August 31, 2022
Day 44: Fortescue River to Cane River
The only other occupants of the caravan park packed up and left at 3am this morning which was a bit rude. I had already decided to leave after 7 so that I could get an iced coffee from the servo and to remove the temptation to smash out 160k to Nanutarra for no reason. It’s getting lighter later down here so I slept in til 6.
I managed to extricate my bike from the burr infested campground with only one incursion into the rear tyre that didn’t go all the way through which was quite amazing.
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The wind was a crosswind, not too strong but it was slower going than yesterday.
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There were two couples talking as I arrived, one lady gave me cold water and the other told me I was crazy: “I thought you were a bloke which was bad enough, it’s even worse you’re female”. The cold water was nice but I’m getting tired of being told I’m crazy to my face.
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I had an apples and some Oreos and ride on. The clouds were disappearing and it was quite hot. I really need to start eating better at my first morning stop as I was struggling by 12:30. A guy who was stopped at a rest stop going north crossed to my side of the road and gave me two bottles of cold water. I sculled one and that made me feel better. I think it was also cause I thought today was a “light day” but it’s still 100k and takes time.
I thought about going into the Peedamulla station campground to support them but it’s 7k off the road and I decided I’d be better served doing at least another 20 down the road. I arrived at Cane River about 2:30. I followed a van in down the track. They were pulling into the nicest spot, in typical convoluted caravan fashion so I bypassed them and went down to the river bank. I had thought about going on another 15k to the Onslow turn off but decided I would be better served having a nice afternoon and campsite than pushing onto a roadside camp.
The river is not flowing but there’s a waist deep fairly clear and surprisingly cool pool that I had a dip in. Another van pulled up about 5:30 with two dogs who also went swimming in the pool.
Today's ride: 100 km (62 miles)
Total: 3,125 km (1,941 miles)
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