiculous.

As a former smoker I never smoked a race car, nor did I ever buy a Marlboro branded Torana over the counter at Woolies. For that matter I never smoked the branded packet either…..

Signage and iconic chevron being removed ❌

09/10/2026

So - we have arrived at the mystery location
Yes - we are in Torquay
Yes - tomorrow we take on The Great Ocean Road!

09/10/2026

Lunch stop - Sunny Wallan service centre southbound.

Where are we going? Clue - I’ve never been here before.

08/10/2026

A new day, a new adventure.

First stop on this weekends Magical Mystery Tour is Glenrowan. Brief walking tour of Kelly capture site. Ankle feels a bit better today, but Sundays Half Marathon is still ‘out’.

First to guess where I’m ultimately heading wins the internet!

08/10/2026

Closest ever ‘DNS’

So the plan this weekend was to go from Dubbo to Melbourne (9hr drive) for the Nike Melbourne Half Marathon.

I have already been struggling with fatigue since Dubbo Marathon and the Lonely Mountain Ultra 22k, a trail running event on the slopes of Mt Canobolas nr Orange. The trail running aggravated an old ankle injury - and shock horror, last time I did the event (3yrs ago) - exactly the same thing happened! It was on the mend over the weekend and earlier this week, but this weeks running (in and of itself too much possibly) has caused a slight regression.

So - 7 minutes before the cutoff whereby I could cancel my Melbourne accommodation for free on Wotif - I fell on my sword. DNS. To make matters worse it seems I’ve also recently pulled a muscle deep in my core.

So I’m here at an overnight stop 6hrs from home at Albury, cursing the frigging Lonely Mountain Ultra 22k.

Canceling all other events for 2026 at this point. Seeing physio Monday.

But - we don’t waste a weekend, great driving roads and a perfectly good Subaru BRZ, do we?

Stay tuned for for this weekends magical mystery tour!

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