OK .. at last i have managed to find a place to get on the Internet .. there is no mobile coverage at all but found an Internet kiosk that works!
A good day today despite getting rained on - i thought there was a drought here!
The weather is still freezing - whole day in arm and leg warmers and today i needed a waterproof.
So today i rode the end of 90 mile road a continuous straight road across the Nullabor - i did 100km with only 17m of vertical accent!! And people say Singapore is flat! Then i passed into a new time zone ... 45min difference to Perth... like why bother? Make it an hour or 30mins but, 45 ...blur!? Anyway! Finished the day with 280km completed and only one night left in WA.
Got to see my first live Emus and Kangas today - seen lots of dead ones and now know the smell of road kill....nice ugh!
High - seeing the Madura Pass ...totally unexpected as the plain just drops 100m and the plain below stretches for as far as the eye can see! Amazingly beautiful.
Low - Telstra mobile coverage means not easy to keep in touch with loved ones!
Music ... ok this is strange coz i am in Australia but "Welcome to Africa" got played a lot today as did Paul Van Dyke, just great for the flat straight roads.
Ok - off to South Australia in the morning!
Stats
Distance 280km (total since Freo 1310), Calories = loads given up counting but replacing with chocy
S 31' 54.934
E 127'28.403
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Go, Gary, Go!
ReplyDeleteWe're 'watching' from the UK.
Music? - The Raconteurs and the Dead Weather! Or, if you're feeling nostalgic, howabout some JG Watson?!
Dave Evans
hi gary
ReplyDeletei have missed your blog for a couple of days and just caught up. Into Sth Oz...you gotta say that's nearly to Sydney!! Keep up the good work...and just promise you won't ride too fast when we get together.
Be good.
John Saint
Mate, dont top up with chocolate using the Garmin.
ReplyDeleteYou will come back fat.
Seriously - the Garmin is MILES OUT (well known fact) and those with them dont use the strap other than for % heart rate, speed, distance.
I supposedly burnt 34000 cals doing Genting and Frasers.
Since then I have invested in a Powertap and found that its a lot more accurate.
Keep oiling the chain mate and keep those tailwinds pushing you forwards.
A
Gary
ReplyDeleteGreat effort so far tailwinds sound great - how are those drivers going? Support team must have loved getting up to 50km/hr!!
Keep up the great work