Day 117

Date:- 9 July 2010
Distance:- 74.96 Km
Distance to Date:- 6111.3 Km
Start:- Larrimah Wayside Inn Caravan Park
Finish:- Territory Manor Mote - Mataranka
Comment:- After tea last night I repaired the broken spoke in the rear wheel. Spoke to a gentleman from Perth about alternative routes around Perth. I then had a couple of cups of tea before retiring to bed about 10.30pm. A rather long day.

The Pink Panther Hotel complex was filled with memorabilia and a small menagerie of birds and animals Quite an interesting place

Had a really good nights sleep. Up about 7.15am, had breakfast, packed, talked and finally on the road by 9am. Lazy start. A little cloud cover and a light SE breeze.

About 3km out of Larrimah I looked up to see a car and caravan over taking another car and caravan. He obviously didn’t see me (or I hope to think so), tooting madly, I dived for the gravel.

About 7 km down the road I heard a road train coming up behind me. No oncoming traffic so I knew the truck driver would move to the right hand lane. I was wrong, a couple of toots on his horn and again I dived for the gravel. Another smaller truck had decided to over take the road train.

There were small patches of purple and pink wild flowers along the side of the road. Stopped at a Rest Area (79) About 37 km from Larrimah. There were toilets, water and shelter. The Army was on the move again today, this time heading south. A lot of what I think is waste control burning was evident along the right hand side of the road. Some logs were still smouldering.

A slow steady climb into Mataranka, through the little township and found a caravan park. Always as I am setting up camp someone comes up for a chat. It is starting to annoy me. Nice shady grassy area Set everything up wandered around the park then did my diary.

I would like to thank all those people who are taking the time to make comment on my blog. It makes it all worth while.