Day 118: Caranbirini to Goanna Creek

June 8, 2021

Start: 7:40am
Distance: 113kms
Ride time: 6:23hrs
Average: 18km/hr
Max: 28km/hr
Finish: 4:10pm

I had a fairly good sleep. I wasn't attacked by any pigs. The mine road trains started at 4am.

Once I passed the McArthur River mine the road changed from 2 lanes down to 1 lane.

There wasn't much traffic and the road was mostly flat. There were a few road trains carrying fuel or cargo.

After about 70kms I arrived at the Cape Crawford roadhouse.

The only food available was burgers, so naturally I got the biggest one.

Then I hit the road again. There were lots of locusts. Sometimes I would ride through a cloud of them. The pesky fellows would hit me in the face or crawl up my back.

After another 43kms I made it to the Goanna Creek Rest Area. I made this my destination as there is a water tank here.

These yellow-plumed honeyeaters also appreciated the water.

Bill later identified that I failed to name the long tailed finch on the right. Whoops. Thanks Bill.

I was happy to see these birds as I hadn't seen many on today's ride. I hadn't stopped much today. Just kept on pedalling trying to make it here.

I'm on a little hill. I don't know where Goanna Creek is.

There was no one else here so I took the opportunity to wash off the day's filth.

Shortly after a caravan set up camp and put on their noisy generator for a while.

Today's ride: 113 km (70 miles)
Total: 5,620 km (3,490 miles)

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