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Ride 8 - Build more Universities in Victoria please!

Ride 8 - 19 April 2019
Distance 25.0 miles (Distance to date 144.5 miles)
Time 3:20 (Time to date 17:20)

Things I love:
1. Golf Courses
2. Parks
3. UNIVERSITIES!!!
4. Hospitals
5. Schools

 All the things that give maximum area covered / distance cycled!  Maybe one day I'll develop a graph...........




Was out on the same bike as last time, but this time I managed to select gear 1 a few times which saved my legs on the big hills.

Points of Interest.....

Jaws (48.466806, -123.326118)

A shark, coming out of a driveway.  My only guess is it's to scare off raccoons?

Der Dum, Der Dum



 Concrete Octopus (48.458887, -123.293993)

This well known kids play thing is at Cadboro-Gyro Park.  Looks friendly enough, but it's made of concrete!!  What savage makes a kids slide out of concrete!? 
Cycling shorts came in handy!

Cadboro Bay Beach Access (48.455977, -123.299193)

Cadboro Bay Beach is lovely, but there always 'people'.  If like me you don't like 'people' on your beach, then head a few hundred metres south and you'll find this much quieter bit of beach.
See, no 'people'


Cigarette Post (48.467263, -123.330145)

Just a post that looks like a cigarette for all you smoking fans.
GOVERNMENT ADVISORY: Smoking Kills.

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