82.2km/h
Ebor Falls
Yes you read correctly, on a fully loaded touring bike my top speed has been 82.2km/h! On any bike thats pretty fast but with the weight I was muscling around the bends it was hair-raising stuff. I went to the Rainforest centre in Dorrigo but it was really foggy that morning and you could see nothing so I didn’t bother with the skywalk across the top of the canopy. I had been looking forward to doing that but the fog was so bad you couldn’t see 20 feet in front of you, I even had to delay my departure back to the coast because it wasn’t safe to be riding.
After coming down from the mountains I arrived in Bellingen where their annual Jazz festival was in full flight. I stayed until late afternoon enjoying the acts – some good and others well the less said the better. That evening I reached Coffs Harbour where I forked out for an over priced campsite but the hot shower was worth every penny. I dare say I was ‘pungent’ at that point anyway 
A bar across the street had dinner specials, a huge plate of pasta bake and salad for $6 if you buy a drink. Thats only about £2.40 which is pretty freaking cheap for a good meal.
In the camp ground there was another biker heading south from Brisbane to Sydney on a fixie. So having come down he showed me a good route to take to avoid the main highway and all its traffic. Even offered to give me his Lonely Planet guide to cycling in Australia which was pretty cool. Turns out that touring on a fixie isn’t the best idea though. Despite being a courier riding fixed for 3 years his ankles were getting really sore from the stress.