Day Ten – Sweeping in to Sydney

Last night we shared a memorable final dinner together at the Three
Sisters Motel in Katoomba. The staff put on a fantastic meal, and we
took the time to each share our highlights from the trip, and the impact
it had made.

This morning was overcast with a few spots of rain, and cool, but not as
cold as that evening ride into Walcha! We started at the civilized time
of 10am, riding down from the Blue Mountains to our lunch stop at
Springwood.

Robyn led the group as this is her home town, and local media came out
to take photos and interview us while we had lunch at the Oriental
Hotel.

Then it was time to brief on our final push into Sydney. Rather than
ride straight to our end destination, we planned a longer route on
freeways around the city so we could ride in together over the Sydney
Harbour Bridge.

80kms of freeways, toll booths and lane changes – we started off
together as a group but new it would be a big challenge to all stay
together once we hit the traffic. Sydney Donna had arranged to have all
the tolls on the roads waived for us, which made a huge difference in
getting through smoothly.

After an hour of riding, we went through the final manic lane changes to
make our way over the Harbour Bridge – and found ourselves all
together as a group riding in perfect formation and in the sun as we
crossed over the Harbour!

It was a perfect moment on an incredible adventure.

We had ridden so well we were ahead of schedule, so we parked on the
side of the road close to our final destination at Frasers Motorcycles
at Concord to give family and friends time to get to the finish first.

Then we formed up for one last time, and rode around the corner to be
greeted by a huge crowd waving signs and cheering, along with local
media waiting for us. It was an incredible welcome and fitting
recognition of the amazing achievement of these 39 women over the last
week.

Frasers put on a great welcome for us with coffee and cake, and
representatives from our fantastic sponsor Harley-Davidson were on hand
to welcome us.

Reluctantly we handed back the keys to our loaned bikes and said our
farewells to each other. Now on to the US in October!

 
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