Day 209

Date:- 9 October 2010
Distance:- 86.37 Km
Distance to Date:- 12487 Km
Start:- Riversedge Caravan Park - Tailem Bend
Finish:- Coorong Wilderness Lodge
Comment:- I found it a bit hard to get moving this morning. Nice big bed, warm, etc, but finally crawled out about 7.30 am. Enjoyed a nice breakfast, wheatbix with real milk, crumpets and a good cup of tea.

Washed up, packed up and on the road by 9.15 am. Rode through the town of Tailem Bend and found the turnoff to Meningie. A light easterly breeze blowing and a partly cloudy sky. Nice road with a breakdown lane and not much traffic.

I am riding through general farming area with rolling hills and the occasional salt pans or swamps. The wind has swung around to the south west as I approached Meningie.

Arrived in Meningie about 1.15 pm. Had a bite to eat and decided to keep going towards Gemini Downs Caravan Park. I was going to stay in Meningie to night.

So back on the road again with about another 55 km to my new destination. I found it hard going as the road led south west and I had a south easterly wind of about 5 - 10 kts (a head wind). I got to McGrath Flat and there was a national park camp ground. Good I thought until I read there was 4 - 5 km of dirt road. I kept going

A sign appeared a bvit further down the road advertising The Coorong Wilderness Lodge and Caravan Park so in I went. 2 - 3 km of dirt road and I arrived at this little oasis in the Coorong. Its run by an aboriginal community and everything is near new. A lot of unfinished projects around. I feel the place has potential but not under this management.
I am doing my diary in my tent then I will prepare tea then off to bed early.

I would like to get to Kingston SE tomorrow so hopefully the wind is kinder to me.

P.S. Thank you everyone for reminding me it was my birthday yesterday. It is much appreciated.