Woke up a bit earlier than usual today and didn't feel like working in the garage so decided to take the Haf for a drive.
Canberra is an inland Capital, so surrounded by the country side and just to the west is a nice 80km loop that is mostly out of the city - interesting I do not travel more than about 12km from my home in a straight line.
Lots of ups and downs and is very relaxing at the moderate pace the Haflinger provides. Though being somewhat open there is nothing like the wiff of road kill in the hot baking Aussie midday sun
For a change I did the loop clockwise so the first 15km is through the city down a bit of motorway - has traffic lights though and I hit every one.
Then onto the open road.
Then a stop by the local deep space tracking station at Tidbinbilla. Unfortunately the coffee shop was closed.
A nice distraction and a paddle in the really cold water.
And then a stop by the picnic ground at the bottom of the Cotter Dam which is one of the city's water sources.
Then back home - all in all a very pleasant drive aided by some Sony noise cancelling headphones - it has always amazed me how much noise there is in the cabin when the engine and exhaust is at the back but the front diff makes up for it. With the headphones on, driving is nice and quiet but you can still hear the machinery burning and turning just in case there is an issue.
Covered 95km in two hours and only dropped 800ml of engine oil - gotta fix that oil leak in the oil filter housing.
So I nice drive.
Garry