I've been reading The Far Pavilions which is set in 19th century India and they travel for weeks through hot lands. I've seen lots of information on early explorers of Austrailia, they rode camel or horses through this arid place, taking much longer than our three days so far. And Mrs Nesbit, your story of riding 500miles in one day to catch the ferry inspired me. Today Jeremy drove us over 500km. We decided to just push on and on and it was fine. It even stopped being boring once we crossed the border into the Northern Territory. We made up a whole day and tomorrow we will see Uluru which is very exciting. Alice Springs is back on the itinerary and I've told myself to stop whinging.
Along the road today we saw eagles, horses, lots of abandoned dead cars and even one crashed up caravan. I think we hit a poor little finch but dodged a number of lizards. We met a lovely guy called Frank who is also a biker. He rides up to 1000kms a day and is on his way home to Darwin. We have mostly kept to ourselves on this trip, but occasionally you meet someone on the way and you start talking. Turns out Frank is also a trumpet player and, like Jeremy, has played in many brass bands and other ensembles. He very kindly gave us his petrol can complete with bungies so we don't run out of fuel on our way back through Coober Pedy. We met up with him again this evening at Erldunda and had dinner together. The photo at the picnic table is of Jeremy and Frank and our lovely gift of the red petrol can!
It was hot today. Even though the morning was overcast it was still over 30degrees. I took the lining out of my jacket and lathered my face in sun cream. We drank lots of water and cold drinks. Jeremy's checking the forecast now for the next few days. High 30s. Oh dear! Pass me the factor 30 and dip my scarf in water. Are we ready for this?
1 comment:
well done for the 500km. Glad you have found some company and a petrol can!
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