Man what a cold night. It's supposed to be summer, did someone forget to tell down south? We woke up early, as we do, and it was way too cold for me to get out of my sleeping bag. Will lit the stove for a coffee and to cook or breakfast (2min noodles with smoked salmon in a tin, all we had left ).
We only had 23kms to go today, so we sat and enjoyed the quiet bush sounds while we waited for the sun to get a bit warmer. Then we headed off. A long slow uphill gradient, for the first 14km through the water catchment area. Really pretty.
We came out close to Dean Mill (yet another place I had no idea about ).
It was a pretty nice ride all up, and we were glad to get to Manjimup and have a couple of days rest. Will was also happy to dump his hitch hickers.
We stopped at the visitors Centre to sort out some accommodation
. ....huh. ...typical of Manjimup. ..nothing! We are forced to stay in our tent ($32/night) with no bbq's or camp kitchen facilities (Lake Brockman rocks, $25/nt with evening ) or pub for $190/nt. Not happening at the pub.
So, plan B (Will always had one, or twenty ) , we will ride to Bridgetown tomorrow (36km down SW Highway ) and spend two days resting there instead. I have never found Manjimup to be a very welcoming town.
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