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To Portland

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 The day did not start well (but cutting to the chase, ended very well): My computer seemed to be fixated on delivering a notification from McAfee.  Had I been hacked?  All seemed good when I started up in Portland so just a weirdness. Frances couldn't find her keys to the apartment when we got down to the basement.  On checking a bag when we got into Portland it had got mixed up in the packing process. The freeway from the Westgate Bridge to Geelong (about 60km) was set to 60kph rather than 100 due to the Round the Bay bike ride.  It was a mess because the ride had passed so it some places the 100 limit appeared to be back (or signs for both limits appeared  together). Whatever: we got to Geelong and headed towards Mortlake.  The drive was OK although the road seemed in average condition with lots of potholes.  A few small and unremarkable towns were traversed.  We came across a few crops of canola, and a wind farm. The only exciting scenery...