Day Six, Easter Monday, Sale to Geelong (Vic)

Have you ever seen the movie “Vacancy” ?, No? Google it.......A strange  thing to put in a blog you may ask yourself but No, a prudent question indeed.

Last night we pulled in to an accommodation provider in Sale, it appeared deserted, it was huge, like you would imagine the KGB HQ might look like in Moscow, maybe an abandoned French Chateau, you know the style.

We spoke to the reception person, OMG, say no more.  It was mentioned we had large rooms each that sleep multiple persons, we advised a smaller room would do, but were promptly told there were no vacancies. ??????

There was not another soul there, the place must sleep 200. No vehicles anywhere.

Upon inspecting the room, I found my bathroom floor sopping wet and had to get some extra towels to dry it.  I thought it strange there was tomato sauce down the central plug in the floor, weird as eh?.............On reflection it may not have been tomato sauce?  Not that I’m saying it was arterial blood, but my imagination was casting my mind back to the movie, you know what I am saying.

The chef had “done a runner” we were told, so the restaurant was closed.  Did he leave voluntarily or was he buried out the back, can’;t answer that.  The place had a very strange vibe.

We were directed to the Greyhound club in Sale for a meal.  We went there and had Chicken Parmigiana, as you do when trying to blend in with the locals.  There was even Greyhound racing.

Back to the set of “Vacancy 4” locked our rooms securely so as not to become actors or victims, the set was perfect.  We survived the night and there were still no other cars anywhere to be seen in the morning.  No vacancies in other rooms we were told, but we were the only two guests.

I prefer to leave the name of the premises a secret, it would be fiscally irresponsible of me to give them a heads up they could make a fortune staging mystery murder evenings...............I say stage not do..............

Sorry, again I digress from the motorcycle trip, today we took the Princes Highway from Sale to Sorrento on the Mornington peninsula and got a ferry across to Geelong.  A cunning plan to beat the traffic heading back into Melbourne on the afternoon of Easter Monday.

Let us cover off the ride from Sale to Geelong.  Nothing to say I guess, it will never feature in the top 100 rides in Oz that’s for sure.

Booked in at the Quality Hotel in Geelong, a very nice establishment in a top spot and looking to hit the Great Ocean Road in the morning.