How to deliver a package

This image should have given me some warning as to what was going to occur.

I had been expecting a package from England, tracked online and with email alerts. 3kg but rather bulky as it was my bicycle panniers.
I checked my email at about 12:30 on Saturday to find this:

from Tracknoreply
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date 13 November 2010 12:20
subject Track Advice Article EE095204810GB
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Please be advised of your article delivery status.

Article Number EE095204810GB
Total Articles 1
Date/Time 13.11.10 12:08:17
Current Status Attempted Delivery
Location Messenger Post VIC , Australia

That's absolutely ridiculous because I was home the whole time, along with everyone else in the family. A truly pitiful 'attempted delivery'.

 Tight timings: must have it all ready for collection at Box Hill Central by 12:30.

getting carried away

I didn't expect to end up in the city on Wednesday. All that I had planned was a cruisy bike ride tracing out the Monash Freeway. The meeting time came and went but I had prepared a book. My comrades arrived within two minutes of each other. Impressive given the almost exactly thirty minute delay.

Cycling wind noise is really not conducive for conversation. Plus it adds to the risk of going off-track by being a distraction. The path was generally foolproof once we had learned to trust the differences in surface and line markings.

I don't think I've been on this side of the road before this date.

Choosing lunch in the city took a bit longer than expected due to previous work experiences reducing the number of acceptable food outlets.

The outdoor cycling track/velodrome thing was where my pannier failed again. It got sucked into my rear wheel and caused some misalignment. It's definitely worth a visit. I didn't notice the wheel misalignment while cycling back. It does however, touch the brakes for about 5cm every rotation. Not as bad as last time.

At the end of the day - 80.2km in total. 54 of which were spent in transit from Monash Clayton to the CBD.