With a relaxing 8:30am start time, it felt great to be on the road again. Despite significant amounts of traffic along the coast, the first 15 ks of the ride, with ocean views, were very enjoyable. When I turned left onto Murchison HWY to head inland, a very aggressive headwind greeted me as well as my first uphill climbs of the journey. The hills themselves were persistent, yet manageable, but the wind! Yuck! It nearly knocked me off my bike a couple of times when a surprise gust would come from the side. I stopped around 20k for a wonderful lunch of roasted veggies and omelet leftovers from the night before. I made it to my wwoof farm a little after 12, feeling like I’d ridden 70k instead of 40. Which is good to know for upcoming rides. My wwoof farm is surrounded by native bush and has lots of pastureland for the horses and one cow. There’re 5 kids here and I get to present the biodiversity workshop (from the Otesha tour) to the younger ones on Thursday, at the mum’s request. I’m the only wwoofer here, with a rustic little cabin all to myself. This is the first time I’ve slept in a building by myself since arriving in Australia! Looking forward to lots of relaxing- catching up on letter writing and reading John Marsden books (the author who started the Candle Bark school that I wrote about in the 2nd blog entry).
Total K: 39.86
Avg Speed: a whopping 13.1 km/hr
Max Speed: 53.5 km/hr
Hours on bike: 3:01
Kilo Mike's scary hill rating: 2/7
Kilo Mike's scary wind rating: 5/7
Hey Kelsey,
ReplyDeleteStoked you were able to stay and that we had the opportunity to connect with you. Really loved reconnecting with the Otesha vibe.
Yeah! on my ride to work on the same day I remember thinking that you were going to get a solid southwesterly, though I figure you would have had a greater sense of achievement in getting to the destination.
Really inspired by what you're doing and looking forward to hearing how the journey unfolds.
Yours for the future,
Nick T