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Day 23 and 24 Horsham-Mildura-Broken Hill
the first day of spring started at minus 1 degree and I decided that it was time to point north. From Horsham I headed through the expansive broad acre cropping of the Mallee. Smal
Day 22 The Grampians
The day dawned fine but Mr Google told me it was breaking through an overnight frost and it was zero degrees outside. I deliberately dawdled over breakfast, sent emails , lubed the
Days 20 and 21 Adelaide Hills to Horsham
i was lucky enough to have a base in Adelaide and in between some amazing meals, incredible red wines and great company there was a chance to loop around “gorge road” o
Days 18 and 19 The Coorong (And a squirt to Adelaide)
I was checking out of the motel trying to ignore a shiver down my spine. the forecast was fine but at 9:00am in Mt Gambier the thermometer echoed 9 degrees C. I reached in the pann
Days 16 and17 “The Mount”
No, not the sermon on the mount……this means Mount Gambier where the locals call it “The Mount” I had two days out of the saddle here. The first was a sleep
Day 15 Port Augusta to Mount Gambier
The morning heralded the first strategic decision in a fortnight. Do I turn west and head to the Eyre Peninsula (the original plan) or veer south towards Adelaide?The rain fronts w
Day 14 Coober Pedy to Port Augusta
Sleeping underground was only slightly novel. In cool weather the temperature underground was similar to surface and the few blustery clouds did not deliver any rain overnight. I h
Day 12 and 13, Yulara to Kulgera to Coober Pedy
An easy 328 km in 3 hrs 15 mins. The first 2 and a half hours had me backtracking to the Stuart Highway then turning South. I have left the French tourists behind in their twin
Day 11 – Kings Canyon to Yulara via The Olgas
Monday 17th August After breakfast we packed up and rode back to Yulara, fueling up at Curtain Springs Roadhouse on petrol and coffee. We discovered the bird aviaries out the bac