Ok, so we have had a lovely time relaxing and really not doing a great deal. We woke up early on the first morning to say good bye to Rob and Max, who were heading off to Streaky Bay. We did washing, shopping and walking around town. Ceduna is quite a clean, neat, tidy and picturesque little town.
That is a great way to clean the dirt out of your super light tent Max.
See ya round Rob, have a great day.
Max took that set up the whole length of the Mundabiddi.....lots of weight, but he's strong.
Looking south along the foreshore towards Thevernard.
This is the pub, very nice and massive.
Can you see anything Will? Just the beautiful clear water.
The next morning we woke early to farewell Ray, who was heading off to Adelaide. It was a little sad, all these good buys. Ray had resorted his gear, and sent his trailer and a whole lot of stuff home on a freight truck, so was feeling very excited about being light and super fast. We struggled to keep up before, now we would have no chance. You go Ray, have a great ride home.
Cheers Ray, good luck on your homeward journey.
That same day, Will did some maintenance on the bikes, and we took them for a ride along the coast to Thevernard and Pinky Point. Very nice little ride, taking us around the shoreline to Pinky Point. It has a great view of the port, silos and the workings going on. We continued around to the fish processing area and the boat ramp, where we had another great view with plenty of Pelicans and cormorants.
You messy git! But you have successfully shortened your chain. Good job!
What a nice surprise this pathway is.
What a perfect bird bath.
The ships are unloading gypsum. We don't really care, it's such a lovely day.
Pelican on guard.
Who knew Ceduna was so nice?
Then it was back into town and the caravan park, where we relaxed and read our books. Basically, that is what we did for most of our last day, too, including a little bit more washing, shopping and walking around town. Later in the afternoon, another couple of cyclists we'd been following and emailing, arrived at the park. Bruce and Marg, are in their fifties, and have been cycling around Australia. They are amazing, and it was great to finally meet them. So we had a good chat, they went off to have a lovely shower and relax a bit, then we caught up for more of a chat in their cabin, before going to the pub for dinner together.
Bruce and Marg seeing us off, Marg had to go do a radio interview. Awesome.
It was a great stay, but we were also very keen to get riding again. So, Tuesday morning, we got busy loading our bikes, and said our final farewells to Jodie, the park owner who has been lovely, and to Bruce and Marg, who I'm sure will catch us along the Eyre Peninsula somewhere.
Rob and Max had stopped in a little place called Smoky Bay, only 45kms from Ceduna, and their photos looked really good, so that was our planned destination today. There was a slight head wind, but it was a nice ride for the first half, with lots of farmland, rolling hills, and lots of poor squishkabobs. We stopped for a banana and then continued. Occasionally we could see the ocean off to our right, and it was really nice. The wind picked up a bit, but we didn't mind, as we didn't have far to go, and it was nice not being in a rush.
We're on the Flinders Hwy, woo hoo!
Rolling hills, no shoulder and still the killer verge.
This shit is Banana's, B A N A N A S!
Yay, Kombi Van! Peace bro!
More rolling hills, squashed bobs, and a few very large squashed snakes. Fresh! Yukky yuk, yuk! Then as we were coming up to another one, I realised it was not actually dead, just still. Aaarrgghhh! But all is well, it didn't move, and we rolled safely past. We saw our very first Kombi van on the trip, heading to Ceduna, so we gave it a big wave, then we got stopped by a man in a landcruiser, who was one of the truck drivers who passed us multiple times across the Nullarbor and recognised us. We had a chat, and he wished he had a day off so he could take us fishing. We did too. Cheers mate, have a great night.
Welcome to Smoky Bay.
So we pedalled on into Smoky Bay, which is a lovely little fishing town, similar to Leeman and that area, with just a caravan park and general store. A very long jetty, and lovely bay. We parked at the beach area and ate our lunch, before checking in to the caravan park. Just as we were heading over there, we recognised a couple of guys walking down the road. Max and Rob had loved it here so much, they were still here. So we had a great afternoon chatting more, and sharing stories. We had some wine, some dinner, some chocolate and crashed into bed when it got too cold for me.
Our spot right behind the camp kitchen.
Look at that water. Wow!
It may be difficult to leave this beach, it's getting warmer.
Max is catching up on his blogging - www.cycloaustralis.wordpress.com
Wind has picked up, getting cooler, Rob needs his legs back on!
We're all going to stay another day, then head to Streaky Bay. I am going to try and spot some seals.
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