The weather was calling for showers all day but thankfully,
the sun held out. Today’s route didn’t have any sightseeing stops unlike
yesterdays “Waterfall Way” but it was one of the better rides. Not much traffic
and nice curvy roads, very similar to SR-180 in N. GA,
in goat path kind of way, what was different was the tractor trailers that use
this road, not many, but when they showed up, I was on my toes!! It was really
a day devoted to riding, no pictures even. We finished the day in Lismore
around 3:30, add 45min to clean up and we were in the town by 4:30. Turns out
this was graduation weekend for Southern Cross University and another night of celebration at the local pub was alright by
me. So we’re mingling with the locals over pints of Tooheys Extra Dry when Rick and I
comment that the students are closer to our age than the coeds I was picturing.
We start talking to a group of graduates and discuss this, it seems as though
most Australians graduate high school and travel or otherwise enjoy their youth
before getting on with being an adult, maybe there is some wisdom in that
thought process. The other unique thing with regards to secondary education is
that it is paid for by the government, the only way it gets paid back is if you
earn a certain amount when you start working. I would assume that works pretty
well if you were a doctor or engineer but what about an artist or teacher?
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