The day started with a nice leisurely lay in until 7am, then into the usual routine. We were all packed, loaded and ready to go by 8:30am, when we were first stopped by some travellers, for a chat. So departure delayed by a half hour, I suppose that is what happens when you're hanging out around the only toilet for miles.
Look at this wide open road! Lovely when there isn't any traffic.
The wind gods were still shining on us, and gave us a strong westerly to get us moving. It was a bit cool, but we were both feeling like super humans, maintaining good speed. There seemed to be even more caravans out on the road today, I was starting to get sick of waving at them, and moving over onto the dirt shoulder. After about 25kms we stopped for a nut bar and a break, and continued waving at the cars and stuff as they passed. One lady, thought we might of needed help, and turned around to make sure we had plenty of water. How nice is that? We thanked her and ensured her we were ok.
Nut bar stop, nice little rest and we're ready to go again.
We carried on chewing up the kays, and at about 50kms, some grey nomads pulled over in front of us and flagged us down. Again, they wanted to make sure we had enough food and water, and gave us each a bottle of water, an apple and an orange. Wow, thank you so much Ken and Marg. after a nice chat with them, we all continued on for Caiguna, only to have a whole convoy of grey nomads pull over and flag us down. Oh, dear, what is going on?
This rest stop has a really old water tank, but sadly no water....
Cranking out the kays on the wide open road.....
How nice are these guys, giving us fruit and water? Thanks Ken and Marg.
With loads of G'days, and How ya goin's, we realised it was the group we'd chatted with in Hyden, that had caught up to us after visiting Kalgoorlie, Esperance and Lucky Bay. They thought we'd be further along......come off it guys, it's a long way on a bike. Anyway, we chatted about their trip, and our bikes, and eventually took off again. Only 11kms to go, and we'd spent forever chatting, all I wanted was to get there and get a hamburger. Pedalling along, we just kept chanting....ham...bur...ger! Ham...bur...ger!
The good ole' Queensland convoy crew. Great bunch of adventurers.
There they all go, we'll catch them at the roadie.
Finally, we arrived at the roadhouse, to find Steve and Katie (hard core guys from Balladonia), ready to head off on the second leg of the day. They'd done 90, and were planning on reaching Cocklebiddie, another 67kms. Hooly dooley, they must have buns of steel. So we chatted some more, wished them safe riding, and finally got inside for our hamburger. Oh man, it was gigantic. I was really hungry, but after eating it, and it was delicious, with heaps of salad, I felt so tired, I didn't think I could ride anymore.
Yay, here we are, food time.
Only went a little crazy on the big straight, and it's done! Phew!
Look at that burger man? What a whopper! The Queensland crew behind.
We sat in the restaurant and chatted some more to the nomads, and the kiwi lady serving us, and after she had mentioned rooms, beer and was really happy and helpful, we decided that we'd lost our momentum, and we'd stay. It was a good decision, because I was feeling worse and worse, and I think I may have gotten a bit dehydrated. So I had a lovely shower, a big drink, put the washing on, and then had a nap. I felt a lot better after that, so I'd better remember to drink more tomorrow.
Oh, I forgot to mention, we saw three snakes today, two dead ones and one very much alive and checking us out as we zoomed past. They all looked similar, long and skinny, fairly dark in colour, with small heads. We are calling them whip snakes, as they look like ones we'd seen up north. Pretty, but scary little critters.
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