Day 58/2 &59

Day 58/2 finished up a nightmare after leaving the cafe 10 km from Macksville when the sun started to shine because the moment i was away from any shelter down came the rain all the way to Coffs Harbour. It wasn't cold and i had the breeze so i just needed to live with it and not let it get to me. When arriving in Coffs and spoke to some people about hotels ,laundry bars etc etc i just couldn't get any descent advice and just thought enough is enough and rode out happy to keep going.I get a bit short with people who just don't know there own little towns, its  not New York.

Shame it was closed, i heard Lindsay has the best tasting oyster in  town.

Arriving at the next town Woolgoolga i ended up booking into a nice  place called Pine Lodge Motel run by Richard and Margaret Weeks. A great couple who where very helpful with the problem which was about to confront me. And that is ,on the weather report on the TV, Coffs had 44mill of rain and i new that already because i had the 44mill in my front pannier with my Apple Lap Top charger floating in it when i went to grab it. Can you imagine my expression on my face when i reached for the charger and it was literally immersed in water.The panniers are water proof but not saturation proof.
May Day May Day Joy. Joy sprung into action and did what she could by ringing  Dick Smiff who i had purchased the  computer from and they said $179 ,none in stock , and you gotta buy through the Internet or go to an Apple store Bla Bla. Next I was  telling Margaret in conversation about it and she told me back in Coffs she  had bought her Apple computer and they should have one perhaps. Time to go to the pub for a meal and think this over a ''T'' Bone. Decided to wait till the morning and if the weather is no good, ring up and find out which is the best place to get one from.
Day 59 was a wet, dark ,wind day at 6am and no way was i going anywhere.

8am

After ringing all the stores further North if they had any in stock with no luck it was time to hitch a lift back into Coffs and get the $89 charger and return with fine weather to start riding. I could not imagine not being able to communicate with my followers, it was like another death in the family without the lapy.Went like poetry as both the Motel and the shop where both on the Pacific High Way. So today was a late start, 11.30am ,plus stopping for some heavy showers,finally i ended up at a place called Maclean, at the pub. Just finished telling the barman actually, that he needs an exercise book and every time somebody asks him a question about something write the answer down and after a year he will know 365 more things than he does now because he knows jack shit about anything. I even asked how old he was and he nearly didn't know.(25)

Thanks Jack and Joy for organising the money for me as i asked ,the delivery was made at the secret spot out in the open road so nobody could see the amount stuffed into my panniers.

Jack and Joy thanks.

Have you got a thing for Koala's Linds

I'm sure these signs are to keep you thinking so you don't crash.

Bit out of wack with no computer last night and today sorting it out, my fault for not wrapping things up properly but won't happen again if i can help it.
Till we talk again..........Grant