Motorcycle Explorer November 2016 Issue 14 | Page 70

Travel Story: jax kenedy - australia
As you head further east along the Murray
River, you can tell you are getting closer to
“civilisation” when the towns start getting
closer together; the price of petrol goes
down; the price of caravan parks goes up; the
traffic increases in volume; the aggressive
drivers increase in number and the drinking
water gets better.
Whilst visiting the Catalina museum at Lake
Boga, Mo was spotted in the carpark and the
local grapevine went into overdrive. Firstly,
Mo was invited to go into the hangar to get
some publicity shots with the big aeroplane
and then the President of the Lions Club
invited me to speak at their Christmas party
that evening. They have an old-fashioned
theatrette in the museum and I entertained
the crowd with a slide show of Mo’s exploits
around the country. It was one of the nicest
spontaneous events to have happened to me
whilst on the road.
On the final hop back to the big smoke, we
dropped into Goulburn to visit Mick from
MJM Upholsterers. 18 months and
31,000kms ago he remade Mo's seat so that
my poor backside could cope with long days
in the saddle. It is so comfortable, I have
never needed an Airhawk or sheepskin. The
seat looks as good today as the day he made
it!! A real testament to his skill and expertise.
I settled in to city life temporarily, whilst
planning for my second year on the road and
much to Mo’s embarrassment, created
another contribution for Naked Tuesday.
Seize the Day.