Day 210

Date:- 10 October 2010
Distance:- 121.05 Km
Distance to Date:- 12608 Km
Start:- Coorong Wilderness Lodge
Finish:- Kingston SE Caravan Park
Comment:- Last night as I was doing my diary in the café. Management decided it was time to go home. A few subtle hints like locking doors etc got my attention and I adjourned to my tent to finish my diary.

I then prepared my tea in the tent, washed up and into bed by 8.45 pm. Had a really good nights sleep. Thought about getting up about 5 am then decided I was too comfortable and 6 am sounded better.

So I was up at 6 am, a quick breakfast, packed and on my way by 7 am. It was a 3.8 km stretch of gravel road back to the highway. Very rough. I didn’t care too much last night when I came in.

It’s a beautiful morning, cloudless sky, no wind beautiful scenery and I feel on top of the world. I was soon riding through the small community of Woods Well about 18 km out.

A north easterly breeze is starting to fill in about 8.30 am. Arrived at Policeman’s Point about 9 am and enjoyed some raison toast and a pot of tea (real tea leaves). Then it was back on the road and into Salt Creek and the roadhouse where I had a coffee.

Back on the road again and a long stint of 86 km to Kingston SE. Very nice riding at the moment and in fact it was very good all the way to Kingston SE. Road was almost flat, the north easterly was assisting me and there was light to medium traffic. One truck all day. It was one of those days that anyone who rides a bike would have enjoyed. Maybe not the distance though. I would have to say it rated up there with my other good days.

Arrived in Kingston about 4.30 pm and found the caravan park. Booked in found a site, low and behold there are three other cyclists here. The husband and wife couple I met in Geraldton. They are riding back to Melbourne. A Dutch lady riding from Sydney to Perth by herself. It has been a busy night trading information, comparing notes etc.

I am not sure what I will do tomorrow. There are three options. Rest day here as I have done a load of washing. Secondly ride from here to Millicent (107 km) or thirdly ride from here to Beachport then to Mt Gambia. I will just go with the flow.