Day SIx - Benella Silo Art Ride - 53 km, 114 m (Ride total = 380 km, 2,365 m)

 There was a good rain overnight and it was wet when we loaded the vehicles for the drive to Benella where there was also a light shower happening when we hopped on the bikes and Stephen took us around the town to look at the Mural Artworks that the Town have taken on board as something they do. There are many Murals on the walls of buildings and are certainly worthwhile taking in. We stopped at a Cafe for our morning tea break then loaded the bikes for a shuttle out to Tungamah for the one-way ride back into Benella. The rain had stopped by the time we began the second ride of the day and our first silo art to admire was there at the rail silos in Tungamah.

It was a cooler day today and no sun to speak of but not cold by our standards so very comfortable riding weather.

We stopped at the pub at Devinish for lunch and also to take a picture of George Coles first store (now Coles). The store is closed, the plaque is there and there was no sign of there ever being a Woolworths across the road or in town.

The pictures show the art better than I can explain and it's certainly something the region have embraced and turned into a tourist attraction through this the Ned Kelly country.

We had our first puncture 6 km's out of Benella when Phil rode over a large piece of plastic. While he stopped along with four of the other riders myself and the other four went on as a car shuttle was required to go and retrieve the vehicles left up at Tungamah - my job being guardian of the bikes while the drivers were doing their shuttle.

Another good day and great to see the Silo Art.