A Rare Combination - Against The Wind - CycleBlaze

May 5, 2021

A Rare Combination

Lock to Elliston

A very rare cycle touring combination:

Dawn start, gentle tailwind, almost zero traffic, and an excellent road with overall descent.

The surprise result was 92 km ridden before lunch and in time to do a radio interview with ABC SA Country Hour.

Day 18 (from Lock to Elliston on The Birdseye Highway) has been a memorable one.

Lock silos at dawn
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Lock Bowling Green.
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Impressive kilometres of dry stone wall
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Local farmers not happy with a proposed nuclear waste disposal site in the region
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Whimsical farm driveway sculpture
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Stark, dead standing eucalypt. Still home to many birds.
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Classic farm house framed by massive eucalypt trees, rarely seen here on the Eyre Peninsula
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Another grand eucalypt tree.
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Orchard in difficulty
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Mount Wedge. Visible from tens of kilometres away.
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The most creative farm mailbox sighted to date
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Impressively dry, bare paddock
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One of the few vehicles we saw today. And one of the few motorised vehicles we’ve overtaken.
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Salt marshes near Elliston
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Morning tea spot found by Joel. Nature provided the furniture.
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Mural in Elliston
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With ABC journalist Brooke Neindorf in Elliston
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Interview with Brooke for ABC SA Country Hour.
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Elliston beach. We’ve arrived at the west coast of the Eyre Peninsula. Coast to coast in three days.
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Near Elliston
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Looking west
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Lucky photo from Elliston sea cliff. Photo bombed by a seabird.
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Today's ride: 92 km (57 miles)
Total: 1,590 km (987 miles)

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