“Let’s go for a ride”, she said. “It will be fun”, she said.

It was wonderful, fresh air, blue skies, the mighty Ovens River and gorgeous perfumed flowers along the way.

It may seem that we stopped regularly for photo ops, to avoid the magpies and to eat, but the truth is, our backsides were killing us!

We swapped our electric car for a couple of electric bikes, thanks to Lee at Bright Electric Bikes.

We pedalled, with assistance from the electric motor, from Bright to Porepunkah (about 15 km round trip), along the local rail trail. In the distance we could see a spectacular waterfall coming off Mount Buffalo. Fish and chips, salad and a side of veggies for lunch at Punka Pub, where the sign outside says “Eat, Drink, Ride”. We were amused by the fish tank separating the toilets.

We came back to the motel to rest our sore bums and get some work done (via laptop and wifi). I only drove 2 km today to grab curly tagliatelle pasta and veges takeaway dinner from Don Mungo's. It looked like octopus, but was delicious.

Charging:

The Tesla stayed at our motel. The e-bikes were 80% charged at didn’t seem to drop during our use. They don’t do regenerative braking, so we had to remember how to brake.