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Thank you Graham.
Good info👍🏻
Cheers Vince
Everythings bigger in WA of course.
3 years agoMy guess would be ammonium nitrate/fuel oil used in blasting rock. Tamped into holes drilled into rock, detonated to fracture the rock, which is then fragmented enough to remove.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANFO
As a retired Explosives Safety guy, I can assure you that if the van was full, at that distance, if it detonated, you would not know it... And nobody would be able to find your remains. The crater in the ground would likely start about half way to the van.
On the other hand, safety measures are taken so that a detonation would be a rare event, even if the van was involved in some catastrophic event.
Famous giant wood moth. Amazing!
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/124201-Endoxyla-cinereus
Hi Vince,
Water hasn’t been a problem, mostly because the weather is very mild.
Tap Water at most of the roadhouses (where we’ve been staying) is drinkable so we stock up there. Only once did I have to buy water.
I have three bidons on the bike, plus about 7 litres of platypus water bladders which I have rarely had to use. Main thing is planning distances and locations day to day.
G'day mate,
I'm following your blog with enthusiasm. Thank you.
Can you please tell me where you are sourcing your water from? Are you buying it from the roadhouses or drinking bore water from the campgrounds? Any info would be useful.
Cheers.
Vince
A bight for sore eyes, eh? [Sorry-o, couldn't resist... ;) ]
3 years agoHi John yes it appears to be a frolicking camel on the sign. My camel knowledge is lacking so I don’t know what flavour camels roam wild here. The only large wildlife I’ve seen by the roadside so far are emus and macropods.
3 years agoHi Frank
Thanks. Yes we are cautious riders and so far on the Eyre Highway the traffic has been fairly sparse and becoming lighter as we head further west. Covid has some advantages. It’s reduced the number of vehicles on the highways.
We have mirrors, high viz, flashing lights and readily get off the road when necessary.
Unfortunately we missed the famous Kimba Roadhouse Butter Chicken as we crossed south of that section of the A1 via The Eyre Peninsula backroads. Two more days riding and we should be in Westralia.
Mate please take care across the Nullabor watch those bloody trucks ,when you get to Kimba Roadhouse you can get a curry and naan if you like curry ,also you may see hundreds of goats around as well I am enjoying you blog.
3 years agoFrolicking camels, no less -- and why not?
Any Bactrians? Or only mainstream camels?
"Out of boundaries" - ??
"No ropes here, mate."
"Only ones and twos allowed, mate, so a century takes a while." [Ed. note: worked for Bradman, tho'.]
Hi John, agriculture in area we’ve just cycled across is being noticeably affected by climate change, especially with droughts becoming more frequent and severe. Also marginal area cropping in the past is why some farmhouses were abandoned. There are probably economic/demographic factors too. For example amalgamation of small holdings into larger ones, and declining workforce needed due to mechanisation.
Whatever the reasons, seeing these formerly beautiful stone houses in ruin in this stark landscape is a bit sad.
Interesting you mentioned Alberta. One of my co-riders Joel was born in Canada and spent some of his childhood in Calgary.
Great pic!
3 years ago