Just had the most massive pig out. Bread. PB. Honey. Muesli. Milk. Tim tams. Chocolate. Tim tams with PB and milk. Amazingly stuffed. Mood is low. Caravan is dingy, but there are lots of cute animals. 3k walk from Mt. Field National Park. Beautiful trees and river. Today's ride was hard. My legs said, "um, no thank you. we are done working for a while." A spent a lot of time with granny gear and her obese cousin one gear up, now named Stewie. "Stewie! Stewie!" Singing and talking to myself. Very undulating first 15k, then it eased up. Ouse (pronounced ooze) was cute. Had signs made by school kids on poles, their drawings and "I wonder how dolphins breathe under water," "I wonder why dinosaurs were on Earth." Five k's past Ouse I heard the toot toot toot from Ron and Lola. One more cup of tea. Plus the tim tams! And an ice-cream bar! So sweet! I pedaled away and turned off towards Mt. Field Ntl Park. Hello hills. Again. I don't know if I was just tired, or if it really was as steep at the Mt. Black, Tullah hill, but ouch! A man had offered to give me a lift at the bottom when I was taking my jacket off, but that was out of the question. I hit my lowest speed up the trip: an exhilarating 4.2km/hr! Ran through my collection of exhausted, r-rated phrases and finally got to the top. The massive undulating hills kept coming though! "Why?" I cried. "Why so many hills?" I stopped 10k from the wildlife sanctuary (my next wwoofing spot) and ate nuts and an apple. I laid down on the grass, watched the passing clouds, and uh-oh, I couldn't get up! My body shouted, "yay, we're done!!" while my mind had to convince it that this wasn't the case. Luckily, the last stretch was mostl
y flat.
And, my number one highlight from the day: meeting Wooky! An 8-month old orphan wombat! I love wombat cuddles! But beware, rile Wooky up too much and she bites!
Waytinah Lagoon to Something Wild Wildlife SanctuaryTotal K's: 61.07Avg Spd: 16.2 k/hrMax Spd: 61 k/hrHours on bike: 3:45KM scary hill rating: 4/7
y flat.
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