The Western Ring Road remains my most hated road, I hate driving on it. Everyone is so aggressive.
I entered the road and stayed in the far left lane, merging onto the road I saw a guy in a white 1990s Ford ute who seemed to accelerate towards me, then proceed to tailgate me for 30 seconds before swerving into the middle lanes and continue to accelerate before getting stuck behind a truck.
Like, mate you saw me, I’m in a Ford Ranger ute, it’s not as though you’re going to intimidate me, and you accelerated up, why…?
Also the design of the Western Ring Road is just not great, it feels like it’s from another era with different considerations of safety and design.
I made the mistake of being in the far left lane and then needing to change lanes before Sydney Road.
It was a relief getting onto the Hume.
It was nice as I went further north to see that the the canola in bloom. It always puts a smile on my face to see the sea of bloom. And especially so when there’s a sea of bloom next to a field of green that hasn’t yet to bloom, it’s this intense colour contrast.
The drive up to Canberra was fairly simple, there was a little bit of rain after I crossed into New South Wales.
I stopped a couple of times on the way there, mostly to pee, dunno why I needed to empty my bladder more this time around. Firstly in Victoria at the Wandong Rest Area.
At Mullengandra rest stop I used the number on the side of the toilets to report that one was blocked and the one I used the tap was loose, so when you pushed it, it didn’t stay on.
I think it’s a good system, it being there so you can report it.
I didn’t see anyone else making a report, everyone else was just going in, doing their business and then leaving, or maybe walking around and chucking some rubbish away.
I was going to stop at the same Coles Express as I did on my last attempt to come to Canberra, at Gundagai, but decided as I had a little bit more fuel I could make it to Canberra. That fuel stop would have made me arrive an extra 10-15 minutes later, and I’d already stopped more than I would have liked.
Arriving into Canberra it was raining off and on as I made my way through the outskirts of the city.
I was glad of having CarPlay and Google Maps open. I had already looked at the route, and even written myself notes, although mostly the writing of the notes was so so I had it in my head, having already looked at things. However driving through Canberra it was good to have something guiding my way.
Arriving in Pialligo the road that my AirBnB was on I found had become a one way road, they seemed to be upgrading the road. But nevertheless I continued along the road, easily finding the address, and was grateful of the detailed instructions provided by the AirBnB host.