Day 6. Resting in Style and Luxury

Day 6
Rest day in Port Macquarie

Now you would have thought that 175km on the bike would have been enough reason for the TDC Riders to sleep in and enjoy a day off at the magnificent Quality Resort Sails Port Macquarie. That and a hang over from a long night of celebrating the previous days effort could not hold 6 TDC Riders from sliding in to their lycra (smelling fruity fresh thanks to Con’s Dencorub team) at 6.30am and doing a short 25km roll to test out the legs.
The 6 HARD CORE TDC Riders (DC + Wonderboy, Rickster, Patches, M#A#S#H and Cougar) put their aches and pains aside to enjoy a Vittoria coffee at Purno’s Café at Flynn’s beach with Purno himself! It was a beautiful place to enjoy a coffee and tell stories about the previous day.

Leesa and Melissa our Catering Queen’s had a special treat in store for the TDC Crew on our rest day. The girls had been planning a lavish breakfast and Lunch (feels like we never stop eating) to refuel our bodies and spoil our taste buds.
Our TDC Nutrition expert Allan from Recover Sports would have been horrified when he saw the lavish rashes of bacon, Hollandaise sauce and more rashes of bacon………………yep we ate for an army and loved every last bite.

A short stroll to the Village Green after breakfast to meet with the local Camp Quality support group was a nice stretch for the tired legs. Even nicer was the masseuse offering to give TDC Riders a free massage. You have never seen so many men and woman line up for a massage, almost pushing each other out the way to be first.
It was great to see our Camp Quality friend Nicole at the Village Green.

The Dragons abreast Ladies from Port Macquarie paddled their Dragon Boat from up Hastings River (14km which equals 2hrs) to take some of the TDR Riders for yet another Dragon Boat ride. Some might say this was my way of getting in some training for the Nationals but it really is a nice way to meet some of the Breast Cancer survivors and see the local water ways. A quick lesson and we hit the water, taking a couple of Camp Quality kids out to enjoy the fun in the sun.
I (Geoff) stayed on after we dropped the others back and had a 1hr training session with the Pink ladies taking them through some drills we do in the National team. The ladies did it with ease and by the end of the session we had worked on their starts, stroke and seat positions. All I can say is look out to the other Dragons Abreast as these girls are hot to trot!

We have been blessed with magnificent weather for the last few days and I hope I don’t jinx it now by publishing this before the end of our 6th day. With the sun beating down on us we had three massage tables working overdrive on the deck beside the pool overlooking the mighty Hastings river for much of the afternoon. Life’s tough I hear you mumble as you read this. Good Food, Massages, Luxury Accommodation…………….sure is going to be tough going back to work next week.

A quick bike check/clean and we are ready for another day on the Road to finding a Cure. We head off tomorrow bound for Taree. The TDC Riders + family have enjoyed a wonderful stay at the Quality Resort Sails Port Macquarie in its idyllic settings. Thanks for having us.

We are on the home stretch........................look out Sydney and look out $400k.

Cheers

Geoff