Day 11: Monday Time to go home. We derigged the Junior and cleared out all our stuff from the Forbes clubhouse, then I set off about 11am for Sydney towing the Astir in its trailer. Being my first time towing a trailer, I decided to take the less hilly route via Yass rather than go across the Blue Mountains.
The trailer is about 7 metres long and with the glider weighs 1,000 kilos. The towing was fine, but the club rules say you should not tow above 80kph, so I was proving a bit of a roadblock on some of the back roads. I fixed that by pulling over when there was a wide verge and letting everyone pass me.
DG303 tucked away in its trailer.
I stopped at Cowra for some takeway lunch which I ate in the local park. There was lots of holiday traffic with people towing caravans , boats, horse floats and lots of other things so I didn’t feel too out of place.
I stopped again at a driver-reviver to stretch my legs. I made it to Camden airport with the fuel warning light on having used almost all my 60-litre tank of fuel for the 460-kilometre trip.
