Crossing the world famous bridge for the last time during the trip with a motorbike.
The Sydney Harbour Bridge is a steel through arch bridge across Sydney Harbour that carries rail, vehicular, bicycle and pedestrian traffic between the Sydney central business district (CBD) and the North Shore.
The dramatic view of the bridge, the harbour, and the nearby Sydney Opera House is an iconic image of Sydney, and Australia. The bridge is nicknamed "The Coathanger" because of its arch-based design.
Bike returned to rental company, taking the ferry to Manly Beach from Circular Quay again, awesome view...
Tried hard to get my hands on two particular rental bikes to give them a test ride: KTM ADV 1190R or Yamaha Super Tenere 1200, both were not conveniently available and had to settle for a new BMW 1200GS-LC (2014) out of Sydney.
10000+ k's from and back to Ben & Jerry's Manly Beach round trip with some extensive side tracking through the Aussie states of NSW, QLD, SA, VIC.
Not bad a ride must admit, simple route as per map below....
Down Under riding will be continue with future trips in the planning stages.... ride and rock on!
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Somewhere down the road in China since '89 ~ along the route I've learned the hard way that pleasing everyone is impossible, but pissing everybody off is a piece of cake....TBR
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