17 August 2010-A glorious day of good riding - cold, but good - 8.3C (47F) to start 15C (59F) to stop. We are heading west! Actually, we have already completed the coastal circumnavigation. In 2007 we rode the southern coast across the continent to Eden, NSW, where we spent the night last evening, as well as circling around Tasmania. So we are done! The only problem is that we are still a few thousand Kms from home, and we haven't quite made it Uluru (Ayers Rock) yet. The bikes were serviced this afternoon in the small town of Hayville, which is essentially any-where-but-where-Melbourne-traffic-is. We are staying at the Hayville Commercial Hotel/Faulty Towers. It is the only hotel/pub/restaurant in town - nice big room, no heat, one light bulb hanging from the middle of the ceiling, one power point, toilet and shower down the hall. Had to move from the first room because after we got the blinds to roll up we discovered the window had a big hole in it. But the apple crumble was to die for. All the country pubs have to have basic rooms to rent in case someone gets too tanked to drive home, and needs a place to sleep it off. The owner has just come back from a five week holiday in the US and his native Ireland, and after looking around said to just call him "Basil." On to a high light of the trip tomorrow, but it is a secret until then. Will get some more pictures on when I can find a warm room.